X-Message-Number: 18822 From: "Solion" <> Subject: RE: Your last cryonics wishes on CD/Video Tape Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 20:10:15 -0800 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C1CC5D.6BC4A9C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" (((After thinking it over a bit, I think that you are going to be more flexible in delivering your wishes if you have a small video camera on your computer that you can use any time to change/ edit your last wishes. They are extremely cheap now ($20-50) and are readily available at any computer/electronics store. They record in mpeg format.)))) Mpeg is one of several formats you should record in. You never know , Mpeg could be phased out for a new version in 20 or years and could be compleatly incompatible for the future. Multiple formats and (int this case codecs) ensure maximum compatability for the future. Allthough I would hope that people would update every 5 years ((((Also, because, CDs and video tapes may deteriorate over the years (probably 10-50 years) I'd probably download it to a web server where you can maintain it virtually for free)))) OR untill the raid array fails, that hard drive corrupts your data Or the Site dissapears from the face of the earth. Never trust anyone but yourself when it comes to what will be the most important message of your .. death/ life CD-Rs that use Phthalocyanine as their data storage medium has a lifespan of about 100 years under normal storage conditions. Store the CD-R in an inert enviorment. In speaking with an engineer at Kodak. He says that the data could last as long as 200 + years. Pretty solid I think. Since we may only need it for 60+ years (without annual updates) for people signed up now However you do make an interesting point about having a webserver. And one I would impliment if in a position to. Have each Cryonics company maintain a cryonics server that can download your message from anywhere in the world. If the CD is not handy, Then they could get it or stream live video to any machine they need to. (((for a long time. Your mpeg format is probably going to be the same format that will be used for video in decades and if not, there will be conversions from older version available. You'll be able to play it in Windows Media Player or RealPlayer or any other comparable player using the same technology.))))) ER, Don't belive that for a second. I have several pieces of video I could send you that were encoded in a format from the Windows 3.11 days that will not play on my Windows XP machine. the only way to ensure playback is to "shotgun" as many formats you can and hope one plays. (((((If you look at the state of mp3 technology today, you can play mpeg files from 3-5 years ago easily, the quality will not be good, but it does it)))) Ahhh, 3- 5 years really is no test of time. Lets see if your MP3s play in 10 - 15. years with the updates of digital codecs comming fast and furious, Don't count on it. . Lionel Vogt ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C1CC5D.6BC4A9C0 Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18822