NASCAR Notable Quotables

Scott Reinhardt, Director of Internal Operations at NASCAR, had a talk on Saving your Assets, Preserving Sports History. It was a lot more than just racing, or even video archiving (which it’s pretty obvious NASCAR is on the cutting edge). As a side note, start with the highest possible quality for ingest of video, says Scott.

This is going into the operations manual:
“If you’re asked to do it, it’s important.”

There’s a follow on, referring to how some folks discount small details or only think the important things are the big TV events on HD by some network:
“Whatever the production, quality counts.”

On the importance of starting your conversion to a stable video archive:
“Forget making money. There’s no ROI. But, it’s your life, and it’s irreplaceable”