Let's develop an open-source media archive standard

[Dwight K. Elvey]

>From: "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
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>As for file size, if encoding as hex that at least doubles the size of
>your archive file compared to the original media (whatever it may be).
>That's assuming no padding between hex characters. Seems like a big
>waste to me :-(  
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>Jules
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Hi
 It mightseem a waste but i would expect to see a proper archive
file to be 200% to 500% larger than the original data. Having the
data in something that can be printed directly on paper is a
must. This means something like HEX values or binary or whatever.
Still, anything as non-printable bits is useless.
JMHO
Dwight