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If I put a giant file in my computer to post process (+/-100GB ProRes for 14 min of video) the post software spins forever saying it is optimizing the import. Then when it eventually settles down, I make an adjustment like changing aspect ratio and the optimizing starts all over. In short, I can never do much with the original file and have to convert it to a 4K MP4 at about 10% of the size of the original scan. Also, when I do get it to work the cooling fan in the computer starts running like a blow dryer, which it seldom does. Is this a software problem (Movavi software) or a computer problem? How much RAM and power should a video post processing computer have?

I don't have one. I got 2 old printers from around 2012/13. Both are old school, non-nanny state printers. But an old gal down the street asked me to help her with 2 new printers she bought. Both keep shutting down very fast and she can't print or wake them up. I told her I didn't even know they made such printers, so I told her to research it. I never had any of the problems with my printers she has. Have you bought new energy efficient prints that shut down a few seconds after use and you have trouble printing on them? I hope my printers last forever. She also bought a new laptop, and it would not recognize a scanner. Seems you have to reprogram it to recognize scanners. She eventually got it fixed. What a mess!

I always tell you my middle name should be scanner. Well, screen recorder is right up there as a 2nd choice. Today I hit 30,000 knives in my online knife and sword survey. ...all made with a screen recorder. Gold is always in the news nowadays. I did multiple surveys with the screen recorder on gold, silver and other metals. Lots of companies don't make catalogs any longer. I wrote to Black Diamond and asked if they had a 2025 catalog. Answer was no, not even a PDF catalog. So, sometimes I make catalogs myself. I make a screenshot survey of a company's website with a screen recorder. OK, this isn't a screenshot. But I did originally shoot it as a screenshot. Then went to eBay to buy it and scan it proper with my large format 11" x 17" scanner. You see photos online you can't download, movies, gif, etc. Downloading is blocked. Use a screen recorder. People will say they can take a screenshot without a screen recorder. OK, go do it for hundreds of thousands of images. I blast out screenshots like a machine gun...7 days a week! I'm not a sociologist, but I am kinda like a sociologist. A section of my archive's scope deals with houses and how people live. This house has an interesting feature, a movable Island. I'm not interested in buying the houses. I just like to record how people live. Each house may have 80 - 130 screenshots in the survey. Tens of thousands of photos all done with a screen recorder. Here is a movie called 'China Doll' I made with a screen recorder. It is made from +/- 450 still screenshots I shot in a couple of hours and is about Chinese silicone love dolls. When younger I was a street photographer. I am trained at fast shooting, not in f'ing around. This is the kind of movies I like to make. Boom, you are finished with them in a couple days and on to the next project. To do moviemaking right you have to be very anal aka methodical. That is not me. Sure, I like high quality work, but it also has to be fast. ADD won't go for much analness. That is why running a movie archive fits my personality best. I scan, I post-p, I upload and boom...all done! I learned early on I'm not cut out for on-set work and bullshit. Plus, most everyone in the archival films are dead. No personalities to deal with! NSFW China Doll D.D.Teoli Jr. : D.D.Teoli Jr. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive You can copy movies with a screen recorder, but I don't have any samples handy. I didn't bother to distinguish the few videos I did as being made with a screen recorder. Sometimes I will copy a video with a screen recorder just to watch it later and relax with TV viewing instead of computer. Then I trash it as it didn't have that much interest in it after all. Whatever, you can record online video fine. You like to archive things, get a screen recorder. An outstanding tool for the archivist! I use it multiple times per day. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

AI Overview As of mid-2025, significant developments in laser-engraved quartz and glass data storage have focused on improving storage density, enhancing read/write performance, and moving from a research concept toward practical archival applications. Major efforts from companies like Microsoft (Project Silica) and university researchers are advancing the technology for long-term, sustainable, and high-capacity storage, primarily for cloud services and major archives. Key advancements and projects Microsoft's Project Silica Performance and efficiency: Microsoft is leveraging AI and machine learning to optimize the encoding and decoding of data stored on quartz glass. An academic paper presented at SOSP 2023 detailed the development of a complete archival system, including robotic library automation for fetching and reading glass platters. Increased capacity: The storage capacity per glass platter has grown considerably. By late 2023, Microsoft demonstrated storing over 7 TB of data—more than 100 times the capacity previously shown—on a single glass plate. Real-world application: In 2024, Project Silica partnered with a venture group to establish the Global Music Vault in Svalbard, Norway. This is one of the first real-world uses of the technology, preserving musical heritage on silica-based glass plates. 5D optical storage (University of Southampton) Rewritable capability: Researchers are exploring rewritable variants of glass memory. In a February 2025 development, scientists created a doped photochromic glass that could be written to with a laser and erased with heat, advancing the technology beyond its "write-once-read-many" origins. AI-ready storage: In a CNN Academy report from May 2025, researchers highlighted the potential for 5D quartz crystals to serve as future data centers for AI, emphasizing the technology's potential for massive data archiving. Continued durability testing: Recent developments confirm the extreme stability of the 5D storage medium. In July 2025, it was reported that data remained intact after 3,100 hours of testing at100∘C100 raised to the composed with power cap C100∘𝐶. Core technology and remaining challenges How the technology works Encoding: Data is written into the quartz or glass using ultrafast femtosecond lasers, which create tiny, permanent nanostructures within the material. 5D storage: The "5D" aspect of this technology comes from encoding data across five parameters: the three spatial dimensions (x, y, and z) of the nanostructure and two optical dimensions (intensity and polarization). Decoding: The data is read back by shining polarized light through the glass and using machine learning-assisted optical microscopes to interpret the encoded structures. Key challenges Write/read speed: Current writing speeds are still too slow for mainstream use, though machine learning is being employed to improve this. For example, one academic paper noted that a completion time of 15 hours for a read request is acceptable for deep archives. Cost: The expensive femtosecond lasers currently prevent the technology from being a cost-effective alternative for general-purpose storage. However, the extremely low cost of long-term archival storage (due to no data migration) is a key selling point. Rewritability: While some breakthroughs have been made, commercial solutions are generally "write-once-read-many" (WORM). This is suitable for archives but not for applications requiring frequent updates. Future outlook The focus remains on commercializing this technology for long-term archival data storage in cloud infrastructure, not as a replacement for everyday hard drives or SSDs. The durability, sustainability, and data density make it an ideal solution for storing massive amounts of data that must be preserved for decades or even millennia. Sealed in glass - Microsoft Unlocked Fast forward to today, technology has remarkably expanded the storage capabilities of this sustainable material. A small sheet of glass can now hold several ter...Microsoft Unlocked The Crystal Future of AI Data Storage System - CNN Academy May 9, 2025 — A team of researchers in the UK are reimagining the future of data storage system with a 5D 5-inch quartz crystal. With a capability of storing up to 360 TB dat...CNN Academy Microsoft advances toward glass-based archival storage Nov 22, 2023 — This means that “minimizing the latency of mechanical movement in the library is crucial for optimal performance,” and also that a Silica library should be cust...Blocks and Files <><><><> Selection from Early Apple & Apple Clone Computer Collection eBay Photo: eBay Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

Put the dongle on a USB extension and it can move around with you. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

I read that HDD's lose magnetism over time and they must be re-recorded periodically to preserve the data. On 3.8.2025 I tested a retired Toshiba 500gb HDD that was formatted and filled up about 98% capacity with photos and videos on 2.17.2015. After it was retired, it was put in a ziplock bag and stored in a garage where temperatures ranged from 45F to 85F for the 10-year period. It was not run during that time. When I looked at it, all the data (photos / videos) were fine. I didn't do any drive software tests on it, as I didn't have any to use. I downloaded some drive software awhile back and it took over my computer, so I was happy to get rid of it. I archive audio, photos, videos and text files. Either they work or they don't work...those are the tests I'm using here. I then decided to do a microwave test on the HDD. I had originated this use of microwaving drives by accident. Last year I had ordered a 4TB Samsung SSD and it had problems from the start. But I was hopeful the bugs would work out and tried to use it anyway. I was transferring a 1.8TB file to it and it jammed near the end of the transfer. I was horrified to find out it would not let me delete my data before sending it back for a refund. Hence the microwave came into my head. It was a natural offshoot from using the microwave to treat moldy and mildewed paper, which I do regularly. I can't tell you how long this original microwave test was on the 4TB SSD, but it was just a few seconds. I didn't know what would happen or if it would wreck the microwave, so it was short. When I plugged the SSD into the computer it would not show up. I was happy with the results and gave it a little more microwave radiation after that for good measure. All we hear about nowadays is EMP danger with digital, so that also inspired me to do some microwave tests. Here are the tests for the HDD, SD card and thumb drives tested in a 1000-watt Samsung microwave. Toshiba 500gb HDD 1 second microwave test: Passed (I don't think the microwave does much microwaving in the first second.) 2 second microwave test: Passed 3 second microwave test: Failed - drive made a loud pop and sparks near the cord port. Computer would not recognize the drive. (Drive was microwaved without the cord.) Generic 4GB SD Card 1 second microwave test: Passed (I don't think the microwave does much microwaving in the first second.) 2 second microwave test: Passed 3 second microwave test: Passed / Failed (?) Some sparks. One computer would not recognize about 80% of the files and they only showed up as icons. When I clicked on an icon it would not load and it said the file was corrupted. Another computer played everything fine. 4 second microwave test: Failed - card made lots of sparks, plastic started to melt in spots on both sides of the card and there was a strong burned plastic smell. Both computers would not recognize the drive. Note: This test should be rerun with multiple cards for 3, 4, 5, 6 second tests to pinpoint the failure. I used 1 card and it received a total of 9 seconds of microwaving before it failed. (Not counting the 1 second test.) Generic 8GB Thumb Drives I used 2 thumb drives for this test. Thumb drive #1 1 second microwave test: Passed (I don't think the microwave does much microwaving in the first second.) 2 second microwave test: Failed - drive made an audio sound when inserting into the USB port, but the computer would not recognize it. I tried it on 2 computers. Thumb drive #2 3 second microwave test: Failed. Drive made a loud pop and sparks inside of the USB connector. Both computers would not recognize the drive. The rest of the HDD magnetism tests will be 12-year, 15-year, 18-year, 20-years and 22-years...if I'm still around. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

Here is an early computer dating ad from 1969. I didn't know they started that early. Selection from the Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Print Advertising Archive. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

I'm sorry I didn't save more of computer history from back in the beginning. I got a late start...for me it was the early '80's. Here is what was happening 5 years earlier in July of 1977. Looks to be software was sold in books and you copied the code. Some computer magazine has cheap floppy 33 1/3 records with software on them. I had a modem, albeit a lot smaller than is shown in the photo. Got on Compuserve as my first tast of being online. When I moved to the Rustbelt, it was free Juno dialup...until it got wrecked by too many users. Then it was library internet...and they used ultra slow dial up. It would have been interesting going to the computer shows and events to document them. Couldn't do a thing working with the memory they had back then. These RAMs were in 'K's! They used cassette tapes for storage back then. Back in 1980's L.A. we had Federated Stores with Fred R. Rated (Shadoe Stevens) as the TV spokesman. (Circuit City killed Federated...then Best Buy killed Circuit City.) Internet Photo: Fair Use franklinavenue blogspot It was the early 1980's and the Apple IIe had just come out. I had bought a bootleg 'Pineapple' computer, which was a knockoff of the Apple IIe. I was shopping at the Federated store on La Brea near Melrose buying my computer gear. Later on, I moved over to Circuit City. Dot matrix printers were the printer of the day. They were graded on how well they could hide the dots to not look like a dot matrix printer. Internet? We had CompuServe and BBS bulletin boards. Before BBS / bulletin board forums were going mainstream, we had 'mailing lists' in the early 1980s. People would send in contributions and someone would print out on a dot matrix printer and snail mail to the subscribers. Was never a big computer guy, although I use computers extensively with my work. I just know enough to get by. Was trying to learn more about data storage and joined a group over at Reddit called Data Hoarders. But got banned from Reddit a little but later. Wasn't that big of a loss, I could never understand much of what they were talking about anyway. Crazy kids who couldn't understand why I collect SPAM emails as part of my work. Well, I couldn't understand why they collected the things they did...so we were even! <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography