Automating AV Archival Workflows: Part 2

INPT (INgest and Processing Toolkit) is a bash scripted command line tool for automating the processing workflow for time-based media at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG). Prior to developing INPT, we were running these tools manually, one at a time. Some of the steps in the workflow are quick, like running MediaInfo on a video file, but others, like using FFmpeg to create a…