How does RareTunes work?
• recordings are uploaded to the RareTunes system in the highest quality format available • the media file and metadata are deposited on the Internet Archive, which generates and holds files in a variety of formats • MP3 file versions are downloaded from the Internet Archive, tagged, and hosted on Amazon Web Services (S3) • this process is managed using Amazon Web Services Simple Queue System The digital media is thus stored in various formats by the Internet Archive, the content of which is mirrored at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, and as MP3 files, on the Amazon servers. Original security copies of the source material are also held by the RareTunes team. RareTunes can also be used to access files hosted in other locations, where licences permit, such as public domain content. These files are not processed and are left in their original location. We are working on having ‘collections’ in RareTunes -these are collections of recordings that are kept together, according to theme,
