An example of the structure used for the metadata of my patterkin project:

tape_id: T006
source: Video8/Hi8/Digital8 via TRV740
dates:
  specific_dates:
  - '1991-08-29'
  - '1991-09-02'
  - '1991-09-05'
  - '1991-09-29'
  - '1991-10-03'
  - '1991-10-11'
  - '1991-10-19'
  date_range:
    start: '1991-08-29'
    end: '1991-10-19'
  approx_year: 1991
  date_confidence: high
people:
  in_video:
  - Steven
  - Jake
  - Sam
  - Emily
  - Mom
  - Dad
  - Sachiko
  recording:
  - Dad
  - Mom
  mentioned: []
location: Baldwinsville
locations:
- Baldwinsville Dining Room
- Baldwinsville Driveway
- Baldwinsville Living Room
- Baldwinsville Porch
- Pratt's Falls, NY
events:
- Japanese Cultural Activities
- Arts and Crafts
- Sam's 6th Birthday
- Jake's First Day of School
- Music Lessons
- Medical Procedure
- Soccer Game
- Family Activities
scenes:
- start_time: 00:00:00
  end_time: 00:08:30
  event: Japanese Ceremony
  date: '1991-08-29'
  location: Baldwinsville
  people:
  - Sachiko
  description: Japanese ceremony singing, Sachiko
  tags:
  - japanese
  - ceremony
  - singing
  - sachiko
  - cultural
- start_time: 00:08:31
  end_time: 00:09:30
  event: Japanese Dress
  date: '1991-08-29'
  location: Baldwinsville
  people:
  - Sachiko
  - Mom
  description: Sachiko dressing Mom in traditional Japanese dress
  tags:
  - japanese
  - traditional
  - dress
  - sachiko
  - mom
  - cultural
- start_time: 00:17:24
  end_time: 00:20:03
  event: Arts and Crafts
  date: '1991-08-29'
  location: Baldwinsville Dining Room
  people:
  - Sam
  - Jake
  - Emily
  description: Kids doing arts and crafts in Bville dining room
  tags:
  - arts
  - crafts
  - kids
  - dining-room
  - creative
- start_time: 00:20:04
  end_time: 00:26:14
  event: Driveway Play
  date: '1991-08-29'
  location: Baldwinsville Driveway
  people:
  - Sam
  - Jake
  - Emily
  - Steven
  description: Kids playing in Bville driveway, Steven messy, Jake upset
  tags:
  - driveway
  - playing
  - kids
  - steven
  - jake
  - messy
- start_time: 00:26:15
  end_time: 00:27:33
  event: Steven Playing
  date: '1991-08-29'
  location: Baldwinsville
  people:
  - Steven
  description: Steven playing with yogurt cups
  tags:
  - steven
  - playing
  - yogurt
  - toys
- start_time: 00:27:34
  end_time: 00:29:52
  event: Porch Swing
  date: '1991-08-29'
  location: Baldwinsville Porch
  people:
  - Sam
  - Jake
  - Emily
  - Steven
  - Mom
  - Dad
  description: Family playing on porch swing, watching TV and eating popcorn
  tags:
  - porch
  - swing
  - tv
  - popcorn
  - family
- start_time: 00:29:53
  end_time: 00:39:11
  event: Sam's 6th Birthday
  date: '1991-09-02'
  location: Pratt's Falls, NY
  people:
  - Sam
  - Mom
  - Dad
  - Jake
  - Emily
  - Steven
  description: Pratt's Falls, NY, celebrating Sam's 6th birthday
  tags:
  - birthday
  - sam
  - pratt-falls
  - celebration
  - outdoor
- start_time: 00:39:12
  end_time: 00:45:58
  event: Jake's First Day of School
  date: '1991-09-05'
  location: Baldwinsville Driveway
  people:
  - Jake
  - Mom
  - Dad
  description: Jake's first day riding the bus, playing in driveway before school
  tags:
  - school
  - bus
  - jake
  - first-day
  - driveway
- start_time: 00:45:59
  end_time: 01:01:23
  event: Family Playtime
  date: '1991-09-05'
  location: Baldwinsville Living Room
  people:
  - Steven
  - Jake
  - Sam
  - Emily
  - Mom
  - Dad
  description: Steven chasing Jake around the house, Jake on the wrong bus, family
    playing in Bville living room
  tags:
  - chasing
  - steven
  - jake
  - wrong-bus
  - family
  - living-room
- start_time: 01:01:24
  end_time: 01:09:39
  event: TV Time
  date: '1991-09-29'
  location: Baldwinsville
  people:
  - Sam
  - Jake
  - Emily
  - Steven
  - Mom
  - Dad
  description: Family watching TV, Steven eating banana
  tags:
  - tv
  - family
  - steven
  - banana
  - relaxing
- start_time: 01:09:40
  end_time: 01:15:03
  event: Music Lessons
  date: '1991-10-03'
  location: Baldwinsville
  people:
  - Emily
  - Mom
  description: Emily on violin, Mom on piano
  tags:
  - violin
  - piano
  - emily
  - mom
  - music
  - lessons
- start_time: 01:15:04
  end_time: 01:25:17
  event: Jake Tonsils, Dad showing Steven magic
  date: '1991-10-11'
  location: Baldwinsville
  people:
  - Jake
  - Dad
  - Steven
  description: Jake getting tonsils removed, Dad showing Steven magic trick
  tags:
  - tonsils
  - medical
  - jake
  - magic
  - dad
  - steven
- start_time: 01:25:18
  end_time: 01:27:47
  event: Soccer Game; Mom Yelling
  date: '1991-10-19'
  location: Baldwinsville
  people:
  - Emily
  - Mom
  description: Emily playing soccer, Mom screaming like Mom
  tags:
  - soccer
  - emily
  - mom
  - sports
  - screaming
tags:
- family
- kids
- baldwinsville
- japanese
- cultural
- birthday
- school
- music
- medical
- soccer
- arts
- steven
- daily-life
notes: 'Japanese ceremony singing, Sachiko 00:00:00 - 00:08:30

  Sachiko dressing Mom in traditional Japanese dress 00:08:31 - 00:09:30

  Kids doing arts and crafts in Bville dining room 00:17:24 - 00:20:03

  1991-08-29 Kids playing in Bville driveway, Steven messy, Jake upset 00:20:04 -
  00:26:14

  Steven playing with yogurt cups 00:26:15 - 00:27:33

  Family playing on porch swing, watching TV and eating popcorn 00:27:34 - 00:29:52

  1991-09-02 Pratt''s Falls, NY, celebrating Sam''s 6th birthday 00:29:53 - 00:39:11

  1991-09-05 Jake''s first day riding the bus, playing in driveway before school 00:39:12
  - 00:45:58

  Steven chasing Jake around the house, Jake on the wrong bus, family playing in Bville
  living room 00:45:59 - 01:01:23

  1991-09-29 Family watching TV, Steven eating banana 01:01:24 - 01:09:39

  1991-10-03 Emily on violin, Mom on piano 01:09:40 - 01:15:03

  1991-10-11 Jake getting tonsils removed, Dad showing Steven magic trick 01:15:04
  - 01:25:17

  1991-10-19 Emily playing soccer, Mom screaming like Mom 01:25:18 - 01:27:47

  '
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  deck_model: Sony DCR-TRV740
duration_minutes: null
checksums:
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tape_images:
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- tape_02.jpg
lineage:
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  hls: false
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  transcribed: false
  verified: false
  processed: true
  processed_date: '2025-10-06 09:18:58'
  processing_script: process_tape_complete.py
files:
  archive_mp4: T006_archive.mp4
  poster: poster.jpg
  sprite: sprite.jpg
  sprite_vtt: sprite.vtt
  hls_master: hls/master.m3u8
  transcript_vtt: transcript.vtt
  transcript_json: transcript.json