Peter Schallauer is R&D and product coordinator for audiovisual preservation solutions at JOANNEUM RESEARCH’s research area Smart Media Solutions. He has been working with JOANNEUM since 1995 as scientific and development coordinator creating numerous digital video/movie technologies and systems. Technologies for high quality digital film restoration (DIAMANT-Film), automatic movie and video content analysis, content description, efficient digitisation and documentation of AV archives and traffic video analysis. In recent years, he has focused his activities on signal based video and movie quality assessment solutions for improving the efficiency of archive digitisation and production processes (VidiCert). He is actively involved in relevant standardisation activities (EBU QC, EBU/AMWA FIMS QA). He coordinated the EC FP7 project DAVID– Digital AV Media Damage Prevention and Repair.