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The '''Digital Archive Project''' ('''DAP''') was an online collaboration that provided advice and support for individuals interested publishing [[television program]]s that are not produced or distributed through mainstream [[content delivery|content distribution]]. DAP offered support on capturing television broadcasts, how to clean up old [[VHS]] recordings, and how to author DVDs.
The project consisted of a loose online association of people formed through common interests in humor, encoding, and archiving television programs that would otherwise not see the light of day. The group did not attempt to publish or make these shows available.
==History==
The DAP was originally created as a means of sharing and preserving, in a digital format, episodes of the cult classic TV show [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]], originally from a suggestion in the [[Ars Technica]] forums in the year 2000. The size of the group has fluctuated in size over the years, all while having many shows added to the list of archived material. The current qualifications for a show to be on the list include: no commercial release, no immediate plans for release, and not currently in production.
The group did not host any of these files; however, when one joins the [[IRC]] channel there are people there who may assist visitors, depending on the visitor's behaviour.
As of July 7th, 2022, the site appears to be offline.
==Shows==
===Current shows===
▲* [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]
** Single episodes compressed to under 700 [[megabytes]]
** [[DVD]]-quality (and size) encodes
** Various specials, guest appearances, documentaries, etc.
* [[Dennis Miller Live]]
* [[On the Air (TV series)|On the Air]]
* [[Cartoon Planet]]
* [[TV Funhouse]]
* [[Brimstone (TV series)|Brimstone]]
* [[Mystery Science Theater 3000#The Mystery Science Theater Hour|The Mystery Science Theater Hour]]
* [[EZ Streets]]
* [[Quark (TV series)|Quark]]
* [[Let's Bowl]]
===Past shows===
In the case of DAP-supported material gaining an official release, the material is dropped from the DAP's list and trading it is no longer permitted. Shows dropped from the DAP include:
* [[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]
* [[Duckman]]
* [[Freakazoid!]]
* [[Home Movies (TV series)|Home Movies]]
* [[Max Headroom (TV series)|Max Headroom]]
* [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] (episodes which have been released to home video)
* [[Sealab 2021]]
* [[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]
* [[Upright Citizens Brigade]]
* Parker Lewis Can't Lose
==External links==
* [http://dapcentral.org/ Home of the Digital Archive Project]
* [http://tracker.dapcentral.org/ DAP BitTorrent tracker]
==References==
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[[Category:Television archives in the United States]]
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