I am having problems seeing a clear line in this discussion. Could someone help me clarify what the archival file format is going to be used for exactly?

* Internal format for the "video server"? (e.g. export rendered sequences to the archival format and create lossy/SD transcodes for consumption (w.commons) and keep the archival format for future/subsequent edits)
* Uploading videos to the "video server"? (I.e. Prior to upload to the video editing server, every video has to be transcoded into the archival format... Needs a lot of bandwith, imo...)
* Storing source videos on the video editing server? (I.e. After upload to the server, every video is being transcoded into the archival format and deleted after successful transcoding)
* Uploading lossless video to commons? (Patent situation needs to be considered...)
* Several of the above and/or other?

--Marco