Your original upload stays untouched

Family footage is irreplaceable, so Memrial treats the original file as the source of truth from the moment it arrives.

What happens after you upload

When you upload a video or photo, Memrial stores the original as its own protected file. If the platform creates playback copies, thumbnails, previews, or enhancements later, those are saved as separate derivative files.

That means the original upload is not re-encoded, overwritten, or replaced behind the scenes.

Why that matters

Old tapes, camcorder footage, and scanned photos often carry details that cannot be recreated once they are lost. A convenience feature should never put that source material at risk.

Memrial keeps the original file available for download in its uploaded form while still letting households benefit from:

• smoother playback copies
• visual previews and thumbnails
• optional enhancement work
• safer long-term archive management

Enhancements are optional layers

If a household chooses enhancement work, the enhancement pipeline reads from the original and writes a new derivative output. The original stays where it is.

If enhancement fails, the archive still has the untouched original file and the household can continue from there.

A preservation-first product rule

This is one of the most important product guarantees in Memrial: the convenience layer can improve how memories are viewed, but it does not get to rewrite the memory itself.

That is how the archive stays useful today without compromising trust tomorrow.