Media recovery technology

A method of remediating residue on a media asset comprising a tape provided on a supply reel such that the layers of the tape are adjacent and in contact with each other, the method comprising:

• preliminarily cleaning the media asset;
• treating the media asset;
• and
• finally cleaning the media asset,
• wherein finally cleaning the media asset comprises:
• mounting the media asset on a cleaning machine;
• unwinding the tape from the supply reel and cleaning the tape with a cleaning machine, wherein cleaning the tape with the cleaning machine comprises positioning the tape within a receiving area defined by a first cleaning arm and a second cleaning arm of a cleaning device, guiding the tape through the receiving area such that a first side of the tape contacts a first cleaner rotatably mounted on the first cleaning arm and a second side of the tape contacts a second cleaner rotatably mounted on the second cleaning arm, and selectively rotating the cleaning device to adjust an amount of contact between the first cleaner and the tape and between the second cleaner and the tape;
• wherein treating the media asset comprises:
• baking the media asset;
• determining whether adjacent layers of the tape are stuck to each other and, if so:
• submerging the tape in a cleaning bath for a predetermined period of time,
• unwinding the tape from the supply reel to a take-up reel at an unwind speed while drying the magnetic tape, and
• rewinding the tape onto the supply reel at a rewind speed;
• and
• re-baking the media asset.