# Systemd, User Instances, Device Units, and Media Archiving

**URL:** https://forum.tjll.net/t/systemd-user-instances-device-units-and-media-archiving/79
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**Created:** [January 16, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.tjll.net/t/systemd-user-instances-device-units-and-media-archiving/79 "2017-01-16T06:12:21Z")
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### Author: ![tyler](https://forum.tjll.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@tyler](https://forum.tjll.net/u/tyler)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.tjll.net/t/systemd-user-instances-device-units-and-media-archiving/79/1 "2017-01-16T06:12:21Z")

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I recently used [systemd](http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/), [HandBrake](https://handbrake.fr/), and some simple scripts to digitize a large collection of physical media (for personal, archival use.) In this post I’ll go through systemd features that made this easier and cover all the components that make the automated pipeline work.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.tjll.net/systemd-for-device-activation-and-media-archiving/](https://blog.tjll.net/systemd-for-device-activation-and-media-archiving/)