Wednesday, March 2, 2011

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Farewell to the sharpness of television ...? Title

was the retail and HDTV will gladly make it appealing to the reference to "sharper" television images. On television we can now observe the move, however, tend to blur.

There's the one the deliberate, intentional blur : Thus, for example with the use of large single-sensor cameras a "desired cinematic" look, as it is associated with expensive Hollywood productions. A look at the better-off is due to the reduced depth of foreground and background against each other and are separated from each other. So far so good - even though this is sometimes exaggerated, but this design element can also be a great asset.

Then there are the random, arbitrary blur: When about the unimportant shelf in the background is represented crack sharp, the interviewees before but unfortunately remains unclear throughout the scene. This could happen even earlier time to time, especially when the host again frantically walked. But lately - at least the impression of the editors - the whole massive piles.

what's going on? Are the cameramen sloppy, knowledgeable poorer and indifferent as previously? This may in some cases perhaps even apply, but usually it is not certain. In many more cases, it is the equipment: it is shot in HD and it would therefore have the sharpness control in greater detail than before, but unfortunately with today in growing numbers used, inexpensive camcorders are often not in the viewfinder or on the Ausklappschirm really examined the focus and ensure reasonable doubt - despite many additional functions such as Focus Assist, Peaking, and the like. It looks easy on the Winz-umbrellas with their too low resolution is not that precisely because the focus now is where you want them.

And more often also chosen the wrong tool principle: Those who could not understand in principle that the temptation is great, with a foreign report or a document with "small set" flexible and unauffä ; llig to work? So, a bright DSLR packed and then shot on location with no additional light aperture and minimal depth of field.

Even very great master but can under these Conditions there is a satisfactory result be achieved if a spontaneous interview situation, the depth of the other person's not even the tip of the nose and reaches their eyes. The result is a blurred out Bilderbrei Geeiere and it does the cause no good when some of focus is important, filmed secret documents only half a line ...

This keeps the knowledge: It is indeed also a bathroom complete with a tooth brush, but if not at the end the result is, unfortunately, you have just wasted time only.

only hope that soon the reason rail strikes again and the audience is not always more are plagued with half-blurred features in the CSI-style: It does not fit, it does not work, it is in the eye.

Source:

http://www.film-tv-video.de/newsletterinfos.html

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Monday, February 7, 2011

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Free plug-in for Final Cut and After Effects on Mac systems ...

With Noise Industries Manifesto is a free title Plug-In for its also free Fx Factory interface. The plug-in is on Mac systems running Final Cut, Motion, and After Effects use.

Manifesto provides a generator for each static titles as well as rolling and crawling titles. They have presets that the user can use as a starting point for a more individual title design. Noise Industries stress the ability to animate titles without the use of keyframes. For example, can be in a scroll-track running speed by moving the clip boundaries determined directly in the timeline. The timing of a running track can thus be well coordinated with other elements in the sequence. The variation of all parameters of a title but can occur through the usual key-frame animation.

The integrated plug-in an editor for text entry and subsequent layout. In addition to manual typing text Manifesto also offers the possibility of pre-formatted RTF files to use as a source of text. Fonts and sizes are accepted here - longer documents can also be created in an external word processor.

also a masking function is on board: How can Manifesto interpret any image file as a mask to influence such as the visibility of individual text fields. Conversely, the title can also be used as a mask for the underlying image. The

Software is also provided with a built-in Motion Blur option to animated titles to give a more natural look. An equally available to de-flickering function is to reduce the cover fibrillation in interlaced display.

Manifesto The plugin is available as a free download from the Noise Industries website. In addition to the actual plug-in must download the user in the basic version, also free FX Factory application. Fx Factory is the interface between the plug and Manifesto of Final Cut, Motion, Final Cut Express and After Effects software.

Source:

http://www.film-tv-video.de/newsdetail+M555d9b2eb4a.html

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plus iPhone Apps: The Swiss Army knife of our time ...

iPhone and iPad in the film and video industry to become multi-functional all-rounders. Tom Poederbach has a small selection of useful apps tested for production and post production and compiled.

in film and video productions are available for all stages of production and post production of a variety of apps. Tom Poederbach has put together a small selection of them, which in his view, the iPhone to our Swiss Army knife Make time.

iPhone and iPad are particularly widespread in the media industry. The iPhone may indeed already be used as a camcorder, and equipped with the right apps even as industry-specific database, as a special calculator, as a time code generator and as a teleprompter - yes, there are also cutting programs for it. Thus, these devices appear today to many as the Swiss Army knife of today - here it is, but always keep mind that a pocket knife always remains a pocket knife and can not be a tool box or even a whole workshop.

Filmmakers Dictionary

David Brass, 0.79 €
Filmmakers Dictionary contains a collection of terms that are encountered when working in film and video section - on set or in the editing room. While there can sometimes be handy to have this app in your pocket.

Filmmakers Dictionary also offers some explanations of the various crew positions, with which one has to do in the course of a career in film and video industry. In addition, the app also offers a range of different light sources, the correct color temperature maps.

All in all, the app is a useful "handbook" for beginners and for professionals, although there are some important terms not listed.

storyboard Composer

Cinemek, 15.99 €
hättte This app is certainly desired Hitchcock: The director was known for his highly detailed storyboards. Cinemek storyboard Composer is a mobile storyboard and pre-visualization tool. It is designed for directors, DoPs, cinematographers, producers, writers, illustrators, art director, film students and those who want to visualize a story.

can use this app from storyboards Compose images, which are imported from any source, or has made even with the iPhone. Following can storyboard markers for dollies insert for the laying of rails or zooms and pans. You can even install its own stand-ins. The user is able to enter any part of the story boards have to select a track and then play it in real time - and thus timing and check image details. For commercials, film productions, short films and music videos is an interesting thing.

Artemis Directors View Finder

Chemical Wedding, 23.99 Euro
With this app, it is possible to see pictures with just that picture, which is obtained with the optical system, with which it rotates. Previously, you only need the camera model and the aspect ratio type and select from a list of the optics used. Then you can save the images: complete with focal length, GPS data and other scene details.

Artemis Directors viewfinder is a very professional app. For scenes with a wider viewing angle than him, the camera in the iPhone / iPod offers, adds Artemis added a frame on the screen. This is certainly not ideal, but it is the best solution to work around the limitation of the camera from your iPhone or iPod Touch. The app supports all major formats, including those of DSLR see

Directors View Finder

Jason Gullickson, 2.39 €
Directors View Finder is a somewhat stripped down alternative to the Directors Artemis View Finder. The app is used by directors and cinematographers to compose a scene without the need for the camera would have to be taken on the recording location.

The app is suitable for location scouting or the creation of a storyboard with stills. Directors View Finder offers for some extras. The app supports the four most common aspect ratio in video and film.

Bento FileMaker Pro, 3.39 €
What do we do with all the notes and records, as we capture during a shoot? Before it all ends in a single document chaos, it is certainly more appropriate to create a simple form in Filemaker and thus to capture and store all information that is needed later. Thanks to Bento-app is the input of such information via iPad directly on the set possible.

Pcam Film + Digital Calculator

David Eubank, 23.99 €
This application is part of the league in the selection of this contribution. It is aimed especially at DoPs , cinematographers, camera assistants, VFX supervisor, script supervisor, grip, grips, film editors, production designers, art directors and film and photography students.

This application can calculate the depth , but also the angle of view. It also allows comparisons of different lens focal length, calculates the correct exposure, flicker-free images allows the use of HMI lighting, color correction with various filters and much more.

The Pcam Film + Digital Calculator differs significantly from many other movie apps, because it offers a very simple interface and also is easily and clearly understand what factors influence the outcome.

Toland ASC Digital Assistant

Chemical Wedding, 31.99 €
The Toland app is as a specialized film calculator designed with the calculated image parameters can be: anything to filter values, f-stops, sensitivity, shutter / shutter and other influencing variables need to do can be processed and calculated. Sun spits out the app as the appropriate aperture correction values when the frame rate and / or sensitivity be changed. Also depth of field data and other objective values can be calculated.

The app is named after Gregg Toland, who is particularly known as DoP the movie "Citizen Kane."

DOFWizard

Vita Mobile, 1.59 €
Another app that can be performed with the depth of field calculations - based on preset focus and aperture values.

DOFWizard offers a very interesting GUI in which one adjusts aperture and focal length and can see exactly where the image will be sharp and where it is more complex: very intuitive and descriptive.

You can also enter a crop factor. He is the extent of the image sensor of the camera or video camera, for example larger or smaller than a 35-mm negatives. The lens and the sensor itself can be adjusted but not - this is again a bit disappointing.

Cinema Tools

Kodak's free
The depth of field calculator was developed by Kodak for use with all film formats, including Super 8, 16, 35 and 65 mm. The aperture range is F1.4 - F22 (with 1 / 3 stops). Next, the app also contains comprehensive Kodak addresses.

Simple Dof Calculator

Dennis van den Berg, 1,59 €
This is - as the name suggests - a very simple depth of field calculator, but a very good schematic representation of the Depth Field-of-area offers. This app also shows the hyperfocal distance. This is chosen from an extensive list before the camera, and the aperture and focal length, and would like to work with you.

gray card

Pixelexip, 0.79 €
gray card transforms the iPhone into a comfortable or iPad and adjustable gray card. When white balance with the camera used to the gray screen of the iPhone as a reference. If you want to record a scene with a little warmer or cooler colors rather, this can be implemented relatively easily with this app, by the gray value slightly adapted - and with it the white balance with the camera .

IGrayCard-Pocket Gray Card

Jeremy Bassett, 0.79 €
replace In this application, the digital gray card on the iPhone and iPad real expensive "gray cards. 18% gray is the reference value of professional Photographers and camera operators around the world. This app works is that you just at any rotational position or a recording of the iPhone makes iPads with the corresponding gray. During the color correction in post production you can refer to it and set the correct Weißbagleich.

DSLR Remote Camera Professional Edition

OnOne Software, 19.99 €
This app is the modern cable release for the DSLR camera. Simply connect your digital SLR camera with a WiFi-enabled computer, and with their iPhone or iPad, then you can adjust the settings of the app immediately, the start button looking at picture, and see the live preview image in the viewfinder.

DSLR Remote Camera is therefore a must for remote recordings. It is important to know that you need for the use of DSLR Remote Camera, the free server software for OSX or Windows host computer (Download: www.ononesoftware.com / iphone). >

Movie * Slate (Clapperboard & Shot Log)

PureBlend, 15.99 €
late movie is a handy digital film flap, which is also suitable as a notepad for recording the scene. This app works on a simple iPad to type than on the iPhone because it is the larger iPad bit easier. movie late the onboard keyboard has optimized it can be data such as song title, scene or Time code easier.

At the beginning of the recording you have to tap only the clapper, it creates an (audio) visual marker for video and audio. After starting the recording, it is possible to enter voice memos timecode mark, as when a question was asked, or if something interesting was said. Each image, all production, time code and GPS location data are stored in a log shot. These data and the notes can impersonate in HTML, CSV or XML format for Final Cut.

Time Code Slate

Matthias Uhlig, 2.39 €
Time Code Slate is suitable for recording music videos. Draw a track on your iPhone or iPad with visible timecode. The TC settings are 24 fps to 100 fps. The right song can then be coupled via timecode-play FM transmitters, and so has this "flap" a clear reference point for the post.

DSLR Slate

Chris Slate, 3,99 €
DSLR Slate is designed for use with digital SLR cameras. Together with a color chart and adjustable time code offers DSLR Slate common fields for the entry of scene, take, frame rate, director. DSLR Slate also includes features specifically suited for digital SLR cameras, including adjustments for ISO, aperture, shutter speed, white balance, lens, filters and much more.

Since there are so many things that can show itself, the app offers a special opportunity to view this information: The Slate-mode only the traditional data to see: Take for example, Storage medium (Roll), director, producer, project and date. This is the information that the editors most often need. There is still another possibility of the display: When the camera is running, you press Start, then all items are displayed in a loop for two seconds.

iPhone Screen Time Calculator

Matthias Uhlig, free
Screen Time Calculator is a very simple app to calculate the available recording time for different frame rates. This is particularly useful for time-lapse photography.

Aja DataCalc

Aja Video Systems, free
Aja The app is designed as a pocket computer for video professionals and serves data to calculate quantities and lead times. It works with all common grids and codecs, including Apple's ProRes , DVCProHD, HDV , XDCAM, DV, CineForm, REDCODE, Avid DNxHD , Apple Intermediate, 16-bit RGB and RGBA uncompressed, and more. Further support for the app NTSC, PAL, 1080 i 1080p, 720p , 2K and 4K .
Aja DataCalc allows it is about to change the settings and to compute based on these inputs, the required storage capacity. The data can be in days, hours, seconds, or even enter frame accurate. Advanced settings can be used for detailed configurations, and it is even possible to send the calculations of DataCalc by e-mail.

ISee4K

Edward Watkins, free
This little app is primarily for Red-users to develop, it is not from Red Digital Cinema. iSee4K may in some cases for 35-mm and 16 mm film and are used for digital cinema applications beyond Red Hat. iSee4K offers five calculation modules to facilitate the drawing of such focus and framing with Digitakameras. The app calculates depth of field, angle of view, memory requirements and memory capacity and duration (only Red lertzteres for recording). With film editor's Calculator Feet and frames one for 35-mm:

Film Editor's Calculator

Vanmkoper, 0.79 €
Who works with classic film back to this app is a nice Toy Film calculate addition, the database offers many Information about the footage used.

Reel Director

Nexvio Inc., 2.99 €
With Reel Director is an editing program, with which it is possible to quickly load a couple of copies of proxy together on the set and cut the material - for example to to see whether the scenes fit together and work so.

Vwaves-Lite

Tangent Devices, free
With Vwaves-Lite it is possible to use the Apple Color grading software with virtual trackball - just like ones on special control panels highlights, medium tones and shadows with real Trackballs can edit. The app works via WiFi and is only available for the iPad.

JumpStart LTC

Edward Richardson 15.99 €
There are many devices used, the time code, but do not offer built-in way to set the timecode value manually. With JumpStart LTC, a LTC generator for iPhone and iPad, you can change that. The app is not intended as a master clock, but only as a device that provides a complete time code with an arbitrary initial value.

This app requires a cable with a headphone plug iPhone / iPad on one side and with the right timecode plug for the device to be synced. Then simply "Start" button and iPad or iPhone to synchronize with the connected device. Here, the following frame rates are supported: 30 drop-frame, 30 non-drop, 29.97 drop frame, 29.97 non-drop, 25 fps , 24 fps and 23.98 fps.

further details, see App:

http://www.film-tv-video.de/newsdetail+M55b7065c156.html

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

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DivX cooperates with Sharp for DivX HD Plus "certification for LCD TV and Blu-ray player ...

DivX, a subsidiary of Sonic Solutions, the Sharp Electronics Corporation gained another partner, the "Plus DivX HD-certified products to the market. We start with the LCD-TV models LE835 and LE830 of "Aquos Quattron" series, which will be available in sizes 60, 52, 46 and 40 inch available, and the new generation of Aquos Blu-ray Disc player.

DivX Plus HD (1080p) in the MKV container can use any optical disc or are recorded on the SD card slot of the equipment. The format supports up to eight subtitles and audio tracks per movie file and a steady forward and rewind. Furthermore, it enables the automatic insertion of chapter markers in videos, do not have given chapter.

Source:
www.divx.com

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Airplay: iTunes streaming for network music system Ceol is here ...

The Hi-Fi Denon Forge on Tuesday the fee Airplay update released that activates the network music system Ceol additional streaming capabilities.

The update to the AV Receiver AVR-4311, AVR-3311 and the anniversary model Denon AVR-A100 had on 6 Provided in January. The variant for the Ceol system with the model name RCD-N7 complete support for the hi-fi products of the manufacturer. The necessary files can either be obtained from the built-in receiver firmware upgrade function or the Denon's web site at a price of 49 €.

on its own Airplay portal on the Internet the manufacturer keeps additional information available for the end of the update. Denon originally announced to make the functionality for wired or wireless streaming of iTunes music libraries available in late November. So far, airplay was only supported by Apple's own products such as AirPort Express.

Source:

http://www.digitalfernsehen.de/Airplay-iTunes-Streaming-fuer-Netzwerk-Musikan ...

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ARD and ZDF are host broadcaster for the Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ...

From 7 to 20 February 2011 will be held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the World Championships. ARD and ZDF will share the live coverage in the two weeks of the tournament and even build as host broadcaster for the international signal for more than 40 TV channels and radio stations around the world.

Under the leadership of the ZDF was together with ARD »GAP TV2011 'launched - a production community, which serves as host broadcaster TV and radio stations with video and audio material.

The broadcast concept, from the World Cup lines top to bottom completely covered, GE added that if at any time, anywhere - even in unexpected advantages expertise can say, falls and accidents - can be taken. The technical complexity is correspondingly large: With up to 36 cameras are the races (downhill, super G, giant slalom, team event) produced on the Kandahar route. These are brought to the toughest and most spectacular points of the track super-slow motion cameras, camera cranes and special cameras in place. Had a total of about 70 km cable will be laid on the mountain. A logistical challenge as well, partly very short zen camera reconstruction phases of only 30 minutes for a transfer of the men's distance to the woman or vice versa dar.

Hardly less production technology is needed in the slalom event on Gudiberg: 22 cameras are used in applications, including super slow motion cameras, camera cranes and a when accompanied camera along the route. Next are open-air studios and numerous mixed-zones - locations for moderation and live interviews at the various venues (Kandahar, Gudiberg, Medal Plaza) is available. All races and award ceremonies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen are produced live and in HD quality.

Source:

http://www.film-tv-video.de/newsdetail+M59dba387adc.html

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Friday, January 28, 2011

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incompatibility with A / V storage media. We must unfortunately remain outside ...

who works a lot with software encountered countless, often bizarre effects that ultimately shape everyday life in the IT world. This is a small scale, with all the various Office applications as well as in the large, for demanding networking solutions - or, to remain in the industry, with all the file-based production systems that are now in use. The devil is in the detail with which these days but all too often employ no more will: Everything must go fast and just kind of work. The provisional final will be sufficient, it is "good enough". After a real, workable solution is needed not more often: this applies in equal measure to the manufacturer, as on the user side.

This is the page: "Open systems" which are praised by the strategists and marketing experts from the manufacturers, who can communicate in the context of national partnership of common interfaces for the benefit of the customer together. Even the holding of lack of Standardization is often no serious review more standard practice, but it gets even better: often in fact be artificial barriers erected and held religious wars on the backs of customers because the producers believe the only way market shares secure and establish its own technologies to be able to. Apparently yes

include large format wars of the past, in which competed video formats such as Betacam and M2 to fight. Maybe so, but peace is not turned around yet: According to the motto "Business is war" is raging just now an unmanageable guerrilla war and the battles are now unexpected, unforeseeable, but rather a more rapid rate.

examples? Why Sony and Pansonic do with SxS and P2 their own, incompatible special storage media for their professional video equipment? Why now come to more and more camcorders that offer intern more image quality than they can record themselves, such as the F3 from Sony and the AF101 from Panasonic?

AVCHD is another example of the struggle on the device level: while the provider of camcorders and digital cameras now have consistently AVCHD camcorders in the program, let the manufacturer of nonlinear editing systems very, very long time making a reasonable, practical and convenient for customers to integrate solutions that allow for native editing of material of this codec. Apple about repeated like a mantra that you consider AVCHD format and offer as a distribution with the change in ProRes so a solution for the processing of AVCHD footage.

The flash can refuse the salute iPad: Internet video is finally not currently possible without Flash, but what Apple cares? This supports Flash iPad not and that's that. And finally the market is the manufacturer of law: the iPad is gone without a Flash-compatible like hot cakes. Like each other tablet manufacturers struggle with integrating this technology.

Another field for the transfer of the format wars to the present are the many available storage media that are available for tapeless camcorders. Who is to actually look through yet? But in this particular area there is a glimmer of hope: Sony tried very long to support his memory and Memory Stick media as the only SxS memory cards. Ultimately, however, brought resourceful accessories manufacturer and irritated User to the manufacturer but, in terms of SxS Memory Stick and times to take the reality check: Lo and behold, now may SDHC memory cards - in some cases by Sony adapter, some directly - at Sony camcorders are used. Let's see how long yet Panasonic P2 holds, but where SDXC is available ...

Yes, the time of the great format wars may be over - but the easier it is for customers not thereby become, as the arguments of the manufacturers have only just moved to another level.

Source:

http://www.film-tv-video.de/newsletterinfos.html

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

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Astra Platform Services (APS) is a service of N24 ...

The news channel N24 has expanded its cooperation with the scheme and its digital services shifted in content management, playout and encoding for Internet streaming of APS.

was the middle of last year, a management buyout at N24 and N24 at ProSiebenSat.1 Rossmann and sold Aust. Until that time, used the N24 technical infrastructure of the ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion. N24 has now changed his service provider and has been using since January 2011, the entire service portfolio of the GSP.

APS brings far as the N24 via uplink transmission signal from Unterföhring the Astra satellites. The heart of digital broadcasting at N24 is the Media Asset Management System (MAM) of the APS. Here, all content such as the N24 news, documentaries, reports, magazines, talk as well as promotional items or advertisements, digitally recorded and available to the Channel shortly be available later.

N24 can from Berlin on the digitized material in Unterföhring access and schedule such as trailers, commercial breaks set by or entire programs on the Internet. Direct access allows the MAM N24 is also very short-term formats as possible, in program changes in program schedules and to make ready for playout.

for the playout of the channel has developed the APS solution, the N24 very high flexibility for scheduling and broadcasting is to offer the programs. According N24 broadcast schedule, the pre-produced programs and clips daily from the MAM to the playout server played. Again, N24 act very quickly and transfer directly to current events program content to the playout server. The transmission line provides from Berlin for the playing of the programs and can also also on the graphics system access, where all inserts, layout elements and the N24-treadmill are stored. Thus, N24 is able to live during the operation, the playout of the station when necessary, to take over. In addition to satellite broadcasting, cable and DVB-T is the content for Internet streaming on www.N24.de be treated. This assumes the encoding of the APS website

Frank Meissner, N24-President of Manufacturing and Technology. "As a news channel, we need a lot of flexibility for the Planning, preparation and the playing off of our content - with the highest transmission safety. Therefore we have decided to APS. The company has a modern and powerful digital media asset management system, by which we organize our content quickly and efficiently, and prepare for the broadcast can. The playout solution is very flexible and ideally suited to our specific requirements "

Wolfgang Elsaesser, Managing Director Astra Platform Services GmbH, adds:". Digital Workflows are a key success factor in the modern media industry. Broadcasters and production houses are to accelerate in a position to evaluate processes and content quickly and flexibly to various platforms. The APS has tailored its product portfolio and helps customers to the highest technical level in the transition to digital processes, "

further information.

http://www.film-tv-video.de/ NewsDetail + M5c07b9dec19.html

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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Overburdened suppliers force VW to halt production

"... The Wolfsburg-based group is working at capacity and the demand for cars is so great that suppliers are not behind -... With bitter consequences VW has to stop work temporarily in the master tapes ..."

Source: www.ftd.de

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Current storage media for video recording at a glance ...

However, changes in recording technology has brought new memories with them. They are practical only in recent times in memory media in the form of memory cards - at least when it comes to integrated on-board storage in the camcorder.

Such were the storage media from a few years ago: different cassette systems. Also at the step from analogue to digital recording, the band was initially the information carrier of choice. That's passé, currently are popular with all manufacturers memory cards.

The revolution began in the Photo: With breathtaking speed, sat down by the digital technology, instead of talking about the 9x13 and 10x15 Consumer Megapixels and suddenly finds instead slide and aperture card images were used. Although many initially did not believe, here is the starting point for change in the storage media in the motion picture professional area.

What once heralded the first USB flash drives with a few megabytes of storage capacity, now stands as a CF or SD memory card with up to 64 gigabytes of capacity currently available - for a data set in this size ; order of magnitude one needs seven DVDs in the popular movie-size DVD-9. And if with Arri now a Manufacturer with great film tradition on SxS memory card as onboard media sets, you know: The memory cards have finally made in the professional motion picture technology.

In the following overview of the most important information on the latest in the industry are most widely used storage media combined. Sometimes you can find in the lexicon of film-tv-video.de to the different concepts even more extensive explanations.

collection of articles on the topic

Three articles on the subject of codecs / formats / recording technology are already in film-tv-video.de published (see links at end of article), and two more in the coming days . Follow These six items are - supplemented by two format tables, and an overview of current single-large-sensor cameras - also available in a print publication, and as a complete PDF. Complete details on the PDF you know when the last of six articles has appeared online.

overview of current storage media

A-Cam Cartridge: the Swedish manufacturer Ikonoskop has developed its own digital camera storage media, such as a credit card-sized, but somewhat thicker memory card. With a capacity of 160 GB, they should be able to record 32 minutes raw material (1,920 x 1,080, 25 fps) - at a data rate of up to 240 Mbps.

CF-Card: The CompactFlash card comes from the photo area, but later was able to establish itself in other areas. This card uses including the manufacturer Red Digital Cinema as a storage medium for the Red One camera. Canon also uses in its DSLRs with HD video function and its tapeless camcorders XF to the CF card as storage medium. Sony is also working with the CF card recorder HVR-MRC1 also with the storage medium. 64-GB CF cards enable write speeds of up to 90 MBps.

hard drives, Disk Recorder, portable, external disk recorders of various Manufacturers can be connected via various interfaces to camcorders or cameras and draw parallel to the onboard memory or as a single recording medium, the camera signals. The interesting thing is that a growing number of camcorders higher quality signal output to external devices, as they can store internally: If you want to alos to reach the maximum recording quality, you must use an external recorder. These recorders use today partly own Cartridge Sys-tems with hard drives or solid-state memory. One of the next article in this series deals with a selection of such set-recorder.

FieldPaks: This special Removable hard disk system Ikegami Editcam uses in his system. The camcorder, different codecs are set, the data is then written in the appropriate format to the FieldPaks.

GFPAK: in the form of GFPAK provides Toshiba with Ikegami to a further solid-state version. This storage medium is in the tapeless camcorders Ikegami used. GFPAK are significantly larger than SD or CF memory card, but they offer such an integrated charge indicator and are equipped with two interfaces that are widespread in the IT sector: SATA and USB 2.0 - you need not necessarily with a reader or a computer special Slots to be able to copy the material and views. There are now two series of GF-Paks and GF adapter that can be equipped with a CF or SD cards.

Memory Stick: Sony sat in his compact camcorders used exclusively to our own Memory Stick. Meanwhile, the manufacturer supported in current devices, the alternative use of SD cards for recording.

Memory Sticks are now available in various forms (Memory Stick (MS), Memory Stick Duo (MSD), Memory Stick Pro (MSP), Memory Stick Pro Duo (MSPD), Memory Stick Pro-HG Duo HX). For NXCAM the new devices, the manufacturer recommends the Duo HX sticks.

P2: P2 is short for Professional Plug-In Card, a storage medium that Panasonic developed specifically for use in professional tapeless camcorders. Any P2 card combines four SD-card memory chips in a PCMCIA package. As a result, at least in theory, four times the transfer and write-data rate, as with a single SD card: up to 640 Mbps transfer rate is theoretically possible. Panasonic offers two series of P2 cards: the A and E series with slightly different specifications and prices. The largest P2 card currently 64 GB. 64 minutes in DVCPRO HD material to fit the P2 card.

Professional Disc: The Professional Disc (PD), Sony has developed as a storage medium for the XDCAM format. The optical storage medium is a technology with the Blu-ray Disc related, they are so incompatible. The first introduced single-layer disc has 23 GB storage capacity. A development of this disc is the dual-layer PD. It offers a storage capacity of 50 GB. The dual-layer disc format allowed the youngest of the family of XDCAM: XDCAM HD 422nd IBC2010 expanded to the Sony PD-family to a write-once quad-layer disc that offers 128 GB of storage. The significant capacity expansion the quad-layer disc, and their higher transmission speed to the PD as an option for long-term preservation established in the market.

SD Card: SD is the abbreviation for compact storage chip system Secure Digital. SD memory cards are the most widely used memory cards in the market. SD cards are smaller and thinner than CF cards.

The currently most powerful version of SD memory cards are SDXC cards. The storage capacity of this memory is being targeted to up to 2 terabytes designed, speeds of up to 300 MBps. Currently popular are SDXC cards with capacities of up to 64 GB and write speeds of 10 to 35 MBps (depending on provider).

The still more common SD cards are divided into different classes and available in capacities up to 32GB. The powerful Class 10 provides a speed of 10 MBps.

Panasonic, JVC and more recently, Sony, SDHC cards use in AVCHD camcorders with professional features. Depending on record in what frame rate you want, you have to pay attention to the performance of the card and use the appropriate class.

SR Memory: Sony has announced for 2011, the introduction of a fixed-storage system, intended to provide a storage capacity of one terabyte and transfer rates of 5 Gbps. SR-memory is to be offered as an alternative storage medium in the HDCAM SR SRW-range for the camcorder-9000 and the cameras F35 and F23.

SxS: memory card for professional camcorders from Sony. The SxS memory cards fit into PC-Express slots on laptops and PCs, as well as in certain of Sony XDCAM products. Sony introduced the format as the storage medium SxS XDCAM EX (4:2:0, max. 35 Mbps) that now there is also a camcorder with a higher data rate of 50 Mbps 4:2:2 recording on SxS can. The maximum theoretical transfer rate was the first Card generation (SxS Pro) at 800 Mbps. The new SxS cards (SxS-1) provide a transfer rate of 1.2 Gbps and can work both in the UDF, as in the FAT mode.
There are now many SxS memory card and adapter, with which to use memory cards in the SxS slot. Even Sony itself offers the MEAD-MSD01 in such an adapter. However, these adapters provide for such slow motion is not always adequate performance.

SxS also comes with Alexa Arris used. However, Arri features the Apple ProRes format on the SxS memory cards.

more details and photos:
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Monday, January 24, 2011

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education on the Gorch Fock II

"... More than once already, there were fatal accidents where someone has missed at night or in bad weather, the tethers was last on 7 November. Last year, when a 25-year-old officer candidate fell from 27 meters to his death. anxiety, says one of the cadets during a training ride earlier in the interview with this newspaper had in the beginning almost all. Who does not want top would not, but for the assessment at the end of the trip it would be better, he says. Otherwise you will be considered as a "nail bank driver 'was one who stood on deck only, and the many cables that come from the top of the rigging, lashed to one of the many nails in addition to proof of the railing. ... "

Source: www.faz.net

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education on the Gorch Fock I

" ... A sailing trip aboard the "Gorch Fock" and, possibly, a severe storm a part of every aspiring naval officer training program. From Ensign to Admiral Marine - all have learned at school board this ship the basics of maritime trade. What sounds to the layman like a dream turns out to be on board within a short time as the hardest part of officer training. ...

command and obedience are essential for the functioning of the armed forces. The duty of obedience is a central duty of the soldiers. However, no "blind obedience" requires, as he was, moreover, legally speaking, even in times not required before 1945. From the specification of the soldier law that commands "conscientious" means to perform, an "intelligent obedience" read out. From this the obligation of the command receiver is derived, to make a report or bring a "Remonstrance". ... "

source. www.faz.net

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Sat 1 has now also its own App ...

The private TV channel Sat 1 on Wednesday its app for iPhone, iPod, and published iPad. For the Android market, there is still no application. Whether one should follow is not known.

With the free app , which simply means "Sat.1", according to a statement by the music and video provider iTunes, the video shows, magazines and the shows of the transmitter be retrieved. All Follow the sender's own series "Anna", "Schiller Street", "Danni Lowinski", "Lenssen & Partners", "The Oliver Pocher Show" or "Stars and Stories" are available to users .

also integrated into the Sat-1-App are e-mail access and the social networks Facebook and Twitter. About the Twitter feed, users the latest news, information about the programs or the latest gossip about stars and starlets immediately get on their iPhone , iPad, or iPod.

Source:

http://www.digitalfernsehen.de/Sat-1-hat-nun-auch-eine-App.47881.0.html

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Friday, January 21, 2011

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Swisscom recorder programming and live TV by App ...

Swiss cable network operator Swisscom contributes to the flood of apps for the iPhone. Mobile customers can now access to program listings and manage their digital video recorder from a distance.

To this end, the company announced on Tuesday two new applications for Apple's smartphone: The Swisscom TV guide for iPhone is the TV program not only at any time. Customers in the tariff "Swisscom TV plus, "while on the go home to tell their TV box, which shows will be taken. Also, let trailer for more than a thousand video-on-demand movies, browsing and orders for notification.

is also "Swisscom TV air" for the iPhone and devices with the Android OS and Microsoft Mobile ready. This allows viewers to access live TV programs. Swisscom to take advantage of cur- detail more than 100 000 subscribers, the fee offer and benefit from 50 TV stations and annually over 2 000 exclusive football and hockey games on tele Club Sports Live.

Source:

http://www.digitalfernsehen.de/Swisscom-Rekorder-Programmierung-und-Live-TV-p ...

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

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stereo 3DTV: Yesterday Top ... today flop ...?

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is - because of their sheer size and date in January - an important barometer trend and an indicator of consumer electronics . Here, new products and technologies shown, where trends are born - and just as quickly buried again.

latter was accomplished this year with the theme of stereo-3D, which had dominated more in the past year, the CES. Presented in the previous year on a broad front stereo 3D displays were at that time - as usual - accompanied by an impressive concert melodious sales forecasts for 3D products of all kinds. The enthusiasm rubbed off some instances, to the professional departments of electronics manufacturers and suddenly also asked about their clients, whether the producers for answers to the current stereo-ready 3D trend. 3D hectic activity and pilot productions were the result.

came with the Christmas season 2010 now but the big disappointment: the consumer bought much less stereo-3D devices than expected. And even worse, hope for improvement in sight, because it is believed a new study from Nielsen, North America, only three percent of the consumer are ready this year to buy a stereo 3D monitor.

And outside of the undoubtedly very important and largest electronics market in North America? According to Financial Times Germany in this country only one-eighth of the Christmas selling television was equipped with 3D technology. Also, the is much less than had been predicted - also expect other sources of lower rates. It was also sold in Germany on average less than one per 3-D glasses 3D TV: This suggests that the 3D technology to purchasers of 3D-enabled devices do not was important. Finally, stereo-3D also only one of many features of modern television sets - in addition to W-LAN, USB recording and much, much more.

global perspective, the share of 3D-enabled TV sets at around 3 percent. 3D is thus in the consumer TV business a flop - Or at least has enormous problems.

But because nothing is as old and out is how the predictions of yesterday, and because anything that is not immediately successful, will now no longer analyzed and improved, but equally quickly pushed aside by other activities, the CES this year, buried the issue of stereo 3D virtual silence. Get out to the next technology: the means - thank Apple's - Tablet PC, so iPad copy. The times called Galaxy pad EeeSlate times, sometimes Xoom or otherwise, and always offers a glossy screen surface, the invites you into a world full of apps. Of 80 new Tablet PCs to CES as Spiegel Online reported.

Because Apple sold last year by his iPad has an estimated 13 million units, it is hardly surprising that now a lot of other electronics manufacturers are trying to jump on the train. Panasonic about trying to bridge the gap between Tablet PC and TV: Wireless should be the content between Viera TVs and Tablet exchange, the Tablet also own a multi-function remote control for home cinema. There

The matching forecasts for the new flat computer market it - what a surprise - even: 55 million sold to Tablet PCs in the current year. Let's see what the industry thinks about this number predictions for next year. Even more interesting perhaps is another question: What are the buyers for their Tablet PCs - do it all - about the operation of their home theaters at?

Source:

http://www.film-tv-video.de/newsletterinfos.html

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

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conjecture about Formula 1 - RTL allegedly knows nothing of native high-definition transfer from the FOM ...

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The announcement of the pay-TV platform, Sky, Formula 1 from the upcoming racing season in native HD, has caught the German free-TV partners RTL following a request from the apparently DIGITAL TELEVISION cold.

"RTL is willing to broadcast the F1 in HD next season on RTL in native HD," said the RTL for the sport competent spokesman Matthias Bolhöfer on Tuesday afternoon to a question . Over the satellite platform of high-resolution HD Plus RTL subsidiary since 1 to receive November 2009. Meanwhile dine individual cable operators like Tele Columbus, and Primacom Kabelkiosk Eutelsat the signal.

could confirm it officially broadcasting in native HD but only when the Formula 1 as a marketer FOM for the production of live images inform a responsible partner on the licensees for the provision of appropriate signals, said Bolhö ; fer on. This leads to the conclusion that RTL has been the conversion to native HD production not yet been informed.

This in turn surprised Thomas Kuhn from the Sky Sports Communications. He was due to the background information of the Formula 1-marketer FOM is assumed that the native HD signal will be provided to all rights holders for use is available, Kuhnert. Sky will definitely be a 1-080i signal from the FOM been delivered.

Sky had announced at lunch that can be seen in the upcoming 2011 season all 20 race weekends, "live and in true HD" on the payment platform. Further questions to the ORF and the Swiss television run. The BBC has their viewers so far found no native HD broadcasts in view.

Source:

http://www.digitalfernsehen.de/Raetselraten-um-Formel-1-RTL-weiss-nichts-von- ...

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Monday, January 10, 2011

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magazine CAMERAMAN now as an iPhone / iPAD App ...

The number 1 among the German journal of film and TV industry magazine now available as app for iPhone / iPad!

download:

http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/kameramann/id406327657?mt=8

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

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reception the evening news on smart phones is now easier ...

new interface in Sophora CMS expanded functionality of the website

A new interface in the content management system Sophora makes the use of the supply of tagesschau.de on smartphones and mobile Internet much more comfortable now. Also been possible reception of live streams, podcasts, photos, and text is extended by the developed by the subshell GmbH app for a quick, user-friendly navigation and a search function. Users can also rate content and initiate a dialogue with the editors. This

were implemented all functions without any technical changes to the CMS or the data model. On the basis of Sophora interface, developed in the future of technological change custom applications in a short time be. The supply of new equipment is easily possible.
www.subshell.com

Source:

http://fkt.schiele-schoen.de/home/zeitschrift_detail.asp?id=11364

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Monday, January 3, 2011

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have 500 days to switch off of analogue satellite television ...

3.6 million TV households have yet to go digital

move on in 500 days, 30 April 2012, off the analogue TV signal via satellite Astra in Germany. Anyone who has not previously been converted to digital reception, to be usual television have to do without. Overall, are affected in Germany was approximately 20 percent of the satellite TV households, equivalent to around 3.6 million connections. With an average of two units per TV households are still waiting more than seven million analog receivers out to be replaced. Every day, thus about 17,500 digital receiver would work in the remaining over 400 days to go over the counter. About 80 percent or 12.6 million of satellite households receive their TV is already digital. The satellite, making it the leading digital infrastructure by a wide margin to cable - here the digitization rate is only at 38 percent (Astra Satellite Monitor 2010).

consumer has to switching a wide range of digital receivers available - from very low-cost entry devices to feature phones with hard drive and Internet access. Astra accompanied together with broadcasters and the industry for several years the process of digitization through active information campaigns, trade marketing and training, joint operations and public relations. The satellite operator also supports initiatives such as klardigital.de, a common Initiative of the ALM and the large station groups.
www.klardigital.de

Source:

http://fkt.schiele-schoen.de/home/zeitschrift_detail.asp?id=11358

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MXF video archive on the basis of PresSTORE QT and MXF Import ...

An easy-to-use and completely transparent video archive in the MXF format was the goal of development cooperation of Archiware Hamburg and Pro Media. The solution can then archive MXF files on the storage solution PresSTORE P4 Archiware and the Quicktime component MXF Import from Hamburg QT Pro Media make available again.

The Munich backup specialist Archiware and video software expert Hamburg Pro Media to jointly offer a solution for data archiving in the professional video and broadcasting. The video archive is working in the MXF format and is operated by the archiving solution PresSTORE P4 Archiware. The QuickTime-MXF Import Component QT Pro Media from Hamburg makes the archived material available again quickly and directly.

Convenient search with QuickTime previews in PresSTORE P4 Archive

addition to the traditional list view with file name, Modification date, size and other parameters and metadata of the video files are displayed to facilitate the search for archived files. PresSTORE Archive represents the files in the preview as a preview - as a low-res proxy in the list, as Hi-Res clips in the Media view.

The MXF-Preview support allows the software MXF Import QT from Hamburg Pro Media. MXF can be used in addition to Mac applications like Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Server also has the functionality of the entire operating system is available that, so to speak MXF is capable - which would otherwise be required conversions necessary.

availability

PresSTORE P4 is through resellers worldwide. A 30-day trial version is available on the Archiware Web site.

Source:

http://www.film-tv-video.de/newsdetail+M53479934c9c.html

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