How To Be a DIT - Part 6

How To Be a DIT - Part 6 | Jonny Elwyn - Film Editor:
Keeping up to date with the latest developments in digital imaging capture, storage and transfer is a vital part of any DITs role. Hopefully these resources will help to do just that. If you’ve never heard of a DIT and are wondering what they do, check out the DIT category or this fairly decent explanation.

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Inevitable Convergence

Inevitable Convergence:
The creatives wish to remain in the state of flow during their work, and look for software packages eliminating the roadblocks, timewasters and everyday annoyances, simultaneously providing all the desired tools at reasonable cost. Rigid specialization seems to slowly become the thing of the past, as more and more barriers to integration start to crumble. When the dust settles, I wonder where will we be?

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IBC 2013: Beamr promises to shave 40% off OTT bit-rates

IBC 2013: Beamr promises to shave 40% off OTT bit-rates | Videonet:
Beamr’s CTO, Dror Gill, emphasised that Beamr Video is not a new type of video compression codec: instead it controls existing video compression systems like H.264 or HEVC, manipulating the encoding process in such a way that, in effect, it lowers the threshold at which bit-rate reductions cause artefacts visible to the naked eye.

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Stream-based Workflows - Going Beyond Files

News: IBC 2013 - Stream-based Workflows - Going Beyond Files:
(Amsterdam--September 19, 2013) At IBC 2013 Quantel introduced a truly revolutionary concept - stream-based workflows. Just as file-based workflows replaced video, stream-based workflows are the next giant stride forward for our industry, moving beyond the limits of files to allow content to be accessed from anywhere, in any form, instantly.

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How to build a Netflix-like multiscreen OTT service

How to build a Netflix-like multiscreen OTT service:
With the fall of Megaupload, legal VOD sites are quickly gaining back popularity as consumers are eager to watch fresh video contents on all their connected devices. If you are a content owner, a TV channel or a telco, it may be the right time to (re)launch you Multiscreen OTT VOD offer. This post intends to start from the reference tech choices in this game – Netflix’s ones – explain the major challenges of such type of service and the associated DRM issues, and finally drive you throughout the different market options you have to setup your own service on a close basis (this part is covered in part 2 of the post). Everything would have been easier if Netflix did sell its solution as a white label platform, but it’s not (yet) the case, so this leaves fun territories to explore !

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[IBC 2013 Talk] The Future of OTT Platforms

[IBC 2013 Talk] The Future of OTT Platforms:
This year at IBC, I was invited by Vimond to take part into their Industry Visionaries talk series and discuss “The Future of OTT Platforms: Is it Diversification or Standardization ?” with Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen, Editor of Streaming Media Magazine. Although the 45 minutes talk was already quite consistent (and certainly took a share in my voice disappearing the day after) and shall be available online soon on Vimond’s website, I thought I could take the occasion to go over the topic here also, as a follow-up of some general guidelines I previously exposed in “How to build a Netflix-like multiscreen OTT service (part 1)“.

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Supported Operating Systems and Platforms for StorNext FX Clients

Supported Operating Systems and Platforms for StorNext FX Clients















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Avid Media Composer 7.0.2 Now Available

Media Composer 7: Avid Media Composer 7.0.2 Now Available:
Good news! Avid just released Media Composer 7.0.2 and in this blog post I want to share some of the changes and improvements that come with this release. Aside from that, it is worth mentioning that there are more than 70 bugs fixes. Media Composer 7.0.2 and NewsCutter 11.0.2 can be found in the Avid Download Center.

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Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 10 Public Beta is Available Now

News: Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 10 Public Beta is Available Now:
DaVinci Resolve 10 is a major upgrade that includes new features for integrating the workflows of multiple different software products used in the film and television industry. DaVinci Resolve 10 has upgraded on set tools, upgraded editing features, support for OpenFX plug ins as well as new tools for delivering final project masters to cinemas. Other changes include the addition of Ultra HD resolutions and additional GPU support on the free of charge DaVinci Resolve Lite edition.

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Facilis TerraBlock 6.0 Synchronises Work Groups & Archiving

Facilis TerraBlock 6.0 Synchronises Work Groups & Archiving | Storage:
Facilis TerraBlock 6.0 shared storage, previewing at IBC 2013, will soon be updated with more integration for third-party application workflows, automated archive management with LTO 6 support and support for Adobe Anywhere.

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VLC Media Player Adds Support For H.265 / HEVC

[Phoronix] VLC Media Player Adds Support For H.265 / HEVC:
The VLC project has merged support for x265 to provide support for HEVC/H.265 in the popular open-source cross-platform media player.

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Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 10 Public Beta is Available Now

Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 10 Public Beta is Available Now by PVC News Staff:
DaVinci Resolve 10 is a major upgrade that includes new features for integrating the workflows of multiple different software products used in the film and television industry. DaVinci Resolve 10 has upgraded on set tools, upgraded editing features, support for OpenFX plug ins as well as new tools for delivering final project masters to cinemas. Other changes include the addition of Ultra HD resolutions and additional GPU support on the free of charge DaVinci Resolve Lite edition.

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EditShare Shows Lightworks Pro Running on Mac, Linux and Windows at IBC 2013

EditShare Shows Lightworks Pro Running on Mac, Linux and Windows at IBC 2013 | 3Droundabout:
EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, will be demonstrating its Lightworks Pro editor running on Mac, Linux and Windows at IBC2013 (stand 7.B26). The tri-platform editor has reached a groundbreaking 600,000+ registered users and is the tool of choice for editors working on a wide range of critically acclaimed films. “With a sizeable and very active Lightworks community behind us, we have an enormous amount of valuable feedback and are able to aggressively develop Lightworks with distinctive features that resonate with the editing community,” states Matthew Sandford, global product manager, Lightworks. EditShare’s Lightworks R&D team drives some 26+ public beta cycles and aims to push out four major releases per year.

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Sneak Peek - NUKE 8.0

Sneak Peek - NUKE 8.0:
NUKE product manager, Jon Wadelton, goes through his favorite new and enhanced features in NUKE 8.0

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Flame Premium 2014 combines VFX, grading & finishing tools

Post Magazine - IBC 2013: Flame Premium 2014 combines VFX, grading & finishing tools:
AMSTERDAM — Autodesk (www.autodesk.com) is introducing new capabilities for its Flame Premium 2014 software at the International Broadcasting Convention 2013. The latest release of Flame Premium combines the creative capabilities of Autodesk Flame 2013 20th Anniversary Edition software, Autodesk Smoke Advanced software and Autodesk Lustre software in an efficient, intuitive new workflow that integrates visual effects and editorial finishing.

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MPEG DASH Test Streams

MPEG DASH Test Streams - Blog - BBC R&D:
In the Broadcast and Connected Systems team here in R&D one of the things we have been looking at for a few years is adaptive bitrate technology. Recently the main focus in this area has been MPEG DASH, what profile of it to use, and how we can create content using it. The reason for today’s post is to introduce the first piece of test material we have created.

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Apple Releases 10.8.5 with Xsan Fixes

Xsanity - Apple Releases 10.8.5 with Xsan Fixes:
Apple has released 10.8.5, which has stability improvements for Xsan. Hopefully the files out of sysnc on different clients bug is gone. Let us know how upgrades go in the comments section.

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Introducing the New Phantom Flex4K Digital Cinema Camera from Vision Research

Introducing the New Phantom Flex4K Digital Cinema Camera from Vision Research:
Amsterdam, September 12, 2013 –Vision Research, a leading manufacturer of digital high‑speed imaging systems, officially launches the Phantom® Flex4K, the next evolution in its award-winning digital cinema product line at the 2013 International Broadcasting Convention, September 13-17, 2013 in Amsterdam. The Phantom Flex4K offers exceptional image quality, new workflow options, a user-friendly camera control interface, and outstanding performance at both ultra high-speed and standard frame rates.

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Stornext 5 Announced at IBC

Xsanity - Stornext 5 Announced at IBC:
Quantum announces latest version of Stornext, coming as appliances end of 2013. Software only packages available Q1 2014.

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DisplayLink's adaptor streams 4K content over USB 2.0 and 3.0 (eyes-on)

DisplayLink's adaptor streams 4K content over USB 2.0 and 3.0 (eyes-on):
DisplayLink's been wringing all kinds of connectivity out of our computer's USB ports for years, turning one connection into many. It should come as no surprise, then, that the company's using its considerable compression expertise to send high-resolution 4K video through that very same pipe. Ideally, the system shoots video over USB 3.0, while still giving users the full connectivity options of any compatible DisplayLink device -- but it can also function using USB 2.0, though the dynamically compensating data compression at work may cause some frames to drop.

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