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The enterprise-class Transcode Manager 2.0 software goes beyond transcoding and workflow orchestration, seamlessly blending media file transformation and workflow processes....More

Because of the many crossconversion capabilities of the VC100 from Teranex, I have long wanted one. My most critical need was the high-quality conversion of hours of analog and digital tapes going back as far as the early 1980s to pillarbox HD. Unfortunately, the one conversion I needed most was not available. You cannot, using Media Express, play an SD file through the Teranex and capture it as an HD file. You must record the exported file and play it back for capture. For those of us who are in an “all files on hard disk” environment, this is an obvious downside.However, despite this, the Teranex 2D performed flawlessly in all tests, as did the bundled Blackmagic UltraScope and Blackmagic Disk Speed Test....More

The GLOOBOX Capturer HR generates MXF files with up to three resolutions (proxy, editing and finishing) from HD-SDI feeds....More

Fujitsu's video encoders/decoders are now capable of operating at less than 99ms....More

The University of Notre Dame's Fighting Irish Digital Media (FIDM) — a new fully digital production and post facility on the South Bend, Indiana campus — has selected Telestream products for a faster video workflow....More

Although the jury is still out on whether 3-D entertainment delivery has reached a mainstream threshold, there is no doubt that the implementation of electronic distribution of 3-D content — in a form that is compatible with today’s digital transmission systems — is a requirement for keeping all business paths viable. Several initiatives are now under way that are together forming a new 3-D ecosystem....More

In part one I described how tapeless cameras offer a wide choice of codecs, with some also having the ability to output raw and/or uncompressed files. The next step in the workflow is to choose an edit codec and then a delivery codec....More

  Atomos Announce AtomOS 4.0 With Support For Avid DNxHD   Free DNxHD update for SSD/HDD recorder....More

MPEG-2 has lived for two decades, H.264 is already approaching its second decade, and the early deployments of HEVC will certainly begin this year....More

FOR-A HVS-390HS Vision mixer — available in 1M/E and 2M/E versions — includes 16 HD/ SD-SDI inputs and eight outputs (expandable to 24 inputs and 13 outputs), with frame synchronizers for all inputs; features built-in resizing engines on four inputs to allow mixing HD, SD and PC sources; includes stores for up to 480 video frames and up to 100 events. www.for-a.com...More