110 Friday 07.09.2012 In Brief
Media Composer 6.5 arrives at IBC Avid Technology’s Media Composer 6.5, Symphony 6.5, and NewsCutter 10.5 are on display at IBC and now shipping. The new features and support for industry standards are focused on openness, speed, and enabling multi- platform workflows. New Avid Media Authoring capabilities are intended to speed up mastering and archiving at facilities that handle a variety of input formats and deliver in multiple output formats. This new component of AMA includes support for AS-02, a standard developed by the Advanced Media Workflow Association to help post production facilities simplify programme inventory maintenance and streamline delivery to a variety of platforms and devices. 7.J20
Super slo-mo 4K FOR-A is taking it slow while showcasing its FT-ONE, the world’s first full 4K super slow motion camera. The camera records up to 1,000fps, and replays 4096x2160 film-look super slomo images. FT-ONE records raw uncompressed images to its internal RAM and hot swappable SSDs. New vision mixers include the HVS-390HS, a versatile 1M/E or 2M/E mixer with 16 HD/SD-SDI inputs and eight outputs (expandable to 24 and 13). The mid-sized HVS-4000, available with 2, 2.5 or 3M/Es, can handle complex video productions for broadcasters, OBs and events companies. 2.A51
theibcdaily ‘Death of pixels’ is Holy Grail By George Jarrett
Out in the R&D ether, a vector- based video codec is about to be created that points to the death of the pixel. Maybe in five years’ time. The players behind this
project are Bath University, Root6 Technology, Ovation Data Services from the oil and gas industry, and the London facility house Smoke & Mirrors. The driver behind inventing this technology for vectorising moving media – a life’s work – is Professor John Patterson. Explaining that Root6 joined
the project two years ago, responsible for providing the
processing pipeline, MD Marcus Hume-Humphreys said: “Bath has patented the underlying technology within the last two months. John understands that this is the Holy Grail. The core vector technology is developed within academia, and we are the bridge to the end user. “With the prototype codec we think we are ready to produce some media for the golden eyes of the industry,” he added. The Bath prototype works in seconds per frame rather than frames per second at present, but Root6 has a prototype pipeline in place. This is not ground breaking, but required high bit
depth support. What apps will this technology score in?
“One way is in frame rate conversion – still an enormous nightmare. If you are dealing with vectors that are changing over time, the notion of frame rates is not something you are necessarily bound by,” said Hume-Humphreys. This is where Mark Wildig, the CTO of S&M comes in. A master format from which you can derive things without a process of standards conversion could save significant money and time. “This is wicked, just
revolutionary,” he said. “It is like when we had gas lamps and
somebody invented the electric lamp. How much money have we spent trying to do image recognition with pixel-based frames? Billions of pounds! “It is not because we are not developing the right software, it is because we have got the wrong underlying technology,” he added. “It needs turning on its head because the pixel-based products we have in post production have stagnated. We cannot do anything more to the pixel.” Hume-Humphreys
concluded: “This will not be a gradual migration. It will be flick of the switch, like the analogue/digital thing.”
Pushing boundaries Versio in a box Harris By Dick Hobbs
David Bradley: Pushing ‘the boundaries of transceiver usability and performance’
Bradley Engineering By David Fox
Bradley’s new RD_10 Radio Data Transceiver is a lightweight unit designed to deliver digitally coded, error- free data to remote heads and
other devices, and can be set to be a transmitter, receiver or re- transmitter for individual setups. “We have really pushed the boundaries of transceiver usability and performance,” with the RD_10, said David Bradley, founder of Bradley Engineering.
Parameters can be set using a master transmitter, which can transmit to as many receivers as required. In re-transmit mode, the RD_10 can also output the data and re-transmit it to units further afield. This can double the effective range or extend it further using additional re-transmitters, the developer points out. The unit is designed to be simple to use, minimise data loss and is apparently largely dust- and weather-proof. The European version has 10
user-selectable channels (the US version eight), operating on 868MHz and 915MHz frequencies in each region respectively. Power is looped through, with 10mW, 25mW and 500mW power output options available on the industry- standard output socket. And it offers bolt-on modules for plug- and-play CCU protocols, lens control and other functions. 11.D36
Versio is a new channel in a box automation system from Harris. With a new technical approach, Harris aims to transform the way that specialist playout facilities provide responsive service to their clients. In common with channel in a box systems from other vendors, Versio is a standard Windows PC in a 1U frame. The video I/O card, however, is not a third party device but the board used in the Harris Nexio server. The company claims that means that development and upgrades will be managed without risking software conflicts. Functionally, Versio brings together three existing Harris software packages: ADC automation, Nexio server and Ikon graphics and branding. This is to minimise the
challenges of integration and training by presenting a system which is already familiar to users and engineers. “With a traditional playout automation system you have a minimum of 90 days to add a channel because of integration,” said Steven Samwell, a global solutions architect at Harris. “With Versio, because it is built on off the shelf hardware, you can have it sitting in the rack ready to go, and only pay the software license when you put video through it. “We see this as a new model for co-operation,” he added. “With an installed base we will look to supply additional hardware chassis to help the playout provider win business by running trial channels for their clients. A trial can be on air in hours, with the license key only being paid for when the trial is successful.” 7.G20
Following the huge success of last year’s London to Amsterdam charity cycle ride, 12 cyclists set off from the IBC offices in London at 07:30 on Monday, arriving on Tuesday evening at the RAI. The journey was 300 miles. In 2011, riders raised £36,000 for Vision Charity, helping blind and visually impaired children. This year money is being raised for both Vision and VICTA, another UK-based charity
for blind and partially sighted youngsters. Hollyoaks actor and presenter Matt Littler and British racing driver Tom Chilton took part in this year’s ride. Donations can be made at
www.virginmoneygiving.com or text vibc11 and the amount to donate (up to £10) to 70070. Every penny will be split equally between Vision Charity and VICTA.
www.ibc2ibc.com
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