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Alphabet soup
Media storage questions used to be simply a matter of which version of SCSI was required. Now, with media access by multiple clients over networks in addition to "desk side" storage and newer connectivity standards, determining what type of storage you need can be confusing. Here's a quick guide through the current acronyms in the hopes that it will provide you with a clearer storage picture.
May 9, 2008
A choice of compression
Now that MPEG-4 surrounds us in everything from cell phones to camcorders and surveillance DVRs, many video pros are wondering how it differs from MPEG-2 and what it can do for them.
Apr 11, 2008
Digital security video can cause proprietary headaches
Unlike VHS systems, DVR-based security solutions may store imagery as still sequences, multiplexed audio and video streams, separate audio and video streams, or video streams with multiple camera angles interleaved into a single file.
Mar 12, 2008
Blue laser blues
This rewrite of Canned Heat's 1967 classic, "Bullfrog Blues," kept popping into my head each time I walked into a computer or electronics store during the latter half of 2007.
Feb 14, 2008
The impact of compact
A recent review in which the author effused over the new "professional" Panasonic AG-HSC1U AVCHD camcorder really pressed one of my buttons -- users who buy market-speak over technical reality and adopt consumer formats and products as "professional."
Jan 22, 2008
Deliver HDV at its DVD best
The popularity of HDV camcorders and the lack of availability of blue laser disc recorders leave many shooters with the desire to deliver HDV content as widescreen DVD video.
Jan 3, 2008
Microsoft takes aim at Adobe
From the earliest days of the Web, Macromedia Flash and Director (now a part of Adobe) provided cross-platform animation in Web pages.
Nov 12, 2007
Soundbooth suffers from missing features
Adobe made no secret of its intention to replace Audition with Soundbooth in its Creative Suite 3 release.
Oct 11, 2007
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended gets technical
I was using my recently arrived Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium package when, in Photoshop CS3 Extended, I saw a new menu.
Sep 19, 2007
AVC offerings could challenge HDV market
HDV, originally conceived and delivered as a consumer format, was quickly adopted by independent filmmakers and some network broadcast shows as a substitute for film during a period of pronounced downward budget pressure on content producers. Realizing there was a market between consumer gear and HDCAM, manufacturers filled the gap with HDV camcorders in a variety of form factors.
Aug 22, 2007
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