Comments for Edit Geek http://dylanreeve.com Dylan Reeve on Post-Production and stuff Thu, 17 May 2012 10:37:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Send Me to NAB by Dylan Reeve http://dylanreeve.com/videotv/2012/send-me-to-nab.html#comment-3589 Dylan Reeve Thu, 17 May 2012 10:37:41 +0000 http://dylanreeve.com/?p=145#comment-3589 Unfortunately our broadcast stream wasn't archived for very long - I'm not sure it does exist online anywhere anymore. Our fibre connection was capable of 8Mb/s up I think, but in practice because of routing issues and shared capacity we were using a much lower bitrate which we varied a little to get a reliable feed for our viewers. To be honest there was a lot more room for research and testing on the streaming aspects. Some services (UStream possibly?) offer an adaptive system where you send a higher quality stream and they create multiple streams of different qualities to suit the viewers. I don't think Justin.TV which we used for this broadcast was able to offer that at the time. The BlackMagic switcher was amazing though. A few years ago I used to run a linear online edit suite that was centred around a Grass Valley switcher. It was a huge beast (about 24 rack units all told) and it couldn't do half of what the ATEM unit could. I love live TV stuff but sadly I rarely get a chance to dabble in that arena. Unfortunately our broadcast stream wasn’t archived for very long – I’m not sure it does exist online anywhere anymore.

Our fibre connection was capable of 8Mb/s up I think, but in practice because of routing issues and shared capacity we were using a much lower bitrate which we varied a little to get a reliable feed for our viewers.

To be honest there was a lot more room for research and testing on the streaming aspects. Some services (UStream possibly?) offer an adaptive system where you send a higher quality stream and they create multiple streams of different qualities to suit the viewers. I don’t think Justin.TV which we used for this broadcast was able to offer that at the time.

The BlackMagic switcher was amazing though. A few years ago I used to run a linear online edit suite that was centred around a Grass Valley switcher. It was a huge beast (about 24 rack units all told) and it couldn’t do half of what the ATEM unit could. I love live TV stuff but sadly I rarely get a chance to dabble in that arena.

]]> Comment on Avid Media Composer 5 in a DSLR World by Dylan Reeve http://dylanreeve.com/videotv/avid/2010/avid-media-composer-5-in-a-dslr-world.html#comment-3588 Dylan Reeve Thu, 17 May 2012 09:07:00 +0000 http://dylanreeve.com/?p=79#comment-3588 What version of Media Composer? In 5.0 and later you should be able to AMA link to the media. Depending on computer spec it may be impractical to edit with the linked files, but they can be transcoded to native Avid media. What version of Media Composer? In 5.0 and later you should be able to AMA link to the media. Depending on computer spec it may be impractical to edit with the linked files, but they can be transcoded to native Avid media.

]]> Comment on Avid Media Composer 5 in a DSLR World by Abinash Mazumdar http://dylanreeve.com/videotv/avid/2010/avid-media-composer-5-in-a-dslr-world.html#comment-3587 Abinash Mazumdar Thu, 17 May 2012 09:02:00 +0000 http://dylanreeve.com/?p=79#comment-3587 Hi,  I have a Canon 550D. Recently I recorded some videos for a documentary through that camera, the format is .MOV but when I try to import those videos in AVID Media Composer, it says that the file is not supported. Can you help me out. Hi, 
I have a Canon 550D. Recently I recorded some videos for a documentary through that camera, the format is .MOV but when I try to import those videos in AVID Media Composer, it says that the file is not supported. Can you help me out.

]]> Comment on Send Me to NAB by Runetic http://dylanreeve.com/videotv/2012/send-me-to-nab.html#comment-3586 Runetic Thu, 17 May 2012 05:52:00 +0000 http://dylanreeve.com/?p=145#comment-3586 As a non-professional into video, I just came back from my third NAB.  I live in southern California so it is a short flight to Las Vegas.  I was taking video classes at night and the instructor would not have class the week of NAB to encourage us to go there just to see the exhibits.  (He would get us a sponsor)  I have gone back since.  There is nothing like being able to see all the equipment available and be able to ask any technical question you may have.   Kudos on your attempt to at live election broadcasting.  I was just at a Blackmagic event today.  I was looking at their smaller switcher that is just under $1K to experiment with live broadcasting.  Is there any video of your broadcast posted anywhere on the web?  I am curious what bit rate you decided on and your uplink capacity?  Take care. -RU As a non-professional into video, I just came back from my third NAB.  I live in southern California so it is a short flight to Las Vegas.  I was taking video classes at night and the instructor would not have class the week of NAB to encourage us to go there just to see the exhibits.  (He would get us a sponsor)  I have gone back since.  There is nothing like being able to see all the equipment available and be able to ask any technical question you may have.  

Kudos on your attempt to at live election broadcasting.  I was just at a Blackmagic event today.  I was looking at their smaller switcher that is just under $1K to experiment with live broadcasting.  Is there any video of your broadcast posted anywhere on the web?  I am curious what bit rate you decided on and your uplink capacity?  Take care.

-RU

]]> Comment on Colour Correction in Avid Symphony (Video) by Paul Kiff http://dylanreeve.com/videotv/avid/2012/colour-correction-in-avid-symphony.html#comment-3580 Paul Kiff Tue, 01 May 2012 19:14:00 +0000 http://dylanreeve.com/?p=218#comment-3580 Hi Dylan, thanks for the video. Very informative about the differences between Media Composer and Symphony. You might just have made my mind up. Time to dig out that FCP serial number... Hi Dylan, thanks for the video. Very informative about the differences between Media Composer and Symphony. You might just have made my mind up.

Time to dig out that FCP serial number…

]]> Comment on What is Avid Symphony? by Colour Correction in Avid Symphony | Edit Geek http://dylanreeve.com/videotv/2012/what-is-avid-symphony.html#comment-3578 Colour Correction in Avid Symphony | Edit Geek Tue, 01 May 2012 03:52:42 +0000 http://dylanreeve.com/?p=179#comment-3578 [...] in Avid Symphony 1 May, 2012 Avid Dylan Reeve Permalink As I detailed in my previous What is Avid Symphony? post, colour correction is the feature that most sets Symphony apart from Media Composer. More [...] [...] in Avid Symphony 1 May, 2012 Avid Dylan Reeve Permalink As I detailed in my previous What is Avid Symphony? post, colour correction is the feature that most sets Symphony apart from Media Composer. More [...]

]]> Comment on What is Avid Symphony? by Dylan Reeve http://dylanreeve.com/videotv/2012/what-is-avid-symphony.html#comment-3576 Dylan Reeve Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:14:00 +0000 http://dylanreeve.com/?p=179#comment-3576 Yes, absolutely. They are 100% compatible - our work setup is three Media Composer suites and a Symphony. They regularly exchange sequences. The Media Composer can also display and render Symphony colour corrections, but it cannot change them - if you wanted to modify a colour correction in MC that had been created in Symphony you'd have to remove it and then apply a new Media Composer one. On the other hand Symphony will read any corrections applied in Media Composer and allow them to be modified with the expanded toolset it offers. Yes, absolutely. They are 100% compatible – our work setup is three Media Composer suites and a Symphony. They regularly exchange sequences. The Media Composer can also display and render Symphony colour corrections, but it cannot change them – if you wanted to modify a colour correction in MC that had been created in Symphony you’d have to remove it and then apply a new Media Composer one.

On the other hand Symphony will read any corrections applied in Media Composer and allow them to be modified with the expanded toolset it offers.

]]> Comment on What is Avid Symphony? by GhostDog http://dylanreeve.com/videotv/2012/what-is-avid-symphony.html#comment-3575 GhostDog Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:10:00 +0000 http://dylanreeve.com/?p=179#comment-3575 just a quick question: should I be able to open media composer projects in symphony and vice versa? just a quick question: should I be able to open media composer projects in symphony and vice versa?

]]> Comment on What is Avid Symphony? by Dylan Reeve http://dylanreeve.com/videotv/2012/what-is-avid-symphony.html#comment-3574 Dylan Reeve Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:49:00 +0000 http://dylanreeve.com/?p=179#comment-3574 I added that to my article a little later on - it's sort of an unknown really. In the past the upgrade pricing for Symphony was quite a lot higher, but the most recent upgrade was the same price. We can, hopefully, assume that will continue to be the case. I added that to my article a little later on – it’s sort of an unknown really. In the past the upgrade pricing for Symphony was quite a lot higher, but the most recent upgrade was the same price. We can, hopefully, assume that will continue to be the case.

]]> Comment on What is Avid Symphony? by Geert http://dylanreeve.com/videotv/2012/what-is-avid-symphony.html#comment-3573 Geert Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:42:00 +0000 http://dylanreeve.com/?p=179#comment-3573 Is there also a price difference for updates between Media Composer and Symphony? Is there also a price
difference for updates between Media Composer and Symphony?

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