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March 14, 2006 |
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Table Of Contents
 HD
Olympians
Things to Do
Blackmagic Announces HDLink Version
to Support Intel-based Macs
Inlet Technologies Ships Fathom 2.5
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Up Front
HD
Olympians
Michael Goldman
The recently completed Torino Winter Olympics featured
several improvements to NBC's method of producing and broadcasting major
sporting events in high definition. These Games represented the first
time the Olympics had been broadcast on a major network in HD during
primetime. As part of that effort, the network created an unprecedented
storage infrastructure at its International Broadcast Center (IBC) in
Torino to ingest and edit reams of 1080i/50-resolution HD material
flowing in from various venues throughout the event.
That network was built around six Avid Unity ISIS systems, three Avid
Unity LANshare shared-storage systems, and one classic Unity system that
collectively handled 119TB of storage, according to Bill Lorenz, project
manager for NBC's editing facilities at the Olympics. Those storage pods
safeguarded data flowing out of 27 Media Composer Adrenaline systems at
the IBC facility, all equipped with Avid's DNxcel board for HD capture
and realtime editing. An additional 11 HD Media Composer Adrenaline
systems joined the pipeline from various venues around Torino, along
with six SD systems at a handful of locations. Imagery also flowed into
the network from selected EVS HD editing systems, using IP Director to
allow interoperability with the Avid infrastructure. Three more HD Media
Composer systems and another Unity storage system located at NBC
headquarters in New York were remotely tied into the IBC network,
dedicated to the Olympic broadcasts exclusively.
"Our big challenge was how to store all this HD footage," Lorenz says.
"We decided to have two major work groups -- the first built around
graphics, which amounted to 11 Media Composers served by one ISIS system
(40TB), and the second built around a group of editors putting together
features, housed in another ISIS system (24TB). We connected these two
storage systems together with (Avid's) Transfer Manager system,
allocated storage between them as needed, and we had managers for each
work group, rather than a single manager.
"This easily surpasses anything we have ever done, and in fact, it's the
biggest storage element I have ever heard of," Lorenz says. "It may be
the biggest HD facility ever put together (for broadcast)."
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Calendar
Things to
Do
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Newsroom
Blackmagic Announces HDLink
Version to Support Intel-based Macs
Blackmagic Design has announced Universal version 2.1
for its highly popular HDLink HD/SD-SDI to DVI monitoring converter.
HDLink, one of the most advanced full HD resolution monitoring
converters available for LCD computer monitors, now features Universal
support for Intel and PowerPC- based Macs. The HDLink connects
postproduction-quality SDI video directly to any supported DVI-D based
LCD computer monitor for true HDTV resolution video monitoring. Its
compact design, combined with full resolution HD, makes it the perfect
choice for post-production studios, edit suites, telecine or even
location video shoots.
"Developing Universal support for the HDLink was incredibly easy, and we
are passing along this newly-added Universal support in a way that
couldn't be simpler for our customers," said Grant Petty, CEO,
Blackmagic Design. "HDLink software 2.1 works on the latest Intel-based
Macs using the same installer as the one we use for the current PowerPC
Macs, and the free software update is available today. This HDLink
support will now enable anyone in post-production such as editors, SFX
artists and even cameramen, to use the latest Macs with an HDLink."
The latest software release for HDLink is designed to run seamlessly and
at peak performance on both Intel- and PowerPC-based workstations and
laptops. HDLink now also automatically detects DVI-D or HDMI display
types and includes new improvements to 24 PsF mode and HD 720p/50
support for DVI-D and HDMI.
HDLink connects SDI video directly to any supported DVI-D-based LCD
computer monitor for true HDTV resolution video monitoring. With every
pixel in the HD-SDI video standard mapped digitally onto a 1920x1200
resolution LCD display, HDLink delivers perfect digital-to-screen,
pixel-for-pixel HDTV monitoring. HDLink also supports large-screen HDMI
televisions for cinema style monitoring. HDLink can switch instantly
between HD and SD, and features 4:2:2 and dual link 4:4:4 video quality,
complete with two unbalanced audio outputs for low cost in-suite audio
monitoring.
HDLink Utility is a simple-to-use interface with pop-up menus and
settings for matching LCD display colorimetry. The utility allows color
calibration, adjustment of lift, gain and gamma, and features pre-loaded
lookup tables for a CRT look and Panasonic Cine-gamma and Thompson's
Viper cameras. With a USB connection via a computer running Mac OS X or
later or Windows XP, the HDLink can upload custom look up tables or add
new features and updates instantly.
HDLink is available now for $695 from authorized Blackmagic Design
resellers worldwide. Blackmagic Design's latest software driver is
available free to registered HDLink users, and can be downloaded
immediately from the Blackmagic Design support web site at www.blackmagic-design.com/support/software.
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Products
Inlet Technologies Ships Fathom
2.5
Inlet Technologies has announced that it is shipping a
new version of its comprehensive encoding solution, Fathom 2.5. This
latest product release is the result of Inlet's ongoing response to
customer needs, and its commitment to delivering breakthrough
advancements for professional video production. With the ultimate goal
of helping customers monetize their video content quickly and easily,
Fathom 2.5 delivers a more powerful set of workflow tools, new encoding
options and enhanced flexibility.
Fathom was the industry's first realtime encoding solution for
high-definition content in the Windows Media Video and the SMPTE VC-1
formats. Combining hardware for speed with analysis software for
control, Fathom adds efficiencies to the video production process that
enables high-quality output in less time. Inlet customers have leveraged
these benefits in a range of applications, and realize a 4-6 times
faster turnaround for standard definition (SD) content and up to 40
times faster for HD.
MPEG-2 file ingest, native encoding of interlaced content, and AVISynth
support are among Fathom 2.5's capability enhancements. In addition,
concurrent with this release, Inlet is offering a new cost-effective
SD-only variant, available in most markets for less than $10,000.
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