http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/ Video technology news, reviews and opinions en-us Copyright 2008 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:33:03 -0600 Mon, 12 May 2008 21:01:17 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33.uthink http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sony has made a number of exciting announcements about the Sony XDCam EX product line in the leadup to NAB. DVUser.co.uk has the full roundup, but the big news is three new pieces of hardware. The first is the... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/122535.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/122535.html Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:33:03 -0600 I found this pretty interesting - the spec sheet of do's and don'ts for producing HD content for the BBC. They're pretty hardcore - shoot DVCProHD or better, post in ProRes or DNxHD, deliver on HDCam SR.... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/122388.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/122388.html News Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:11:48 -0600 Canon has just announced two new cameras, the XL-H1S and XL-H1A. The XL-H1A loses the HD-SDI and genlock connections, and both cameras get a new lens. Beyond that, I can't see a ton of differentiation between these and the... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/122267.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/122267.html Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:14:16 -0600 You'd be forgiven for thinking it was never coming, but Apple has announced that Final Cut Server is now shipping. Hopefully they've taken this time to make it ... you know... work.... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/121804.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/121804.html Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:27:56 -0600 The NAB hype is in full swing. The most recent spam blast was from a company called Pixellexis, pimping a new product called RedBox. What does it do? Well, it makes your rendering faster. Via magic. Or something?... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/120830.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/120830.html News Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:30:22 -0600 StudioDaily is hosting a rant from Scott Simmons about all those darned kids and their Final Cut Pro. He's upset that us young punks don't respect the old ways of doing things. While there is surely some truth in... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/119226.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/119226.html Opinions Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:37:44 -0600 Cute!... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/118650.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/118650.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:57:30 -0600 Avid announced today that they're discontinuing the Xpress Pro line of editing software, and cutting the price on Media Composer to $2495 from $4995. Students can purchase it for just $295. Very interesting news. This means the least expensive... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/118647.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/118647.html News Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:48:40 -0600 The CBC did a nice little piece on the scam of high priced HDMI cables. Keep in mind they're Canadian, so $260 for a cable is like, $5000 US. I've been quite happy pushing 1080p over the $5-$10 cables... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/118218.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/118218.html Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:14:46 -0600 Apparently the URL hasn't been working to get the plugin for FCP to support the Sony DR60. Here's a link that works.... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/117908.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/117908.html News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:26:21 -0600 YouTube has announced a really extensive API which lets you upload videos, add/update metadata, and do pretty much everything else you'd hope to find in a YouTube API. Exciting.... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/117813.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/117813.html News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:26:28 -0600 The Sony DR60 and the new "Memory Recording Unit" (as part of the HVR-Z7U) return standard M2T files in HDV mode. That's a problem if you want to use them with Final Cut. Or, it used to be. Today... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/112517.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/112517.html News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:10:02 -0600 Vara software has just released a new screencasting application called ScreenFlow. It combines the features of a typical screencasting like SnapzPro or iShowU, with the ability to bring in onscreen video from a camera, as well as some neat... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/110412.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/110412.html News Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:36:30 -0600 I wasn't aware Avid was trying to push this as a standard, but Engadget has the news that SMPTE has approved DNxHD as a standard, called VC-3. DNxHD is similar to Apple's ProRes422, though many folks consider it to... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/110087.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/110087.html News Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:04:11 -0600 Just plain strange. Apple has now confirmed that they won't be attending NAB this year, after having recently upgraded to a larger booth to fill the spot vacated by Avid. Recession fears? NAB dying? Who knows. Will Adobe be... http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/108834.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/108834.html News Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:57:33 -0600