JamieG Analysis

Today I came across some documents from Panasonic that cover their implementation of AVC-Intra (An I-frame only, 4:2:2 10bit at 100mbit) implementation for their P2 system.
See Panasonic Technical Overview, and AVC-Intra-FAQ
Scanning the net, there is mixed reviews for this technology.  I read an interesting blog post about asking why we would bother with this standard [...]

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Sony is about to release a VTR that actually answers the needs of a modern Post Production House.  This has been a long time coming.  And in some ways I would like to think I had a hand in shaping its future. (see here)
A number of years ago, back when the HDCAM deck was released, [...]

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 Following up from a post a while back called:
Evolution of file copy. “cp”, “ftp”, “http”, “p2p”
A new project in the EU has been setup between a number of educational and corporate entities to give birth to the next big open standard Internet protocol.  I.e. an open standard P2P protocol.
This is great news for internet users [...]

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If you have not noticed, my blog mainly covers technological issues to do with the adoption or digital media. As such, I talk to a lot of people regarding their business models for expanding digital media. One strange, trend that has appeared is that many companies developing digital media strategies are, by admition, [...]

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This week I was lucky to have a Flex evangelist from Adobe, Daniel Dura, come to my town of Melbourne to tote the Adobe line.  Of course, being a “digital media head” I drilled him on all the questions I could think of that would give me a peek into the future directions of Adobe.
During [...]

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