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The coding efficiency of audio compression is about to improve markedly because of a new MPEG audio standard—MPEG-H. This standard will permit many new and useful capabilities for those involved in television audio.
Many elements of audio production have gotten simpler over the years. Even amateurs can learn to do basic multitrack recording at home with a brief tutorial. However, one area still not for the faint of heart is speaker installation and calibration. It requires training and practice, or professional set-up to do it right.
Blackmagic’s Davinci Resolve 11 is a versatile and multi-featured program. Video editor and instructor Steve Mullen reviews how to get the most from Resolve 11.3.
Steve Mullen continues his multipart series on using Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve, version 11. In this article, Part 3, Mullen reviews how to set Resolve preferences, import compressed and uncompressed media and grading goals.
TV meteorologists are used to having the best weather data and technology to develop their forecasts. However, more accurate data is now available from Europe, but it isn’t free like U.S. data.
A growing trend for digital cine cameras is their ability to record in multiple formats. For example, Blackmagic’s new URSA and Mini URSA announced at NAB support several types of RAW formats plus compressed ProRes.
In 2011, the Fox network went on a search for a better parabolic microphone to use in its sports programming. When the company could not fine one, it asked an engineering contractor if he could design and build a better mic.
At NAB 2015, it is a given that many companies will dazzle attendees with stories of how 4K television is virtually here. For those susceptible to such celebratory hype, it might be good to think about the issue for a bit and be armed with some intelligent questions to ask manufacturers who are promoting it.
