2013

Exciting ItemsExciting Items• 4K everywhere• Black Magic Design 4K Camera and Equipment.

BMD Pocket Cinema Camera• Freefly Movi• More controllable LED lights• New Options for studio in a box

• 4K everywhere• Black Magic Design 4K Camera and Equipment.

BMD Pocket Cinema Camera• Freefly Movi• More controllable LED lights• New Options for studio in a box

Tapeless AcquisitionTapeless Acquisition• Began with P2 Card in 2004 2GB and XDCAM

Disc• Very expensive $1700 for a 4GB card• 2011 Tsunami in Japan HDCAM SR tape

shortage

• Began with P2 Card in 2004 2GB and XDCAM Disc

• Very expensive $1700 for a 4GB card• 2011 Tsunami in Japan HDCAM SR tape

shortage

Tapeless AcquisitionTapeless Acquisition• Most to least expensive• Sony SR Memory Card• Sony SxS Pro• SxS• Panasonic P2• Micro P2• XDCAM Disc

• Most to least expensive• Sony SR Memory Card• Sony SxS Pro• SxS• Panasonic P2• Micro P2• XDCAM Disc

Tapeless AcquisitionTapeless Acquisition• There are also options to adapt the

camera card formats P2 and SxS to SD cards using adaptors like the Panasonic AJ-P2AD1G and the Sony MEAD-SD01

• There are also options to adapt the camera card formats P2 and SxS to SD cards using adaptors like the Panasonic AJ-P2AD1G and the Sony MEAD-SD01

Tapeless AcquisitionTapeless Acquisition

• Consumer memory formats are also becoming common such as Compact Flash, SD Cards, and SSD.

• Consumer memory formats are also becoming common such as Compact Flash, SD Cards, and SSD.

Tapeless AcquisitionTapeless Acquisition• Outboard recorders

• The benefit of this is that you have the ability to capture in a less compressed format such as Apple ProRes or Avid DNxHD.

• The first device I remember seeing that did that was the AJA KiPro.

• Outboard recorders

• The benefit of this is that you have the ability to capture in a less compressed format such as Apple ProRes or Avid DNxHD.

• The first device I remember seeing that did that was the AJA KiPro.

Tapeless AcquisitionTapeless Acquisition• Now there are many other options made by Atomos, AJA,

Black Magic Design, Convergent Design, Sound Devices and more…

• Now there are many other options made by Atomos, AJA, Black Magic Design, Convergent Design, Sound Devices and more…

Tapeless AcquisitionTapeless Acquisition• LCD/Recorders made by Atomos, Sound

Devices Convergent Design• LCD/Recorders made by Atomos, Sound

Devices Convergent Design

StorageStorage• Directly Attached Storage – Firewire, E-Sata,

USB3 or Thunderbolt• Network Attached Storage (NAS) Ethernet• Storage Area Network (SAN) Fiber or Ethernet

• Directly Attached Storage – Firewire, E-Sata, USB3 or Thunderbolt

• Network Attached Storage (NAS) Ethernet• Storage Area Network (SAN) Fiber or Ethernet

StorageStorage• Directly Attached Storage• Pro – Cheapest• Con - Only one user• May be slower depending on connection

• Directly Attached Storage• Pro – Cheapest• Con - Only one user• May be slower depending on connection

StorageStorage• Network Attached Storage (NAS)• Can be attached to one computer and shared

on network or can stand alone• Pro - Cheaper than SAN• Con - Limited to Ethernet speeds

• Network Attached Storage (NAS)• Can be attached to one computer and shared

on network or can stand alone• Pro - Cheaper than SAN• Con - Limited to Ethernet speeds

StorageStorage• Storage Area Network (SAN) Fiber or Ethernet• Drive level or file level• Pro – FAST!• Con – More expensive and may need fiber run

to computers

• Storage Area Network (SAN) Fiber or Ethernet• Drive level or file level• Pro – FAST!• Con – More expensive and may need fiber run

to computers

Media Asset ManagementMedia Asset Management• Where’s the footage?• How do you find what you have shot?• Need a way to search and find files.• File naming consistency• Software – Avid Interplay, CatDV, Metus

• Where’s the footage?• How do you find what you have shot?• Need a way to search and find files.• File naming consistency• Software – Avid Interplay, CatDV, Metus

Media Asset ManagementMedia Asset Management• CatDV• CatDV

ArchivingArchiving

ArchivingArchiving• Back in video tape days you just put the tape

on the shelf.• No matter how big your storage is you will run

out.• Options – Original Tapeless Media, Hard Drive,

Data Tape

ArchivingArchiving• Original Tapeless Media – P2, SxS, XDCAM, SD

Card, SSD• Pro - not using video tape.• Cons – High cost low capacity.

ArchivingArchiving• Hard drives• Pro – Less expensive than tapeless media with

higher capacity• Con – Hard drives do and will die. Need

maintenance

ArchivingArchiving• Data Tape – LTO (Linear Tape Open)• Different versions LTO1, LTO2… Newest is LTO6• Enterprise class archiving solution• Pro – Low cost per tape. LTO5 1.5TB for around $30• Con – High Price for Drive, Needs special software

ArchivingArchiving• Retrospect – What we currently use

ArchivingArchiving• Cache-A

ArchivingArchiving• Storage DNA

Questions?Questions?