Tag Archives: encoding

Integrating legacy video content into HD productions

Betacam SP (BetaSP) was launched by Sony in 1986. It became the dominant acquisition and post production format in large areas of broadcast television and corporate video production. If you’re working on a project today which includes footage from the last three decades there’s a good chance it may have been shot or edited on… Read More: Integrating legacy video content into HD productions »

Video Production, Editing and YouTube Encoding

Here’s a brief update about some of the jobs we’ve completed this month. Narrow Boat Hazel – Charity Video Production https://vimeo.com/224954324 The Wooden Canal Boat Society are a voluntary group who preserve and restore former working canal boats for the benefit of the local community. Heritage Boat Yard is a five minute walk from our… Read More: Video Production, Editing and YouTube Encoding »

DVD Quality, Less is More

When you make a DVD there are important artistic choices to be made about the content, menu design, navigation, first play item etc. Once you have all that in place you need to turn your attention to technical decisions. Quality -v- quantity One of the most important technical decisions is setting the target data rate for the… Read More: DVD Quality, Less is More »

Just another conversion job…..

Client confidentiality means that most of the time we can’t talk about the more challenging, interesting and varied work that we undertake. We decided it was time to document a small commercial project on our blog and at the same time get a little bit technical. If you don’t know your NTFS from your FPS… Read More: Just another conversion job….. »