Materials captured from: www.digitalorigin.co.uk - good glossary of NLE/DVE terminology www.digitalproducer.com Other links www.digitalvideo.com
Note that MP3 is not MPEG3!! This is a common question from students and worth mentioning. MP3 is “MPEG2 Audio Layer 3”, i.e. MPEG2 compressed audio
Codec = encoder / decoder
From: www.canopuscorp.com plus http://www.canopuscorp.com/video2/products.htm Canopus Previews High-Quality MPEG2 Technology at NAB '99 Real-time MPEG2 encoding priced under $2,000 San Jose, Calif., - At next month's National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas, Canopus Corporation will unveil Amber, the company's new highly cost-effective, real-time MPEG2 encoding system. Amber, targeted at professional and semi-professional videographers, is based on the new MN85560 MPEG2 encoder chip from Panasonic combined with Canopus' MPEG audio encoding technology to deliver the high-quality video and audio input/output required for archiving and mastering. Priced at under $2,000, Amber is an inexpensive solution for creating high-quality MPEG2 video. Amber will be available Q2 1999. An OEM/SI configuration will also be available with full SDK for vertical applications. Canopus will demonstrate Amber along with the company's DVRex and DVRaptor non-linear editing systems in booth L13602 during NAB.
Video conferencing cameras: see www.europe.creative.com for the “WebCam Go” product, PCW March 2000 page 78. This camera can run at 352*288 at 30fps or 640*480 at 15fps through a USB connection.
From EditDV user’s manual (www.digitalorigin.com) and Personal Computer World, March 2000, p83 The 3.6MB/sec is due to 5:1 compression of DV data coming from the camera, if the data was raw you would expect over 18MB/sec (720*480 * 2 bytes per pixel at 30fps --> 19.75MB/sec)
From EditDV user’s manual (www.digitalorigin.com) See http://www.erwincomputers.com/erwincomputers/pinsys.html for a list of Pinnacle’s offerings Pinnacle Systems home: http://www.pinnaclesys.de/uk/index.htm http://www.matrox.com/videoweb/enduser/rt2000.htm