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GoPro CineForm Codec Has Been Standardised by SMPTE as The VC-5 Standard

SMPTE Standardises GoPro CineForm Codec as the New Open Standard for Video Acquisition and Post Production GoPro, maker of the Emmy Award-winning HERO camera and enabler of some of to... Read More...

Arri Alexa Cameras To Support ProRes 4444 XQ:

ARRI has announced their support for the new Apple ProRes 4444 XQ, which will be available in the next Software Update Packet for ALEXA cameras. "Working with ProRes has been great for our customers," s... Read More...

Shot On RED YouTube Channel Opens:

RED open up a 4K channel on YouTube and had YT tinker with the VP9 Codec for smoother uploads of R3D vision. We recently worked with YouTube engineers to enable 4K VP9 encoding, and we are very happy tha... Read More...

HEVC H.265 Royalties Are Killing It Even Before It Takes Off?

Is High Efficiency Video Coding, HEVC or H.265 as it is also known the Y2K Bug of the fimmaking revolution? Is H.265 the supposed replacement for the H.264 codec a lot of noise, a lot of hype, a lot of attentio... Read More...

On the Floor at IBC With the ARRI Amira Camera, Price TBD:

On the floor at IBC 2013 ARRI Product Manger Marcus Duerr runs through some of the features of the AMIRA, ARRI's new versatile shoulder mount documentary-style camera, with in-camera CFast 2.0 recording and eas... Read More...

ARRI AMIRA Camera Features Tour:

Quick one for you: The documentary-style camera ARRI AMIRA features tour. With a solid internal skeleton that guarantees camera and lens stability, AMIRA is a highly durable product constructed of the st... Read More...

ARRI Amira Camera Showreel:

Just when you couldn't get enough of that new documentary-style ARRI Amira 2K 200fps camera along comes the official showreel: AMIRA features the same sensor and exceptional image quality as the ARRI ALE... Read More...

Some Details About the ARRI AMIRA 2K 200fps Camera:

ARRI at IBC 2013 have introduced the AMIRA, a versatile documentary-style camera that combines exceptional image quality and affordable CFast 2.0 workflows with an ergonomic design optimized for single-operator... Read More...

Sony Expands XAVC Format Ramps Up 4K Development and Drops XAVC S:

The successful sale of almost 2000 Professional CineAlta 4K cameras such as the F5, F55 and F65 models as of April 2013; the XAVC format has been considered to be widely adopted in the marketplace. The XAVC for... Read More...

Video Codecs 101, an Explanation to Dummies, & even to a Numpty:

Tired of friends being constantly confused as to what you actually do with video and what you are using or where that video goes? Have we got some videos for you then. Place your loved ones in from of the YouTu... Read More...

4K to 2K & decoding back to 4K by JPEG 2000 Technology:

intoPIX the leading provider of JPEG 2000 compression solutions, announced that Astrodesign has licensed and integrated intoPIX JPEG 2000 IP-cores into their new 4K Codec, called HC7504. The intoPIX technolo... Read More...

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