Archive of the Video Encoding/DVD Category

August 31, 2010 — Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, movie and Web content to wider audiences — today announced new versions of the Digital Rapids Transcode Manager automated, distributed transcoding software and the Digital Rapids Broadcast Manager multi-encoder management software. Highlights of the new features in Digital Rapids Transcode Manager include automated ‘commercial black’ removal and extended clip list capabilities, while Digital Rapids Broadcast Manager additions include scheduling enhancements, expanded input router support and more. more

New Singular Software Presto application automates the daunting task of piecing together presenter and slideshow, yielding professional videos that are easy to share

Vancouver, British Columbia – August 31, 2010 – Singular Software™, the award-winning developer of workflow automation applications for digital media markets, is pleased to announce the availability of Singular Software Presto™, a revolutionary new tool for creating presentation videos. Ideal for conference presentations, training sessions, and workshops, Singular Software Presto leverages sophisticated computer vision and audio synchronization techniques to automate the assembly of presenter footage, slideshow, and audio elements, creating a professional-looking video package in minutes instead of hours. more

(Burbank, CA) For the second consecutive year, Visual Data Media Services has served as the exclusive provider of DVD screeners for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences‘ Primetime Emmy(r) Awards. Visual Data – a leading provider of integrated end-to-end post-production solutions and distribution for all media outlets – created, duplicated, and assisted in the distribution of Emmy screeners for Television Academy members who volunteer to judge the nominees for the Creative Arts Emmy Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards. The Primetime Emmys are legendary in the television industry, and there is strict protocol regarding how judges get their content. Academy producers Jordana Glick-Franzheim and Cristina Colissimo returned to Visual Data to work with Tim Rollenhagen, Director of DVD and New Media, who has worked with them for many years to successfully deliver this high-demand assignment. more

August 24, 2010 — Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, movie and Web content to wider audiences — today announced two new additions to the Flux family of video capture and pre-processing hardware. Complementing high definition models introduced earlier this year, the new Flux-3510 and Flux-3550 cards offer the power of the Flux hardware platform for top-quality encoding and streaming applications requiring only standard definition video input. more

Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced that it will again be supporting the Third Annual Amsterdam FCPUG SuperMeet as platinum sponsor. Blackmagic Design also announced it will be introducing the DaVinci Resolve 7 for Mac in a presentation by Warren Eagles, an international freelance color artist, at the event. The SuperMeet will be held at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Sunday, 12 September. more

HEATV Associate Producer Chris Rivera Using Digital Rapids StreamZ

Industry’s most versatile encoder powers live and file-based production and publishing workflows for one of the league’s hottest teams

August 17, 2010 — Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids announced today that The HEAT Group, owners of the Miami HEAT National Basketball Association (NBA) team and operators of Miami’s AmericanAirlines Arena, are using Digital Rapids’ StreamZ encoding system to speed the production of high-quality live and on-demand video content for the HEAT.com website and internal production workflows. Most recently, StreamZ was used for live streaming of events leading up to and following the signings of high-profile free agent players Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh. more

Matrox Video Products Group today announced Matrox Vetura Capture for Mac OS X, a stand-alone capture software application compatible with the Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices. Matrox Vetura Capture lets users quickly and easily capture QuickTime files using popular codecs installed on their editing systems. With Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame codec and Apple Uncompressed formats are supported. With Final Cut Pro 7, ProRes, DVCPRO HD and other popular Final Cut Pro codecs are supported. With Avid Media Composer 5, the Avid DnX, DnXHD, and other popular Avid Media Composer codecs are supported. more

Chicago White Sox Using Nucomm Equipment

CamPac2 Wireless Camera Transmitter and Newscaster DR2 Diversity Receiver Capture the Chicago White Sox’s Exciting Shutout Season

Nucomm and RF Central, both Vitec Group brands, and the leading providers of digital and analog microwave systems for the sports and entertainment, broadcast, government, military and international marketplace, are proud to call Major League Baseball’s 2005 World Series winners, the Chicago White Sox, one of their many loyal and satisfied customers. more

International Colorist Academy (ICA) has expanded its training team with the addition of Dan Harvey and Blake Jones.

ICA now has seven experienced instructors that provide a variety of training courses on colorist strategies, commercial grading, on-set coloring for the RED camera, as well as a broad range of manufacturer-specific grading system workshops. more

IRIDAS Executives On-Hand in the MelroseMAC Booth #1113 to Showcase 4th Generation Stereo 3D Toolset, DualStream NX

Munich, DE (July 26, 2010) — IRIDAS (www.iridas.com) today announced it has teamed up with its channel partner in the LA-area, MelroseMAC, to demonstrate IRIDAS’ newest advancements in stereo 3D workflow in the MelroseMAC booth #1113 at SIGGRAPH 2010 this week in Los Angeles. more