Mobile TV is alive! - TVBEurope
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A new video server direction by Autocue<br />
By Fergal Ringrose<br />
NAB marks the official US<br />
launch of Autocue’s first four<br />
standalone, Linux-based video<br />
servers. The servers feature up<br />
to four bi-directional HD/SD<br />
channels for simultaneous record<br />
Marvin will be used in a film about<br />
Freddy Heineken, capturing every<br />
frame from two Red MX cameras<br />
Marvin scopes<br />
3D support<br />
By David Fox<br />
Marvin Technologies will introduce<br />
its new Marvin 2.0 on-set<br />
camera data management system.<br />
Along with support for all common<br />
digital cinema cameras,<br />
including Red, Arri Alexa,<br />
Silicon Imaging SI 2K and others,<br />
v<strong>is</strong>itors will get to see Marvin’s<br />
new stereoscopic 3D support.<br />
Marvin automates the creation<br />
of backups, LTO tape masters,<br />
QuickTime proxies for offline<br />
editing and DVD dailies as well as<br />
shot logging. Now, with Marvin<br />
2.0, filmmakers have a choice of<br />
three models, ensuring data safety<br />
and efficient transcoding for any<br />
size of project.<br />
The new stereo 3D support<br />
in Marvin 2.0 allows the system<br />
to ingest left and right eye<br />
images simultaneously, archiving<br />
to two LTO tapes — one for<br />
each eye. It will render stereoscopic<br />
content to side-by-side,<br />
interleaved or checkerboard<br />
QuickTimes for Final Cut Pro or<br />
MXF files for fast import into<br />
Avid systems.<br />
Marvin 2.0 <strong>is</strong> available in three<br />
models based on daily shooting<br />
requirements. Marvin 400 can<br />
process 400GB of camera data<br />
per day, the Marvin 800 can handle<br />
800GB per day, and the<br />
Marvin 3D can ingest up to<br />
1.5TB of regular or stereo 3D<br />
footage per day.<br />
“We’ll be using the new<br />
Marvin on our next feature,” said<br />
director Maarten Treurniet,<br />
inventor of the Marvin. “The film<br />
<strong>is</strong> a dramatic re-telling of the 1983<br />
kidnapping of Freddy Heineken,<br />
owner of the Heineken brewing<br />
empire. We’ll be shooting for 45<br />
days and Marvin will be capturing<br />
every frame from two Red<br />
MX cameras and generating all of<br />
our on-set deliverables right on<br />
the spot. You can’t get more efficient<br />
than that.”<br />
SL1716<br />
and playout, and a range of storage<br />
capabilities.<br />
They can also replace tape<br />
machines and be used for secondary<br />
applications within broadcasters. A<br />
beta version of the next generation<br />
server will also be on show, which<br />
incorporates v<strong>is</strong>ion and audio mixer<br />
handling, virtual playback channels,<br />
internal character generation,<br />
channel branding and virtual record<br />
channels. Th<strong>is</strong> new system would<br />
allow customers to use a single system<br />
to produce live programmes without<br />
the need for additional hardware.<br />
Also being launched at the show<br />
<strong>is</strong> the new Master Series 12-inch<br />
teleprompter. Using LED backlit<br />
technology, Autocue’s design team<br />
has created the first ever slimline,<br />
high-bright teleprompter monitors.<br />
C8525<br />
WORKFLOW<br />
OVER IP<br />
QTube shrinks the world.<br />
With QTube global media workflow you can:<br />
Edit content located anywhere.<br />
From anywhere.<br />
Over the internet.<br />
Find out how QTube can revolutionize your world<br />
quantel.com/qtube or see it at NAB booth #SL2014<br />
Workflow over IP<br />
<strong>TV</strong>BEU RO PE NAB 2011 SNEAK PREVIEW<br />
Autocue’s first Linux-based video<br />
servers can replace tape machines<br />
www.tvbeurope.com MARCH 2011 27
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