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GoPro HERO3 Review

The Wi-Fi enabled GoPro HERO3: Black Edition is the most advanced GoPro, ever. No expense was spared during its development, resulting in a GoPro that is 30% smaller, 25% lighter and 2x more powerful than previous models. Wearable and gear mountable, waterproof to 197′ (60m), capable of capturing ultra-wide 1440p 48fps, 1080p 60 fps and 720p 120 fps video and 12MP photos at a rate of 30 photos per second, the HERO3: Black Edition is the world’s most versatile camera. Built-in Wi-Fi, GoPro App compatibility and the included Wi-Fi Remote (normally a separate $79.99 accessory) make the HERO3: Black Edition all the more versatile.
To get an idea of some of the footage you can take with this amazing camera, please visit http://gopro.com/videos/video-of-the-day/.

The HERO3: Black Edition captures professional, cinema-quality video at 2X the resolution and 2X the frame-rate of previous models while delivering 2X better low light performance. Slow-motion aficionados and industry professionals will love the HERO3: Black Edition’s various video modes while those desiring a cinematic look will appreciate the ultra-high resolution 2.7KP-30 fps and 4KP-15 fps (Protune only) video modes.

The HERO3’s reduced-distortion, 6-element aspherical lens combines with user-selectable Ultra-wide, Medium and Narrow field-of-views to deliver more perspective-capture options than ever before. Add the totally updated flat-lens waterproof housing that delivers stunning image sharpness both above and below water and you’ve got one of the most powerful and durable image capture solutions on the planet.

KEY CAMERA SPECS

1080p60 / 720p120 / 1440p48 /
4kp15 / 2.7kp30 / WVGA-240fps
12MP / 30 fps Burst
Wi-Fi Built-In
Wi-Fi Remote Included
GoPro App Compatible
Pro Low-Light Performance

For more information and to order, please visit https://philmgear.com/shop/hero3-black-edition/.

The Facilis Terrablock Server Review

The Facilis Terrablock server provides dependable shared storage for your post-production needs. From simple all-Ethernet to mixed Ethernet and Fibre, the TerraBlock is flexible and robust. Create your own facility production network around TerraBlock; add asset management and archive; allow write access to the same volumes on Ethernet and fibre connected workstations, or isolate the workgroup on fibre channel outside your IT environment.

Video production companies and others who need file-sharing and storage for massive files have found Facilis Terrablock incredibly useful. The server even comes with a back-up drive that can be installed to recreate and backup the failed drive. Here are some of the main benefits of the Facilis Terrablock server.

MULTI PLATFORM SHARED FILE SYSTEM: Apple OSX, Windows and Linux workstations access the same writable volume with no third party software or per seat licensing, external metadata controllers or complex networking.

4/8Gbit FIBRE AND 1/10Gbit ETHERNET: Choose the speed of access to your video and audio files with multiple methods of connectivity to suit your bandwidth needs and budget. Clients connect directly to the server or through a switch.

AVID, PREMIERE AND FINAL CUT PRO PROJECT SHARING: Native, application-level Avid Media Composer project sharing and interactive Final Cut Pro and Premiere project sharing through the Facilis Project Manager.

EXTERNAL EXPANDABILITY WITH TX16 DISK SET EXPANDER: TerraBlock offers external expansion through our TX16 Expander for additional online virtual volume storage. Expand a single 24D up to 112TB with for a fraction of the cost of traditional server-based expansion.

PRO TOOLS FILE-LEVEL SUPPORT: TerraBlock is qualified for 192 tracks of 48K playback over a standard 1Gb Ethernet connection. The Facilis Shared File system provides increased performance and compatibility for Pro Tools version 9 and higher.

DYNARAID DATA PROTECTION: TerraBlock delivers the most efficient data protection at 9% overhead for RAID5. Protection type is selectable per-volume and can be changed on the fly without data loss.

VIRTUAL VOLUME WORKFLOW AND PERFORMANCE: Virtual Volumes offer dynamic volume creation, expansion and allocation, as well as tolerance to fragmentation and speed degradation. Maintain 100% performance even at 100% full.

The image below illustrates how the Facilis Terrablock server can help enable a seamless workflow.

Lecture Capture and On-Demand Viewing

The Haivision Viper is the all-in-one capture, stream, record, and on-demand viewing appliance. The Viper is a compact, completely integrated platform for capturing, streaming, reviewing, distributing and publishing rich, multi-stream high definition content. The Viper is available either as a stand-alone appliance or as a companion contribution appliance for the Furnace IP video distribution system. The Viper combines the power of dual-channel real-time HD H.264 encoding, performance recording, a streaming server, a multi- stream player manager, and a video-on-demand server in a single appliance with simple touch operation.

The Viper has one-touch setup and is incredibly easy to use. Without the need to rely on any central server infrastructure and without any endpoint player to install or specific browser technology required, a single operator can deliver multiple streams of HD throughout a facility or across a campus with a few simple taps on the Viper’s touchscreen. A simple link is all you need to securely enable any user with real-time, multi-stream live or on-demand synchronized HD. The Viper offers users the ability to set up multichannel sessions for performance streaming and recording, and automatically make content available from a central server for on-demand viewing (VOD). Through a simple, user-friendly touch screen operators can set up their multi-channel session, initiate simultaneous streaming and recording, and automatically make content available for on-demand viewing.

Another benefit is that the Viper can capture graphics through VGA/DVI, which means that any computer content can be captured in real-time, not just PowerPoint. It is the perfect device for corporate presentations, classrooms, medical procedures, and any other event that you need to stream or capture. Haivision’s Viper is also HIPAA Certified and complies with HIPAA security and guidelines. The Viper is the only lecture capture product to be HIPAA certified. The Viper is ideal for the conference room, classroom, and medical procedure room.

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Presentation on Asset Management – Shared Storage – Archival

Philip Boyack will be presenting the LDS Film Festival this Saturday. He will talk about the benefits of good asset management, shared storage, and archival. In the digital age where all media assets reside on hard drives, filmmakers need a better way to find, access, share, edit, and archive their footage. Philip will discuss in detail how to do it right.

Here is an overview of what Philip will talk about.

Asset Management – An example: Someone asks you for that one clip… Oh yeah, we shot that during X project and has to be on that one drive in that folder named… hmm let me look.

Instead, they could type in the search…President Sally Beach X Project and the sought after clip automatically comes up; and/or production notes and/or XLS files and/or Picture. All metadata being harvested, and auto tags being created or easily added.

Philip will also talk about the speed of Shared Storage for multiple editors. Philip will explain the different ways of doing it and why.

Last but always Least – Archival. We always hope we back things up. Or think we do. Or just … don’t. We should. Hard drives fail. Not a matter of if, but When. See how we can tie asset management to archival. Knowing precisely where that file is and pull off that one single clip in minutes if ever needs be.

Time: Saturday, January 26, 4:00 pm, Scera Room 201

For More Information Visit: http://www.ldsfilmfestival.org/

The Digital Signage Solution

Haivision’s CoolSign™ is truly the solution for any digital signage need, from small deployments to sophisticated multi-screen displays to global networks. CoolSign has lead the way of digital signage technology including full edge device monitoring and control, n-tier architecture, real-time connectivity, native multicasting support, flexible media scheduling, closed data architecture, bandwidth usage controls, and many others. Additionally, CoolSign’s management user interface (UI) is frequently cited as being one of the best in the industry; providing rich functionality in a simple, elegant, easy-to-use manner. CoolSign is secure, scalable, reliable and efficient and serves the demands of retail, government, financial services, corporate and pure-play digital out-of-home advertising (DOOH) networks around the globe.

CoolSign Network Server – is at the heart of every CoolSign system. For larger networks, CoolSign supports n-tier architecture, enabled through CoolSign Transfer Servers and Site Controllers which are the key to scalability. The server allows you to create the topology that runs your network most efficiently.

Player – provides broadcast quality playback of a wide range of media formats. The advanced options provide the ability to drive multiple screens from a single PC and to synchronize multiple PCs together. CoolSign is designed to make planning, scheduling, distributing and monitoring media an easy, quick and accurate process. Drag and drop usability combined with CoolSign’s control and patented scheduling approach make assigning, and adjusting content delivery across your network a simple, repeatable process.

Network Manager – is the user interface from where all aspects of your network are managed, from content management to schedule creation to network monitoring and remote configuration with point and click simplicity.

DataWatcher – allows you to bring in data from virtually any source and have it easily flow into your dynamic content templates. Secure and manageable, DataWatcher allows administrators to reduce network configuration and immediately be alerted when links to data sources are down.

Content Creator – provides the ability to layer and animate multiple media assets and live data elements such as RSS feeds, POS data, picture databases, text, products and more.