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[Marshall Eubanks <>]

Oh, that reminds me -

Right now I am researching the purchase of 1024x768 (p) cameras (of  
which there are a number). We will
need at least dozens. If anyone has any experience, suggestions or  
recommendations, I would be glad to hear of it.

Regards
Marshall


On Jul 15, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Michael Wellings wrote:

> forget 1080p cameras for now unless you have a ton of money
> like it or not, we still live in an interlaced world (at the source  
> end any)
>
> hollywood can afford better.
>
> we use 1080i as it affords higher raw bitrates etc, and stress- 
> testing apps and networks is the other half of what we do
>
> mike
>
>
>
> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, Dave Devereaux-Weber wrote:
>
> > Marshall,
> >
> > I'm using a Sony HVRZ1U camera - it doesn't do 1080p.  It does  
> > 1080i or SD.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > Marshall Eubanks wrote:
> > > It seems odd to me to be having this discussion without any
> > > discussion or even mention of bit rates.
> > > I can do 1280 p at 29.97 fps and my little laptop can decode it  
> > > no sweat... if I
> > > encode at 100 kpbs.
> > > Also, coming from the computer / network side of things, I have  
> > > to say that I never
> > > intend to source any interlaced video, at least on my own dime.  
> > > Why use a 70 year old analog
> > > compression technology if you don't have to ?
> > > Regards
> > > Marshall
> > > On Jul 14, 2006, at 1:41 AM, Petr Holub wrote:
> > > > > > I'm keen to see if there are any clients who can display
> > > > > > 1080i in H.264. My current experience with H.264 + QuickTime
> > > > > > is I don't have a machine powerful enough to do that.
> > > > > > Although I can do 720p without any problem with the same codec.
> > > > > Same feel with Real and Windows Media (AKA VC-1). It is no  
> > > > > realistic to
> > > > > expect see H.264 like codec 1080[ip] stream on PC.
> > > > Actually, in my experience, the only 1080i streams I'm able to
> > > > render on commodity high-performance PCs are MPEG2
> > > > (and uncompressed ;o) ).
> > > > My question was, whether somebody has been more successful
> > > > with any of MPEG-4 and/or AVC (aka H.264) on PC... Or is it
> > > > better say on quad-core G5-based PowerMac?
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Petr
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