17-02-2024, 05:33 PM
(This post was last modified: 17-02-2024, 05:38 PM by ppppenguin.)
They invented the word processor and the word became malleable.
As computer power became more affordable, still pictures became malleable.
Then sound became malleable.
Finally moving pictures became malleable.
If you've ever done any kind of video editing on tape based systems you will know the blessing of a computer based editor. In the good old, bad old, days when broadcast grade VTR time was very expensive you did your editing offline, using Umatic or other sub-broadcast formats. This generated an edit decision list. This was taken to the big VTRs and the actual edit was said to be conformed to the EDL, using minimum machine time.
Yes, we do have a Smith Microscope at the Broadcast Engineering Museum. For use with Edivue fluid to reveal the tracks and control pulses on 2" quadruplex tape prior to splicing it like you would with 0.25" audio tape.
When I was at Imperial College (1975-78) we had a TV studio and a student TV club in which I was very active (surprise!). We were given some kind of video disc unit which ostensibly could record and replay simultaneously to give a delay. Also slow motion and other stunts. I don't know where it came from or even if it was intended for broadcast style TV at all. It worked after a fashion if you spoke to it politely. We never used it in any production.
BBC Archives have loaned various items to the Broadcast Engineering Museum. These include a disc, about 18" diameter, from an Ampex HS100: http://www.vtoldboys.com/editingmuseum/hs100.htm It's mounted in a nice wooden display case.
As computer power became more affordable, still pictures became malleable.
Then sound became malleable.
Finally moving pictures became malleable.
If you've ever done any kind of video editing on tape based systems you will know the blessing of a computer based editor. In the good old, bad old, days when broadcast grade VTR time was very expensive you did your editing offline, using Umatic or other sub-broadcast formats. This generated an edit decision list. This was taken to the big VTRs and the actual edit was said to be conformed to the EDL, using minimum machine time.
Yes, we do have a Smith Microscope at the Broadcast Engineering Museum. For use with Edivue fluid to reveal the tracks and control pulses on 2" quadruplex tape prior to splicing it like you would with 0.25" audio tape.
When I was at Imperial College (1975-78) we had a TV studio and a student TV club in which I was very active (surprise!). We were given some kind of video disc unit which ostensibly could record and replay simultaneously to give a delay. Also slow motion and other stunts. I don't know where it came from or even if it was intended for broadcast style TV at all. It worked after a fashion if you spoke to it politely. We never used it in any production.
BBC Archives have loaned various items to the Broadcast Engineering Museum. These include a disc, about 18" diameter, from an Ampex HS100: http://www.vtoldboys.com/editingmuseum/hs100.htm It's mounted in a nice wooden display case.
www.borinsky.co.uk Jeffrey Borinsky www.becg.tv
