EventDV Live

The Spring 2011 edition of EventDVLive includes features on producing sports event films, corporate meeting highlight reels, conference webcasts, and the 53rd Grammys broadcast, as well as a look inside an innovative event video sales and distribution model, a tutorial on Adobe’s Flash Live Media Encoder, and reviews of the Roland VR-5 AV Mixer and Panasonic’s shouldermount AG-HMC80.

The addition of the optical version of Thunderbolt to an iMac or Mac Pro could make it possible to connect multiple cameras to a single machine, perhaps through a breakout box containing 3G-SDI allowing for live video mixing of multiple streams.

Annual international live production show in Amsterdam brings out 3D, HD SLR production, and a new ViewCast product: the Niagara 4100

Since Focus’ FireStore is equally applicable to live production and rapid in-the-field post-production workflows, Focus Enhancements’ expertise in rapid format conversion could be put to good use for VITEC’s MPEG-based product lines, allowing MPEG-2 files to be converted to HDV or vice versa.

EventDVLive’s summer 2010 digital issue is now online featuring articles on skydiving video production, conference video, and IMAG for megachurches, plus reviews of the latest Edirol switchers and Canon’s hotter-than-July Rebel T2i HDSLR.