AValive Builds Out Fox Sports Speed Audio Post Facility Charlotte NC

JAN 16,2009: AValive a division of Triangle Visual interactive announced today that they have finished the build out of Fox Sport's new Audio and Video Post Facility in Charlotte NC. AValive was chosen for their specific skill sets relating to post for video using Digidesign's Protools Hardware and Software. Bill Columbus VP was quoted saying : "We are grateful to be a part of this new facility and have had a wonderful relationship with Speed Channel since first coming to Charlotte in 2001. We will continue offering them excellent support and consulting in their transition to HD Audio and Video technology. "

Avalive provided Audio and Video support for Pro Tools using Black Magic Design's HD Card-sets as well as integrated a host of pro audio for video products including Apple Mac Pro's,Neumann Mics,Custom Designed Consoles,Waves Software and Digidesign ICON series mixing consoles.



AValive a division of Triangle Visual interactive is a women owned privately held business located in Wilmington NC with over 20 years servicing the Pro AV and Broadcast community. Their website is http://www.AValive.com

Apple Final Cut Pro Supports Panasonic AG-HSC1U AGHSC1U AVCHD Format

Apple Mac PRO Now Supports Panasonic AVCHD Format

After months of waiting, users of those tiny new AVCHD high-definition camcorders from Sony and Panasonic now have a reliable and robust post-production option for Apple’s Mac platform.

Apple has released an update to Final Cut Pro (version 6.0.1) that transcodes AVCHD video for use in FCP. The company’s new version ingests AVCHD in Final Cut’s Log and Transfer window as either Apple ProRes 422 or Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC).

There are, however, some tradeoffs. Although AVCHD camcorders may be tiny, the files created after transcoding are not. Because AVCHD has a much higher compression ratio than its ProRes 422 codec, the ingested files are significantly larger than the original files.

How much bigger? How about ten times! Apple said a two-minute native AVCHD file takes up about 200 MB of space. After transcoding to the Apple ProRes 422 codec, the file size can be as large as 2 GB. Since FCP does not estimate the size of a transcoded AVCHD file before ingesting, it is entirely possible to exceed the available space on your capture disk during transfer.

Another new option for Mac users is Voltaic, a $30 standalone application that converts AVCHD clips to a QuickTime-formatted movie using AIC. Converted files can be edited in both Final Cut or iMovie HD. Output files are four times the size of the ingested file.

One caveat is that Voltaic, in version 1.0, can only handle file sizes up to 500 MB, which means clips are limited to five minutes in duration at the highest quality.



The Panasonic AG-HSC1U AG HSC1U Three Chip HD Camcorder is available here from AValive.com

Final Cut Pro HD Suite Version 2 Is Available Here From AValive.com