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AFD plugin
Does anyone know if there is an AFD (acxtive format description) plugin for FCP?
Thanks,
Stuart -
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Hi Stuart,
For what I’ve read in Wikipedia AFD is a technology used in MPEG-2. I think of that like something added in the last step. No much relation with FC that is a video editing application.
I would have a look to some of the state of the art encoders. Episode or so.
You may ask Craig Seeman, in the Compression Forum. He know a lot about those matters.
Cheers,
rafael -
Hi, I’ve read that also, but I’ve also been told there may be something out there since that info can be encoded onto a HDCam tape. I’ve found some external devices from Evertz that can do this, but I was hoping to avoid having to go through an external box when laying to tape. I’ll try the compression forum, thanks
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We are implementing AFD at my station.
Since most of our productions are HD, and being created using Final Cut Pro 7, it would really be helpful if our producers / editors could emit the correct AFD code to be inserted into the VANC with the program content when it’s rendered and written to media (in our case HDCAM).
The automatic format description describes the characteristics of the content so that down-stream devices can handle it properly during up and down conversion.
Our HDCAM decks support the AFD on line 11 (the configuration for VANC RX parameter is: 011 574 41 05
The AFD is a frame by frame characteristic of content. I know that the AJA Kona 3 cards we use can deliver the full VANC to Final Cut Pro, and can render it to SDI as provided by Final Cut.
A control at Print to Tape and Edit to Tape dialog time allowing us to pass the AFD present with each frame of video, or override it for the entire playout / edit to tape would be very helpful.
As it is now, we must use downstream devices to accomplish this.
Marc
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