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  • Will Teranex decode closed captioning?

    Posted by John Christie on May 7, 2012 at 5:07 pm

    Hi folks

    The new Teranex products look amazing! Does anyone know if they will be able to display HD closed captioning? The preliminary specs say they can pass it through, but don’t mention decoding.

    Cheers

    John

    Shaun Roemich replied 14 years ago 5 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Juan Salvo

    May 7, 2012 at 5:12 pm

    Don’t think so. Old teranex couldn’t either. Generally that sort functionality is reserved for QC & monitoring solutions. I don’t think there is a single product in the BMD line up that can decode captions.

    Online Editor | Colorist | Post Super | VFX Artist | BD Author

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  • John Christie

    May 7, 2012 at 8:14 pm

    Thanks Juan

    The Teranex already looks too good to be true for the price. But we’re always hoping for more, right?

    Cheers

    John

  • Bernhard G.

    May 9, 2012 at 1:16 pm

    [John Christie] “But we’re always hoping for more, right?”

    Yes, for example for F I L E – B A S E D Processing:

    Start up an app for Thunderbolt connected BMD Teranex,
    Quicktime-file in; configure within app; press Start; processed Quicktime file out.

    That is F I L E – B A S E D Processing.

    F I L E – B A S E D Processing is the workflow for the 21st century.

    Best regards,
    Bernhard

    PS: Have I already mentioned I would like to see
    F I L E – B A S E D Processing on BMD Teranex products? 😉

  • Jeff Hartman

    May 9, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    Quote: “F I L E – B A S E D Processing is the workflow for the 21st century.”

    Certainly for post-production… but it’s not terribly useful for live origination and broadcast, even in the 21st century. Methinks there is still a place for both. (grin)

    Jeff Hartman
    Engineering Project Manager
    Newport Television, Northeast

  • Shaun Roemich

    May 9, 2012 at 6:38 pm

    Thank you!

    We live video folk have been left behind in recent history in terms of real time video STREAM processing at very reasonable prices. THRILLED to see the Teranex box in my road case… Fall, I hope…

    Big Dog – Technical Director – Switcher
    Road Dog Media – Vancouver, BC Canada
    roaddogmedia@gmail.com

  • Bernhard G.

    May 9, 2012 at 6:38 pm

    [Jeff Hartman] “Methinks there is still a place for both.”

    Absolutely 🙂 … two different worlds …

    But it is difficult to understand that while our NLEs and Transcoding Apps are
    delivering simply a mess when it comes to scaling and de-interlacing,
    we actually do have the very best HW-scalers already in our computers
    but aren’t able to apply them on our files, forced to do a workaround
    by sending signals out of the computer to process them !?!

    F I L E – B A S E D Processing is simply overdue!
    This is true for every vendor of Video I/O HW.

    Best regards,
    Bernhard

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