On Jan 12, 2011, at 1:10 AM, johnrobmoore wrote:
> Didn't you post that you still have to deliver a tape back up along
with the files? Curious is the file delivery viewed as a time saver
and or money saver. Obviously not having to buy an HD deck is a
savings but what about the risk of internet failure or the potential
file corruption along the way? Is the file that much more efficient
at the broadcaster's end? Given a tape can be ingested in real time
to the server how much faster can a file be ingested and QC'd. Seems
to me QCing a tape while it's being ingested would be faster but
perhaps I'm missing the obvious.
I offer:
I don't know about program file transfers (I only do one of those a
year), but we do file transfers of news clips for EVERYTHING now.
The in-house HD file transfers that I do (Avid to Playback) generally
run at about real-time rates or slower, depending on the number of
players I'm sending to. The savings realized is not therefore a time-
saving one. But it is more efficient; I can do other work while the
transfer runs in the background. Clearly, the real savings of file
transfers is the avoidance of tape handling, shipping, VTR maintenance
costs, etc.
QC-ing file transfers IS a problem. The files must be checked before
air.
Little-known fact: Several NBC's US bureaus can now file transfer
actual Avid sequences to New York. Not just downmixed cut segments,
I'm saying these are ACTUAL Avid edit sequences, as if they were
edited in-house. It's really cool and amazing.
Tape is used so infrequently now that there may come a time not too
far from now where I'll be working in a room without a VTR
altogether. There are lots of other edit stations here that do not
have VTRs at all. Even now, I rarely even power one up.
Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
NBC Today Show, New York
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