Developments in Automated Tapeless Production for Multicamera Programs

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE Mot. Imag. J
Volume: 120, No. 2, pp. 43–48
Abstract: The BBC R&D Ingex system is a tapeless recording system for multi-camera television production, which combines high-quality multichannel recording with a range of automation features to speed up some of the time-consuming tasks in current television workflows. A suite of software components has been developed to provide an integrated and automated system, providing a range of benefits to production and post-production. Recent additions include capture of vision mixer cut decisions and Web browser–based material review. Based on open source software and commodity information technology components, the system has been used for several BBC productions and is now becoming available through third-party service providers. This paper presents an overview of the current Ingex system, describes recent development of the automation features, and provides an outline of how they are used in BBC productions such as “EastEnders,” “Dragons' Den,” “The Bottom Line,” and “BBC HD Jazz Shorts.”
Publication Date: 2011-03-01
DOI: 10.5594/j18019XY
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/j18019XY
Author(s): P. N. Tudor
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Phil Tudor is a lead engineer at BBC Research & Development, London, U.K. He read electrical and information sciences at Cambridge University. Tudor's technical background includes software engineering, video compression algorithm development, MPEG standardization, metadata interoperability, and the development of the Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) and Material eXchange Format (MXF) standard file formats for use in tapeless production. Tudor is responsible for R&D projects in the areas of production tools, formats, workflow, media management and wide area production. He chairs the SMPTE 30MR Technology Committee on Metadata & Registers and is a board member of the Advanced Media Workflow Association. Tudor is a SMPTE fellow, a Chartered Engineer and a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
J. S. McKinnell
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Jonathan McKinnell is a senior technologist at BBC R&D. He has an MSc in physics from Edinburgh University and a PhD in mathematical modelling from Imperial College, London. McKinnell is currently researching the applications of computer vision to assist production activities.
N. P. Pinks
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Nicholas Pinks is a trainee technologist at BBC R&D. He has a first class degree in media technology from Oxford Brookes University. During his traineeship, Pinks added support for Final Cut Pro XML metadata to the Ingex software, developed a multimedia classification system for archives and worked on the commercial transfer of Ingex technology. He is currently working on YouView. In his spare time, Pinks runs Sixth Stage productions. He recently became a Chartered Engineer and is a member of the IET.
S. Casey
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Sean Casey is a technologist at BBC R&D. He gained an MSc in computer science at Lancaster University. Before working at the BBC, Casey conducted research into mobile and social computing technologies at the University of Lincoln using mobile smartphones. His current work is creating tools for mobile tablet devices to allow interaction with tapeless productions on the move.
Copyright: © 2011 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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