America TV one of the reference channels in Peru- acquired XDCAM equipment, from Sony, the ideal tool for the acquisition and transmission of news with the best image and sound quality.
Choosing the XDCAM Family, America TV becomes one of the pioneers in Latin America in establish a bridge between DVCAM equipment, which the channel already possessed, and a platform that allows greater fluidity competitive to air journalistic programs. Of In fact, XDCAM is being used for the production of one of its star programs: Cuarto Poder.
XDCAM consolidates as the standard of the news area by a series of characteristics: A Central is its non-linear recording system, which has improved definitely the workflow. And when trading with videos Proxy, which are recorded in parallel on the same disc each time when a recording or clip is played, cameramen can select the shots needed for post-production.
From the street, the professionals can make a rough cut in the same chamber and airing online or by phone with that file, explains Mabel Paredes, Sales Manager of Sony Latin America.
The Proxy is a file of frame-accurate editing audio/video, compressed into MPEG4, and is a low-resolution copy of the clip high resolution that has been recorded in the Professional medium Disc. This proxy file is also a very powerful tool for the display of the disc, either in a player or via network with a personal computer. In addition, it allows you to edit off-line with a laptop for further editing on-line. And it has a decisive advantage for the press: the proxy it has enough quality to go into the air.
The Proxy allows you to work with compact, fast and low-cost equipment. In addition, to the be about files, their passage to any IT platform for post-production is transparent. It is effective because although it is try a high-resolution recording, it is a low compression file, adds Mabel Paredes.
For its scalability, XDCAM allows a progressive step between standard and high definition Definition. And, in addition, its ability to reconcile different formats has made it a true bridge between the world of the video and the IT platform, between DVCAM and high definition.
