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Digital audio processors
Signal processing for analog broadcast is a combination of two functions: control of perceived sound (for competitive advantage), and meeting FCC constraints
Tame those artifacts
While we all know that compression causes artifacts, just how much do you know about what causes them and how to reduce them? While the occurrence of
Managing lip sync
Technological progress often seems to occur haltingly: two steps forward, one step back. With the advent of digital processing, video processing began
Get connected
Learn how to properly connect video devices to ensure maximum performance and quality.
Managing lip sync
Solving this problem requires knowledge on how analog video becomes digital
Monitoring networks
With broadcasting shifting to digital facilities, maintenance of operations is becoming more of an exercise in managing information technology. The lines
Codecs push the compression envelope
It seems as if we have just gotten used to MPEG-2 coding, and we are already facing a palette of new coding methods. Even the growing number of applications
Smart antennas
The analog cutoff is now less than one year away, and with that change will come new reception issues for terrestrial broadcast viewers. Although the
Sound connections
Get the maximum performance and quality from your digital audio interfaces.
Digital conversion
Aspects of format conversion have been known and appreciated for some time, due to the frequent need to convert between different video standards. Many
Correcting lip sync errors
Audio/video synchronization, or lip sync, is a frustrating problem for both broadcasters and viewers. The complexity of the broadcast plant has not made
MPEG tools
While MPEG has existed for more than a decade and continues to evolve, there are many options within the standards that seem new to many observers. In
Broadcast monitors
Video monitoring technology continues to evolve at an amazing pace. Just consider the variety of new broadcast and production monitors that were announced and demonstrated at NAB this year
Video for mobiles
According to a study released earlier this year by the NAB, broadcast television could reap an additional $2 billion in revenue by 2012 by delivering
Technology Seminar - Monitors
While several manufacturers still market CRT displays, the requirements for critical video evaluation are being met by more LCD units. Some of the enhanced
Maintaining lip sync
The problem of lip sync, or A/V synchronization, continues to daunt the most sophisticated video operators. While various technical working groups continue
DTV multichannel transmission
Digital transmission brings with it a host of new possibilities and headaches for those unprepared to make the most of the opportunities. The flexibility
MPEG's upgrade
Although MPEG-2 continues to enjoy widespread deployment over broadcast and DVD media, MPEG-4 is rapidly catching up, thanks to advances in algorithms,
