Book Description
Most used book by professionals in broadcast and post production video departments in the entertainment industry!
HOW VIDEO WORKS (formerly Videotape Theory & Operations) offers to the working video professional or student a complete and thorough guide to understanding how the analog and digital broadcast video signal is captured, recorded, transmitted, and broadcast, and the equipment that supports that process.
Written in an easy to understand style, this book has been a bible for professionals in the video world since 1985. Update your library with this new version of an industry standard.
HOW VIDEO WORKS will give you:
* New digital technologies including hi-definition, compression and encoding.
* A hands-on approach to learning about video recording, transmission, and playback.
* Complete glossary of terms covering both analog and digital video.
* Clear and easy to understand explanations-perfect for the new technician or non-tech creative professional.
Contents:
* Overview/Introduction
* Electronic Photography
* Scanning
* Synchronizing the Signal
* Transmitting the Signal
* Color Video
* Color Monitor Setup
* Analog Waveform Monitors
* Analog Vectorscopes
* The Encoded Signal
* Digital Theory
* Digital Television Standards
* High Definition Video
* Digital Scopes
* Compression
* Magnetic Media
* Optical Media
* TimeCode
* Audio For Video
* Operations Overview
* Test Signals & Media Problems
Diana Weynand is an award-winning producer, director, editor, and co-founder of Weynand Training International (www.weynand.com), who has led the way in training on emerging technologies for the entertainment industry since 1981. She spent time as a videotape operator and online editor for ABC, and as Supervising Editor for the Barbara Walters Specials. She has been a columnist for numerous trade magazines and written several books on Final Cut Pro. She currently writes a monthly column on
Hi-Definition for the entertainment news magazine, "Below The Line."
Marcus Weise has over thirty-five years experience in the television industry. As an expert in the new digital technology, he has operated in both production and post production as an Associate Director, Online Editor and a Technical Consultant. He designed and oversaw the construction and eventually the operation of worldwide cable television facilities for TV Guide in Hollywood. Among his many credits as a Hi-Definition online editor are CSI and CSI Miami.
Table of Contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Video Evolution
- Analog and Digital
- Video Applications
- About This Book
- Chapter 2 Electronic Photography
- Tube Cameras
- Scanning the Image
- Displaying the Image
- CCD Cameras
- Camera Chips
- Chapter 3 Scanning
- Video Lines
- Blanking
- Persistence of Vision
- Fields
- Interlace Scanning
- Black and White Specifications
- Chapter 4 Synchronizing the Analog Signal
- Synchronizing Generators
- Synchronizing Pulses
- Drive Pulses
- Blanking Pulses
- Horizontal Blanking
- Vertical Blanking
- Vertical Synchronizing Pulses
- Equalizing Pulses
- Color Subcarrier
- Cross Pulse
- Other Signal Outputs
- Vertical Interval Signals
- Chapter 5 The Transmitted Signal
- Modulating the Signal
- Frequency Spectrum
- Analog and Digital Broadcasting
- Bandwidth
- Satellites
- Uplink and Downlink
- Chapter 6 Color Video
- Additive and Subtractive
- Primary and Secondary Colors
- The Color System
- Harmonics
- NTSC Color Transmission
- NTSC Color Frame Rate
- Vectors
- Color Burst
- Chrominance and Luminance
- Color Difference Signals
- I and Q Vectors
- Other Color Standards
- Chapter 7 Monitoring the Color Image
- The Human Eye
- Color Bars
- The Monochrome Image
- PLUGE Bars
- Color Image
- Chapter 8 Analog Waveform Monitors
- Graticule
- Signal Components on Graticule
- Waveform Display Controls
- Signal Measurement
- Filters
- Reference
- Inputs
- Display
- Combining Setups
- Viewing Color Bars
- Viewing an Image
- Chapter 9 Analog Vectorscopes
- Graticule
- Axes
- Vector Readings
- Setup Controls
- Input Selections
- Calibration
- Active Video
- PAL Signal
- Other Scopes
- Chapter 10 The Encoded Signal
- Analog and Digital Encoding
- Analog Encoding Process
- Analog Composite Signal
- Analog Component Signal
- Digital Encoding Process
- Digital Composite Signals
- Digital Component Signal
- Transcoding
- Encoding and Compression
- Chapter 11 Digital Theory
- Analog Video
- Digital Video
- Sampling Rate
- Computer Processing
- Binary System
- Digital Stream
- Serial Digital Interface
- Chapter 12 Digital Television Standards
- Standards Organizations
- Standards Criteria
- Image Resolution
- Aspect Ratios
- Pixel Aspect Ratio
- Interlace and Progressive Scan Modes
- Frame Rate
- Standards Category
- Conventional Definition Television (CDTV)
- Digital Television Standards (DTV)
- High Definition Television (HDTV)
- Standard Definition Television (SDTV)
- Digital Audio
- Chapter 13 High Definition Video
- Widescreen Aspect Ratio
- Image Resolution
- Progressively Segmented Frames
- Frame Rate
- Film-to-Tape Conversion
- HDTV Worldwide Standards
- Converting an HD Signal
- HDTV Applications
- Chapter 14 Digital Scopes
- Digital Signal
- Dual Digital Scope Overview
- WFM601 Monitor Overview
- Video Display
- Video In
- Sweep
- Reference
- Menu Section
- Chapter 15 Compression
- Lossless Compression
- Lossy Compression
- JPEG Compression
- Motion JPEG Compression
- MPEG Compression
- MPEG-1
- MPEG Variations
- The MPEG Process
- I Frames
- P Frames
- B Frames
- The Group of Pictures (GOP)
- IP Method
- IBP Method
- Bit Rates
- Variable Bit Rates
- Fixed Bit Rates
- Profiles and Levels
- Main Profile at Main Level
- Video Encoding and Compression
- Compression Artifacts
- Chapter 16 Magnetic Media
- Magnetic Recording
- Control Track
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio
- Magnetic Tape
- Metal Tape
- Modulation and Demodulation in Analog Recording
- Erasing Media
- Hard Drives and Servers
- Magnetic Formats
- Chapter 17 Optical Media
- Optical Recording
- Optical Reproduction
- Optical Formats
- Fiber Optics
- Magneto-Optical Systems
- Chapter 18 Timecode
- Reading Timecode
- Timecode Formats
- Non-Drop Frame and Drop Frame Timecode
- Timecode Generators and Readers
- Visual Timecode
- Chapter 19 Audio for Video
- Measuring Volume
- Analog Audio
- Digital Audio
- Sampling Rates
- Audio Compression
- Audio Formats
- What You Hear
- Stereo Audio
- Surround Sound
- Noise Reduction
- Out-of-Phase Audio
- Chapter 20 Overview of Operations
- VTR and VCR Components
- Operational Controls
- Analog Tape Playback
- Analog Playback Procedures
- Horizontal Blanking
- Vertical Blanking
- Video Recording
- Signal Timing
- Insert and Assemble Editing
- Digital Playback and Recording
- Chapter 21 Test Signals, Displays, and Media Problems
- Color Bars
- Stairstep
- Multiburst
- Cross Hatch
- Digital Displays
- Analog Tape Problems
- Digital Tape Problems
- Optical Media Problems
- Hard Drive Failures
- In Summary
- Glossary
- Index