Re-Inventing the Wheel or Choosing the Right One for the Job? Frame Rate Manipulation for the File-Age

“You shouldn't re-invent the wheel” I was told by one of my university professors. “Why not”? I replied. “I want a lightweight wheel optimised for a bicycle, not a skateboard nor a 747”. My professor taught me a valuable lesson, no-one likes a smart-arse. — In this modern, file based, multi-platform world where more performance is required for a smaller budget, Dalet will present the (AT)³ concept – An Adaptive Temporal Transform Toolbox. Choosing the frame rate or interlace nature of content is a business problem fulfilled by technology; this paper will explore how the right tool selection can minimize costs and maximize quality depending on the requirements of the output media. The paper will consider, OTT deliverables, Internationalisation and Versioning requirements as well as CPU, GPU, cloud and the fault-tolerant technology to make the correct tool choice and deliver those requirements in a cost-sensitive file-based world.

Published

2014-10

Content type

Original Research

Keywords

Frame rate, conversion, files, OTT, versioning

DOI

10.5594/M001552

ISBN

978-1-61482-954-6