CALLING ALL COMPUTER HARDWARE/SOFTWARE/CODEC GURUS

[Elsie N]

This article regarding a "worlds fastest codec for 8 or 16k" left me wondering if this is something RED cameras should aim to incorporate into our workflow.

Other than that I have no idea what questions to even ask, so I'm hoping anyone with an opinion will jump in and discuss this potentially useful codec for 8k footage. No sideboards on this thread so feel free to expand in anyway you think is beneficial.

 

[Phil Holland]

This article regarding a "worlds fastest codec for 8 or 16k" left me wondering if this is something RED cameras should aim to incorporate into our workflow.

Other than that I have no idea what questions to even ask, so I'm hoping anyone with an opinion will jump in and discuss this potentially useful codec for 8k footage. No sideboards on this thread so feel free to expand in anyway you think is beneficial.

I'll be visiting them at NAB and I've provided a small snippet of footage thus far. Curious to see what they've whipped up.

On instagram yesterday:




I expressed some of my success and struggles regarding 8K workflow. Interestingly enough, working with the native REDCODE RAW and doing standard (to me) workflow tasks like exporting to DPX is easy enough. However, 8K and delivery codecs leave a bit to be desired at the moment. In short H.265, VP9, X264, and the lower tier ProRes codecs work relatively well for realtime 8K playback with a fairly powerful box.

Fun facts as I'm focused on 8K DCI (8K FF) at the moment.

8K DCI DPX Individual Frame Sizes
- 8-bit = 111MB
- 10-bit = 138.242MB
- 16-bit = 207.375MB

Doing some 12-bit tests shortly.

Finishing for 4K and 4K playback is pretty easy at this point. 8K at the moment provides some interesting playback hurdles and for some likely a few post workflow hiccups. Some more manageable than others.

 

[Jeffery Anderson]

it is interesting... not sure they're doing 8k playback or if DaVinci has 8k, so maybe not a DIT station

I can totally see on larger films them wanting to view the 8k native and see if there are any imperfections, as to how realistic that is with having a 8k monitor on set

Weapon has Prores for dailies... with applied lut it should be pretty close?

 

[PatrickFaith]

For DI I can't see why there is any debate , I am writing out 8k by 4K frames right now ... Checking on file writes ... At 12 megabytes per frame with exr dwb.