Good point Gareth
'News 24' is streamed from a SDI source.
We moved from analogue to digital capture cards about four/five years ago &
the difference in quality was immediately noticable - bitrate & frame size
for Flash has been upped of course, so looks even better (the current
encoders are a tad old & I think the cards are a bit past the sell by date:
the windows & real streams we've moved across to the new boxes already look
better).
But I still think the quality is rather poor for what they're doing -
Siemens stream some stuff from digi-boxes without looking that soft.
What kit did the Beeb use, and what do they use now? (fascinated by the
choices in tech)
Also (off-topic slightly) does anybody know what kit the radio studios use
for the automatic level ducking when a DJ's speaking over the intro / tail
of a track? I've seen what looks like a sidechaining compressor in the
background of some shots on programmes like Timelapse or suchlike (where a
DJ's being interviewed in the studio), but this assumption is largely based
on the visible LED activity on the front panel of the device when the DJ's
seen speaking in shot (sat next to the broadcast mic at the desk).
Unfortunately though the interesting stuff (the hardware!) has always never
been in focus so I've not been able to identify the kit :( If someone knows
someone who knows and can ask them, that's also quite acceptable ;)
