OS X Jaguar out Oct. 24th... at DVinfo.net

Heath McKnight · October 8th, 2003, 01:10 PM

http://www.apple.com/macosx/

Does this mean support for HDV?

heath

Rob Lohman · October 8th, 2003, 02:27 PM

Aren't they just talking about a new version of OS X?

Heath McKnight · October 8th, 2003, 03:07 PM

I heard Pixlet is on it.

heath

Paul Mogg · October 8th, 2003, 03:12 PM

They are talking about a new version of OSX, but that version contains a new HD capable codec called Pixlet. The hope is that you will be able to do a conversion of your HDV footage to Pixlet and then edit HD realtime on a Mac, and then convert back to whatever format you choose once you're done. This OSX version won't support the HDV format natively as far as I'm aware.

Heath McKnight · October 8th, 2003, 03:16 PM

Okay, how do we transfer it back to the camera? Pixlet, 4HDV?

heath

Paul Mogg · October 8th, 2003, 03:27 PM

On the Mac I'd say the 4HDV plugin to encode to MPEG2 + Womble on the PC for TS transcoding is still your best bet, and I'd go to DVHS, not the camera (or you'll wear it out pretty quickly). This isn't going to solve the "re-ecoding to MPEG2TS" part of the problem I don't think, but there are many other HD formats you can go to.

Heath McKnight · October 8th, 2003, 07:42 PM

So I surfed over to apple.com to check out pixlet and Panther.

I did a search after finding nothing.

Got this:

"Apple - Mac OS X - Panther
... High-end Video Codec. Pixlet is the first studio-grade codec for filmmakers. Pixlet provides 20-25:1 compression, allowing a 75MB/sec series of frames to be ..."

I hit the link to the Panther overview, didn't see any mention of it. Unless I'm blind. Might not be a big deal, but, I don't know...

heath

Scott Anderson · October 9th, 2003, 03:25 PM

At Steve Job's Macworld keynote, the one where they rolled out the G5, he talked about Pixlet being developed so that the folks at Pixar could review work in progress across a network, while maintaining HD quality at reasonable file sizes. Pixar+Wavelet (compression)=Pixlet.

I still have my doubts as to if Pixlet will come into common use as as production codec, or if it's just intended on being an HD delivery codec, perhaps a Quicktime competitor to Windows Media 9?

Heath McKnight · October 9th, 2003, 03:37 PM

But it is on Panther, huh?

heath

October 8th, 2003, 01:10 PM	#1
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October 8th, 2003, 02:27 PM	#2
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October 8th, 2003, 03:07 PM	#3
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	I heard Pixlet is on it. heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

October 8th, 2003, 03:12 PM	#4
Paul Mogg Major Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: San Francisco CA Posts: 386	They are talking about a new version of OSX, but that version contains a new HD capable codec called Pixlet. The hope is that you will be able to do a conversion of your HDV footage to Pixlet and then edit HD realtime on a Mac, and then convert back to whatever format you choose once you're done. This OSX version won't support the HDV format natively as far as I'm aware. __________________ Paul

October 8th, 2003, 03:16 PM	#5
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	Okay, how do we transfer it back to the camera? Pixlet, 4HDV? heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

October 8th, 2003, 03:27 PM	#6
Paul Mogg Major Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: San Francisco CA Posts: 386	On the Mac I'd say the 4HDV plugin to encode to MPEG2 + Womble on the PC for TS transcoding is still your best bet, and I'd go to DVHS, not the camera (or you'll wear it out pretty quickly). This isn't going to solve the "re-ecoding to MPEG2TS" part of the problem I don't think, but there are many other HD formats you can go to. __________________ Paul

October 8th, 2003, 07:42 PM	#7
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	So I surfed over to apple.com to check out pixlet and Panther. I did a search after finding nothing. Got this: "Apple - Mac OS X - Panther ... High-end Video Codec. Pixlet is the first studio-grade codec for filmmakers. Pixlet provides 20-25:1 compression, allowing a 75MB/sec series of frames to be ..." I hit the link to the Panther overview, didn't see any mention of it. Unless I'm blind. Might not be a big deal, but, I don't know... heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

October 9th, 2003, 03:25 PM	#8
Scott Anderson Major Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 327	At Steve Job's Macworld keynote, the one where they rolled out the G5, he talked about Pixlet being developed so that the folks at Pixar could review work in progress across a network, while maintaining HD quality at reasonable file sizes. Pixar+Wavelet (compression)=Pixlet. I still have my doubts as to if Pixlet will come into common use as as production codec, or if it's just intended on being an HD delivery codec, perhaps a Quicktime competitor to Windows Media 9?

October 9th, 2003, 03:37 PM	#9
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	But it is on Panther, huh? heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog