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 AVC-Intra Frequently Asked Questions
1.What is AVC-Intra? AVC-Intra, the industry’s most advanced compression technology, is a proessional intra-rame video codec with bit rateso 50 and 100Mb/s, utilizing the High 10 Intra and High 422 Intra proles o H.264 respectively. AVC-Intra provideshigh-quality 10-bit intra-rame encoding in two modes: AVC-Intra 100, the highest recording quality currently availablein a one-piece camcorder (comparable to mastering video quality), and AVC-Intra 50 or very high image quality at asignicantly lower data rate. As an intra-rame approach, it captures and preserves the greatest amount o inormationand while oering the greatest fexibility. Unlike long GOP approaches, AVC-Intra was explicitly designed and optimizedor broadcast and production use rather than low bandwidth distribution.2.Isn’t H.264 a long GOP encoding scheme? AVC / H.264 is a new generation state-o-the art codec amily with both Intra and Inter rame compression implementationoptions (proles). Inter-rame compression, (long GOP) is usually used or content delivery and packaged media; in thismode its eciency is unequaled. However, any image manipulation or processing will severely degrade the image qualityin long GOP compression schemes.By contrast, Intra rame compression processes the entire image within the boundaries o each video eld or rame.There is zero interaction between adjacent rames, so its image quality stands up well to motion and editing. Intra-ramecompression it is used most oten or broadcast and production applications where such image manipulation is normal. AVC-Intra takes this process to new heights when it combines the advantages o the new H.264 / AVC sotware encodingtools to increase the coding eciency, but does so without the editing / generational quality limitations associated withlong GOP coding schemes.3.Is AVC-Intra a replacement or DVCPRO HD?No! Panasonic is not replacing DVCPRO HD with AVC-Intra, period! AVC-Intra is simply a more advanced / ecientcompression technology oered as an option in addition to the DVCPRO amily o codecs in selected P2 HD equipment.4.What are the benets o AVC-Intra?Developed to provide high image quality, including greater encoding eciency, AVC-Intra provides production companiesand broadcasters more choices without compromising HD quality. At its highest level, AVC-Intra 100 gives proessionalsaccess to mastering quality HD recording and does not utilize any video sub-sampling. With 4:2:2, 10-bit Intra-ramecoding, in 1080 progressive or interlace systems, AVC-Intra 100 records the ull 1920x1080 raster, representative omaster-quality recording. In 720 progressive systems, AVC-Intra 100 records the ull 1280 x 720 raster, again withoutany video sub-sampling. AVC-Intra, a ully compliant H.264 codec implementation, oers signicantly better compression eciency than oldercodec amilies. The storage and bandwidth savings, without the compromises o long GOP compression, allows AVC-Intra 50 to provide subjectively similar video quality to DVCPRO HD at one hal the bit rate. Also, by utilizing intra-rame compression with its rame bound compression, AVC-Intra is unaected by motion or rapidchanges in scene content. More important, due to intra-rame compression, AVC-Intra stands up to rigorous editing,including compositing, multiple layers o video, etc, ar better than long-GOP compression scheme.
 
5.Why do I need 10-bit 4:2:2 recording?With 10-bit accuracy and 4:2:2 sampling, a video signal will have the same bandwidth and quality as the original signalquality o source’s HD-SDI output. Most uncompressed video utilizes 10-bit 4:2:2 sampling and this is maintained bymastering systems such as D5-HD to maintain signal delity. Any subsampling, (video pre-ltering) will result in theirretrievable loss o either signal requency response (sotening) or signal level accuracy. Such losses are unacceptable inenvironments o lm to tape transer, color correction, graphics etc. Sadly, once lost the signal quality cannot be reclaimed.Luckily, AVC-Intra 100 provides 10-bit accuracy and 4:2:2 sampling – to protect your valuable video assets.Some recording ormats utilize pre-ltering (video sub-sampling) or reduced quantizer accuracy (e.g. 10 bits to 8 bits),a trade o o video quality to minimize storage needs, that is acceptable in some ENG / EFP applications. However, thishas been ound unacceptable or critical production environments. AVC-Intra 100 provides ull 10-bit 4:2:2 sampling ata quality comparable with mastering video ormats.6.What is the dierence between AVC-Intra and AVCHD?While AVCHD and AVC-Intra are both H.264 compliant codecs, they are very dierent. AVC-Intra is a proessional intra-rame codec with bit rates o 50 and 100Mb/s, utilizing the High 10 Intra and High 422 Intra proles o H.264 respectively. AVC Intra 100 oers proessionals mastering quality video or the highest level o HD production, while AVC-Intra 50provides video quality similar to that o DVCPRO HD, but at hal the bit rate, a plus or news and bandwidth ecientrequirements. AVCHD is a consumer high denition (HD) digital video camera recorder ormat announced jointly byPanasonic, Sony, Canon and others. AVCHD is a long GOP H.264 implementation designed or less demanding prosumerand consumer applications. Panasonic oers both as a choice o products to the user.7.Is AVC-Intra just another orm o AVCHD? Is AVC-Intra Panasonic’s implementation o AVCHD?No. AVC-Intra is not a orm o AVCHD. AVC-Intra is an intra-rame, H.264 compliant compression codec expresslydesigned or the proessional HD production. AVCHD is a high denition (HD) digital video camera recorder ormatinitially designed or consumer video cameras ( www.avchd-ino.org ). The AVCHD camera ormat utilizes long GOP H.264compression technology or HD video production or event and other applications, where “great looking video” and lowbit rates or storage eciency are required. Panasonic oers both technologies – the high quality AVC-Intra or missioncritical production applications and AVCHD, the ultra ecient consumer and prosumer camcorder ormat.8.How does AVC-Intra 50 aect recording time with Panasonic P2 cameras? AVC-Intra 50 is highly-ecient 10-bit intra-rame compression technology that oers quality comparable to DVCPROHD, yet at hal the bit rate. In essence doubling the recording time on the P2 cards, a powerul solution that cuts mediastorage and distribution costs.9.Does AVC-Intra oer “native” rame rate recording?  Yes, similar to the concept o “native’ DVCPRO HD 720p rame rate recording in the AJ-HPX2000, AG-HPX500 and AG-HVX200, AVC-Intra also oers superb “native” rame rate recording, in both 720p, as well as 1080p. This ”native”method compressses and records the various rame rates without any need or additional pull-down pricessing. Verysimilar to shooting lm, native recording processes each image rame by rame, then records each rame one at a time,providing simplicity, eciency with the associated storage savings. All AVC-Intra 720p 23.98p / 25p / 29.97p and1080p 23.98p / 25p / 29.97p rame rates are native – providing high quality video with associated storage savings.
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