Video Formats

Video Formats

The next series of articles offers an insight to the variety of video "formats". Some of these formats exist purely inside a computer editing system, some are videotape formats, and there are also formats that go above and beyond the resolution of SD or HD resolution.

• Compression Formats for Video and Graphics: Formats that reside in the computer: graphic file formats, video editing, web, DVD and other formats.
• SD Tape Formats: Comparison of digital SD videotape formats including information on color spaces, bit depth, bit rates and level and type of compression used.
• HD Tape Formats: Comparison of digital HD videotape formats including information on color spaces, bit depth, bit rates and level and type of compression used. Information on frame rates and frame sizes is included.
• Tapeless Formats: An overview of the two mediums gaining attention for their use of a tapeless, data-centric workflow. Specifically covered are P2 and XDCAM, their compression formats, frame sizes, frame rates, color spaces, bit depth and recording options.
• Beyond HD: An overview of the formats that make up high-end production formats including 2K and 4K mediums, which are the backbone of the digital intermediate (DI) workflows.