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Mundane HD Portland MAX Video

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Submitted by roland on Tue 2009-03-03 12:42 #

go max go!

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Submitted by sillygwailo on Tue 2009-03-03 18:09 #

I posted a little bit of info about the surroundings and that day's trip at PDXphiles.

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How Do You Solve A Problem Like Captions Over Chyrons?

Inspired by "Why Chyrons Attack" at the Tea Makers blog. To test whether I can make a screencap of EyeTV in HD (yup) and to see if the CBC still did captions over chyrons (a word I only learned today: so that's what they're called!). And no, I don't normally watch How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?.

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Submitted by f824fps68 on Tue 2008-09-16 23:07 #

Most TV's these days let you pick where the closed captioning resides, either the lower or upper third of the image. Check your menu settings to be sure, but you should be able to set that for upper or lower. Some sporting events use both the upper and lower thirds for graphics...you'll just have to play with it to see what works for you.

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Submitted by sillygwailo on Wed 2008-09-17 11:40 #

I guess I'm used to subtitles doing it (yes, I know they're different) so maybe I expected captioning to recognize the chyron's and get placed above them.

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Submitted by f824fps68 on Wed 2008-09-17 20:59 #

Yeah, unfortunately that can't work the way the closed captioning system is currenty done. The graphics information gennerated by the Chyron becomes part of the program image while the closed captioning data is encoded and sent seperate from the program image. That's how you can tell your TV where to put the CC data, since it's something your TV is adding over the image. I suppose that it's technicially feasable to write some sort of recognition software that would recognize the presence of lower third graphics but I don't know of any TV that has that as an option.

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Submitted by clutch666 on Sat 2008-10-18 11:47 #

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David Leeson uses an HD video camera and takes frame grabs for his still photography
[T]he real answer, throughout history, is that technology cannot substitute for the heart, mind and soul of the artist. Nor can any increased frame per second assure you of capturing a powerful moment. Nor can video grant you better composition or lighting. Actually, the video camera is nothing more than a camera and it is the same as it has always been - useless to photojournalistic reporting without a compassionate and sensitive soul bearing it.