Divergent Opinions

#25 - Fear and Loathing (and DayQuil) in Las Vegas

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:45:20 -0700

This week, Mike and Colin round up all the news and excitement from NAB 2012. What a party it was! New hardware, new software, and not nearly enough sleep.

#24 - Codec Creativity

Thu, 5 Apr 2012 15:37:01 -0700

This week, Mike and Colin dive deep on the current state of codecs, and where they're going in the future. We also round up the latest pre-NAB launches, and discuss the coming show.

#23 - So many pixels

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:49:01 -0700

Mike and Colin discuss the launch of ScopeBox 3, and dive deep on the new iPad and h.264 support in FireFox.

#22 - ScopeBox 3

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:32:17 -0800

This week, Mike and Colin talk about the impending release of ScopeBox 3!

Episode links:

NAB Expo - our code is LV3659
Our NAB booth is SL14010
The ScopeBox 3 sneak-peak video is available on vimeo

#21 - Sony sees the light

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:43:38 -0800

Mike and Colin round up the news from CES and MacWorld, plus Apple's blowout earnings and some innovation from Sony.

#20 - Crossing the Telestreams

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 14:08:33 -0800

Mike and Colin discussion various bits of post-holiday news, and argue about the significance of the impending NAB show.

#19 - Happy FPGAmas

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:13:21 -0800

Acquisitions, nerd fights, licensing and FPGAs - this week, Mike and Colin round up the news of the week and then dive into the proposed royalty free MPEG standards.

Links:

#18 - Progressively Segmented Happiness

Fri, 2 Dec 2011 16:42:49 -0800

This week, an in-depth discussion on PsF and dying SD cards, plus some notes on other interesting news.

#17 - Dirt For Sale

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:32:38 -0800

Mike and Colin dive into announcements from BlackMagic and The Foundry, plus Final Cut Pro X 10.0.2 and the mythical Apple TV.

#16 - Abandon Everything!

Fri, 4 Nov 2011 13:39:07 -0700

Automatic Duck goes free, Canon and Red announce some cool new cameras, and Apple abandons everything ever.

#15 - Testing. Testing. Is this thing on?

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:50:45 -0700

Colin and Mike talk about a bunch of news stories, and then discuss the software testing methodologies in use at divergent media, inc.

#14 - Siri: Remind me to record a podcast

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:14:25 -0700

Mike and Colin round up the news. The iPhone 4S and the death of Steve Jobs come first. Then a discussion of some more cool projects from Adobe, 3d rendering technology, and the death of film.

#13 - FCPXXML Xtravaganza

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:15:24 -0700

Mike and Colin discuss FCPX 10.0.1 (or is that ... nevermind) as well as other bits of news from the week. Links:

#12 - ProRes and DNxHD fight to the death

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:09:58 -0700

This week, a round up of the news from IBC, as well as indepth on the addition of a ProRes decoder to libavcodec. Link:

ProRes Reverse Engineered

#11 - Rolling Stone Gathers no CMOS

Thu, 8 Sep 2011 23:23:24 -0700

Colin and Mike catch up on the news, and discuss the evolution of CCD and cmos sensors. For more information, check out:

#10 - Real Hipsters Shoot 1.92k

Fri, 2 Sep 2011 0:33:18 -0700

Colin and Mike discuss the shipment of the Ultrastudio 3d, new announcements from RED, the Chinese 2k camera, computer upgrades, FCS3 back on sale, and 3d monitors. Also be sure to check out http://www.jenshesse.com/.

#9 - Dream of a new DAM

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 3:00:19 -0700

Goodbye Steve. Discussion of moire effects and a variety of other things.

#8 - PhDs for Hire

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 0:19:36 -0700

Mike and Colin discuss the trend of turning University research into features, content restrictions, and Javascript File API. Articles:

#7 - Siggraph and Ubiquitous 3d

Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:02:00 -0700

Mike and Colin talk about the interesting papers out of the siggraph conference, and the rapid innovations taking place in 3d imaging.

#6 - Virtual Hosting and Interlacing

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 21:02:00 -0700

Mike and Colin discuss migrating a server to a virtualized hosting platform, and then dig into why you're all screwing up handling interlaced footage.

#5 - Ultrathin MacbookPros, Hulu, Death of Optical, Interframe compression

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:02:00 -0700

Mike and Colin catch up on the news of the week, discuss the impending demise of optical distribution, and dive deep on the history and future of interframe video compression

#4 - Lion, new Macs, and hacking FPGAs

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 0:02:10 -0700

Mike and Colin discuss what excites them about Lion, as well as the new Macs and two new papers on hacking FPGAs.

#3 - Avid and Thunderbolt

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 0:09:00 -0700

This week, coverage of the recent Avid event, a discussion on the suitability of Avid for different editing situations, a new definition of "Pro" and discussion of the arrival of Thunderbolt products on the market.

#2 - Video Rendering

Thu, 7 Jul 2011 20:48:42 -0700

This week, Mike and Colin discuss the evolution of computer technology as it relates to rendering video data. We cover CPU-based rendering, the evolution of OpenGL, and the introduction of OpenCL.

Let us know what you think, or where you'd like to see us go with all this podcasty stuff.

#1 - Final Cut Pro X

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:18:15 -0700

Mike and Colin discuss Final Cut Pro X, including some history on how we got to this point, and why the existing app had to die.