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It's interesting how "moving image" is split into "digital cinema" and "digital video", I would have expected one set of formats to cover both. Apparently "dig
by omoikane 4y ago
It's interesting how "moving image" is split into "digital cinema" and "digital video", I would have expected one set of formats to cover both.
Apparently "digital cinema" prefers DPX while "digital video" lists AVI/MOV/WMV/MP4/MP2/MXF as acceptable, so maybe "digital cinema" are intended to capture raw data while "digital video" are meant for playback. But audio and still image categories did not have that same split.
- jl6 4y agoMaybe it reflects the very different tools and workflows used by professional cinematography versus amateur work. As opposed to still photography where there isn’t such a gap in either gear or formats (many professional photographers happily use JPEG and certainly many publish in it).
- cm2187 4y agoAlso those are container formats, not codecs.
- vanchor3 4y agoI wonder if it's because DPX is often what you have when working in digital cinema until you package it up as a (potentially encrypted) DCP for distribution.