Although the formats above are the native (preferred) playback formats, there is an included conversion program (DFM) that can convert from other movie formats for playback on Delta.
DFM is a separate application which runs on the server or any other Windows PC and enables the following types of media to be converted to one of the native 7TH movie formats: MXF, MOV, MP4, LXF, ASF, WMV, DV, MPEG-PS, MPEG-TS, GXF, FLV, AVI, MKV, WebM, HapQ, or image sequences of JPG, BMP, TIF, PNG or DPX.
There are also Plug-ins for Adobe After Effects, and Nuke that allow native rendering of 7TH422 sequences or STH422 sequences.
Notes: With codec movie formats, the audio is in-built and speaker mapping is encoded in the file itself, so Delta audio control available is therefore only volume control (no channel mapping as is possible with separate audio files – see audio files below). Codecs are supported for media prototyping type purposes only, and are never recommended as the final deliverable/show content. |
DFM can unpack these types of media (see note below) and save out a movie in one of these 7TH formats:
•7TH-420: 2:1 reduction in storage requirement
•7TH-422: 1.5:1 reduction in storage requirement
•7TH-444: no reduction in storage requirement
The 7TH-444 format can also contain an alpha plane if required.
Note: DFM can only unpack a media file if the relevant codec is found on that PC (image sequences do not require a codec) – the general rule of thumb is that if the media can play in Windows Media Player, DFM can convert it. |
➢For full details, please see the DFM User Guide.
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