Media Storage for Post Production

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Media Storage for Post Production – Overview

This next series of articles focuses on video storage for post production. We'll cover how to determine what your storage needs are depending on the nature of the video you are working with. This is general, and each editing system like Final Cut Pro and Avid do handle things a bit differently, but the overall concepts are the same.

• Comparing Bit Rates: A short overview on the terms used for understanding how to determine the bit rates for video formats and hard drive storage
• Storage Requirements: Determining how fast the video storage needs to be for working with different formats, including the bit rates of several common formats for Avid and Final Cut Pro
• Types Of Storage: An overview of the different types of hard drive storage, from FireWire drives up to fibre channel RAIDs and the types of formats that these various storage types will handle