Divergent Opinions
By Mike Woodworth and Colin McFadden
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Podcast Description
In depth discussion of topics related to the video industry and software development. Mike and Colin deep-dive on the tech that powers everything from Hollywood to your home videos.
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#21 - Sony sees the light | Mike and Colin round up the news from CES and MacWorld, plus Apple's blowout earnings and some innovation from Sony. Revision 3 Growth Samsung 'future-proofing' Smart TVs with Evolution Kit | The Verge Sony HDR-PJ710V and HDR-PJ760V camcorders with 'Balanced' SteadyShot, built-in projectors (hands-on video) | The Verge Contour teams up with Cerevo for live broadcasting POV cameras -- Engadget JVC's GY-HMQ10 4K Camcorder hands-on (video) -- Engadget Adobe extends CS6 upgrade pricing to CS3, CS4 owners | MacNN BBC News - Sony 'boosts low-light picture quality' with white pixels Crazy Projection | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#20 - Crossing the Telestreams | Mike and Colin discussion various bits of post-holiday news, and argue about the significance of the impending NAB show. Magic Lantern HDR Bunim/Murray leaves FCP Thoma Bravo acquires Telestream Stuxnet and Duqu dev platform Digital makeup with Blender | 1/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#19 - Happy FPGAmas | 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: Royalty Free MPEG part 1 Royalty Free MPEG part 2 HDCP cracking FPGA supercomputer Teranex Philip Bloom - no more Epic Kickstarter Helicopter camera | 12/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#18 - Progressively Segmented Happiness | This week, an in-depth discussion on PsF and dying SD cards, plus some notes on other interesting news. PsF's missing workflow AA batteries Open letter to Adobe VMWare 4.1 Remote Phosphor Lighting | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#17 - Dirt For Sale | Mike and Colin dive into announcements from BlackMagic and The Foundry, plus Final Cut Pro X 10.0.2 and the mythical Apple TV. Ocula Final Cut Pro 10.0.2 LomoKino TimeLine Earth from Space | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#16 - Abandon Everything! | Automatic Duck goes free, Canon and Red announce some cool new cameras, and Apple abandons everything ever. Apple Abandons QT (not really) Apple Acquires 3d mapping company Canon announces C300 Red Re-announces Scarlet iPhone cinema ALAC goes open | 11/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#15 - Testing. Testing. Is this thing on? | Colin and Mike talk about a bunch of news stories, and then discuss the software testing methodologies in use at divergent media, inc. Panasonic HPX-250 Avid Media Composer 6 "leaked" Lytro Cameras | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#14 - Siri: Remind me to record a podcast | 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. Reverse Blur Video Meshes Death of Film Rendering Objects into Images Reconstructing Submerged city Contacts for Closeups | 10/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#13 - FCPXXML Xtravaganza | Mike and Colin discuss FCPX 10.0.1 (or is that ... nevermind) as well as other bits of news from the week. Links: Final Cut Pro X 10.0.1 4K integrated graphics Red Rock Micro lens adapter ARRI email hacking More ARRI email hacking Face morphing Brain reading | 9/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#12 - ProRes and DNxHD fight to the death | 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 | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#11 - Rolling Stone Gathers no CMOS | Colin and Mike catch up on the news, and discuss the evolution of CCD and cmos sensors. For more information, check out: Sensor Primer F65 sensor Panavision 35mm Rackmount mini | 9/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#10 - Real Hipsters Shoot 1.92k | 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/. | 9/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#9 - Dream of a new DAM | Goodbye Steve. Discussion of moire effects and a variety of other things. | 8/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#8 - PhDs for Hire | Mike and Colin discuss the trend of turning University research into features, content restrictions, and Javascript File API. Articles: Adobe Research Fox pulling video | 8/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#7 - Siggraph and Ubiquitous 3d | Mike and Colin talk about the interesting papers out of the siggraph conference, and the rapid innovations taking place in 3d imaging. | 8/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#6 - Virtual Hosting and Interlacing | 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. | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#5 - Ultrathin MacbookPros, Hulu, Death of Optical, Interframe compression | 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 | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#4 - Lion, new Macs, and hacking FPGAs | Mike and Colin discuss what excites them about Lion, as well as the new Macs and two new papers on hacking FPGAs. | 7/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#3 - Avid and Thunderbolt | 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. | 7/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#2 - Video Rendering | 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. | 7/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#1 - Final Cut Pro X | 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. | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 21 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
VERY informative podcast on post-production geekery
Good job Mike and Colin on talking about the 'under-the-hood' post-stuff. I learn more than a few things every week.
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