Video Test & Measurement 101

Ideal for the runner who is going into the machine room or edit assistant who is starting to play more of an operational role.

• Overview of test and measurement
• Current requirements and the economic necessity of delivering proper material
• Overview of the four-tiles style of current WVR/WFM models and operation
• Line waveforms and what you're looking at
• Overview and introduction to colour space and gamut including legalisers

Course cost: £150 ex VAT
(discounts available for root6 support customers)

Audio Test & Measurement 101

Ideal for the runner who is going into the machine room or starting to assist in the audio department.

• Audio waveforms and the nature of sound
• Digital representation of audio
• Levels, how they equate and why it matters (headroom etc.)
• How to use a PPM - over levels etc
• Introduction to audio features of Tek WVR

Course cost: £150 ex VAT
(discounts available for root6 support customers)

Television QC Using Tektronix Test Sets

Ideal for junior engineers or machine room staff who are moving up to QC'ing finished programmes.

• How legalisers fit into the television delivery process
• Different colour spaces - composite colour in HD (for Sky delivery etc)
• Complete run-through of the network QC features of the WVR
• More advanced problems - PSE, codec-blocking, BCAP captions sizes
• Physical transport problems - ScH, Timecode & AES timing etc
• Parameter sets and building/maintaining presets for WVRs
• Dolby E and advanced audio parameters
• Compression and treatment for transmission

Course cost: £300 ex VAT
(discounts available for root6 support customers)

TCP/IP for Broadcast Engineers

Gone are the days when every cable carried a synchronous video stream. Contemporary engineering staff have to be aware of packetized networks and how they impact the modern facility. This half-day course covers the fundamentals of the protocols and practises that drive all internet-derived networks.

• History - why a packet-switched network?
• The ISO 7-layer model
• Routers, hubs, switches and how they differ
• Classes of networks
• Applications in film & television storage systems

Course cost: £300 ex VAT
(discounts available for root6 support customers)

Digital Media Files 101

size, the shape, and the frame rates

• History – what did video look like?
• Computer graphics formats – how square pixels started to dominate
• Aspect ratio – and why it’s important
• Frame rates, why on earth do we need 23.976fps?

Course cost: £150 ex VAT
(discounts available for root6 support customers)

Video and Audio Test & Measurement Primer

size, the shape, and the frame rates

Course cost: £150 ex VAT
(discounts available for root6 support customers)