File-based Systems and Workflows

This is a 3 day course to enable participants to understand the principles behind the various available
file-based systems, workflows and interoperability issues so that they can:
● define what file format(s) they want/need
● optimize the workflow on the system that they are currently using
● Can survey and properly evaluate current broadcast equipment available in the market
● know how to advise and make a decision/recommendation of equipment for future.

Topics: Analog (Tape based workflow (Overview and Design), Signal Interchange Format), Digital
(file based workflow(Overview and Design), Interchange Format), digital systems, Colour Sampling,
Compression, Compresssors and Decompressors), Evaluating Strengths and weaknesses of different
codecs, File Container Formats