Nuggets and MXF: Making the Networked Studio a Reality
Bruce Devlin, H. Heber, J. P. Lacotte, Ulrike Ritter, Jan van Rooy, Wolfgang Ruppel, J.P.Viollet · SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal · 2004
Nuggets is a European project researching the use of MXF files on IT networks, allowing remote control of cameras in a live production environment. The project partners (Thomson Grass Valley, ZDF, Snell & Wilcox, T-Systems, Enertec, INESC Porto) are creating a local area network/wide-area network (LAN/WAN)-based workflow that will be demonstrated in 2004. This paper will outline many of the issues discovered in the process of moving from a traditional tape/SDI point-to-point environment to a server/file interchange environment. Details of the proposed network functionality will be given in order to generate audience discussion of the requirements of a file interchange-based workflow.