Panasonic microP2 Handheld AVC-ULTRA HD Camcorder FAQ for AVC-ULTRA

AVC-ULTRA FAQ

1.) What is the Panasonic AVC-ULTRA CODEC?

Panasonic’s AVC-ULTRA is a unified family of codecs that seamlessly work

together to meet all your pro video encoding needs. The first family of advanced

video coding for today and tomorrow, the AVC-ULTRA codec family is fully

compliant with the H.264/AVC standard. Although not H.264 based, Panasonic

has also included the full DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50 and DVCPRO HD codec

family in the new encoding ASIC, so you can still utilize the DVCPRO family of

formats as needed.

From streaming to mastering, from proxy to 4k, with AVC-ULTRA the image

quality and bit rate can be selected to match your application.

2.) What are the key benefits of AVC-ULTRA?

AVC-ULTRA was developed to provide video professional who work in image

creation with the following three core benefits:

* Significantly reduced operational cost in the image creation workflow

* Network based image acquisition and production, by removing the traditional

constraints of time and location

* A flexible suite of codec options to provide unparalleled image creation and

quality options.

3.) What codecs are contained in the AVC-ULTRA family?

The main codecs in AVC-ULTRA include:

* AVC-Proxy

* AVC-LongG

* AVC-Intra Class 50

* AVC-Intra Class 100

* AVC-Intra Class 200

* AVC Class 4:4:4

* AVC Ultra 2k

* AVC Ultra 4K (4:4:4 and 4:2:2 options)

4.) What is AVC-Proxy?

The AVC-Proxy enables extremely fast content delivery and offline edits of 720p

and 1080i/p video at bitrates varying between 800 Kbps to 6Mbps at 8 bits of

pixel depth. Low-bit-rate, high-resolution, high-sound quality proxy video (Quick

Time/H.264) is recorded with the original high resolution data. AVC-Proxy at

6Mbs is a LongG mode with a full HD raster, great for field viewing, logging, or

airing as in the case of breaking news!