| 1. | Why do you need so much computer power when editing video? | | 2. | What are the three most common analog video interfaces, and how do they compare? | | 3. | What are the three most common digital video connections? | | 4. | How are they different? | | 5. | At what levels is analog audio carried? | | 6. | What gear do you need to convert between different analog audio levels? | | 7. | What connections carry digital audio? | | 8. | List three essential measurement tools in video editing. | | 9. | Name some ancillary equipment that would ease interfacing tasks and round out a studio's capabilities. | | 10. | Can FCP use FireWire directly to capture and play back video and audio? |
Answers | 1. | Video makes heavy demands on the CPU, RAM, and graphics card. | | 2. | Component, Y/C, and composite. Of the three, component video is the highest quality; composite is the lowest. | | 3. | SDI, SDTI, and FireWire. | | 4. | SDI carries uncompressed video, SDTI carries compressed video, and FireWire carries either one, depending on the application. | | 5. | At high line levels, low line levels, and mic levels. | | 6. | An amplifier or attenuator. | | 7. | FireWire, RCAs, BNCs, XLRs, and optical links. | | 8. | Waveform monitors, vectorscopes, and accurate picture monitors. | | 9. | Audio mixers, DAs, TBCs, proc amps, patch panels, and switchers. | | 10. | Yes it can, as well as a large selection of third-party interfaces. |
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