Re: Final Cut in the Newsroom...

I get the uneasy feeling from this thread that station management is looking for an inexpensive way to get rid of the old edit bays.

They might be able to find one, but it will come with debilitating costs: no speed anywhere in the news editing process, the inability to immediately share video with all edit bays, and the loss of vital metadata.

There's a reason why newsroom video server systems come with their own NLE's, and why they're pricey -- they work, the vendors make sure they work, and they make sure everyone knows the new drill for getting video on the air. If you put together a piecemeal system for cheap, you have no such reassurances.

Since the business of a TV newsroom is to get video on FAST, reliably, several times during the day, and be able to locate old video quickly, I suggest that management find another place to save money.

They may want to start by foregoing the rennovation of their offices, the rennovation of the lobby, new carpet for the floors, new wallpaper, and other things that have absolutely NO bearing on day-to-day operations.

Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA