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==History== ===Cameras=== {{Further|Digital cinematography|Image sensor|Video camera}} The basis for [[digital video camera]]s is [[metal–oxide–semiconductor]] (MOS) [[image sensors]].<ref name="Williams">{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=J. B. |title=The Electronics Revolution: Inventing the Future |date=2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9783319490885 |pages=245–8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v4QlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA245}}</ref> The first practical [[semiconductor]] image sensor was the [[charge-coupled device]] (CCD), invented in 1969<ref>{{Cite book | title = Scientific charge-coupled devices | author = James R. Janesick | publisher = SPIE Press | year = 2001 | isbn = 978-0-8194-3698-6 | pages = 3–4 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3GyE4SWytn4C&pg=PA3 }}</ref> by Willard S. Boyle, who won a Nobel Prize for his work in physics.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2009|title=2009 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Kao, Boyle, and Smith|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/pt.5.023739|journal=Physics Today|issue=10 |page=14182 |doi=10.1063/pt.5.023739|bibcode=2009PhT..2009j4182. |issn=1945-0699|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Following the commercialization of CCD sensors during the late 1970s to early 1980s, the [[entertainment industry]] slowly began transitioning to [[digital imaging]] and digital video from analog video over the next two decades.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stump |first1=David |title=Digital Cinematography: Fundamentals, Tools, Techniques, and Workflows |date=2014 |publisher=[[CRC Press]] |isbn=978-1-136-04042-9 |pages=83–5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-MjAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83}}</ref> The CCD was followed by the [[CMOS]] [[active-pixel sensor]] ([[CMOS sensor]]),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stump |first1=David |title=Digital Cinematography: Fundamentals, Tools, Techniques, and Workflows |date=2014 |publisher=[[CRC Press]] |isbn=978-1-136-04042-9 |pages=19–22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-MjAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA19}}</ref> developed in the 1990s.<ref name="Fossum2014">{{cite journal |last1=Fossum |first1=Eric R. |author1-link=Eric Fossum |last2=Hondongwa |first2=D. B. |title=A Review of the Pinned Photodiode for CCD and CMOS Image Sensors |journal=IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society |date=2014 |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=33–43 |doi=10.1109/JEDS.2014.2306412 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=fossum93>{{cite book |last1=Fossum |first1=Eric R. |chapter=Active pixel sensors: Are CCDS dinosaurs? |author1-link=Eric Fossum |title=Charge-Coupled Devices and Solid State Optical Sensors III |journal=SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1900: Charge-Coupled Devices and Solid State Optical Sensors III |volume=1900 |date=12 July 1993 |doi=10.1117/12.148585 |bibcode=1993SPIE.1900....2F |citeseerx=10.1.1.408.6558 |publisher=International Society for Optics and Photonics |pages=2–14 |s2cid=10556755 |editor1-last=Blouke |editor1-first=Morley M.}}</ref> Major films{{efn|Defined as the top 200 grossing live-action films}} shot on digital video overtook those shot on film in 2013. Since 2016 over 90% of major films were shot on digital video.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-11 |title=The use of digital vs celluloid film on Hollywood movies |url=https://stephenfollows.com/digital-vs-film-on-hollywood-movies/ |access-date=2019-10-23 |website=Stephen Follows |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Rodriguez Film Once Upon a Time in Mexico This is a structural review. |url=http://www.writework.com/essay/robert-rodriguez-film-once-upon-time-mexico-structural-rev |access-date=2013-04-22 |publisher=WriteWork}}</ref> {{As of|2017}}, 92% of films are shot on digital.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 August 2018 |title=Maybe the war between digital and film isn't a war at all |language=en-us |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |url=https://www.avclub.com/maybe-the-war-between-digital-and-film-isn-t-a-war-at-a-1828527569 |access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref> Only 24 major films released in 2018 were shot on 35mm.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rizov |first=Vadim |date=24 April 2019 |title=24 Films Shot on 35mm Released in 2018 |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/107353-23-films-35mm-released-in-2018/ |access-date=2019-09-14 |website=Filmmaker Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Today, cameras from companies like [[Sony]], [[Panasonic]], [[JVC]] and [[Canon (company)|Canon]] offer a variety of choices for shooting high-definition video. At the high end of the market, there has been an emergence of cameras aimed specifically at the digital cinema market. These cameras from [[Sony]], [[Vision Research Phantom|Vision Research]], [[Arri]], [[Blackmagic Design]], [[Panavision]], [[Grass Valley (company)|Grass Valley]] and [[Red Digital Cinema Camera Company|Red]] offer resolution and [[dynamic range]] that exceeds that of traditional video cameras, which are designed for the limited needs of [[broadcast television]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Heart of a Phone Camera: The CMOS Active Pixel Image Sensor|url=http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2012/ph250/lu2/|access-date=2021-03-26|website=large.stanford.edu}}</ref> [[File:Betacam_SP_camera.jpg|thumb|A Betacam SP camera, originally developed in 1986 by Sony]] ===Coding=== {{Further|Video coding format#History}} In the 1970s, [[pulse-code modulation]] (PCM) induced the birth of digital [[video coding]], demanding high [[bit rate]]s of 45-140 Mbit/s for [[standard-definition]] (SD) content. By the 1980s, the [[discrete cosine transform]] (DCT) became the standard for digital [[video compression]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hanzo |first=Lajos |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181368622 |title=Video compression and communications: from basics to H.261, H.263, H.264, MPEG2, MPEG4 for DVB and HSDPA-style adaptive turbo-transceivers |date=2007 |publisher=IEEE Press |others=Peter J. Cherriman, Jürgen Streit, Lajos Hanzo |isbn=978-0-470-51992-9 |edition=2nd |location=Hoboken, NJ |oclc=181368622}}</ref> The first digital [[video coding standard]] was [[H.120]], created by the (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee) or [[CCITT]] (now ITU-T) in 1984. H.120 was not practical due to weak performance.<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=The History of Video File Formats Infographic |url=http://www.real.com/resources/digital-video-file-formats/ |website=[[RealNetworks]] |access-date=5 August 2019 |date=22 April 2012}}</ref> H.120 was based on [[differential pulse-code modulation]] (DPCM), a compression algorithm that was inefficient for video coding. During the late 1980s, a number of companies began experimenting with DCT, a much more efficient form of compression for video coding. The CCITT received 14 proposals for DCT-based video compression formats, in contrast to a single proposal based on [[vector quantization]] (VQ) compression. The [[H.261]] standard was developed based on DCT compression,<ref name="Ghanbari">{{cite book|last1=Ghanbari|first1=Mohammed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7XuU8T3ooOAC&pg=PA1|title=Standard Codecs: Image Compression to Advanced Video Coding|date=2003|publisher=[[Institution of Engineering and Technology]]|isbn=9780852967102|pages=1–2}}</ref> becoming first practical video coding standard.<ref name="history" /> Since H.261, DCT compression has been adopted by all the major video coding standards that followed.<ref name="Ghanbari"/> [[MPEG-1]], developed by the [[Motion Picture Experts Group]] (MPEG), followed in 1991, and it was designed to compress [[VHS]]-quality video. It was succeeded in 1994 by [[MPEG-2]]/[[H.262]],<ref name="history"/> which became the standard video format for [[DVD]] and SD [[digital television]].<ref name="history"/> It was followed by [[MPEG-4 Visual|MPEG-4]] in 1999, and then in 2003 it was followed by [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC]], which has become the most widely used video coding standard.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Christ |first=Robert D. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/861797595 |title=The ROV manual : a user guide for remotely operated vehicles |date=2013 |others=Robert L. Wernli |isbn=978-0-08-098291-5 |edition=2nd |location=Oxford |oclc=861797595}}</ref> The current-generation video coding format is [[HEVC]] (H.265), introduced in 2013. While AVC uses the integer DCT with 4x4 and 8x8 block sizes, HEVC uses integer DCT and [[Discrete sine transform|DST]] transforms with varied block sizes between 4x4 and 32x32.<ref name="apple">{{cite web |last1=Thomson |first1=Gavin |last2=Shah |first2=Athar |year=2017 |title=Introducing HEIF and HEVC |url=https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2017/503i6plfvfi7o3222/503/503_introducing_heif_and_hevc.pdf |access-date=5 August 2019 |publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]}}</ref> HEVC is heavily patented, with the majority of patents belonging to [[Samsung Electronics]], [[GE]], [[Nippon Telegraph and Telephone|NTT]] and [[JVC Kenwood]].<ref name="hevc-patents">{{cite web |title=HEVC Patent List |url=https://www.mpegla.com/wp-content/uploads/hevc-att1.pdf |access-date=6 July 2019 |website=[[MPEG LA]]}}</ref> It is currently being challenged by the aiming-to-be-freely-licensed [[AV1]] format. {{As of|2019}}, AVC is by far the most commonly used format for the recording, compression and distribution of video content, used by 91% of video developers, followed by HEVC which is used by 43% of developers.<ref name="Bitmovin">{{cite web |year=2019 |title=Video Developer Report 2019 |url=https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3411032/Bitmovin%20Magazine/Video%20Developer%20Report%202019/bitmovin-video-developer-report-2019.pdf |access-date=5 November 2019 |website=[[Bitmovin]]}}</ref> ===Production=== Starting in the late 1970s to the early 1980s, [[video production]] equipment that was digital in its internal workings was introduced. These included [[time base corrector]]s (TBC){{efn|For example, the [[Thomson-CSF]] 9100 Digital Video Processor, an internally all-digital full-frame TBC introduced in 1980.}} and [[digital video effects]] (DVE) units.{{efn|For example the [[Ampex]] ADO, and the [[Nippon Electric Corporation]] (NEC) E-Flex.}} They operated by taking a standard analog [[composite video]] input and digitizing it internally. This made it easier to either correct or enhance the video signal, as in the case of a TBC, or to manipulate and add effects to the video, in the case of a DVE unit. The digitized and processed video information was then converted back to standard analog video for output. Later on in the 1970s, manufacturers of professional video broadcast equipment, such as [[Robert Bosch GmbH|Bosch]] (through their [[Fernseh]] division) and [[Ampex]] developed prototype digital [[videotape recorder]]s (VTR) in their research and development labs. Bosch's machine used a modified [[Type B videotape|1-inch type B videotape]] transport and recorded an early form of [[CCIR 601]] digital video. Ampex's prototype digital video recorder used a modified [[2-inch quadruplex videotape]] VTR (an Ampex AVR-3) fitted with custom digital video electronics and a special ''octaplex'' 8-head headwheel (regular analog 2" quad machines only used 4 heads). Like standard 2" quad, the audio on the Ampex prototype digital machine, nicknamed ''Annie'' by its developers, still recorded the audio in analog as linear tracks on the tape. None of these machines from these manufacturers were ever marketed commercially. Digital video was first introduced commercially in 1986 with the Sony [[D-1 (Sony)|D1]] format, which recorded an uncompressed standard definition [[component video]] signal in digital form. Component video connections required 3 cables, but most [[television]] facilities were wired for composite NTSC or PAL video using one cable. Due to this incompatibility the cost of the recorder, D1 was used primarily by large [[television network]]s and other component-video capable video studios. [[File:A_todo_o_nada_Chile_Studio_(20200130_194157).jpg|thumb|A professional television studio set in Chile]] In 1988, Sony and Ampex co-developed and released the [[D-2 (video)|D2]] digital videocassette format, which recorded video digitally without compression in [[ITU-601]] format, much like D1. In comparison, D2 had the major difference of encoding the video in composite form to the NTSC standard, thereby only requiring single-cable composite video connections to and from a D2 VCR. This made it a perfect fit for the majority of television facilities at the time. D2 was a successful format in the [[television broadcast]] industry throughout the late '80s and the '90s. D2 was also widely used in that era as the master tape format for mastering [[laserdiscs]].{{efn|Prior to D2, most laserdiscs were mastered using analog [[1" Type C videotape]]}} D1 & D2 would eventually be replaced by cheaper systems using video compression, most notably Sony's [[Digital Betacam]], that were introduced into the network's [[television studio]]s. Other examples of digital video formats utilizing compression were Ampex's [[DCT (videocassette format)|DCT]] (the first to employ such when introduced in 1992), the industry-standard [[DV (video format)|DV]] and MiniDV and its professional variations, Sony's [[DVCAM]] and Panasonic's [[DVCPRO]], and [[Betacam SX]], a lower-cost variant of Digital Betacam using MPEG-2 compression.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Roger|first=Jennings|title=Special Edition Using Desktop Video|publisher=Que Books, Macmillan Computer Publishing|year=1997|isbn=978-0789702654}}</ref> [[File:Sony_logo.svg|thumb|The Sony logo, creator of the Betacam]] One of the first digital video products to run on personal computers was ''PACo: The PICS Animation Compiler'' from The Company of Science & Art in Providence, RI. It was developed starting in 1990 and first shipped in May 1991. PACo could stream unlimited-length video with synchronized sound from a single file (with the ''.CAV'' [[file extension]]) on CD-ROM. Creation required a Mac, and playback was possible on Macs, PCs, and Sun [[SPARCstation]]s.<ref>{{cite news |title=CoSA Lives: The Story of the Company Behind After Effects |newspaper=Motionworks Digital Marketing Agency Melbourne |url=http://www.motionworks.com.au/2009/11/cosa-lives/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227132422/http://motionworks.com.au/2009/11/cosa-lives/ |archive-date=2011-02-27 |access-date=2009-11-16 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[QuickTime]], [[Apple Computer]]'s multimedia framework, was released in June 1991. [[Audio Video Interleave]] from [[Microsoft]] followed in 1992. Initial consumer-level content creation tools were crude, requiring an analog video source to be digitized to a computer-readable format. While low-quality at first, consumer digital video increased rapidly in quality, first with the introduction of playback standards such as MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 (adopted for use in television transmission and DVD media), and the introduction of the [[DV (video format)|DV]] tape format allowing recordings in the format to be transferred directly to digital video files using a [[FireWire]] port on an editing computer. This simplified the process, allowing [[non-linear editing system]]s (NLE) to be deployed cheaply and widely on [[desktop computer]]s with no external playback or recording equipment needed. The widespread adoption of digital video and accompanying compression formats has reduced the [[Bandwidth (computing)|bandwidth]] needed for a [[high-definition video]] signal (with [[HDV]] and [[AVCHD]], as well as several professional formats such as [[XDCAM]], all using less bandwidth than a standard definition analog signal). These savings have increased the number of channels available on [[cable television]] and [[direct broadcast satellite]] systems, created opportunities for [[spectrum reallocation]] of [[terrestrial television]] broadcast frequencies, and made [[tapeless camcorder]]s based on [[flash memory]] possible, among other innovations and efficiencies. === Culture === Culturally, digital video has allowed video and film to become widely available and popular, beneficial to entertainment, education, and research.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Garrett|first=Bradley L.|date=2018|title=Videographic geographies: Using digital video for geographic research|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0309132510388337|journal=Progress in Human Geography|language=en|volume=35|issue=4|pages=521–541|doi=10.1177/0309132510388337|s2cid=131426433|issn=0309-1325|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Digital video is increasingly common in schools, with students and teachers taking an interest in learning how to use it in relevant ways.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bruce|first1=David L.|last2=Chiu|first2=Ming Ming|date=2015|title=Composing With New Technology: Teacher Reflections on Learning Digital Video|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022487115574291|journal=Journal of Teacher Education|language=en|volume=66|issue=3|pages=272–287|doi=10.1177/0022487115574291|s2cid=145361658|issn=0022-4871|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Digital video also has healthcare applications, allowing doctors to track infant heart rates and oxygen levels.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wieler|first1=Matthew E.|last2=Murphy|first2=Thomas G.|last3=Blecherman|first3=Mira|last4=Mehta|first4=Hiral|last5=Bender|first5=G. Jesse|date=2021-03-01|title=Infant heart-rate measurement and oxygen desaturation detection with a digital video camera using imaging photoplethysmography|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-00967-1|journal=Journal of Perinatology|volume=41|issue=7|pages=1725–1731|doi=10.1038/s41372-021-00967-1|pmid=33649437|s2cid=232070728|issn=0743-8346|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In addition, the switch from analog to digital video impacted media in various ways, such as in how businesses use cameras for surveillance. [[Closed circuit television]] (CCTV) switched to using [[digital video recorder]]s (DVR), presenting the issue of how to store recordings for evidence collection. Today, digital video is able to be [[Compressed video|compressed]] in order to save storage space.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bruehs|first1=Walter E.|last2=Stout|first2=Dorothy|date=2020|title=Quantifying and Ranking Quality for Acquired Recordings on Digital Video Recorders|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1556-4029.14307|journal=Journal of Forensic Sciences|language=en|volume=65|issue=4|pages=1155–1168|doi=10.1111/1556-4029.14307|pmid=32134510|s2cid=212417006|issn=0022-1198|url-access=subscription}}</ref> === Digital television === [[Digital television]] (DTV) is the production and transmission of digital video from networks to consumers. This technique uses digital encoding instead of analog signals used prior to the 1950s.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kruger|first=Lennard G.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50684535|title=Digital television : an overview|date=2002|publisher=Novinka Books|others=Peter F. Guerrero|isbn=1-59033-502-3|location=New York|oclc=50684535}}</ref> As compared to analog methods, DTV is faster and provides more capabilities and options for data to be transmitted and shared.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Reimers|first=U.|date=1998|title=Digital video broadcasting|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/685371|journal=IEEE Communications Magazine|volume=36|issue=6|pages=104–110|doi=10.1109/35.685371|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Digital television's roots are tied to the availability of inexpensive, high-performance [[computers]]. It was not until the 1990s that digital TV became a real possibility.<ref name="benton">{{cite web |date=2008-12-23 |title=The Origins and Future Prospects of Digital Television |url=http://www.benton.org/initiatives/obligations/charting_the_digital_broadcasting_future/sec1 |publisher=[[Benton Foundation]]}}</ref> Digital television was previously not practically feasible due to the impractically high bandwidth requirements of [[uncompressed video]],<ref name="Barbero">{{cite journal |last1=Barbero |first1=M. |last2=Hofmann |first2=H. |last3=Wells |first3=N. D. |date=14 November 1991 |title=DCT source coding and current implementations for HDTV |url=https://tech.ebu.ch/publications/trev_251-barbero |journal=EBU Technical Review |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |issue=251 |pages=22–33 |access-date=4 November 2019}}</ref> requiring around 200{{nbsp}}[[Mbit/s]] for a [[standard-definition television]] (SDTV) signal,<ref>{{cite web |title=NextLevel signs cable deal - Dec. 17, 1997 |url=https://money.cnn.com/1997/12/17/technology/nextlevel/ |access-date=9 August 2018 |website=money.cnn.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=TCI faces big challenges - Aug. 15, 1996 |url=https://money.cnn.com/1996/08/15/companies/tci_pkg/ |access-date=9 August 2018 |website=money.cnn.com}}</ref> and over 1{{nbsp}}[[Gbit/s]] for [[high-definition television]] (HDTV).<ref name="Barbero" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barbero |first1=M. |last2=Stroppiana |first2=M. |date=October 1992 |title=Data compression for HDTV transmission and distribution |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/193745 |journal=IEE Colloquium on Applications of Video Compression in Broadcasting |pages=10/1–10/5}}</ref>
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