Video acquisition

This chapter presents various aspects of video acquisition that are relevant with regards to the concept of format-agnostic media production. The format-agnostic scene representation can contain ultra-high resolution panoramic video and several views from broadcast cameras in the best case. Several approaches are presented showing the capability for seamless merging of various video sources. Regarding higher frame rate, it is shown that an increase of frame rate is not just a matter of technological progress per se, but it is an essential property to increase video quality and immersiveness, especially in the case of significantly increased spatial resolution. Acquisition with higher dynamic range can offer increased video quality by introducing tone mapping approaches during media production.