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Rohde & Schwarz presents world’s first comprehensive 5G Broadcast solution at IBC 2019

 

 

The Rohde & Schwarz solution for the first complete 5G Broadcast transmission consists of the core network functionality provided by the new R&S BSCC broadcast service and control center and R&S Tx9 transmitters, which support FeMBMS. This all-in-one solution covers all entities from the content provider to the consumer and is fully compliant with 3GPP Release 14. R&S BSCC enables broadcasters for efficient distribution of high-quality video to the 5G ecosystem. The world’s first complete 5G Broadcast solution will be showcased at the Rohde & Schwarz booth B.21 in hall 7.

 

In recent years, media consumption has shifted significantly toward smartphones and other portable devices. Reaching the billions of smartphones around the world will be the future of broadcasting. 3GPP Release 14 is enabling this future by using FeMBMS (Further evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service). As a part of the Bavarian research project 5G TODAY, Rohde & Schwarz is investigating large-scale TV broadcasts in the FeMBMS mode. Using high-power high-tower (HPHT) transmitters allows broadcasters to distribute video over 5G networks in downlink-only mode with all the advantages of classic broadcasting. This provides the high quality levels known from HDTV broadcasting, low-latency live content as well as enormous spectrum efficiency and wide coverage. There is no need for a SIM card in the mobile device.

 

To help utilize all these benefits, Rohde & Schwarz is the first technology vendor worldwide to offer a complete 5G Broadcast solution for network operators. This solution covers all entities from the content provider to consumers. R&S Tx9 transmitters provide FeMBMS based on a unique software-based signal processing platform. The pure software-based signal processing platform gives network operators great flexibility and ideally prepares them for future signal processing requirements.

 

At IBC, Rohde & Schwarz is launching its new 5G Broadcast core network element, the R&S BSCC broadcast service and control center, which enables Rohde & Schwarz terrestrial transmitters to deliver LTE/5G Broadcast content. This element provides core network functionality so that network operators can distribute content over LTE/5G Broadcast. The main benefit of the R&S BSCC is that it reduces 3GPP core network entities’ complexity to meet broadcasters’ needs for a straightforward LTE/5G Broadcast experience. The overall Rohde & Schwarz solution makes it very easy to configure network parameters. Multiple Rohde & Schwarz FeMBMS transmission sites can be centrally configured in the R&S BSCC core network element.

 

R&S®CLIPSTER is a powerful tool to edit any type of media in any resolution and create a high-quality professional deliverable that meets stringent, professional delivery specifications. R&S®CLIPSTER provides a foundation for post-production vendors to build services upon.

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All you need for broadcast signal analysis in one instrument

The R&S®ETL TV Analyzer is an all-in-one solution. It combines the functionality of a TV and FM (radio) signal analyzer, a video and MPEG TS analyzer and a spectrum analyzer in a single instrument. The R&S®ETL also contains generators to create analog video signals, audio signals and MPEG-2 transport streams.

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The R&S®PKU100 is a solid-state power amplifier for the Ku band with a peak power of 400 W. It features top-notch efficiency in an extremely compact design. The powerful optional adaptive digital linearization improves the RF parameters in a manner never before available. This amplifier thus combines the advantages of solid-state and tube-based amplifiers.

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R&S®PRISMON is an innovative and versatile software-based solution for monitoring and multiviewing of audio/video content. It supports the present and future plethora of standards for content transport and media formats, both in legacy and modern IP-based environments. In addition, it offers a comprehensive set of protocols for OTT/streaming scenarios.

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Rohde & Schwarz launches its new Monitoring-as-a-Service (MaaS) solution R&S PRISMON.cloud in Europe

 

 

At IBC 2019, Rohde & Schwarz rolls out its cloud-based OTT monitoring solution PRISMON.cloud in Europe, making it now available in the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, the UK and Italy. New features first presented at this year’s show in Amsterdam corroborate Rohde & Schwarz´s aspiration in offering the ideal monitoring tool for broadcasters, content and streaming platform providers. R&S PRISMON.cloud can be deployed quickly and without dedicated hardware. A flexible and scalable pricing model allows users to reduce investment costs (CAPEX), therefore, provides a tailored monitoring solution also for event driven usage peaks.

 

R&S PRISMON.cloud was designed to enable OTT providers to permanently understand the current Quality-of-Service (QoS) but also to quickly and easily adapt their monitoring infrastructure, for example when peak loads during the transmission of large events require extended service.

 

A live multiview function, automated analysis of A/V data and error assignment in real time placed in an intuitive analysis dashboard make it possible to permanently measure QoS parameters, store it in a cloud environment and visualize it in a timeline format.

 

Thanks to the easy-to-use setup wizard, it only takes minutes to add new virtual IoT sensors around the globe and connect them to the dashboard. The cloud solution has been extended with an API interface to integrate current data into network management systems and now provides configurable incident notifications.

 

In combination with the widely used on-premise monitoring solution R&S PRISMON, OTT data from both physical and virtual sensors can be displayed in a single dashboard. As a new feature, SMPTE 2110 data from R&S PRISMONs can now also be viewed in the PRISMON.cloud dashboard.

 

The resulting end-to-end transparency quickly and easily reveals errors such as deterioration of video or audio quality or poor CDN performance as a cause of churn. PRISMON.cloud sensors are available in two service packages: silver and gold. These packages can be ordered in the Rohde & Schwarz App Store as three-month and twelve-month subscriptions. There is also a free trial that enables customers to try out R&S PRISMON.cloud with no obligation. For more information about the service packages, visit www.prismon.cloud.

 

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R&S SpycerNode represents the first in a new breed of storage systems that harness the latest advances in High Performance Computing (HPC), a term that refers to the system’s performance, scalability and redundancy. HPC is a combination of hardware, file system and RAID approach. HPC employs redundancy using software “RAID” technologies called erasure coding in combination with declustering to increase overall performance and reduce rebuild times. Also, system scalability is almost infinite and expansion is possible during operation.

The most compelling aspect of R&S SpycerNode is its building-block characteristics. It provides the ability to build a single global name space with different speeds of storage node.

In developing R&S SpycerNode, Rohde & Schwarz engineers have looked at many of the key issues that impact on media storage systems within high-performance video editing environments from annoying maintenance requirements – such as defraging – to much more serious system failures including dying disk drives, which can have catastrophic consequences to a project that is being worked on.

R&S SpycerNode features Rohde & Schwarz‘s device manager web application which makes it much easier to set up and use Rohde & Schwarz solutions in an integrated fashion. Device manager helps to reduce setup times and simplifies maintenance and service due to its intuitive web-based UI operated through a single client.

A critical requirement of any high-performance video storage system is proven data security. In developing R&S SpycerNode, Rohde & Schwarz has introduced data protection systems based on erasure coding and declustering. Erasure coding means that a data block is always written including parity.

Declustering is a part of the data protection approach of HPC setups (formerly known as RAID). It is software based and in comparison to a traditional RAID setup the spare disk is spread over all other disks and is not a dedicated disk. This will decrease rebuild times and reduce performance impact. Also, there are no limitations with the RAID controller, which results in much higher IOPS (Input/Output operations per second). Importantly, there is no impact on system performance over time due to declustering.

R&S SpycerNode comes in multiple 2U and 5U chassis designs, which are available with NL-SAS HDD and SAS SSDs in different capacities. An additional 2u24 chassis design is a pure flash system. There are main processor units and JBOD units. A main unit is always redundant, equipped with two appliance controllers (AP). Each AP features two 100 Gbit interfaces resulting in four 100 Gbit interfaces per main unit.

The combination of different chassis systems makes R&S SpycerNode applicable to a very broad range of applications. The 2u system represents a compact, lightweight unit that is ideal for application within mobile productions as well as offering a very dense, high speed storage device for on-premise applications. A larger 5u system offers sophisticated large-scale storage facilities on-premise within broadcast production centres and Post facilities.

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Rohde & Schwarz presents its R&S SpycerPAM production asset management hall 7, booth B21. The software extension of the R&S SpycerNode storage platform simplifies project management and integration of a multitude of video processing tools. This makes workflows more efficient, especially for post production companies.

 

Managing access rights, proxy administration and avoiding multiple storage of assets are just a few of the challenges that complex film projects may face. The R&S SpycerPAM project asset management solution addresses these issues and significantly simplifies project handling. It offers functions such as asset management, rights management, metadata management and proxy generation as well as many features that simplify collaboration, allowing users to focus on being creative.

 

R&S SpycerPAM supports numerous video processing tools, including Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Avid Pro Tools and Avid Media Composer. R&S SpycerPAM seamlessly integrates the tools and creates its own "project mounts" for project management on R&S SpycerNode. Users can be assigned different access rights and see only assets and projects for which they have permission. Previewable proxies are generated automatically for the assets used, regardless of type – videos, complex Photoshop files, etc. Previews can be accessed with a single click. Smart mirror mechanisms prevent redundant storage of assets from various projects in R&S SpycerNode memory and sustainably reduce the storage capacity needed. In addition, rough cuts can be created quickly with the integrated web-based Preditor and then linked in the user's preferred processing tool.

 

The R&S SpycerNode storage solution was unveiled at IBC 2018. It represents a new and radically different approach to a wide variety of requirements for media file storage solutions. R&S SpycerNode features high availability, scalability and redundancy.

 

 

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Its overall energy efficiency values of up to 40 % for COFDM and 43 % for ATSC represent all-time highs. The transmitter family is based on the wellestablished R&S®THU9 platform and carries forward all of its proven strengths. Network operators benefit from low operating costs throughout the product’s lifecycle.

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From commissioning to servicing, the R&S®TLU9 Transmitter and GapFiller family offers the highest reliability, ensuring troublefree operation during the device’s lifetime. The product is very convenient to use, thanks to features such as adaptive digital predistortion and an intuitive graphical user interface. The use of premium RF components and sophisticated design deliver high availability, with the highest MTBF values on the market.

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The R&S®TMU9 UHF transmitter family offers unique flexibility by providing more than 50 different standard configurations. Featuring efficiency of up to 42 %, it achieves the highest energy saving on the market. Plus, the simple system configuration allows quick startup. The high availability of the R&S®TMU9 ensures unsurpassed reliable operation. And its compact size saves space at the transmitter site.

The R&S®TMU9 air-cooled transmitters attain output powers in from 300 W to 3.0 kW for digital standards and up to 4.75 kW for analog standards. The transmitters are accommodated in only on rack, saving a lot of space at the transmitter site.

With efficiency values of up to 30 % in normal mode, the transmitters save a great deal of energy and significantly reduce CO2 emissions. The Doherty architecture for boosting efficiency increases this figure to up to 42 %. These figures are unparalleled on the market, making the R&S®TMU9 transmitter familie the global benchmark for broadcast transmitters with optimized operating costs.

The transmitters feature unique system variability. Innovative configurations, such as MultiTX or N+1 systems in a single rack, and built-in bandpass filters ensure short delivery times even for special transmitter configurations. Excellent efficiency and the integration of multiple transmitters into a single rack reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of a transmitter system by more than half over the system’s lifetime.

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Rohde & Schwarz presents its new DAB+ transmitter platform at IBC. The R&S TMV9evo air-cooled medium-power transmitter (350 W and up) and the R&S THV9evo liquid-cooled high-power transmitter (1.3 kW and up) ensure smooth and reliable operation designed for simplicity and longevity.

 

The biggest challenges for network operators are the various operating costs: energy costs, costs to ensure service quality, the devices’ limited operating life, and even transmission downtime penalties. DAB+ transmission has never been so easy and yet secure as with the two new transmitters R&S TMV9evo and R&S THV9evo. They offer both the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) and a high safety of investment.

 

The new DAB+ transmitter platform is characterized by efficient operation at all levels. It is based on a tried-and-tested platform, thousands of which are in use worldwide and proving their reliability day in and day out. Rohde & Schwarz continues to put priority on ensuring the new transmitters a long product life of 15 years or more, thus offering network operators a longer-than-average investment profit phase. Backed up by service level agreements with a term of up to ten years, this ensures constant operational readiness while facilitating planning of operating costs.

 

The new R&S TMV9evo and R&S THV9evo transmitters feature an outstanding VHF band III amplifier design, providing network operators an extremely high energy efficiency of up to 49 percent in each of the band’s channels. This reduces energy consumption while making operation very cost-efficient. Rohde & Schwarz can draw on years of experience with Doherty technology to achieve exceptional Doherty efficiency. The DAB+ amplifiers also have such a solid thermal design that even continuous operation at 45 °C outdoor temperature and full output power does not limit operation. Rohde & Schwarz DAB+ transmitters ensure broadcasting distribution and reliable operation even under adverse environmental conditions.

 

With the R&S TMV9evo and R&S THV9evo, the latest features of the recently introduced R&S Tx9evo transmitter platform are now also available for VHF band III. For example, excellent adaptive digital precorrection from Rohde & Schwarz ensures consistently high signal quality over years of broadcasting operation. R&S efficiency optimization is another new feature. It ensures maximum energy savings even after adjusting the output power or changing channels: an intelligent algorithm, which is activated at the press of a button or adaptively, optimizes the amplifier parameters so that the transmitter operates at maximum energy efficiency. Until now, transmitter experts were needed for this purpose, in order to adjust the station’s transmitter to its new parameters. Today, R&S efficiency optimization does this at the touch of a button – even via remote control, thus ensuring the most cost-efficient system operation at all times.

 

Simple and problem-free transmitter operation is achieved thanks to clear diagnostic information and a high degree of automation. The new R&S TMV9evo and R&S THV9evo DAB+ transmitters are equipped with the functions this requires. The integrated performance analysis gives operators instant feedback on key operating parameters such as shoulder attenuation, efficiency, signal quality and more without additional test equipment. This ensures them a quick and comprehensive overview of the current operating status at all times. The detailed definition of the transmitter’s desired operating point also allows continuous monitoring of the transmitter without any complicated special routines of a network management system. This allows DAB+ network operators to set their limits for shoulder attenuation or MER, for example. In doing so, they can be sure that the new DAB+ transmitters continuously remain within these operating parameters, as long as the transmitters do not give off a warning or an alarm signal. This enables both easy operation and maximum operational reliability.

 

The R&S TMV9evo air-cooled medium-power transmitter and the R&S THV9evo liquid-cooled high-power transmitter for DAB+ are now available from Rohde & Schwarz.

 

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The redesigned R&S®VENICE incorporates Rohde & Schwarz’s decades of experience in the broadcast & media industry, our customer feedback and the latest IP technologies. R&S VENICE can be flexibly adapted to your requirements thanks to its software architecture and scalability. For channel playout, studio and live applications, the latest application is just a software license away. The foundation comes from our new R&S®VENICE microservice core paired with commercial off-the-shelf hardware and a video I/O board designed by Rohde & Schwarz.

Produce » Post Production » Ingest » Post-production ingest »

Post production workflow is now a lot better at working and flowing. NEP’s automated production workflow solution, guides your team through every project from start to finish, and eliminates time-consuming, error-prone tasks and bottlenecks of complex processes. Through the transformative power of the cloud, our automated ingest solutions enable seamless collaboration between teams and technology, making your production simpler, faster and readily accessible to everyone from beginners to experts. Even global teams can be brought together to work faster and more efficiently than ever before.

Produce » Post Production » Ingest » Post-production ingest »

 Provide virtual panel to control A/V Router on ingest terminal  VTR batch digitizing  SD / HD mixed recording  Growing file workflows end-to-end. Any feed ingest to content can be used by production editing and rundown broadcasting as quickly as possible  Generate High / Low-res simultaneously while recording  Multiple ingest modes, e.g. Crash recording, Scheduled recording, Periodic recording and Loop recording  Support to import excel file to create batch of scheduled ingest tasks  Live streaming signal monitoring  Preview recording clip by Clip Trimmer  Synchronize NRCS planning information and use for ingest task metadata  Open to integrate with 3rd party NRCS, e.g. iNews, ENPS and Open Media (requires custom integration)  User-friendly operations of Ingest Terminal

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 Support multiple professional devices, e.g. SxS / XDCAM / P2 / XDS
 All import tasks can be monitored and controlled by Task List window
 Multiple importing modes
 Import all clips on one medium to be one clip in Hive
 Import all clips on one medium to be separated clip in Hive
 Partial importing
 Multi-selection importing
 Support to preview clip(s) before importing on Import Terminal
 Synchronize NRCS planning information and use for importing metadata
 Open to integrate with 3rd party NRCS, e.g. iNews, ENPS and Open Media
(requires custom integration)
 Write NRCS planning information to XDCAM dics to be XMPilot and then all
imported clips are inherited with the XMPilot metadata

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Managing the capture of live feeds has never been easier.

IN2IT live is the ultimate solution to capture live events and deliver them to your users for logging and editing. You can finally handle SDI, NDI and web sources with a single tool!

Live streams, remote interviews, screen capture are ingested to your central storage and referenced into your Media Asset management platform in optimal quality and in a short amount of time.

IN2IT live is an open solution. It integrates with mos of the popular post production solutions on the market including Avid MediaCentral, Dalet Galexy or Grass Valley Stratus.

Record, schedule and collaborate, even remotely

Multiple operators can collaborate from any location thanks to the IN2IT live web-bases user interface. IN2IT live manages crash recording and tasks scheduling, across multiple physisal or virtual video servers.

Operators can enrich the assets with additional metadata. They get real-time monitoring of recording and transfers to the central production environment.

Multiple ingest profiles can be create to enable various workflows witht the same infrastructure.

Remote interviews and web streams ingest drastically simplified

IN2IT live supports natively Newtek's NDI protocol. It enables recording from network cameras, mobile apps and remote interviews. Skype and Teams support NDI output and allow you to record any participant feed in one click.

IN2IT live also supports a wide range of streaming protocols. It makes it really easy to get any web live stream available for your editing teams!

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Bluefish444 IngeSTore Server 3G is a dedicated 3RU Server able to capture up to 4 independent streams of video from separate 3G/HD/SD-SD or NDI® sources simultaneously. Recorded files can be capture in Uncompressed, DV and DVC Pro HD file formats free, and additional codec upgrades are available for purchase. IngeSTore Server 3G comes pre-configured with Window 10 Pro operating system, Bluefish IngeSTore software, dual port 10Gb Network Interface to connect with existing network attached storage, professional NVIDIA Quadro GPU, and a Bluefish Epoch | 4K Supernova S+ professional SDI video capture card.

Watch the IngeSTore product video here

The perfect companion for the following workflows:

• Multi-cam studio


• ISO recording


• Archive from video tape


• Post-production


• Electronic News Gathering (ENG)


• Uncompressed capture & encode later


• Edit While Record (Growing files)


• Remote production


• Mobile production

Multiple codec options

• Uncompressed, DV, DVCProHD codecs free


• H.264, DNxHD, AVC-Intra 100, XDCAM, JPEG2000 via additional licence


• Codecs are compatible with MAM options such as eMAM and CatDV

Network Shared Storage

• Connects via 10Gb, 5Gb, 2.5Gb or 1Gb network interfaces


• Compatible with Avid Nexis shared storage devices, and storage from G-Technology, DDP, SNS Evo, ProMAX, JMR, Caldigit, MAGMA, ATTO, Fusion, Facilis Technology, Masstech, Accusys, EditShare, StorageDNA, Quantum, plus more


• Visit Bluefish's website for a full list of qualified shared storage options

Edit-While-Record

• BlueCodecPack licence allows IngeSTore to record to growing file compatible formats


• Edit live in Avid Media Composer or Adobe Premiere Pro while the recording is still underway. This is available within Premiere Pro natively in some formats, with all other formats requiring the BlueRT plug-in


• Requires separate workstation connected to the same network as IngeSTore Server 3G


• Growing file support with Adobe Creative Cloud, Assimilate SCRATCH, CasparCG, Drastic Video QC, VLC and Medialooks software

REST API

• Control IngeSTore Server 3G remotely on your network


• Supports multiple servers controlled via a single interface


• Add extra functionality to IngeSTore


• Requires a REST API licence per server

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Bluefish444 have developed IngeSTore as a complementary multi-channel ingest tool, enabling Bluefish hardware to capture multiple independent format SDI or NDI® sources simultaneously. Capture to QuickTime, AVI and DVCPRO50/HD codecs for free.

Watch the IngeSTore product video here

IngeSTore can be used seamlessly in combination with popular NLE software such as Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro CC to provide a simultaneous capture and output solution, with compatible Bluefish hardware and firmware modes.

IngeSTore features software licence upgrades to encode uncompressed SDI to other codecs, such as Avid-compliant OP-ATOM DNxHD 8-bit media. IngeSTore can write directly to local or shared storage, including Avid shared storage, allowing systems to access media directly from the Avid Media Database.

The BlueCodecPack licence includes DNxHD, ProRes, H.264, Sony XDCAM, and AVC-Intra 100 codecs, with JPEG 2000 also available as an optional addition to BlueCodecPack.

The perfect companion for the following workflows:

• Multi-cam studio


• ISO recording


• Archive from video tape


• Post-production


• Electronic News Gathering (ENG)


• Uncompressed capture & encode later


• Edit While Record (Growing files)


• Remote production


• Mobile production

Multiple codec options

• Uncompressed, DV, DVCProHD codecs free


• H.264, DNxHD, AVC-Intra 100, XDCAM, JPEG2000 via additional licence


• Codecs are compatible with MAM options such as eMAM and CatDV

Network Shared Storage

• Connects via 10Gb, 5Gb, 2.5Gb or 1Gb network interfaces


• Compatible with Avid Nexis shared storage devices, and storage from G-Technology, DDP, SNS Evo, ProMAX, JMR, Caldigit, MAGMA, ATTO, Fusion, Facilis Technology, Masstech, Accusys, EditShare, StorageDNA, Quantum, plus more


• Visit Bluefish's website for a full list of qualified shared storage options

Edit-While-Record

• BlueCodecPack licence allows IngeSTore to record to growing file compatible formats


• Edit live in Avid Media Composer or Adobe Premiere Pro while the recording is still underway. This is available within Premiere Pro natively in some formats, with all other formats requiring the BlueRT plug-in


• Can either be used on the same system as IngeSTore or a separate network-connected NLE workstation


• Growing file support with Adobe Creative Cloud, Assimilate SCRATCH, CasparCG, Drastic Video QC, VLC and Medialooks software

REST API

• Control IngeSTore remotely on your network


• Supports multiple servers controlled via a single interface


• Add extra functionality to IngeSTore


• Requires a REST API licence per server

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Welcome to the next generation of Bluefish444, with the arrival of the KRONOS range of video, audio, and data processing I/O cards. Built with multi-channel 4K UHD 60p, High Dynamic Range, High Frame Rate SDI and SMPTE 2022 & SMPTE 2110 support for Video Over IP workflows for broadcast, production and post-production, the new KRONOS range is ready for anything that you can throw at it.

KRONOS will offer the choice of SDI I/O connectivity with the KRONOS ēlektron, featuring 8 high-density BNC connectors capable of 3G/HD/SD-SDI. Each HD BNC connector is fully bi-directional, enabling numerous configuration options, including 8 input, 8 output, or a mixture of SDI input and output connections.

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Epoch | 4K Supernova S+ is Bluefish444’s fully-featured 4K/UHD, 2K/HD & SD video and audio I/O card for professional video workflows on Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems.

Capable of up to 4 independent and simultaneous channels of 3G/HD/SD-SDI input or output, 4K Supernova S+ also features a fifth BNC for SDI monitor output and a dedicated Reference input BNC.

Cross-platform support with industry-leading 3rd-party software

Adobe Creative Cloud | Assimilate SCRATCH | Avid  | Avmeda  | Brainstorm  | BTi | CasparCG | ChryonHego | ClassX | Dataton | Drastic Technologies 4KScope & VideoQC | DVBControl | Etere | Foundry Nuke | Libero Systems | Marquise Technologies MIST & ICE | Masterplay | Media 5 | Media-Alliance | Medialooks | Metus | MOG | NewTek | Nverzion  | Resolume | Ross Video | Streamstar | Telestream Wirecast | Touchdesigner | Unity | Unreal Engine | Unreal Streaming Technologies | Vizrt Viz Engine & Viz Arena | vMix | VRi | Xdream Media | Zinemath zLense

All Bluefish video cards are Thunderbolt compatible, work with the free Bluefish acquisition application IngeSTore, the Bluefish cross-platform SDK, and leading 3rd party content creation tools.

Bluefish products are deployed globally throughout the broadcast graphics, post-production, live event and entertainment, immersive graphics, proAV, corporate, military, government, medical and education markets, including integration into digital intermediate, mobile production, QC and compliance, Video Over IP and video streaming workflows.

FREE multi-channel capture tool, IngeSTore

• Capture up to 4 channels of video


• Wide range of codec options


• Records direct to shared storage, including Avid shared storage


• Growing file support with Edit-While-Record in Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer


• REST API to control remotely


• RS-422 Controller


• Encode for live production, post production, archival and streaming workflows

MAJOR FEATURES

Bi-directional I/O’s provide unrivalled flexibility

• 4 bi-directional BNC video connectors supporting 3G/1.5G SDI I/O


• Up to 4K UHD 30p playout or capture via Dual Link 3G-SDI


• Each BNC is completely independent

Maximum connectivity

• Additional BNC for SDI monitoring


• Dedicated Reference input BNC

The industry's lowest latency I/O, by design

4K Supernova S+ has, by design, the world's lowest-latency providing access to captured fields or frames to on-board card memory event before the whole field or frame is complete, thereby reducing the latency to sub on field or frame. During a capture or playout, each process can occur at less than or equal to 1 field for interlaced modes, and less than 1 frame for progressive modes.

Maintaining a 12-bit processing pipeline

• 12-bit image processing is standard on all Bluefish video cards


• Allows 8, 10 & 12-bit SDI video signals to be produced from 8, 10, 12 & 16-bit pixel formats providing the highest image quality available from your source material


• 4096 discrete values of red, green & blue are maintained per pixel


• 4 times the colour precision of a traditional 10-bit processing pipeline!

Maintaining the highest quality RGB <=> YUV

• Fully programmable 4 x 4 x 33-bit colour matrix providing the highest quality colour space conversions


• Reduces colour space conversion errors and ensures the highest quality colour accuracy during capture, monitoring and mastering

Thunderbolt expansion chassis compatibility

• Compatible with Sonnet, One Stop Systems Magma, Netstor, and AKiTio Thunderbolt devices for multichannel mobile production


• Visit Bluefish's website for a full list of qualified 3rd-party chassis options

Low-latency video keyer

• Low latency hardware video keyer


• Allows video layers to be combined in hardware with microseconds of delay


• Enables animated logos, captions, tickers, and more to be keyed over live video feeds at full 12-bit precision, and with minimum input to output delay


• Can also function as an image pre-multiplier to assist in previewing images with alpha data

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Epoch | Supernova CG is Bluefish444’s 2K/HD & SD video and audio I/O card for professional video workflows on Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems.

Capable of up to 4 independent and simultaneous channels of HD/SD-SDI input or output, Supernova CG features a flexible combination of multi-channel SDI I/O, and a dedicated Reference input BNC.

Cross-platform support with industry-leading 3rd-party software

Adobe Creative Cloud | Assimilate SCRATCH | Avid  | Avmeda  | Brainstorm  | BTi | CasparCG | ChryonHego | ClassX | Dataton | Drastic Technologies 4KScope & VideoQC | DVBControl | Etere | Foundry Nuke | Libero Systems | Marquise Technologies MIST & ICE | Masterplay | Media 5 | Media-Alliance | Medialooks | Metus | MOG | NewTek | Nverzion  | Resolume | Ross Video | Streamstar | Telestream Wirecast | Touchdesigner | Unity | Unreal Engine | Unreal Streaming Technologies | Vizrt Viz Engine & Viz Arena | vMix | VRi | Xdream Media | Zinemath zLense

All Bluefish video cards are Thunderbolt compatible, work with the free Bluefish acquisition application IngeSTore, the Bluefish cross-platform SDK, and leading 3rd party content creation tools.

Bluefish products are deployed globally throughout the broadcast graphics, post-production, live event and entertainment, immersive graphics, proAV, corporate, military, government, medical and education markets, including integration into digital intermediate, mobile production, QC and compliance, Video Over IP and video streaming workflows.

FREE multi-channel capture tool, IngeSTore

• Capture up to 4 channels of video


• Wide range of codec options


• Records direct to shared storage, including Avid shared storage


• Growing file support with Edit-While-Record in Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer


• REST API to control remotely


• RS-422 Controller


• Encode for live production, post production, archival and streaming workflows

MAJOR FEATURES

Bi-directional I/O’s provide unrivalled flexibility

• 4 bi-directional BNC video connectors supporting 1.5G-SDI I/O


• Up to 2K/HD 60p playout or capture via Dual Link 1.5G-SDI


• Each BNC is completely independent

Maximum connectivity

• Dedicated Reference Input BNC

The industry's lowest latency I/O, by design

Supernova CG has, by design, the world's lowest-latency providing access to captured fields or frames to on-board card memory event before the whole field or frame is complete, thereby reducing the latency to sub on field or frame. During a capture or playout, each process can occur at less than or equal to 1 field for interlaced modes, and less than 1 frame for progressive modes.

Maintaining a 12-bit processing pipeline

• 12-bit image processing is standard on all Bluefish video cards


• Allows 8, 10 & 12-bit SDI video signals to be produced from 8, 10, 12 & 16-bit pixel formats providing the highest image quality available from your source material


• 4096 discrete values of red, green & blue are maintained per pixel


• 4 times the colour precision of a traditional 10-bit processing pipeline!

Maintaining the highest quality RGB <=> YUV

• Fully programmable 4 x 4 x 33-bit colour matrix providing the highest quality colour space conversions


• Reduces colour space conversion errors and ensures the highest quality colour accuracy during capture, monitoring and mastering

Thunderbolt expansion chassis compatibility

• Compatible with Sonnet, One Stop Systems Magma, Netstor, and AKiTio Thunderbolt devices for multichannel mobile production


• Visit Bluefish's website for a full list of qualified 3rd-party chassis options

Low-latency video keyer

• Low latency hardware video keyer


• Allows video layers to be combined in hardware with microseconds of delay


• Enables animated logos, captions, tickers, and more to be keyed over live video feeds at full 12-bit precision, and with minimum input to output delay


• Can also function as an image pre-multiplier to assist in previewing images with alpha data

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Epoch | 4K Neutron is Bluefish444’s fully-featured 4K/UHD, 2K/HD & SD video and audio I/O card for professional video workflows on Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems.

Capable of up to 3 independent and simultaneous channels of 3G/HD/SD-SDI input or output, 4K Neutron also features 4K/UHD HDMI monitoring, AES Digital Audio IO, Analogue Audio Output, RS-422 Control, and auxiliary Reference Input. 4K Neutron is also available as a low-profile configuration compatible with compact installations or devices.

Cross-platform support with industry-leading 3rd-party software

Adobe Creative Cloud | Assimilate SCRATCH | Avid  | Avmeda  | Brainstorm  | BTi | CasparCG | ChryonHego | ClassX | Dataton | Drastic Technologies 4KScope & VideoQC | DVBControl | Etere | Foundry Nuke | Libero Systems | Marquise Technologies MIST & ICE | Masterplay | Media 5 | Media-Alliance | Medialooks | Metus | MOG | NewTek | Nverzion  | Resolume | Ross Video | Streamstar | Telestream Wirecast | Touchdesigner | Unity | Unreal Engine | Unreal Streaming Technologies | Vizrt Viz Engine & Viz Arena | vMix | VRi | Xdream Media | Zinemath zLense

All Bluefish video cards are Thunderbolt compatible, work with the free Bluefish acquisition application IngeSTore, the Bluefish cross-platform SDK, and leading 3rd party content creation tools.

Bluefish products are deployed globally throughout the broadcast graphics, post-production, live event and entertainment, immersive graphics, proAV, corporate, military, government, medical and education markets, including integration into digital intermediate, mobile production, QC and compliance, Video Over IP and video streaming workflows.

FREE multi-channel capture tool, IngeSTore

• Capture up to 3 channels of video


• Wide range of codec options


• Records direct to shared storage, including Avid shared storage


• Growing file support with Edit-While-Record in Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer


• REST API to control remotely


• RS-422 Controller


• Encode for live production, post production, archival and streaming workflows

MAJOR FEATURES

Bi-directional I/O’s provide unrivalled flexibility

• 3 bi-directional BNC video connectors supporting 3G/1.5G SDI I/O


• Up to 4K UHD 30p playout or capture via Dual Link 3G-SDI


• Each BNC is completely independent


• Third BNC can be set to Reference input instead of standard video signal

Maximum connectivity

Included breakout cable provides:

• RS-422 machine control for control of VTRs and other serial-controlled devices


• 8 channels of AES EBU audio input and output for 7.1 surround sound monitoring. Capture and playout digital audio signals in crystal-clear quality


• 2 channels of Analogue Audio for quick and simple high quality audio monitoring


• Auxiliary Reference (Input) connector frees the 3rd BNC for 3G/HD/SD video I/O

The industry's lowest latency I/O, by design

4K Neutron has, by design, the world's lowest-latency providing access to captured fields or frames to on-board card memory event before the whole field or frame is complete, thereby reducing the latency to sub on field or frame. During a capture or playout, each process can occur at less than or equal to 1 field for interlaced modes, and less than 1 frame for progressive modes.

4K/UHD HDMI monitoring

• Cost-effective 4K/UHD monitoring via HDMI 1.4


• Simultaneous SDI and HDMI playout

Maintaining a 12-bit processing pipeline

• 12-bit image processing is standard on all Bluefish video cards


• Allows 8, 10 & 12-bit SDI video signals to be produced from 8, 10, 12 & 16-bit pixel formats providing the highest image quality available from your source material


• 4096 discrete values of red, green & blue are maintained per pixel


• 4 times the colour precision of a traditional 10-bit processing pipeline!

Maintaining the highest quality RGB <=> YUV

• Fully programmable 4 x 4 x 33-bit colour matrix providing the highest quality colour space conversions


• Reduces colour space conversion errors and ensures the highest quality colour accuracy during capture, monitoring and mastering

Thunderbolt expansion chassis compatibility

• Compatible with Sonnet, One Stop Systems Magma, Netstor, and AKiTio Thunderbolt devices for multichannel mobile production


• Visit Bluefish's website for a full list of qualified 3rd-party chassis options

Low-latency video keyer

• Low latency hardware video keyer


• Allows video layers to be combined in hardware with microseconds of delay


• Enables animated logos, captions, tickers, and more to be keyed over live video feeds at full 12-bit precision, and with minimum input to output delay


• Can also function as an image pre-multiplier to assist in previewing images with alpha data

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Everyone can ingest with full autonomy

IN2IT access has been designed for all users. It brings file and camera ingest operations to an unprecedented level of intuitiveness, thanks to a highly configurable web-based UI.

Journalists and ingest operators can browse, preview and selct their content in a few clicks. Technical decisions are made automatically in the background, avoiding mistakes.

Your ingest is triggered in a few clicks, making media and metadata available for everyone in the production environment.

Enrich and organize your content from the first step

IN2IT access is the entry point of your workflow. It's a crucial step where you want to ensure everything is in order for the next steps.

Custome metadata, naming convention and organization rules are defined by administrators in ingest profiles, and smoothly integrated in the user interface.

The content is easy to find in the MAM or on the central storage. This is a time saver for editors, journalists, Media managers and support teams.

The workflow is under control, and users fell it easy even in rush situations.

Enable remote workflows in minutes

Working from home, from the fiels or in another office does not make any difference. Your content needs to get on-air.

IN2IT access allows you to ingest from anywhere and on any device including your iOS or Android smartphone.

Transfers to production environments (cloud or on-premises) are accelerated, devices and profiles are centrally managed by administrators. Don't spend time configuring your device, just send what you have shot.

Raw footage or edited stories are available faster for editing and broadcast.

• Hundreds of supported source formats


• Automatic detection of camera cards


• Partial ingest, clips stitching


• Enbedded transcoding engine


• Multiple delivery protocols


• MAM and PAM integration


• Automated card backup


• Advanced notifications

Download the product sheet

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A single tool to search across multiple opens sources

Search posts, videos and photos across different social networks in the powerful nunki.co search engine, and find the most relevant content to create your story.

Check out the latest news about an event using keywords and locations, or create your custom lists or Twitter users to follow. Don't miss any update with the saved searches, and get instant view on trending topics.

Add content to your story and share it with your team

Preview and select content from every social network. Simply drag and srop your selection into the basket to save your favorite media or quickly copy and paste the URL to automatically save content.

Content metadata is preserved and delivered to your favorite newsroom or media asset management system.

IN2IT social ensures efficient cataloging and organization of content to get news on-air, faster than ever.

Pick and choose the best content, without leaving current page

IN2IT social extension for Google Chrome is your new time saver.

At a glance, find out if the website you are navigating on is supported by IN2IT social, and process the content in one click.

You can add metadata and monitor the process from end to end.

• Advanced keyword search


• Laction search


• Fact-checking with reverse search


• Support of file sharing platforms (Google Drive, Dropbox, Wetransfer)


• Web-browser extension


• End to end metadata processing


• MAM and Newsroom integrations

Download the product sheet

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Content comes first on social networks. Get it on-air, faster than ever!Auto

Automate ingest and outgest workflows

IN2IT excahnge excecutes import, export and transfer tasks from and to any local, remote or cloud-bass environment.

Configure sophisticated workflows, easily. Deliver to multiple targets simultaneously.

Get and accurate view on the ongoing processes anf tasks. IN2IT excchange notifies you when you need and where you need.

Make your content available to any user or viewer

IN2IT exchange is already integrated, with numerour MAM platforms, storages solutions, filesystems, transfer accelerators and social networks.

Implement your own business rules and rely on a powerful media and metadata processing engine.

Your content is available on time and in the right place.

Gear up for the future

Build a reliable infrastructure you can trust. Scale it as your needs grow.

IN2IT exchange is designed to manage 24/7 operations and high volumes of processed content.

Use the API to build your own integration and get more from you IN2IT platform.

• Multiple PAM/MAM/NRCS integrations


• advanced media and metadata processing engine


• Cloud watchfolders and delivery


• Scalability and high availability


• REST API


• Smooth integration with IN2IT access and IN2IT social for sophisticated workflows


• Avid MediaCentral integration for ingest and outgtes

Download the product sheet

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Welcome to the next generation of Bluefish444, with the arrival of the KRONOS range of video, audio, and data processing I/O cards. Built with multi-channel 4K UHD 60p, High Dynamic Range, High Frame Rate SDI and SMPTE 2022 & SMPTE 2110 support for Video Over IP workflows for broadcast, production and post-production, the new KRONOS range is ready for anything that you can throw at it.

The KRONOS optikós offers future-proofing connectivity with 3 SFP+ cages in addition to 2 HD BNC connectors for 3G/HD/SD-SDI I/O. These SFP+ cages provide limitless connectivity options exposing greater than 3G SDI, IP connectivity across 10Gb Ethernet, and flexibility to choose from numerous physical interfaces.

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KRONOS K8 is Bluefish444’s fully-featured high-bandwidth 4K/UHD, 2K/HD & SD video and audio I/O card for professional video workflows on Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems.

Capable of up to 8 independent and simultaneous channels of 3G/HD/SD-SDI input or output, K8 also features Reference and LTC I/O.

Cross-platform support with Industry leading 3rd-party software

Adobe Creative Cloud | Assimilate SCRATCH | Avid | CasparCG | Dataton | Foundry Nuke | Resolume | Streamstar | Unity | Unreal Engine | vMix

All Bluefish video cards are Thunderbolt compatible, work with the free Bluefish acquisition application IngeSTore, the Bluefish cross-platform SDK, and leading 3rd party content creation tools.

Bluefish products are deployed globally throughout the broadcast graphics, post-production, live event and entertainment, immersive graphics, proAV, corporate, military, government, medical and education markets, including integration into digital intermediate, mobile production, QC and compliance, Video Over IP and video streaming workflows.

FREE multi-channel capture tool, IngeSTore

• Capture up to 4 channels of video


• Wide range of codec options


• Records direct to shared storage, including Avid shared storage


• Growing file support with Edit-While-Record in Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer


• REST API to control remotely


• RS-422 Controller


• Encode for live production, post production, archival and streaming workflows

MAJOR FEATURES

Bi-directional I/O’s provide unrivalled flexibility

• 8 bi-directional HD-BNC video connectors supporting 3G/1.5G SDI I/O


• Multi-channel 4K UHD 60p playout or capture video Quad Link 3G-SDI


• Each BNC is completely independent

Maximum connectivity

• Reference I/O BNC


• LTC I/O


• Interlock between multiple K8 and Epoch | Neutron/4K Neutron cards

Optional connectivity

• Optional auxiliary I/O can be added to K8 via the STEM port interface and optional EX-1 and EX-2 products


• K8 with EX-1 adds LTC I/O, RS-422 control and AES audio I/O


• K8 with EX-2 adds LTC I/O, RS-422 control and Analogue audio I/O

The industry's lowest latency I/O, by design

KRONOS K8 has, by design, the world's lowest-latency providing access to captured fields or frames to on-board card memory event before the whole field or frame is complete, thereby reducing the latency to sub on field or frame. During a capture or playout, each process can occur at less than or equal to 1 field for interlaced modes, and less than 1 frame for progressive modes.

Maintaining a 12-bit processing pipeline

• 12-bit image processing is standard on all Bluefish video cards


• Allows 8, 10 & 12-bit SDI video signals to be produced from 8, 10, 12 & 16-bit pixel formats providing the highest image quality available from your source material


• 4096 discrete values of red, green & blue are maintained per pixel


• 4 times the colour precision of a traditional 10-bit processing pipeline!

Maintaining the highest quality RGB <=> YUV

• Fully programmable 4 x 4 x 33-bit colour matrix providing the highest quality colour space conversions


• Reduces colour space conversion errors and ensures the highest quality colour accuracy during capture, monitoring and mastering

Thunderbolt expansion chassis compatibility

• Compatible with Sonnet, One Stop Systems Magma, Netstor, and AKiTio Thunderbolt devices for multichannel mobile production


• Visit Bluefish's website for a full list of qualified 3rd-party chassis options

Low-latency video keyers

• 4 x Low latency hardware video keyer


• Allows video layers to be combined in hardware with microseconds of delay


• Enables animated logos, captions, tickers, and more to be keyed over live video feeds at full 12-bit precision, and with minimum input to output delay


• Can also function as an image pre-multiplier to assist in previewing images with alpha data

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X-Pert Ingest enables multiple channels with HD or SD content to be captured from HD/SD SDI digital feeds, analog sources, and MPEG transport streams. Four video sources can be monitored on a single screen and controlled via a new streamlined user interface. Audio levels can be monitored via loudness or true peak displays and adjusted when required.

Ingested content is available for playback within a few seconds of the capture start. In addition, the solution includes capture list import from third-party traffic systems. Moreover, it supports CEA-608/708 closed captioning and automated VTR control via RS-422 with batch capture listing.

Newest Features

• SRT support**


• IP RTMP/HLS/RTSP/MPEG-2 DASH stream source.


• NVidia GPU hardware acceleration for H264/HEVC encoding content and IP feeds.


• Intel CPU/GPU hardware acceleration for H264/HEVC encoding content.

Key features

• Four independent ingest channels in a single server*


• Scheduled capturing of satellite feeds with automated channel switching


• Comprehensive metadata handling (TCI, MTD creation)


• HD capturing (optional)


• File splitting based on duration


• Multi-channel audio capturing (optional)


• API available for OEMs


• All 4 instances in a single screen


• New streamlined user interface design


• Adds metadata during ingest (position markers, notes, etc.)


• Loudness/true peak audio meters are available for precise audio level fine-tuning


• Automated RS-422 VTR control with batch capturing lists


• Third-party traffic system capture list import


• Closed captioning support under EIA-608/708 standards

*Number of available ingest channels depends on used capture compression and hardware resources

X-Pert Ingest comes in two options: X-Pert Basic Ingest and X-Pert Advanced Ingest.

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Post-Production Automation

Post-production workflows are notably slow and manual, with files being shipped by hard drive  and editors tasked with batch encoding and ingesting files, as well as manually entering custom bin information into their Avid systems. These steps can add days to the production schedule, slowing content creation.

Now, latakoo has created a solution that automates this workflow for teams using Avid Media Composer, shaving days off of the current process.

Automation with MediaComposer

With latakoo, crews on location can send a lightweight proxy file to the editors within minutes of the shoot. With latakoo’s patented compression/upload process, proxy files can be created and quickly uploaded to your private cloud account, for storage and sharing. Metadata associated with the files – such as card number, shoot date, camera ID, project number, or any custom field - can be collected for each group of videos transferred. The metadata form is completely customizable for your project requirements.

After upload, the files are automatically downloaded by latakoo HUB and dropped inside your firewall. All the editors have to do is drag the group of files into the appropriate bin in Avid Media Composer. The files, along with the metadata, automatically populate the Avid bin with the correct information.

And because the proxy files retain their original video ID, relinking the original media is easily achieved.

latakoo is a complete system, so when that first draft is finished, you can easily export it to the cloud for review and approval.

Reclaim Your Time

Imagine saving days off of your current video workflow; automating proxy creation, ingest and metadata into one simple system. It’s possible with latakoo.

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MediaServicesIQ contains a suite of machine learning (ML) applications. These microservices can be applied to speech-to-text, video intelligence, closed caption conformance, and content classification in media workflows. The microservices in MediaServicesIQ integrate easily with media workflows used by broadcasters and media houses, helping them leverage AI/ML technologies within existing workflows.

Media ServicesIQ provides an easy-to-access portal to cloud-based AI/ML services through custom-developed workflows.

  KEY FEATURES & CAPABILITIES

Metadata Generation

Cloud-based collection of speech-to-text and video intelligence applications automating the generation of speech and video-based metadata Provides off-the-shelf integration with the Avid system Easily interfaces with existing workflows using REST API Video intelligence metadata for face, logo, ad, number, on-screen text, object, and shot change detection Metadata with timecodes for tagging, enabling search and faster content retrieval.

Automatic Closed Caption/Subtitle Generation

Machine-generated, time-synced outputs in various sidecar formats for further processing Faster, scalable, reliable, and secure generation of preliminary outputs Easily ingest sidecar files into workflows for repurposing.

CC Quality Conformance for Multi-Platform publishing

Generate reports on non-conformance parameters within a CC sidecar file Automatically compares against predefined style guides standards from platforms such as Netflix Time coded error reports for easy navigation and correction Ability to ingest multiple sidecar formats.

Auto classify content for better value

Automatically create a classification for content Classify advertisements using various labels to automatically identify and ingest Automatic classification of high-points in a feature-length video Easily integrate and ingest labels into existing workflows.

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CaptureBox allows the capturing of multiple HD and SD content channels from digital HD / SD SDI feeds, analog sources and MPEG transport streams. You can monitor and control four video sources on a single screen via a new simplified user interface. Audio levels can be tracked and modified if necessary as loudness / true-peak displays. Content ingested in CaptureBox can be played within a few seconds of capture. The CaptureBox feature set additionally provides catch-list input from third party traffic systems, including CEA-608/708 closed-captioning support and RS-422 automated VTR control with batch-capture listing.

Universal Ingest: The wide range of inputs offered–composite, component SD / HD SDI, UDP Transport Stream–makes various ingest applications possible Remote control of VTR:RS-422

VTR control by Sony protocol is used to automatically capture batches from tape. With convenient keyboard shortcuts, tape cue, playback and shuttle is quite easy.

Batch and Scheduled Capturing: You can catch video clips from various tapes in one session, sorted by tape ID and upward time code. Once the capture session is started the only operator assistance if requested is to switch the tapes. You can continuously collect content from live sources such as satellite feeds based on a schedule with a single, daily or weekly reoccurrence. Optional router control offers automated input channel transitioning when capturing different channels.

Audio Loudness/True Peak Meters: It is possible to monitor and correct audio VU / peak levels dynamically.

Use While Capturing (TDIR): Before the capture process is complete, ingested clips can be used for immediate editing or playout of AirBox. This is especially useful for sports events or applications for time delay / instant replay.

Multi-channel audio: It is possible to record up to 16 channels.

MS Windows 10 compatible.

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nxtedition is a complete production solution for video and audio - used by broadcasters, publishers, corporates and other industries to create video channels for broadcast and streaming, as well as audio for radio broadcasting, streaming and podcasting.nxtedition encapsulates all the following activities into a single user interface offering to be first, fast and accurate with the stories people want - be that news, sport, entertainment, or production.• Production Planning• Scriptwriting• Media Asset Management• Metadata Management• Reporting• Graphics• Subtitling• Prompter• Transcoding• Rundown Creation• Studio Automation• Ingest Recording• Channel Playout• Music Rotation• Live Streaming In And Out• Publishing To Web, App And Social Medianxtedition - innovative storytelling grounded in realism.

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Visual Data is a global provider of award-winning digital media supply chain services to the entertainment industry with locations in Burbank, London and Bangalore. What began as a small editing facility in 1995 has since grown into one of the industry’s leading global providers of quality-driven content management, distribution, localization and media services that enable customers to deliver premium content in any format for any screen or platform, anywhere in the world.

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mxfSPEEDRAIL mediaREC is a powerful and flexible multi-format SDI recording system that can capture your baseband and IP Live signals.

With dozens of formats supported and compliant with all editorial environments and workflows, mediaREC schedule your events, digitizes your tape archive and manages multiple cameras.

Main benefits:

• Edit-while-capture;


• Multi-camera management;


• multiple formats and resolutions;


• Built-in VTR controller;


• Multiple destinations;


• Remote web interface;


• Video-Over-IP standards (ST2110 and ST2022-6) support.

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MOG high quality central ingest system reduces your Ingest time and free your team for creative work.

mxfSPEEDRAIL reduces the amount of time you take to ingest your footage by a factor of 4 or even more. You can tag and organize your files with an extremely intuitive and user-friendly web interface, that frees your editing suites only for editing.

With mediaMOVE, you can also benefit from a fully automated QC system that checks your media while the file-based contents are ingesting.

Main Benefits:

• Multiple Formats and Resolutions;


• Frame-Chase Editing;


• Pre Select, Trim and Merge;


• Frame Rate Conversion and transcoding into any broadcast format;


• Compliant with main editorial formats;


• Direct ingest in the cloud.

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MAM4PRO offers an agile and cost-effective way to produce and orchestrate high-quality content, no matter where teams or resources are located.

By virtualizing the media operations such as recording, ingest, transcoding, streaming and even file transfer, MAM4PRO is simplifying equipment redundancy and network complexity, making collaborative production effortless and simpler.

Jump into the next level of production with virtualized media operations.

 

Virtualized Media Operations - Real-time Stream, Record, Ingest, Playback, Transcode and File Transfer.

Multiple Deploy Options - On-premises or on the Cloud (Private, Public and Hybrid).

Management and Control - Central Administration of all Media Operations, anywhere.

Centralized Media Ecosystem - Same platform for Production, Contribution and Distribution Video Formats

Collaborative Remote Workflows - Ideal for Remote Digital Media Production and Management.

Resources Allocation & Optimization - Shared equipment, facilities and teams across locations.

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Search, find, tag, comment, and preview… for the whole team.
ShareBrowser enables your users to organize and search for media and projects across EVO storage as well as local, offline, and other SAN/NAS network disks.

Assets can be catalogued, tagged, and commented, so everyone on the team can easily find, preview, and share media and projects.

ShareBrowser is perfect for post-production teams that collaborate around a shared storage workflow, giving everyone a central, searchable database.

ShareBrowser shows you your storage workspaces in one spot — including cloud services like Dropbox, Hightail, and Adobe Creative Cloud.

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Get the unique advantage of creating user profiles for every workflow and automate your metadata and clip-naming tasks.

Increase your performance with unattended batch ingest and stitching of camera media and let the ingest process work as a background task.

Main benefits:

• Ingest from Card Readers;


• Ingest from Hot/Watch Folders;


• Support Spanned Clips;


• Multi-Resolution Clips;


• Frame-Chase Editing.

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Very most often the business processes within the post-production chain do start with the ingest from modern storage media. This can be either disks like Sony's XDCAM or cards like Panasonic's P2. Alternatively source footage is delivered via Internet or on USB hard drives, sticks, DVD's, BluRays or what so ever and moved from here to a central storage. But not all material is relevant. A selection of and within video files is required. For a more practial file handling the relevant shots are desired to get concatenated before moving onwards within the workflow.

This is the are where x-dream-media's Ingest Browser plays. This product allows previewing professional video files within a web browser. Basic technical metadata of the files are displayed. The files can get trimmed and concatenated. Finally automatic processing actions are triggered by human operator. By default x-dream-media’s MXF Sticher and Re-Muxer is called. Alternatively a job can get started at x-dream-media’s Workflow Manager.

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ONE GUI gives access to all information and controls that are relevant to the software operators. And it hides all options and controls that a user at his role level should not have access to. Different access levels based on a user/group/role definition can be configured. A login dialogue grants access and gives access to the options according to the user’s role. This said the processing farms “customers” for instance can be limited to watch the status while only operators can change priorities but just supervisors can stop and delete a job within the job list of a processing farm.

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Gloobox Capturer supports a wide range of codecs, now including support for HFR (High Frame Rates) 50p and 60p. Additionally, Capturer offers a multi-channel SDI player designed to monitor captured content, and loop record mode for when users need to capture content for an undetermined or unpredictable amount of time.

GLOOBOX Capturer Family Features/Benefits:
Baseband capture solution for direct ingest of SDI, HD-SDI, Quad 3G-SDI
and IP signals into file-based workflows.
• Capture and check into Avid Interplay | Production or MAM with frame chase.
• Up to 3 resolutions/formats per input channel.
• Capture into two systems simultaneously.
• Two PAM systems: one MAM, one PAM.
• 2 or 4 Channel HD / IP and 1 or 2 Channel 4K versions available.
• IP standards: SMPTE 2022-6, 2022-7.
• Background transfer functionality.
• SDI monitoring with pre-read (optional on 4K systems).
• Controllable via GLOOBOX Scheduler and LiveOps.
• Colored locators with labels and comments.
• Up to 16 HD-SDI embedded audio channels per input.
• Supports industry codecs:
FR (High Frame Rates) 50p and 60p, SD/HD: XAVC, DV, IMX, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, DVCPRO HD, AVC-lntra/AVC-Ultra, ProRes, DNxHD & DNxHR, h.264.
UHD/4K: DNxHR, XAVC.
• Controllable via VDCP, FIMS compliant API.
• Automatic timecode break detection and handling.
• VTR control via RS-422 (optional).
• LTC input.

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Epiphan’s suite of rugged and portable USB-based frame grabbers enable users to capture signals from just about any video source.

The UVC-based AV.io SDI frame grabber simplifies video capture with no software or drivers required; programs will recognize any connected source as if it was a plug-and-play webcam. AV.io SDI supports resolutions up to 1080p and transfers uncompressed video to your computer at 60 fps with near-zero latency, letting you capture even the tiniest details with perfect clarity.

AV.io SDI is built with an all-metal enclosure and features robust, full-size connectors designed for reliable and repeated long-term use.

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Epiphan’s suite of rugged and portable USB-based frame grabbers enable users to capture signals from just about any video source.

The HDMI-to-USB AV.io 4K frame grabber simplifies video capture with no software or drivers required; programs will recognize a connected source as if it were a plug-and-play webcam. This award-winning frame grabber captures resolutions up to 4096 × 2160 with 4K UHD video streaming at 30 fps and 1080p at 60 fps – all with near-zero lag. Use your video at its original resolution or let AV.io scale it to exactly what you need.

AV.io 4K is built with an all-metal enclosure and features robust connectors designed for reliable and repeated long-term use.

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Epiphan’s suite of rugged and portable USB-based frame grabbers enable users to capture signals from just about any video source.

The UVC-based AV.io HD simplifies video capture with no software or drivers required; programs will recognize a connected source as if it were a plug-and-play webcam. AV.io HD transfers uncompressed video to your computer or laptop in beautiful HD at 60 fps with near-zero latency and can also capture audio from an HDMI source. The device automatically adjusts video scaling and aspect ratios based on your application’s requirements, delivering fantastic image quality even when swapping video sources.

AV.io HD is built with an all-metal enclosure and features robust connectors designed for reliable and repeated long-term use.

Package includes an HDMI to DVI adapter, DVI to VGA cable, DVI cable, and USB 3.0 cable.

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What is Creative Cloud?

Creative Cloud is a collection of 20+ desktop and mobile apps and services for photography, design, video, web, UX and more. Now you can take your ideas to new places with Photoshop on the iPad, draw and paint with Fresco, and design for 3D and AR. Join our global creative community — and make something better together.

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Key Feature:

◎  Support AJA、Blackmagic capture card.

◎  Showing CH/EN channel name on monitoring windows.

◎  4 channels showing on monitor, every channel could be ON/OFF.

◎  Start, stop and record button for single/multi channel.

◎  Checking video while recording.

◎  De-Interlacing function.

◎  Indication in every channel window to check coding quality drop.

◎  Logo/ real time overlay for output.

◎  Cut clip and save function, clip length is down to second.

◎  Auto-delete function: while local HDD is full, system will delete oldest files.

◎  Traditional Chinese/ English UI.

◎  Setting periods for screenshot and saving as JPG/PNG files. (optional)

◎  Streaming while recording (optional).

◎  Scheduled function: set time/date for start/stop recording (optional).

◎  Customized software service (optional).

Specification:

◎  4 channels HD/SD-SDI or HDMI input.

◎  4 track audio monitor per channel, support audio output.

◎  Bitrate:  1Mbps~50Mbps.

◎  Resolution: 320x180~1920x1080.

◎  Support MP4, MPG, AVI (option), MXF (option) output.

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media|producer is a truly innovative product that will transform ingest into
a much simpler, cost effective and productive process. It is a fully distributed and
virtualizable, load-balanced, cloud-ready, multi-user, media and metadata ingest
platform for post production environments.

FEATURES:
• Multi Avid Interplay authentication and automatic project-based ingest template creation.
• Truly multi-user system with individual profiles and session settings.
• Automatic file source and type detection – user is not required to have any technical knowledge of file types & formats.
• Easy and flexible clip grouping with marker (locator) support to identify source clip boundaries.
• Metadata profiles to enforce required metadata input.
• Flexible metadata handling, creation, and editing.
• Full metadata support for standard file structures.
• True multi-destination ingest with virtually unlimited ingest destination targets.
• LUT support for HDR workflows.
• 3 panel GUI design with two modes of operation:
• Right-click mode: gives the user full control over every aspect of the ingest job settings and properties.
• Ingest mode: streamlined ingest function for high-demand ingest operations.
• Flexible auto-sync to group video/audio tracks based on timecode with the ability to generate subclips, multi-groups,
and sequences.
• Support for almost all file-based formats in the market, from mobile media (iPhone, Android, DSLRs, GoPro) to HD and
4K formats (including XAVC class 480, DNxHR).
• Support for the latest Master file-based formats:
• RED, XAVC-I, XAVC Long Gop, XOCN, SStP, AVC-LongG.

The innovative media|producer series is now available in two versions: standard and ultimate.

media|producer ultimate is designed for high-end production and digital cinema. Alongside all the features of the standard version, media|producer ultimate also benefits from:

• High Frame Rate support • Functionality with special codecs such as XOCN 16-bit, XAVC class 480, RED, ARRI • LUTs • Floating license model • Load balancing • Full ingest automation • Simultaneous OP-Atom and OP1a outputs • media|gateway subset (selection of one file acceleration connector)

media|producer, which is optimized for broadcast and content production, is fully upgradeable to media|producer ultimate.

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Industry leaders such as FOX Sports have used the Aspera Streaming technology to disrupt the status quo with its capabilities and advancements.

As an example, IBM Aspera Streaming enables customers to centralize remote production of high bit-rate live programming, eliminating the need to co-locate costly production staff at remote venues. It supports in-line transcoding and packaging to accelerate live video delivery and facilitates open file workflows for real-time editing and production. By lowering the production costs for all kinds of events, broadcasters can create and deliver new content targeting new audiences.

Designed to revolutionize the way live and near-live high definition video is delivered, IBM Aspera Streaming software can replace or minimize the use of expensive satellite and dedicated fiber with the timely delivery of any bit rate video over unmanaged public internet. The underlying technology can also be seamlessly embedded via a set of APIs that enable a new, broader set of IP network and cloud-based use cases and workflows. Video can be streamed as a uniform, unaltered, in-order byte stream that equally supports constant bit rate and adaptive bit rate formats. Aspera Streaming-enabled solutions perform exceptionally well over long-haul WANs, with negligible start up delay.

The robust, easy-to-use web application in Aspera Streaming enables:

• Auto-discovery of streaming devices for fast, simple set-up


• Centralized monitoring of networked streaming devices


• Location status (online/offline) and management features


• View devices, streams and connections from any vantage point (both sending and receiving locations)

 

Innovative streaming technology

IBM Aspera Streaming meets the challenge of today’s live video opportunities with an innovative transport solution that uses commodity Internet (IP) networks in place of costly legacy satellite delivery and dedicated fiber networks. Aspera’s patented FASP transport technology can provide the consistently exceptional broadcast quality and “zero-delay” experience of traditional satellite backhaul and transmission.

 

Stream provider and receiver interoperability

The software can transport any live video source available on local multicast, unicast UDP, unicast TCP, or growing file source and will output video to the same options. It provides a uniform lossless, in-order byte stream transport that equally supports constant bit rate and adaptive bit rate formats with performance independent of video encoding details.

 

Reliability and multi-endpoint capability

One stream source can be sent to multiple destinations concurrently and provides built-in path redundancy. Server hosts are natively clustered. Stream sessions failover automatically connect to another host. Aspera management services automatically reconnect and restart failed streams after a network outage.

 

Aspera product interoperability and management

Streaming sessions are designed for full interoperability with the Aspera file transfer stack. RESTful APIs allow production workflow and broadcast management systems to manage streams and provide status. Stream sources can include cloud and on premises transcoders and encoders that read from stream and file – or provide stream outputs or growing files.

 

High quality video delivery

One stream source can be sent to multiple destinations concurrently and provides built-in path redundancy. Server hosts are natively clustered. Stream sessions failover automatically connect to another host. Aspera management services automatically reconnect and restart failed streams after a network outage.

 

Robust security and authentication

All streaming sessions are encrypted in transit and security authenticated using standard public/private key authentication or Aspera’s multi-tenant access key system. Built-in access control policies can be used to restrict stream providers and consumers by stream protocol, IP address and ports.

 

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Video feed and VTR software module for the AutoPlay MAM system. Ingest operator ‘s workstation.

Features

• Scheduled or crash (manual) recording with VTR transport control.


• Unlimited TimeDelay loop recording.


• Manual QC, logging and metadata fill-in during ingest.


• Processing and migration of video files while recording.


• Near-instant availability of video being recorded for proxy creation, preview, editing, playout to all AutoPlay services and users.

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The redesigned R&S®VENICE incorporates Rohde & Schwarz’s decades of experience in the broadcast & media industry, our customer feedback and the latest IP technologies. R&S VENICE can be flexibly adapted to your requirements thanks to its software architecture and scalability. For channel playout, studio and live applications, the latest application is just a software license away. The foundation comes from our new R&S®VENICE microservice core paired with commercial off-the-shelf hardware and a video I/O board designed by Rohde & Schwarz.

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X.mio3 FH provides multichannel SDI IO with hardware based video processing in a half-length PCI express card. This card provides up to 12 reconfigurable IOs, from SD to 4K, along with support for AES/EBU, LTC and GPIO to provide for versatile connectivity. The multi-channel hardware processing accelerates compute-intensive operations including motion-adaptive de-interlacing, up/down/cross scaling and mixing/compositing for all resolutions, including 4K.

Matrox X.mio3 FH is ideal for OEMs who need to create advanced channel-in-a-box systems, video servers, broadcast graphics systems, encoders, transcoders, multiviewers, switchers and other digital media equipment.

Key features Half-length PCI express card Re-configurable IO that can support up to 12 SDI IO Frame synchronizers VANC and HANC support for each input and output Analog blackburst reference input (tri-level or bi-level) On-board multi-channel MADI (Motion Adaptive De-Interlacer) On-board multi-channel Up/Down/Cross scaler On-board multilayer compositor Automatic video relay bypass Live zero-frame delay video and audio mixers Up to 16 channels of AES/EBU inputs and outputs Up to 8 LTC inputs and outputs RS422 control Single slot all inclusive option

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Matrox X.mio3 12G is a half-length PCI Express card that offers two 12G SDI inputs, two 12G SDI outputs, and two reconfigurable 3G SDI I/Os allowing for 4K and HD simulcast for broadcast production. Multi-channel hardware processing accelerates computation-intensive operations including up/down/cross scaling and compositing for resolutions up-to-4K. The card empowers OEMs to provide small-footprint, one-wire SDI solutions for 4K deployments like production trucks. X.mio3 12G also features 4K compositing and mixing to enable graphics workflows.

Matrox X.mio3 12G is ideal for OEMs who need to create advanced channel-in-a-box systems, video servers, broadcast graphics systems, encoders, transcoders, multi-viewers, switchers and other digital media equipment. This card is supported by the Matrox DSX SDK (Software Development Toolkit). Please refer to the Matrox DSX Developer Products datasheet for information on file I/O, software codecs and CPU effects.

Key features
Half-length PCI Express card
Up to two 12G SDI inputs
Up to two 12G SDI outputs
Two re-configurable SD, HD, 3G SDI I/O
Frame synchronizers on each input
VANC and HANC support for each input and output
Analog blackburst reference input (tri-level or bi-level)
Onboard multi-channel 4K scaler
Onboard multi-layer 4K compositor
Live zero-frame delay video and audio mixer
Up to16 channels of AES/EBU inputs and outputs
Up to eight LTC inputs and outputs

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X.mio3 IP offers multi-channel, IP-encapsulated HD and 3G video I/O for SMPTE ST 2022-6, SMPTE ST 2110, and SMPTE ST 2022-7 transport protocols with hardware based packetization, plus onboard de-interlacing, scaling and compositing to free up CPU cycles, all packed into a single half-height, half-length PCIe card.

Key features Multi-channel IO allowing up to 4 video inputs and 4 video outputs with redundancy in HD Guaranteed non-bursty packet transmission with zero CPU usage Support for multiple IP encapsulations IP and analog blackburst timing reference IP bypass and fail-safe mechanisms On-board multi-channel MADI (Motion Adaptive Deinterlacer) Onboard multi-channel Up/Down/Cross scaler Onboard multi-layer compositor Feature rich SDK

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DSX LE4 FH provides multichannel SDI IO in a half-length PCI express card. This card provides up to 12 reconfigurable IOs, from SD to 4K, along with support for AES/EBU, LTC and GPIO to provide for versatile connectivity.

Matrox DSX LE4 FH is ideal for OEMs who need to create channel-in-a-box systems, video servers, broadcast graphics systems, encoders, transcoders, multiviewers, switchers and other digital media equipment.

Key features Half-length PCI express card Re-configurable IO that can support up to 12 SDI IO Frame synchronizers VANC and HANC support for each input and output Analog blackburst reference input (tri-level or bi-level) Automatic video relay bypass Live zero-frame delay video mixers Up to16 channels of AES/EBU inputs and outputs Up to 8 LTC inputs and outputs RS422 control Single slot all inclusive option

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DSX LE4 IP offers multi-channel, IP-encapsulated HD and 3G video I/O for SMPTE ST 2022-6, SMPTE ST 2110, and SMPTE ST 2022-7 transport protocols with hardware based packetization, packed into a single half-height, half-length PCIe card.

Key features
Multi-channel IO allowing up to 4 video inputs and 4 video outputs with redundancy in HD
Guaranteed non-bursty packet transmission with zero CPU usage
Support for multiple IP encapsulations
IP and analog blackburst timing reference
IP bypass and fail-safe mechanisms
Feature rich SDK

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X.mio5 Q25 SMPTE ST 2110 network interface controller (NIC) card provides 25GbE and 10GbE interfaces for multi-channel IP video I/O from HD to 4K, with zero CPU usage. The X.mio5 Q25 card features on-board multi-channel HDR conversions along with motion adaptive de-interlacing, pristine scaling, and powerful compositing engines for high-density 4K video processing.

The Matrox X.mio5 Q25 network adapter offers complete ST 2110 offload allowing OEM software solutions to provide reliable and scalable COTS based 10Ge and 25Ge IP solutions. This ST 2110 NIC offloads all packet processing required for ST 2110-20, ST 2110-30, ST 2110-31 and ST 2110-40, as well as ST 2022-7 redundancy, to free up system resources. With ST 2110-21 packet pacing built into the NIC, software solutions can provide guaranteed narrow senders (Type N) under all conditions independent of CPU load and OS interactions. The X.mio5 Q25 ST2110 IO cards also provide line rate capture allowing for wide asynchronous receivers (type A). Both the permissive wide asynchronous receivers and the ST 2110-21 packet paced, narrow senders allow software solutions to guarantee universal compatibility and interoperability at scale.

Key features Native SMPTE ST 2110 support with no CPU usage 4x UHDp60/50 inputs and outputs over 25GbE 32x HD inputs and outputs over 25GbE 256 audio flows from 1 to 64 tracks Multi-channel HDR conversion On-board de-interlacing, scaling, and compositing, Built in NMOS IS-04 and IS-05 support, 3 year warranty

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Matrox DSX Core is a complete set of 100% software-only modules for media processing in virtualized broadcast infrastructures based on Matrox DSX SDK. Modules include versatile file reading and writing, a large selection of software codecs and video effects, IP streaming and a precise system clock. OEMs can easily build IP- and file-based video applications such as ingest and playout servers, channels in a box, encoders and transcoders for broadcasters and service providers to use in media datacenters.

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Matrox M264 family of PCI Express cards features hardware-based multi-channel 8- and 10-bit H.264 encoding, decoding and transcoding capabilities. They provide an instantaneous H.264 quality and density boost offering the pristine quality needed for broadcast contribution, production and distribution. With the capability for up to four channels of 4K XAVC encoding/decoding in a single slot card, the M264 family enables OEMs to provide multi-channel 4K production servers in a PC platform. Supporting the H.264-based Sony XAVC and Panasonic AVC-Ultra mezzanine codecs, it makes live 4K production as easy as today’s XDCAM HD workflows in PC platforms.

The M264 family can encode/decode up to four streams of 4Kp60 at 4:2:2 10-bit, 40 streams of HD long GOP at 4:2:2 10-bit or 64 streams of HD at 4:2:0 8-bit. The faster than real-time encoding/decoding ability of the M264 allows multiple blazing fast transcodes for distribution on differing media platforms. With onboard multi-channel, motion-adaptive deinterlacing, and up/down/cross scaling, the M264 family can repurpose content into any resolution before encoding or after decoding, particularly beneficial for OTT workflows.

Specifically designed for high density encoding/decoding (Baseline Profile to High 10 Intra Profile up to Level 5.2), M264 cards provide the highest possible quality at the lowest power per stream (< 1.5 W per HD stream). The M264 S4, S3 and S2 cards are cloud friendly and their resources can be shared across virtual machines.

Matrox M264 cards are the ideal H.264 accelerators for channel-in-a-box systems, video servers, broadcast graphics systems, multi-viewers, and switchers or to create high-density encoders, transcoders and other broadcast media equipment. The Matrox M264 hardware is supported by the Matrox DSX Software Development Kit. Please refer to the Matrox DSX Developer Products datasheet for information on file I/O, software codecs and CPU effects.

Key features PCI Express Cards M264 - Gen 2, ½ length card M264 S2 - Gen 3, ¾ length card M264 S3 - Gen 3, ¾ length card, M264 S4 - Gen 3, full length card. Multi-channel, high-quality H.264 video encoding, decoding and transcoding Up to 4K resolutions supported 4:2:2 10-bit and 4:2:0 8-bit Hardware based deinterlacing and scaling Real-time and faster than real-time operation Dynamic codec control Sony XAVC compliant encoding including 4K XAVC Long and 4K Intra Class 480 Panasonic AVC-Ultra compliant Native MXF file wrapping Native MXF file reading. This includes Trim in and Trim out settings for building playlists File consolidation Time Delay Instant Replay (TDIR) support MXF file truncation and appending during live recording

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Matrox Xmio3 LP offers an unprecedented level of integration of both multi SDI I/O and hardware processing in the smallest form factor PCIe card.

This low-profile, half-length card offers up to eight reconfigurable SDI I/Os from SD to 4K.
Multi-channel hardware processing accelerates compute-intensive operations including motion-adaptive de-interlacing, up/down/cross scaling and mixing/compositing for all resolutions including 4K.

Matrox X.mio3 LP is ideal for OEMs who need to create advanced yet compact channel-in-a-box systems, video servers, broadcast graphics systems, encoders, transcoders, multiviewers, switchers and other digital media equipment.

Key features
Low profile, half-length PCI-e card
Re-configurable I/O that can support up to 8 SDI inputs or outputs
Frame synchronizers
VANC and HANC support for each input and output
Analog blackburst reference input (tri-level or bi-level)
On-board multi-channel MADI (Motion Adaptive De-Interlacer)
On-board multi-channel Up/Down/Cross scaler
On-board multilayer compositor
Automatic video relay bypass (optional)
Live zero-frame delay video and audio mixer

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Matrox DSX LE4 LP is a low-profile, half-length PCIe card that offers up to eight reconfigurable SDI I/Os—from SD to 4K. When configured with inputs, the cards are equipped with built-in frame synchronizers to generate clean SDI signals in any environment.

Matrox DSX LE4 LP is ideal for OEMs who need to create compact channel-in-a-box systems, video servers, broadcast graphics systems, encoders, transcoders, multiviewers, switchers and other digital media equipment.

Key features
Low profile, half-length PCIe card
Re-configurable I/O that can support up to 8 SDI inputs or outputs
Frame synchronizers
VANC and HANC support for each input and output
Analog blackburst reference input (tri-level or bi-level)
Automatic video relay bypass (optional)
Live zero-frame delay video mixers