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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 5 - Issue 5 | May 2015

InReview

NAB 2015 Innovation cont'd...

EVS DYVI production switcher

allowing automated high-volume
live streaming. It can manage multiple
Cambria Live machines for scheduling
events, job failover, SDI re-routing
and machine monitoring. It can also
ingest SCTE104 from Grass Valley's K2
Summit 3G media server and encode it
to RTMP with SCTE35 for automatic ad
insertions.
Audio Communication
The integration of IP technology into
broadcast infrastructure continues.
Clear-Com introduced Agent-IC, a
new mobile app that gives users of
Eclipse-HX Matrix intercom systems
remote access from an iPhone or iPad
over 3G, 4G or wi-fi / IP networks.
Managed from a Clear-Com host
Eclipse-HX system, Agent-IC offers
point-to-point calling, point-to-multipoint group calling, party-line, PTT,
local crosspoint audio level control
and notification functions. Access
to the host Eclipse-HX matrix is
protected by a user identifier and
password plus audio encryption.
Remote operators are provided with a
user interface resembling a dedicated
intercom panel. This enables them to
monitor and contribute to assigned
matrix resources. Agent-IC uses the
G.722 audio codec and is accessible
via multiple IP networks, with user
selectable optimisation for network
conditions.
Audivero's Unity Intercom is a

software-based
intercom
system
which runs in the background on an
Apple OS X computer (10.8 upwards)
and handles the audio and user
permissions for each of the connected
Unity clients. Unity Server is used to
add and manage user accounts and
to configure add-on features such as
Unity Tally and audio I/O. Unity Client
currently runs on Apple iOS 7 upwards,
Android 4.0 upwards, and Apple OS X.
Comrex demonstrated its Access
Stereo Bric IP audio codec which is
designed for electronic newsgathering.
Features of the new Access 2USB
include two USB ports and support
for 4G wireless cellular data service
modems.
Production
Blackmagic introduced Video Assist,
a combined 1920 x 1080 HD video
monitor and recorder designed for use
with any camera or DLSR. Content is
captured in Apple ProRes file format
to a Secure Digital memory card.
DaVinci Resolve Lite editing and colour
correction software is included.
EVS demonstrated the latest version
of its DYVI production switcher
which is built on enterprise-grade
IT elements. Features include 4K
capability and an unlimited number
of timelines per scene with multiple
tracks. Switching and control can be
performed from anywhere via an IP
link.

PlayBox Technology's TitleBox IP for NewTek TriCaster

FOR-A's HVS-2000 4K video
production switcher, introduced
at IBC 2014, made its first NAB
appearance. Designed for studio
and OB applications, it can
operate in 525/625, 1080i,
1080p and 4K. The switcher
includes a four-channel media
player, frame synchronisers on
every input, SD to HD resizer,
12 keyers, floating 2.5D and 3D
DVE effects and user-configurable
multiviewers.
Lawo exhibited its new V_link4
IP-based
video
transport
and
routing unit. This provides four SDI
inputs and outputs, four 1GbE ports
and redundant 10GbE ports plus
internal switching. Features include
full support for SMPTE-2022 and
RAVENNA/AES67 for VoIP and AoIP
applications, including streaming of
raw uncompressed 3G/HD/SD-SDI.
Optional codecs can be used in parallel
to create and receive JPEG2000,
DIRACpro, Motion J-PEG and H.264
streams.
PlayBox Technology announced
TitleBox IP which allows TriCaster
operators to create and deliver high
quality animated graphics. These can
be used both for programme titling
and channel branding, with realtime on-air control. Multi-layered
simultaneous crawls, rolls, animated
logos, clocks and text templates can
be activated by a mouse click. TitleBox
IP may be operated from any standard
desktop or laptop PC and is recognised
automatically by TriCaster as a source
for graphics overlay.
Quantel announced that typical
system prices for its Enterprise sQ
News and Sports production systems
had been reduced by between 40%
and 60% on some configurations.
This was stated to result from the
introduction of new sQ 1000 series
servers and the simplification of the
range of editing clients. The new sQ
servers offer three times the storage
capacity in two thirds of the space.
Tascam pushed the boundaries
of multichannel audio with its new
DA-6400 recorder. Housed in a 1U
chassis, this can capture 64 channels
at 48 kHz sampling rate, 24 bit depth,
or 32 channels at 96 kHz. Similarly
innovative, the DR-60DMkII is a fourchannel recorder designed for use with
DSLR camera. The recorder attaches
to a standard tripod head with the
camera sitting immediately above. For
ENG applications, Tascam's DR-10X
is a miniature stereo audio recorder
designed to mount straight into the

Tascam's DR60DMkII
four-channel recorder

XLR socket of a dynamic microphone.
It operates for a claimed eight hours
on an AAA cell and captures to a
MicroSD card.
Test & Measurement
In the test and measurement
category,
Bridge
Technologies
introduced GoldTS Reference which is
claimed to be a completely new way
of calibrating an ETR290 DVB media
stream. By allowing users to take a
snapshot of a correctly functioning
stream, it creates a comprehensive
reference against which the stream
is subsequently compared. Any
subsequent deviation from the values
in the reference is automatically
detected and presented in a colourcoded display. Operator attention is
drawn to deviations including those
which may otherwise be within the
parameters of the ETR290 standard
for testing digital media streams.
Conditions such as time differences
in the programme guide or a change
of language would not be detected
and flagged as faults by conventional
ETR290 checks.
File-based
video
and
audio
signal analysers have become a
necessary part of every media asset
management system. Leader's new
FS 3102 analyser can perform realtime checking of up to four HD-SDI or
SD-SDI signal streams. They provide
automatic checking and analysis
of image characteristics such as
block noise, line noise, image skip,
image freeze, edit point errors, lost
source, and sequences likely to cause
photosensitive epilepsy. Audio tests
include channel noise, timing errors,
spurious transients, loudness and lost
source.
NAB 2016
The NAB Spring Conventions return
to the LVCC April 16-21 2016 and April
22-27 2017.
http://tascam.com/product/dr-60dmkii/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yORBM4v2o3k https://playbox.tv/products/titlebox-ip-for-tricastertm
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