In Broadcast - November 2019 - 60

www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 9 - Issue 10 | November 2019

InTech

Broadcast Test and
Measurement Update

formats and offers quality checks,
including extensive subtitles and
CC verification, audio language
Contributing Editor David Kirk re-examines the developments
identification, PSE correction, loudness
in the field of test and measurement...
detection and correction. An integral
media player is provided.
year is a long time in the broadcast
Leader's new LV5900 HD/4K/8K
business, not least in the test and
waveform monitor is designed for
measurement product sector where
content producers, broadcasters and
the pace of development has been
equipment manufacturers progressing
accelerated by the ongoing integration
into the Super Hi-Vision standard.
of IP delivery technology and the
Housed in a half-rack-width by 4U
need for full network monitoring. The
high portable unit with a 1920 x 1080
following new developments follow on
pixel resolution 9-inch front-panel
from InBroadcast's November 2018
monitor, the LV54900 is compatible
report.
with the SMPTE ST2082-12 standard
Bridge Technologies' VB440 IP
which receives 8K images via 12G-SDI
probe is designed to monitor and
quad link. Measurement capabilities
analyse
high-bitrate
broadcast
include video signal waveform display,
media traffic as defined in ST2110
vector display, picture display, eye
Bridge Technologies VB440 IP probe
and ST2022-6. It allows production
pattern display, five-bar display, CIE
teams to continuously survey all monitors and shows status in
chromaticity display, freeze error
layers of media transportation on an on-screen overlays. The user
detection, black error detection
IP network and facilitates correction interface is designed for use by
and gamut error detection. Up
of potential problems. Interface non-technical personnel. The
to four inputs can be displayed
speeds from 10, 25, 40, 50 and up 9978-ANC-MON can also integrate
simultaneously in various userto 100Gigabit on dual interfaces are with automation systems via
definable configurations, or one
supported, including analysis of SD, its IP and SNMP interfaces. It
input signal can be displayed on
HD, HD HDR, 4K and 4K HDR. ST2022- supports and offers monitoring
multiple screens. Status display
7 redundancy is also monitored and for data packages such as closed
allows operators to check the
analysed when connected to primary captioning, SCTE 104, 608status of errors at any instant
and secondary networks. PTP is XDS and AFD, providing not
or compile a record of events
provided with ST2059-2 clock analysis, just presence/absence status DekTec's StreamXpert MPEG-2 transport-stream analyser along a user-definable timeline.
clock source detection/listing and but also interpreters that parse the recording of transport streams, Enhanced data analysis can also be
clock accuracy and class. The VB440 payload and display it as a burn-in. decoding of tables and descriptors performed. Operators can graphically
can accommodate eight simultaneous Also included is a continuously running via customisable templates, plus check the phase difference and sync
users from local or remote locations display of ATSC A/85 LKFS loudness.
integrated video and audio decoding status of incoming SDI video based
over https. It features an HTML-5 web
DekTec's
StreamXpert
MPEG-2 supporting industry-standard streams on the external reference sync signal
browser GUI. A touch-screen hardware transport-stream analyser provides such as HEVC and Dolby AC4.
(black burst or tri-level sync). HDR
controllers is also available.
statistics on PIDs, services and tables
Interra Systems' Baton is an support is provided for HLG, Dolby
Cobalt Digital's 9978-ANC-MON in real-time, analysing and decoding M/L and AI enabled automated QC PQ, S-Log3, C-Log, Log-C and OOTF.
3G/HD/SD-SDI is an ancillary-data audio, video and system information. platform that provides comprehensive In the LV54900's Cinezone display,
monitoring probe with multiple- It can be combined with a DTU-245 quality and compliance checks for the brightness of the HDR area is
protocol data payload SDI/HDMI and a notebook to create a portable VOD content, in the cloud or on-site, displayed by rendering the SDR area
display
and
fault
detection/ transport-stream analyser. Features for linear and streaming workflows. in monochrome and the HDR area in a
forwarding. Based on openGear, it include analysis, monitoring and It supports a wide range of media brightness-dependent colour.

Interra Systems Baton
M/L and AI enabled

Cobalt Digital's 9978-ANC-MON 3G/HD/SD-SDI monitoring probe

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