September 2014
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TVBEurope 69 IBC Preview Making a Switch Telestream
By Carolyn Giardina Telestream is showcasing Switch, a new multi-format media player that’s built on the same technologies the company developed for its professional transcoding tools. “In today’s digital environment,
the number of different resolutions, compression algorithms, and formats has increased, and so has the need for tools to be able to open, play, inspect and correct the growing number of media files available,” Telestream observed. “Media professionals today resort to using a collection of tools including
players, inspectors, analysers, and converters, to do their jobs.” Switch was designed to bring these tasks into a single software package. “Telestream is in a unique position to leverage our decades of experience in developing media-centric products to design a powerful and simple tool,” said Barbara DeHart, vice president of desktop business at Telestream. “Switch gives anyone dealing with the production, distribution, or packaging of content everything they need to play it, check it and switch it.” Switch also enables packaging and distribution of content to
Robo Eye makes position clear Telemetrics
with stop accuracy of 0.005° and feedback accuracy of 0.000375°, and offers a pan/ tilt velocity of 0.01 - 90° per second.
Telemetrics’ RoBoEye
By David Fox The new Robo Eye integrated HD pan/tilt/zoom camera from Telemetrics has a Sony Exmor 2.18-megapixel CMOS image sensor and 30x zoom lens, and boasts a signal-to-noise ratio of 50dB and sensitivity of F8 at 2000 lux. It offers native 1920x1080 HD- SDI and HDMI outputs, plus SD composite video signals in NTSC and PAL. Gain set-up is automatic with a manual override, and up to 1,000 presets can be stored. It has servo motors for positioning,
The unit is IP65 rated for indoor and outdoor
use, and can be remotely controlled via its built-in web- server from a web-enabled device, via Ethernet or RS-232C/422. A USB port is also included. “Robo Eye allows camera robotics systems to be
designed and expanded with a high performance HD imaging solution that is specifically designed for professional camera robotics system applications,” said Telemetrics’ president, Anthony Cuomo. 11.D35
Switch hit: “Play it, check it and switch it”
media platforms, such as iTunes. “For professionals producing content for distribution to the iTunes store, Switch will save them a huge amount of time, and largely automates what today is mostly a manual process,” said DeHart. Playback and basic inspection is
available for free in Switch Player. Switch Pro ($295) adds additional format support, and the ability to export or change file properties. Version 1.0 is available for Mac, with support for Windows coming later in the year. 7.C12
SGL showcases FlashNet solution SGL
By Holly Ashford SGL’s FlashNet content
management solution is designed to integrate with NRCS, MAM or automation control systems to provide improvements to workflow efficiency without intruding on
users’ familiar desktops. SGL staff are on hand to discuss its involvement with the integration between CATDv Media Asset Management, Glookast file management and Avid Web Services. 7.J15a
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