SPECIFICATON
VIDEO
SPECIFICATON
AUDIO
AirBox
PLAYOUT
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
AIirBox
Versatile in nature and running as a stand-alone solution, ATHENSA PLAYOUT provides the necessary playout automation processes, needed in today’s broadcast facilities. Its modular architecture makes it suitable not only for broadcasting organizations of any size but for media professionals who need seamless content playout automation. Available in UHD/HD/SD-SDI or IP streaming, ATHENSA PLAYOUT secures unattended operations 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
MPEG2, AVC/H.264, HDV and DV compression scalability, hardware independence are the typical highlights of ATHENSA PLAYOUT. Ideally suited for time-critical live operations. Professional device support through GPI, RS232, VDCP is also available. Redundant playout makes it perfect for fail-safe environments.
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ATHENSA PLAYOUT Multi Parallel Output – AP MPO enables the running of two or more outputs so that broadcasters can easily provide parallel outputs in any combination needed to deliver the content. UHD SDI, HD SDI, SD SDI (with real-time re-scaling) playout and IP streaming output, or for example, output in H.264 (MPEG-4) and MPEG-2 at the same time.
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ATHENSA PLAYOUT supports streams from virtually every known production platform providing AVI, MPEG, WMV, Quick Time or MXF content. Files from third-party servers such as Leitch or Seachange are natively supported.
For live productions, any changes to the playlist during on-air session are possible! There are no qued or locked clips. Every clip in the playlist, except the one which is currently playing, can be trimmed, edited or re-positioned. Moreover, playlist order can be changed on-the-fly with commands like skip to next or jump. Such order changes are performed seamlessly without stopping the current playout session. Live productions are facilitated by the powerful Live Show Clipboard which allows insertion and/or execution of various events or live streams.
AirBox PRO Option
ATHENSA PLAYOUT PRO Option:
* GPI & Router Control (Kramer, Leitch, VikinX, Pesa, Quartz, GrassValley Concerto/Acapella,Snell (Serial control only), BMD-Videohub, UMC)
* LTC Timecode input for playback triggering
* MPEG2 Live Input Stream Support in the Playlist (required for IP Pump only)
* ATHENSA GRAPHICS Net Control – Control of ATHENSA GRAPHICS on the same PC or on remote PCs
* 2D Video Scaling (Squeeze) of the playlist content
* DTMF & SCTE 35 (DTMF part) Decoding for Commercial Insertion
AirBox Options
Multi Backup Manager Option
ATHENSA Multi Backup Manager Option - N:M Automatic redundancy option* Conditional plugins - allows use of conditions while performing backup switching (e.g. send router switch command only if Live input is not active)
* UMC (Universal Matrix Controller) support - provides centralized control of routers (video hubs) and allows multiple AirBox/CaptureBox instances or other applications (e.g. MBM) to share the same routers (video hubs)
* ATHENSA IP Switch INCLUDED
* ATHENSA UMC - INCLUDED
UNIQUE FEATURES
PLAYLIST FEATURES
INTERFACE FEATURES
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SHOTBOX
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ASYMMETRIC BACKUP
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AUTOFILL
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MULTI PARALLEL OUTPUT
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MULTI-CHANNEL CPU CONSUMPTION OPTIMIZATION
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RTMP STREAMING INPUT
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SUPPORT OF AUDIO-ONLY CONTENT
THIRD PARTY DEVICE CONTROL
USER DEFINABLE INTERFACE
EXTERNAL AUTOMATION
LIVE SHOW CLIPBOARD
SEAMLESS 4K PLAYOUT WITH CG BRANDING
GRAYSCALE OPTION PER OUTPUT
NEWTEK NDI SUPPORT
ADJUSTABLE GLOBAL COLOR OPTION
DISABLE/ENABLE STREAMS PER OUTPUT
ASYMMETRIC BACKUP
AUTOFILL
SHOTBOX
GRAPHIC RULES
INGESTED PLAYBACK
COLLAPSIBLE PLAYLIST
DETAILED PLAYOUT LOG
FAST FORWARD
MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO AND SUBTITLES
ON-THE-FLY COMMANDS
TRIM, EDIT OR RE-POSITION
ENCRYPTED AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO
FIXED-TIME SCHEDULING
MIXING MEDIA
LOUDNESS CONTROL
SIMULTANEOUS VIDEO SCALING
K-PLAYLIST
SEAMLESS 4K PLAYOUT WITH CG BRANDING
Video Compession
Format
Bitrate
Color sampling
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MPEG2, WMV/VC1, MPEG1, MPEG4, AVC/H.264, JPEG 200, AVC-Intra, Apple ProRes 422, DV, HDV, DVC Pro, DVCPro 50, DVCPro HD
PAL, NTSC, 1080i HD, 720p HD, 1080p HD
PAL, NTSC, 1080i HD, 720p HD, 1080p HD
4:2:0 – MPEG Main Profile (incl.HDV); 4:2:2 – MPEG2 4:2:2 Profile; 4:2:0/ 4:1:1 – DV 25 Mbit/s; 4:2:0 – WMV and AVC; 4:2:2 – Apple ProRes; 4:2:0 – AVC-Intra
Audio Compression
Bitrate (Mpeg audio)
Audio Sampling
MPEG audio Layer 1 or 2; AAC audio; Uncompressed PCM; Windows Media Audio; Dolby Digital (AC3)
64-384 Kbit/s
48 kHz
MEDIA FILE FORMATS
SUPPORTED VIDEO BOARDS
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
CPUSingle Intel Core i7 CPU; Dual Intel Xeon CPU
RAM16 gigabyte (GB) RAM (single CPU); 32 gigabyte (GB) RAM (dual CPU)
HDD500 MB available hard disk space for installation
Product functionality may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require advanced or additional hardware.
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MPEG2MPG(Program Stream); M2P(Program Stream); M2T (Transport Stream); TS (Transport Stream); Open DML AVI and WAV (mono and stereo); Quick time; MXF; GXF
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DVOpenDML Type 1 and Type 2 AVI; QuickTime; DV; MXF; GXF
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HDVMPG (Transport Stream); M2T/ TS (Transport Stream); QuickTime; MXF; GXF
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H.264/AVC/MPEG4 part 10TS (Transport Stream – SPTS and MPTS)
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WMC/ VC-1WMV
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MPEG1MPG (System Stream)