AirX Playout
AirX is an integrated mission-critical playout broadcast automation system that provides complete IP/SDI multi-format flexibility with HDR/UHD/HD/SD support. This video playout solution delivers an end-to-end workflow ecosystem from ingest to compliance recording and media management. The system’s high-density digital server infrastructure ensures rock-solid reliability, further reducing operating expenses while offering high availability.
As a software-based broadcasting ecosystem, AirX™ may be deployed on-premise, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment. This playout solution provides a speedy deployment architecture that eases the launching of new TV channels and media services.
This flexibility translates into a reduced total cost of ownership for your television broadcasting efforts and provides a cost-effective means of introducing new revenue streams through different mediums such as OTT playout, social media, broadcast, mobile or any other platform.
AirX enables you to conduct multi-format, multi-channel UHD 4K, HD, and SD TV playout with frame accuracy. The playout system has built-in low-latency switching/routing of input and output signals and offers full remote operational workflow. It also allows you to encode/transcode multiple live outputs per channel in various formats like NDI, ST2110, SRT, UDP, RTMP, HLS, MPEG-Dash.
Key features
Multiple format, simultaneous outputs per channel for flexible playout automation
Distributed client–server architecture enhancing system robustness
Internal signal routing within the broadcasting server
Real-time visual monitoring of any input and output in TV, DVB, cable, and IPTV formats
User access management for each channel to control automation settings
NDI SCTE-104, Teletext & CC for enhanced channel management
CG engine with transitions for dynamic audio-visual experiences
Quality Control/Loudness normalization for consistent media outputs
Multi-channel broadcasting capabilities within the playout system
Product highlights
- Ideal for broadcasters currently using SDI and ready to transition to IP broadcast solutions with SMPTE ST 2110, NDI, and TS
- Create subtitles in up to 8 languages per channel simultaneously. This feature supports subtitle files in SRT and STL formats and includes an in-built subtitle editor application for *.srt creation and express editing
- Dynamic schedule editing with instant schedule time calculation. Edit schedule and playlist items in real-time within 2 frames of the live broadcast. The changes are effective immediately, and the schedule going forward is automatically recalculated.
- Automated media content ingest with emergency media file playback from external storage sources.
- A convenient application for channel design allows almost unlimited animation layers and dynamically updated text. Offers up to 16 DSK overlay graphics
- Integrated real-time monitoring for all automation services: input/output interfaces, broadcast channels, and connected external devices in the cloud
- A unique redundancy mechanism based on independent and synchronous operation of broadcast servers with unified cloud-based management from a single client application
- Comprehensive redundancy mechanism with automated failover that synchronizes media content ingest and backup broadcast servers within a single unified client application
- Local or remote user interface for broadcast operations with multiple simultaneous users
- User authorization and user rights management for each individual channel
- Flexible user interface with support for multiple windows and multiple monitor setups
- Different operating modes: looped playlist, scheduled playback
Pre-scheduling and live editing - Support for DTMF, SCTE 35/104, GPI
- Player for verifying content creation and subtitle overlays
- Channel graphic design and live graphic scene output verification
- Use incomplete recorded files in playlist
- Remote storage support (NAS, SAN, DAS, S3…)
- Multiple file format support
- Input signals support from different hardware
- Channel output signals may be routed to various hardware devices
- IP output support
- Ability to route one input signal on multiple channels with different settings for each channel
- IP and WEB broadcast in parallel with AV signal output, while adjusting bitrates and resolution
- Ability to visually monitor any input or output on the server in real–time
- Support for multi–layer graphic scenes
- Support for live inputs in PIP mode
- Text banners, crawl or rolling text, RSS news, text files and dynamic data updates
- Digital and analog clocks
- Full frame graphic animation
- Graphic design preview
MULTIFUNCTIONAL PLAYOUT SERVER «CHANNELS IN A BOX»
- SMPTE-2110 4K UHD
- NewTek NDI ®
- SD/HD/UHD-SDI (Embedded audio)
- Composite
- S-Video
- YUV
- Analog Audio: balanced/unbalanced
- IP TS (MPEG 2, AVC/H264, HEVC/H265)
- HDMI (576, 720, 1080, 2160)
- WEB RTMP
- RTSP
- HLS Multi-Bitrate
- MPEG-Dash
- Haivision SRT
- FILL+KEY graphics: SD/HD/UHD-SDI, NewTek NDI ®
- SMPTE-2110 4K UHD
- NewTek NDI ®
- SD/HD/UHD-SDI (Embedded audio)
- Composite
- S-Video
- YUV
- Analog Audio: balanced/unbalanced
- IP TS (MPEG 2, AVC/H264, HEVC/H265)
- HDMI (576, 720, 1080, 2160)
- WEB RTMP
- RTSP
- HLS Multi-Bitrate
- MPEG-Dash
- Haivision SRT
- Nvidia
- Blackmagic
- DekTec
- AJA
- Birddog
- Intel
- Mellanox
- Formats: AVI, MOV, MXF, MP4, MPG, BMP, TGA, GIF, PNG, JPG, TIF
- Codecs: DVCAM, DVCPRO25, DVCPRO50, DVCPRO100, HDV, IMX (30,40,50), XDCAM EX (SP, HQ), XDCAM HD (LP, SP, HQ), XDCAM HD422, DNxHD (36,145,220), AVC/H-264, MPEG2 GOP, Apple ProRes.
- The rendering engine supports animated Logos, full frame animation and a transparency mask layer.
- Full meta data support for system automation.
- PIP capabilities with live inputs, 2D DYE effects, Text banners, Scrolling text, RSS feeds with automatic data updates.
- 16 DSK overlay graphics: 8 DSK in automatic mode and 8 DSK in manual mode.
- Animated/Static Images, Text, RSS, Roll/Crawl, Digital/Analog Clock, Reverse Report, Mask, Live Source, Live Source with Alpha, Colored Rectangle.
- Subtitle editor application; Burn subtitles onto image, subtitles generation in UDP streams. Support for SRT files
- DTMF, SCTE-35/104
- Generate: SCTE-35/104 TS IP, HLS, SCTE-104 in SDI and NDI.
- Control and manage matrix switches, redundancy, headends and external graphical control systems.
- Supported interfaces: RS-232/422, GPI, SOFT GPI, Telnet, etc.