XTV Suite

• Media Compatibility and Multiformat Benefits:

  • XTV plays out any kind of media in any resolution: DV, HDV, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-1, H.264, QuickTime, MXF, XDCAM, PRORES, DNXHD, GXF, LXF, etc. XTV allows to play and mix any media format according to broadcaster’s production workflow and pros and cons of each AV codec.

  • XTV is compatible with the video cards from these manufacturers: Aja, Blackmagic, Bluefish4444, DekTec, Deltacast, Magewell, Stream Labs, Yuan

  • Dynamic Playlist: Real time playlist management without black frames nor freezes. Advanced Scheduler: Unlimited playlist length with automatic clip skipping and cutting when late.

  • Duration stretching when ahead of time. Sequence loop.

  • Automatic filler insertion for gap handling. 

  • Log Report: Status and playout logging, with XML export for easy processing and printing.

  • No Database: Metadata is saved directly into media file, allowing file rename, copying and moving.

• IP Workflows:

  • Support of IP I/O such as NDI, SMPTE 2022 & SMPTE 2110 (with specific video cards)

  • NDI and IP sources are also supported directly on the playlist allowing playout of NDI, UDP, RTP, RTSP, RTMP, HTTP streams

  • Internal IP encoder allows sending playout output via UDP to external multiplexers, or via RTMP, HLS, RTSP, IIS Live smooth, or windows media streaming to cloud servers for media distribution on internet

• XTV Cloud:

  • Specially designed to be installed on physical or Virtual Machines

  • Access to the Playout and Management Applications is achieved using RDP over HTML thru any browser on any operating system and device

  • User interface is automatically scaled to the device being used 

  • Up to three simultaneous users can connect allowing control of the Playout, Media Upload, Trimming and Playlist Management at the same time.

  • Final IP output can be configured in many formats including RTMP, SRT, HLS, DASH , etc…

  • Live inputs can be configured to receive IP streams from the studio or outside broadcasts

• Designed to Achieve a True "Universal" Format Compatibility:

  • Scalable structure and universal file compatibility

  •  Allows direct playout of DV, HDV, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, H.265, QuickTime, AVI, MXF, XDCAM, PRORES, DNXHD, GXF, LXF, etc… in any resolution or frame rate with automatic adaption.

• SCTE-104 and SCTE-35 Support:

  • AD Insertion

  • OTT video Delivery

  • Partially-based on the AD Insertion workflow which uses the SCTE-104 and SCTE-35 standard commands as triggers.

  • Support SCTE-104 on SDI outputs and SCTE-35 on IP streaming in Transport stream and SRT, inserting the SCTE metadata in the video signals/streams

• Emergency Alert System (EAS) Support: The EAS (Emergency Alert System) interface, when used in conjunction with Xplayout automation software...

  • Offers broadcasters increased flexibility in broadcasting emergency alerts received from U.S. government agencies

  • Critical EAS data information for on-screen text crawls received via Serial Port and audio received via a stream, are decoded by the XPlayout

  • Grants broadcasters greater flexibility in airing emergency alerts by allowing customization of on-screen graphics and audio streams, while also ensuring consistent branding across multiple channels using a single EAS Appliance

• Input Sources Multiview:

  • In XPlayout all configured live sources in NDI, SDI and WebRTC can be displayed in a preview window on the main GUI

  • The preview window features on screen vu-meters and audio waveform, audio pre listen, fast “take to air” button and a 2×2 multiview option

• XTV Suite features:

  • XPlayout > 24x7 Automation

  • XIngest > real-time capture from SDI-NDI-IP

• Other Free tools included with XTV Suite:

  • XTrimmer > Metadata injector and quality control

  • XScheduler > Offline playlist management

  • CGComposer > CG template creator

  • XLogsViewer > As run logs viewer

  • XInfo > Playlist information display

  • XRouter > Routing switcher sharing on LAN

  • XRemote > Remote control or routing switcher

  • XEmergency > N+1 playout redundancy (requires XPlayout license)

SPECIFICATIONS	XTV AUTOMATION SUITE
XPlayout	Supported Video Cards: Blackmagic Design DeckLink and Intensity, AJA Corvid, Bluefish Resolutions: SD, HD, 2K, 4K (depending on AV card) Simultaneous NDI output Simultaneous WebRTC output Preview output on SDI Up to 16 Audio channels Timecode rp188 Virtual device emulation for use as capture device in 3rd party software Split CG layer on separate SDI or NDI in Key and Fill SDI or NDI inputs for LIVE sources in AV bypass Internal Digital Loudness processor ITU 1770 available on XPlayout to always get the right volume on the output
XPlayout GUI	Full screen GUI optimized for 1920×1080 monitor Channel Alias Preview framerate adjust for RDP optimization CC preview Drag and Drop of multiple files Single clip position duration and position display Total playlist duration and remain display First frame positioning Dual graphical or grid style playlist GUI Drag and Drop to GUI OSD vu-meters and waveform Realtime video preview GUI lock with password Customer Logo on main screen Colors according to file gender or status
XIngest	Supported Video Cards: Blackmagic Design DeckLink and Intensity, AJA Corvid, Bluefish Resolutions: SD, HD, 2K, 4K (depending on AV card) Simultaneous NDI output Simultaneous WebRTC output Preview output on SDI Up to 16 Audio channels Virtual device emulation for use as capture device in 3rd party software
XIngest GUI	Full screen GUI optimized for 1920×1080 monitor Channel Alias Preview framerate adjust for RDP optimization CC preview Drag and Drop of multiple files Single clip position duration and position display Total playlist duration and remain display First frame positioning Dual graphical or grid style playlist GUI Drag and Drop to GUI OSD vu-meters and waveform Realtime video preview GUI lock with password Customer Logo on main screen
Video Codecs	MPEG 4 part 2 Cisco OpenH264 Intel Quicksync H264 Nvidia NVEnc H264 Nvidia NVEnc H264 lossless Nvidia NVEnc H265 MPEG 1 MPEG 2 DV DVCPRO MJPEG FLV Sorenson HuffYUV WMV 8 Google VP8 Apple Prores proxy, LT, 422, HQ QuickTime ANIM Uncompressed 422 8-bit Uncompressed 422 10-bit DNxHD VC3 OPEN JPEG2000 DPX
File Format Wrappers	Mpeg Program (MPG) Mpeg Transport (TS) MPEG4 part 14 (MP4) QuickTime (MOV) DNxHD (MOV) IMX MPEG4 MXF MXF D-10 (IMX) GXF DV FLV DVD VOB ASF iPod Mp4 AVI Matroska (MKV) WebM Image Sequence (DPX, PNG, JPG)
AUDIO CODECS	WAV (16, 24, 32, Cinema, signed, floating etc) MP2 MP3 AC3 (ATSC A/52A) AAC ALAC ADCPM VORBIS
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
Suggested	I7 8700K CPU Windows 10 16GB RAM NVidia GTX
Minimum	I3 CPU Windows 7 4GB RAM

 

Hardware requirements depend on:

• Video capture resolution
• Video codec format
• Number of simultaneous capture/streaming/proxy