Features
Cloud live production system
This service allows you to operate all-in-one switchers in the cloud. This service creates an event for each virtual switcher. Creation of multiple events is supported, enabling you to perform a wide variety of video production by configuring and managing each event according to the application. The use of multiple events running simultaneously is supported.
Operation is controlled from web browsers, allowing simultaneous control by multiple operators in different locations.
When producing live video, the required setup items are displayed for each operation, providing a visual indication of what you need to do next.
Scene function
You can save video, composited content, and settings as “scenes” on this service. Scenes can be created beforehand and those saved scenes can be recalled instantly, allowing you to perform on-air operations in a minimum number of steps.
Input/output
A total of eight video sources can be used for each event, comprising six external streaming input videos and two preconfigured video files. Two streaming output destinations can be configured. With appropriate configuration beforehand, live distribution to various video sites and output recording can be performed with the touch of a single button. Clean output is also supported.
XDCAM pocket integration
When XDCAM pocket is used as an input source, tally can be displayed in XDCAM pocket when the video from the camera associated with XDCAM pocket becomes the preview output/program output. The program output video of this service can also be monitored using XDCAM pocket.
Auto highlight creation
Highlight scenes can be extracted/edited automatically to create highlight clips using A2 Production (requires a separate subscription than this service) integration. The created highlight clips can be used as video clips.
Display configurable according to role
You can switch the screen display and functions for each user. This allows instant replay operators, commentators, and others to check just the video that they require without affecting the video that is actually output.
Instant replay
Up to three streaming input video sources from among the external sources can be recorded internally, and a simple replay video can be cut out from those video sources. You can also record input video as an MP4 file to use for instant replay simultaneously while recording the output (ISO recording).
Compositing multiple content simultaneously
Five separate elements can be superimposed and composited against a video source (background video). The range of effects can be expanded by using a different layer for each element according to the application and type of content.
- USK: An image is always composited against the background video. A different image can be configured for each of the eight video sources. Used to continuously display on-screen text, for example, displaying “Replay” against the replay video during a live sports broadcast.
- DSK: Composites an image on the upper-most layer of the program output. Two different images can be composited. Compositing input from an external graphics system is also supported. Used to continuously display an image, such as a program logo, or when you entrust the operation of logos and on-screen text to a dedicated operator of an external graphics system.
- KEY: Used to manually show/hide an image to composite against a video. Can be used, for example, to display the name of a reporter or commentator only while the reporter or commentator is on-screen.
- PinP (Picture in Picture): Used to composite a separate video in a subscreen against the background video. Can be used, for example, to show the live video while a replay video is simultaneously being displayed full-screen.
Audio adjustment
This service supports simultaneous handling of video and associated audio. In addition to adjusting and monitoring the volume for each input and output, you can also make other adjustments for each input. For input content with different input audio on two channels within a stereo pair (2-channel monaural content), you can also adjust the audio of the two channels separately.
Audio commentary
Up to three audio-only inputs can be configured. Configured audio inputs can be used as audio commentary sources.
File management function
Video clips and images for use with this service must be uploaded to this service beforehand. Video clips and images are managed separately in each event.
