Automation playout （ichannel2）

Product Description

iChannel2 is a highly integrated, cost-effective, and easy-to-operate automation system for small and mid-size broadcasters.

Key Features

iChannel2 is integrated with various features like ingest, playlist editing, playout, CG, security assurance, and remote monitoring modules, offering comprehensive functionalities for daily broadcasting.

Ingest

> Manual / Scheduled ingest
> Fixed / Variable length ingest
> Scheduled batch ingest with editable list
> Ingest list import / export
> VTR control
> Clip Management & Playlist Editing
> Automatically registers new clips to database
> User-customizable｡ｰresource tree｡for easy clip organization
> Online/offline playlist editing: it allows playlists to be edited before clips are ready. The dummy clips will be updated and replaced by real ones automatically after physical clip files are loaded
> Drag & drop operation for easy clip insertion: the operator can drag the commercials and drop them onto the target clip. A timeline is available for selecting the insertion point, with video display for referencing

Playout control and signal processing

> Automatically loads and processes playlists
> Supports ingest/playout Transport Streams over IP: MPTS / SPTS, MPEG*2/H.**4, HD/SD decoding/encoding
> DTMF encoding & decoding for auto commercial insertion
> Playout modes: Sequence/Schedule/Insert/Trim in & out/Jump/Loop/Take
> Live signal pass-through:
> Input signal mapping to multiple channels
> Transport stream mapping to multiple channelsCG overlay on signal
> Captures live signal while passing-through
> Audio channel mapping/mixing/voice over for both clips and live feedsAudio channel mute
> Audio channel switch
> Audio channel mapping
> Audio channel mix
> Audio channel voiceover
> VTR device control
> Built-in 4*1 video router
> External video matrix control
> Supports AFD for HD/SD conversion

Advanced CG module

> Powerful CG render engine supports complex CG layers
> Rich CG elements: subtitle, logo, scroll, image, video, animation, and clock
> Real time content replacement

Security Assurance

> One-key emergency clip switching
> One-key audio mute
> Multiple backup plans: N+N/N+M/N+N+M:
> Loudness control module

Quality control module

QC module runs at the background and automatically detects errors including frame lost, frame destruction, audio lost, audio destruction, video black, and still frame.

Alarm center

Alarm center connects with all modules to provide alarms on quality control, loudness control, clip status, and storage status. The alarms can be displayed on Email/SMS/PC Monitor.

> Remote monitoring and control platform
> Tablet based (Android OS), convenient-to-use
> Multi-channel real time display
> Emergency playout control
> Alarm display

Hardware Platform

iChannel2 is based on powerful video server platform which is designed for *4*7 highly reliable broadcasting.
> Supports RAID*0 / RAID6 / RAID 5
> Up to *0 TB usable storage capacity after RAID5 setup
> Utilizes Dayang Redbridge III card to offer up to 4 HD I/O channels with top level quality
> Latest Intel XEON E5 series CPU with more computing power and stability
> Redundant & hot-swappable configuration on key components: system disk, power supply, cooling fans, etc.<%