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MagicSoft PlayOut ver 4.5
 Support for Xp, Vista and Windows 7
SD, HDV& full HD mixed playlist with auto scaling for SD materials
Suitable for 24/7 operation mode or news/commercial insertion
Frame accurate playoing of mov, avi ,dv, mp4 and mpeg2
Possibility to play between marked IN and OUT points
Video + key playout for QuickTime clips with alpha channel
Metadata support for linking with the MagicSoft CG using TCP/IP
Station logo as fullscreen .tga 32 bit uncompress
QuickTime materials (.mov, mp4, m4p) can have any size
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INTRO
Description
The software runs on Windows XP sp2/sp3 and can use SD, HDV and full HD materials in the same playlist
Works with Blackmagic's DeckLink or Intensity cards
The signals you can work with may be analog and/or digital depending of the card that is used
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Flexibility
Supported SD formats
DV in .avi container (fourCC dvsd and dsvd)
Mpeg2 (4:2:0 or 4:2:2 ) with extension .mpg , m2p ,mp2, .vob , .m2t, .ts
QuickTime (can also have alpha channel) with extension .mov
PAL materials must be at size 720 x 576
NTSC materials must be at size 720 x 480
Supported HD formats
All supported SD materials (upscaling is done automatically)
HDV (1440 x 1080i .m2t or mpeg2)
Full HD (1920 x 1080i mpeg2)
Supported audio codecs
DV avi must have the sound uncompress
Mpeg2 materials must have the sound as mp2
Materials without sound are accepted for playout
Supported sampling rates are : 8000 , 11025 ,16000 , 22050 , 24000 , 32000 , 44100 and 48000 Hz
Both 8bit and 16bit and mono and stereo materials can be played
Supported NLE software
Adobe Premiere (beginning with version 6.0)
Apple Final Cut Pro
Avid (using Sorenson for files larger that 2 GB)
Canopus Edius (export as Microsoft DV)
Sony Vegas
Pinnacle Liquid
Supported encoders
Mainconcept
Canopus Procoder
CinemaCraft
Other encoders may work
In the next version of the software ,support for other codecs and containers are planned
Please contact us if you have any sugestions
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Client-server arhitecture
MagicSoft playout solution has a Client-server arhitecture and that brings some noticeable advantages for stability and usability
- server (that controls the Decklink card) and clients (that manages the playlist) allows a better cpu balancing for today multicore CPU
- clips are verified in the client application before beeing accepted for playout
- you can have more than one client started and you can dinamically jump from one playlist to another
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Linking with MagicSoft CG (UltraRed)
The playout program has a very poweful way to link to the MagicSoft CG (Ultrared) acting as TCP client to send the metadata associated to each clip to GC.
The TCP/IP protocol allows you to controll the text or image displayed by a project and can also trigger the projects
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HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS
Regarding the machine to run the playout software here you have an example of configuration for SD (PAL & NTSC) :
DeckLink Studio card
MotherBoard Intel X48/P45
Processor Intel E7400
Ram Memory 2 X 1GB
Hdd system : 160-250GB
Hdd media : 1TB
For HD playout a quad processor ( Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 ) is recommended.
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FAQ
What are the primary benefits of MagicSoft playout ?
MagicSoft playout is a very affordable solution.
You can play SD, HDV and full HD materials (both mpeg2 and DV) and you can control the MagicSoft CG to display some content according to the metadata assigned to clip that is currently in play
Are MagicSoft playout available in analog and serial digital output ?
Yes . MagicSoft playout works with all Decklink cards and regarding to choosed setup you can have SDI and composite/YUV output
What decoder is used for mpeg2 clips ?
An Elecard decoder (Elecard MPEG2 Decoder and Streaming PlugIn for WMP) must be installed on your system in order to work with mpeg2 materials. You must contact Elecard for license inquiry
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