Sixteen outputs in one rack unit
Sixteen 3G-SDI outputs from one box, with redundant power supplies, instead of a decoder per feed.
Use cases · Back to baseband
From IP back to the equipment you already have.
Channels and live feeds arrive over IP. Your router, vision mixers, monitoring and recorders still speak SDI or ST 2110. Sixteen outputs in one rack unit bring every stream back onto them.
The problem.
More and more of what a broadcaster takes in arrives over IP: contribution feeds over the internet, channels from partners, streams from other sites. But most of a plant is still wired in SDI, and a newer one runs on ST 2110. Something has to turn each stream back into a picture your equipment understands, many at once, reliably, and without a box per feed.
How it works.
Streams arrive
Over your network, or over the internet with SRT or RIST.
Into one rack unit
A Framecastic decoder takes up to 16 of them and decodes each one in hardware.
Out as pictures
Each one comes out on its own SDI connector, or as uncompressed video on your ST 2110 network, with its audio.
Into your equipment
Your router, vision mixer, multiviewer and recorders take it from there.
What you get.
Any way in
Each output takes a stream over UDP, SRT or RIST. Instead of a live stream, it can play a file or show a test pattern.
SDI or ST 2110
The SDI Decoder outputs SD, HD and 3G-SDI, interlaced or progressive, including 1080i50 and 1080i59.94, with up to 16 audio channels embedded on the SDI pairs you choose. The ST 2110 Decoder puts uncompressed video and audio back onto your ST 2110 network, with seamless protection and network timing.
Feeds lined up
Feeds that belong together, such as cameras from one event, can be lined up by their timecode, so they reach your vision mixer in step.
Prove the path first
Built-in test patterns put colour bars on any output, so you can check every cable and router path before there is a feed to send.
Easy to run
Every output is set and watched in a browser, and everything is available through the REST API for your automation.
What you need.
| Where | Unit | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Your plant is SDI | SDI Decoder | Up to 16 streams back to 3G-SDI, in 1 RU |
| Your plant is ST 2110 | ST 2110 Decoder | Up to 16 streams back onto ST 2110, in 1 RU |
| Your network | An IP network, or an internet line for feeds from outside |
Good to know.
- HD only. The decoders output up to 1920 × 1080.
- Lining feeds up. It needs timecode in the feeds, and works across up to eight outputs at a time.
- Your own servers. The same software is available as a perpetual licence for servers you already own.
Try it on your own feeds.
Remote access to a running unit first, then a unit in your plant for a couple of weeks, with a written report you keep either way.