SYSMEDIA INKS DEAL WITH L.B. BROADCAST TO SELL FILE-BASED INSERTER TECHNOLOGY GLOBALLY
(05/09/2006) IBC, Amsterdam - 8th September 2006: SysMedia has announced that it has signed an exclusive global deal with Australia-based L.B. Broadcast Pty Ltd to sell its groundbreaking technology that allows customers to caption/subtitle MPEG-2 broadcast masters and produce burnt-in previews without having to revert to tape.

Called InFILE (re-branded from Caption Commander), the Windows-based application works in the same way as an SDI-based inserter but operates on MPEG-2 files thereby eliminating the need for a manual dub or re-ingestion. With the growth of file-based usage across the broadcast spectrum, InFILE clearly satisfies rising market demand.

Users supply InFILE with the file names of the source MPEG-2 file and the subtitle file that has already been created using the appropriate technology - SysMedia's WinCAPS, for example. InFILE then creates a new MPEG-2 output file with exactly the same encoding parameters as the original (e.g. bit rate, chroma, GOP structure etc.) with the timed teletext subtitles now inserted into the designated line of the VBI (broadcast-quality MPEG-2 up to 50Mb/s 4:2:2 Profile). A preview-quality open caption equivalent (where subtitles are "burnt-in" to the video picture, MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 DVD bit rate) can be created at the same time, ideal for viewing on a PC for instance.

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Date
Origine
Société
Auteur
Agence
Rwtr
05/09/2006
CP/Mail
Sysmedia
Andrew Lambourne
Manor Marketing
ADel
Rubrique Image, post-production