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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 7 - Issue 10 | October 2017

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PHABRIX To Highlight SMPTE ST
2110 IP And HDR Testing
P

HABRIX will highlight SMPTE ST
The Qx range offers IP, 4K/UHD,
2110 IP and High Dynamic Range and HDR/wide colour gamut (WCG)
(HDR) test solutions at 2017 NAB generation, analysis, and video/audio
Show New York with AVBB, its master monitoring. It provides fast access
distributor in the Americas.
to all the advanced, hybrid IP/SDI
PHABRIX will showcase its hybrid instruments required for transitioning
IP/SDI Qx rackmount and Sx portable to the next generation of video
ranges, as well as the advanced Rx formats. The high-performance IP
line.
toolset is designed for SMPTE ST 2110
"By offering media analysis and and ST 2022-6, and includes packet
monitoring for both IP and SDI interval timing (PIT) analysis for
environments,
we're
supporting rapid diagnosis of packet congestion,
broadcasters as they transition from packet loss, and jitter. There's also a
SDI and hybrid SDI/IP operations unique packet profile generator (signal
to the fully IP-based infrastructure generator), which can create different
and workflows of the future," said packet interval profiles to simulate IP
Neil Sharpe, Head of
Marketing at PHABRIX.
"IP and HDR have been
at the heart of PHABRIX's
product
development,
and we're looking forward
to showcasing the latest
capabilities at NAB Show
A highlight is SMPTE ST 2110 IP support for its Sx TAG
New York."
portable generator/analyser

congestion conditions.
PHABRIX is enhancing the IP
support of its Sx TAG portable
generator and analyser to
include SMPTE ST 2110 as well
as 2022-6 decapsulation/
encapsulation, in addition to
3G/HD/SD-SDI, optical SDI,
HDMI, and analogue. Designed
for rapid fault-finding and
compliance testing
in
broadcast
systems, the Sx
TAG can be used
for applications demanding mobility,
as well as for operation in remote
locations with monitoring over a
network.
Its rich toolset includes a
multiformat
waveform
and
vectorscope, and users can
perform video monitoring using
a 16:9 screen plus 16-channel
audio monitoring. An intuitive,
colour-coded interface speeds testing

Square Box Systems
At NAB Show New York
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t NAB Show New York, Square
Box Systems will showcase
new versions and enhancements,
including support for new platforms,
environments, and operating systems.
Square Box Systems' flagship
MAM system, CatDV, accelerates
collaborative media asset management
operations and empowers small,
medium, and large-scale enterprises
to repurpose and monetise millions of
assets with ease and efficiency.
Delivering even greater firepower for
collaborative enterprise deployments,
the CatDV Enterprise Server 7.2 now
includes more powerful configuration
options, as well as enhanced support
for Web and Intranet deployments.
New features include a live logger,
frame-accurate
video
playback,
dynamic sub-clip trimming and
download, and sharing of groups of
clips. In addition, CatDV's Web 2.2 client
brings views to life with derived values
and coloured metadata highlighting -

great for review, online
or archived status. A
range of additional
organisation tools are
also provided, such as
creation and renaming
of catalogues, moving
assets, and new dragand-drop capabilities.
Furthermore, a new
Professional Web Client
offers a source and
Square Box Systems'
record rough-cut editor
Web 2.2 client
and full-screen user
interface
reflecting
installed options with Server 7.2.
or Cloud environments. Also on display
Square Box Systems' Worker 7 will be several new plugins for Worker
is the company's powerful new 7.
workflow automation solution for
Square Box Systems will highlight
CatDV MAM deployments. With full CatDV 12, the latest version of the
support for Linux, Windows, and Mac company's industry-leading MAM
environments, Worker 7 makes CatDV a system. A major step forward in the
highly compelling option for large-scale ongoing evolution of the CatDV product
enterprise users that need to manage line, CatDV 12 features an updated
huge volumes of assets in virtualised and streamlined user experience

PHABRIX is adding
SMPTE ST 2110 support to
the Qx generator/analyser range

workflows, and operation with mains
or battery power provides versatility
on the move.
PHABRIX will also feature the
advanced Rx 2000 rackmounted
analyser/generator, which offers rapid
fault diagnosis with video capture and
remote access, as well as ultra-flexible
layouts with up to 16 instruments per
monitor.

along with native support for Square
Box Systems' recently introduced
Server 7. In addition, CatDV 12 now
includes enhanced support for audio
files, offering an advanced waveform
display, VU meters, and the ability to
handle more audio tracks.
Square Box Systems
will unveil Javascript
extensions
that
make
CatDV
even
more extensible and
customisable
than
ever in Worker 7 and
the system's Web and
desktop clients.
Square Box Systems
will show the new
advanced version of its
Adobe Premiere Panel,
designed for Adobe
Creative Cloud users. The
original Adobe Premiere Panel enables
any CatDV user to log in and search the
CatDV database, and also to browse
production groups and catalogues,
from within Adobe Premiere.
The CatDV Pegasus Server enables
super-fast Google-style searches across
millions of assets and includes support
for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server
databases.
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