Enhancement answers need for outstanding quality, decreased latency
TAG Video Systems, the leader in realtime cloud-based monitoring of linear video workflows once again sets an industry first by supporting JPEG XS to allow live production in the cloud. JPEG XS is a format that answers the need for visually lossless quality with microseconds delay – significant concerns as more broadcasters seek to migrate their live production workflows to the cloud where overall contribution quality and latency are critical.
JPEG XS provides all the benefits of uncompressed IP workflows over long-distance remote and cloud production environments without the expense and complexity of engineering and implementing an uncompressed network and cloud connectivity. Adding support for JPEG XS to TAG’s MCM-9000 probing, monitoring and multiviewing platform allows customers to directly and natively monitor and view JPEG XS sources, eliminating the need to decode or convert them to other standards.
According to Kevin Joyce, TAG’s Zer0 Friction Officer, integration of JPEG XS into the MCM-9000 was instigated by FOX for its cloud Media Center in Tempe, Arizona running in AWS to enable low-latency, cloud-based playout for live workflows, and also by NBC Olympics for coverage in Tokyo. He explained, however, that support for JPEG XS appeals to a much broader audience.
