SOURCES, FORMATS & STANDARDS
The TAG platform receives more types of inputs than any other monitoring and visualization solution, deeply monitors them and displays them all on one layout
Get valuable data across the entire workflow, realtime
Monitored for errors and displayed on one multiviewer
Transport, video/audio content and template matching based monitoring
All from packet loss through SCTE, subtitles andfreeze to lip sync and bit rate
High-Efficiency Video Codec, latest MPEG compression, used primarily for UHD/4K sources
First MEPEG Video compression standard, rarely used for new applications
Also known as MPEG-4 Video compression, most common compression used for SD and HD sources
Intra Frame none aggressive compression standard, used for Production applications
Successor of the JPEG-2K standard for light, lossless, real-time compression of uncompressed sources
SMPTE standard for sending high bit rate uncompressed SDI sources over an IP Network
SMPTE suite of standards for sending Digital Media (Video, Audio, Metadata, and Synchronization) over an IP Network. Used for Live production and uncompressed sources in an all IP infrastructure
Seamless Protection Switching of SMPTE ST 2022 & 2110 IP Data Streams, used for enhanced redundancy in IP infrastructure based on dual networks
Unidirectional Transport of Constant Bit Rate MPEG-2 Transport Streams on IP Networks
Standards that describe the inline insertion of digital commercial ques in transport Streams (MPEG-TS and OTT)
A robust transport solution, used to safely transport MPEG-TS Video Streams over the public internet
Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP technique, used for high-quality streaming of media content over the public Internet
HTTP Live Streaming technique, used for high-quality streaming of media content over the public Internet
MPEG Transport Stream sent via UDP (User Datagram Protocol) on managed & predictable IP Networks
MPEG Transport Stream sent via RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) on managed & predictable IP Networks
Real-Time Messaging Protocol for sending media over the Internet utilizing TCP/IP
High Definition Television, is a high quality video format used for producing and transmitting most of TV content today
Ultra High Definition (also known as Ultra HD television, Ultra HD, 4K), is very high quality video format and the successor of HDTV
Common Media Application Format is an extensible standard for encoding delivery and decoding on end-user devices in adaptive multimedia presentations. Used to lower latency and reduce costs when multiple OTT formats are transmitted
European and US standards for monitoring program audio loudness levels in broadcast delivery platforms
High Dynamic Range technology, which offers substantially brighter highlights, darker shadows, with more details and colorful colors used for UHD programing
Dolby Digital also synonymous with Dolby AC-3, is an audio compression standard for delivering multi channel audio (L. R. C, & Surround) to cinema and home viewers
The Latest Dolby Laboratories format for delivering 3D sound to cinema and home viewers
Advanced Audio Coding and High-Efficiency ACC standards, designed as the successors of the MP3 format, to achieve higher sound quality than MP3 at the same bit rate
MPEG-1 Layer 2 (also called MPEG-1/2) Audio Compression used primerlly in home delivery platforms of Cable, Sastellite and Over The Air
AC-3 (AC3), which is the audio CODEC used for Dolby Digital
is a technical standard for audio over IP and audio over Ethernet (AoE) interoperability. Used in conjunction with the ST-2110 to deliver uncompressed audio for live production applications
Discovery and registration protocol for nodes (Devices, Sources, Senders, Receivers, etc.) in a 2110 Network infrastructure, for greater automation and simplifying the setup and configuration of the Network
Connection management protocol, providing a generic transport-independent way of connecting and controlling media modes
Closed Captioning Standards used in North America and Asia
Single Program Transport Stream, a MPEG-TS stream that has only one Service/Program in it
Multi-Program Transport Stream, a MPEG-TS stream that has multiple Services/Programs in it
HTTP Live Streaming technique, used for high-quality streaming of media content over the public Internet
SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) is an open-source transport protocol that allows for robust transmission of high-quality high-bandwidth video signals over public internet
NDI (Network Device Interface) is a realtime low latency IP video network technology
ST-2110 ……………………………….. 2110-10/20/21/30/31/40
ST-2022-6 ……………………………………………….…… SDI over IP
ST-2022-7….. Redundancy for Uncompressed & MPEG-TS
MPEG-2 Video …………………………………….… up to [email protected]
H.264 Video ……………………………………………. up to [email protected]
HEVC Video ……………………………………………. up to [email protected]
JPEG2000 TR-01……………………………………. up to 200mbps
Color Space ……………. YUV420, YUV422, YUV422-10bit
Graphics elements ………….… JPEG or Video file placement
Multicast & Unicast.….………………….…….….… TS over UDP
TS over RTP, TS over HRTP
HLS/MPEG-DASH/MSS/CMAF.……….…….……. OTT formats
RTMP …………………………………………………. PUSH & PULL
SMPTE-2022-6/7…………………………………… RTP over UDP
ST-2110 ………………………………………………. RTP over UDP
Zixi ……………..…..…………client mode at the Input & Output
TS sync loss
Sync byte error
PAT error
Continuity count error
PMT error
PID error
Transport error
CRC error
PCR repetition error
PCR discontinuity
PCR accuracy error
PTS error
CAT error
NIT actual/other error
SDT actual/other error
EIT actual/other error
RST/TDT Error
TS PSI, TS DVB SI
Audio codec ……… MPEG2 / AAC / HE-AAC / A-52 / AES67
Audio channel mode ……………..……………. 1 / 1+1 / 2 / 5.1
Loudness monitoring… EBU-R-128/ITU-1770-3/ATSC A/85
Silence detection …. Mono, stereo, dual mono, surround
Clipping detection ………….…….. User adjustable threshold
Video codec … MPEG2 / H.264 / HEVC / UNCOMPRESSED
HDR …………………………………………………..…. HDR10, HLG,PQ
Video encoding …………………………………… Level and profile
Video resolution …..………… 480i, 576i, 1080i, 1080p, UHD
Video aspect ratio …….………………………….………. 4:3 / 16:9
Video frame rate …..…… 25 / 29.97 / 30 / 50 / 59.94 / 60
Video content ………….….. Black / Freeze / Black with logo
Video quality …………………………………… Blocking detection
Graphics elements ………….… JPEG or Video file placement
SCTE-35/104…………………….……………………… XML & Binary
Graphics elements ………….… JPEG or Video file placement
DVB & ID3 subtitles ….………………….….… Overlay display
CC errors ………………………………………………. Separate rules
Closed Caption ………….…………. CEA-708, CEA-608, OP-47
Multi language support ………….. Support for up to 8 PIDst
Scrambling verification
Crypto period measurement
ECM/EMM existence tests
ECM Private data change notification
DVB Simulcrypt AES-ECB descrambling
HLS AES descrambling
Multi language support ………….. Support for up to 8 PIDst
SNMP ….……………………………… Configurable SNMP TRAPS
SYS LOG ………………….… Configurable sys-log notifications
SMTP …………………………………..………….. Email notifications
Overlay ………………… Overlay error display on the mosaic
Centralized Error Display …………..… Group error channels to a single display
Service structure tree-view (per PID)
Display of each PID’s bitrate
Display of service bitrate
Display of service properties
Graphical display of audio loudness and True-peak
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Yes! The TAG platform can run on cloud instances. Learn more here: https://www.tagvs.com/tag-on-the-cloud/
We do!
The two main challenges of cloud live production implementations for work-from-home applications are getting the uncompressed sources to the cloud and delivering the Mosaic Output to the home.
The TAG platform JPEG-XS which can be used to deliver high-quality production content to the cloud where bandwidth limitations apply and can also provide the mosaic output as Zixi and/or HLS streams to be delivered to the home over the public Internet.
The TAG platform has an elaborated JSON API which can be used by custom user panels configured to control the system functionalities.
Yes! The TAG open, flexible and rich APIs allow integrations with virtually any system
Absolutely- You can view all monitored streams in the same layout.
