XVUE iOrasis studio V3 Exploits the Power of the Matrox DSX Developer Platforms
IBC 2006 - Amsterdam, September 7, 2006 - Matrox®Video Products Group today announced the immediate availability of the XVUE iOrasis studio high-level programming interface for the Matrox DSX™ family of HD and SD video and audio components. XVUE iOrasis studio builds on the capabilities of the Matrox DSX Software Development Kit, providing a pure .NET framework for rapid application development. It simplifies the work of custom solution providers and developers in creating complex broadcast effects, letting them concentrate on project-specific logic or data sources needed to go on-air. iOrasis studio can be used to build customized news or entertainment channels, SMS voting channels, interactive shows, and other live production environments with multi-layer graphics, video effects, and multiple playlists in a single Matrox DSX-based system. The Matrox DSX platforms will be demonstrated at IBC 2006 on the Matrox stand 7.128. XVUE iOrasis studio will be demonstrated on the XVUE stand 6.233."Matrox has developed a truly powerful platform for creating "TV Channel-in-a-Box" solutions with unique 2D and 3D effects. DSX delivers the features, performance, and reliability our customers expect," said Angelos Angelopoulos, XVUE managing director. "We're pleased to see the DSX family expand and to help fully cover all possible customer requirements. The Matrox DSX platform is full of capabilities and iOrasis studio V3 is the perfect toolbox to explore it."
About Matrox DSX
Matrox DSX is a family of HD and SD video and audio components designed to allow OEMs and developers to create a wide variety of cost-effective products and applications including NLE systems, capture/playout servers, character generators, clip and still stores, graphics/production servers, automation and master control units, multi-layer compositors, and CATV barker channels. Matrox DSX combines codec and effects technologies and a full range of professional hardware components with a comprehensive Windows XP-based SDK.
Key features of XVUE iOrasis studio V3
All the building blocks commonly needed in a broadcast environment are included in the iOrasis engine:
| • | Fully antialised unicode texts, images, rolls, crawls, and user created effects |
| • | 2D and 3D DVEs |
| • | Animations |
| • | Playlists with mixing of different video formats |
| • | Matte support to video clips |
| • | 2D and 3D keyframeable graphics and video effects |
| • | Keyframeable audio mixing of all sources - live or file-based |
| • | Live video and audio |
| • | Key and fill output |
Key features of the Matrox DSX platforms
| • | Modular 10-bit architecture gives developers the flexibility to meet technical and price targets |
| • | Full range of HD and SD audio and video I/Os |
| • | Simultaneous input and output of different video standards in HD and SD |
| • | Multi-format SD codec support in software - DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50, D10 (in an MXF file wrapper), MPEG-2, 8 and 10-bit uncompressed |
| • | Multi-format HD codec support in software - HDV, DVCPRO HD, MPEG-2 at online and offline bit rates, 8- and 10-bit uncompressed |
| • | MPEG-2 4:2:2:4 YUVA I-frame codec in HD and SD |
| • | Exploits CPU power to perform software effects on multiple streams in real time |
| • | On-board 8- and 10-bit compositor/keyer |
| • | On-board 8- and 10-bit scaler for YUV 4:2:2 and YUVA 4:2:2:4 |
| • | Professional realtime effects including sub-pixel 2D DVE, color correction, chroma/luma keying, graphics overlay, smooth speed changes |
| • | GPU co-processor for realtime 3D effects |
| • | Key input and output support |
| • | Multiple board support in a single chassis |
| • | SDK based on the mature DigiSuite platform which has been used on-air by broadcasters worldwide for more than 8 years |
| • | Application development support by a team of dedicated, experienced engineers |
About XVUE
XVUE is a privately-owned company established in early 2004, providing turnkey systems and software solutions for the integration of advanced graphics with interactive video servers for the professional broadcast and digital video industry. The combination of live input, playlist capabilities, graphics, 2D/3D effects, and audio mixing in a single iOrasis system helps create attention-grabbing channel branding systems, SMS voting channels, and interactive TV shows efficiently and cost effectively.
The iOrasis Infopoint announcement and information system is being used to drive numerous flat panel displays in the Athens Central Bus Station and other public hot-spots in Greece, providing rich media and realtime data with advanced graphics. For more information visit www.xvue.com or www.xvue.tv.
About Matrox
Matrox Video Products Group is a technology and market leader in the field of HD and SD digital video hardware and software for realtime editing, DVD authoring, capture/playout servers, clip/still stores, and CGs. Matrox's Emmy award-winning technology powers a full range of content creation and delivery platforms used by broadcasters, post-production facilities, project studios, corporate communicators, and videographers worldwide. Founded in 1976, Matrox is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada. For more information visit www.matrox.com/video.
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