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Remote production for realizing tomorrow's visions already today.
With the performance and maturity of today’s IP network technology, video-, audio- and control-over-IP are becoming the
solution of choice for many applications. In remote live production, which is increasingly regarded as one of the next
major steps in the evolution of broadcast production, IP is becoming a fundamental requirement. Getting reliable, low
latency and high-quality video from venues back to studios at reasonable cost is an absolute necessity for this.
The Lawo V__remote 4 is the ideal tool for achieving this vision of IP-based remote broadcast production today. The device
combines a bi-directional, four-channel Video-over-IP interface, four local SDI inputs and outputs, along with all the processing tools usually needed when contributing video and audio via WAN or LAN to a broadcast production.
At a glance
- Multiple Video-over-IP Encoding and Decoding: 4x Raw; in parallel 4/2x JPEG2000** (multicast/unicast); for monitoring applications in parallel 4x MJPEG (multicast / encoding only); in parallel 2x H.264 (unicast / encoding only)
- Integrated switch fabric, switching capacity 40 Gbps, 2x 10 Gbit Ethernet and 4x 1 Gbit Ethernet (2x incl. PoE)
Frame synchronization for each channel - Frame Phasing, Line Phasing
- Variable audio and video delays for each channel
- Embedding and de-embedding incl. SRC for each channel
- RGB Color Correction & Proc Amp for each channel*
- Two Surround-to-stereo Downmixers per Embedder
- Dolby® E Auto Aligner*
- Quadsplit Multiviewer*
- Waveform and Vectorscope display*
- Timecode Insertion, Test Pattern Generator and Video ID Generator for each channel
- Timecode Generator
- Sync Generator
- AV Sync Measurement*
*optional feature
Video-over-IP Contribution via WAN
The Lawo V__remote 4 provides four 3G / HD/ SD SDI inputs and four 3G / HD / SD SDI outputs for interfacing to external video equipment. The device is designed to convert these signals into IP streams and vice versa. These streams can be transported via standard Layer 3 IP LANs or WANs. V__remote 4 provides parallel encoding in multiple streaming formats, making the same signal available to different applications – e.g. RAW for local production, JPEG2000 for remote sites, MJPEG for monitoring, and H.264 for internet distribution. The IP-based approach allows easy signal routing via the VisCon Navigator configuration software or via external master control systems, e.g. VSM. No rewiring is needed as long as all devices are connected to the network. Since the device is based on a real network technology with multi-cast capability, it allows easy transmission of signals to multiple outputs within the network.
The V__remote4’s coding engines are designed to meet the highest demands in video quality and signal transport reliability.
The unit’s extremely robust J2K codec and its SMPTE2022-7 compatible port redundancy ensure signal availability and quality. Lawo’s EPS technology for enhanced protection switching goes even further and enables system designs with true hardware and network redundancy. Format and quality of the IP video streams can be configured individually to meet the optimal ratio between picture quality, latency and bandwidth. The 6 Ethernet ports are connected to an internal switch allowing to “tunnel” through the 10GBit any IP traffic such as camera control, RAVENNA streams or even office and internet IP traffic.