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OASYS IP and SDI at CABSAT 2024

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Our Development Team has devoted significant time and effort into developing new features for OASYS IP and SDI at CABSAT 2024 over the past few months to improve performance, save time for operators and expand our automation features.

Improved CPU Usage
CPU demands are greater with high bandwidth IP streaming and we’ve recently improvee CPU efficiency by 50% for better overall performance in systems with multiple CPU servers.

Loudness normalization
Loudness normalization has become a big regulatory concern in many markets. OASYS can now apply loudness normalisation on-the-fly, for both live contribution and file playout (supports EBU R128 and ATSC A/85 including Dolby Dial norm). This saves the cost of a dedicated separate loudness normalization unit.

Kill dates for assets
The new kill date facility in the OASYS media library allows uers to ensure that programs are not transmitted after their licensed window and that commercials do not air after the campaign expires.

Improved Graphics functions
To improve channel branding, new graphics functions include masking, scaling and stretch effects have been added to make it easier for the user. In addition all graphics changes can now be previewed live.

Improved support for soft segmentation (EDL)
Re-working assets to insert varied black markers for different ad patterns is frustrating and time-consuming. OASYS playout now allows users to use a simple cue sheet as an EDL against longform assets. The same asset can be played out on different channels or schedule slots with different ad-break patterns without the effort of re-working the asset. Modifications in OASYS to support this workflow also include changes to apply the cue sheet changes to the asset prior to the file integrity check and QC functions. Email notification has also been added for QC failures.

New Dolby D and Dolby E support
OASYS now supports pass-through and encode of Dolby D into IP outputs and decode and pass-through of Dolby E for SDI and IP outputs.

Audio Upmix
To improve the viewer’s listening experience further, OASYS can now also generate a 5:1 surround sound mix from a regular stereo soundtrack.

Improved SCTE-35 Triggers
OASYS can now embed multiple metadata items in each SCTE-35 packet – allowing separate targeting of downstream events (e.g. for different regions).

Automatic Aspect Ratio Control
OASYS playout can now dynamically set the aspect ratio based on AFD information in the ancillary data of an asset or sidecar XML, saving users the time needed to do this manually and avoiding the risk of getting it wrong.

View all incoming audio tracks in single UI in Maker
The user can now see all incoming audio tracks on a single page and no longer needs to navigate to multiple pages. Saves time and makes the operator more productive.

Multi-Channel Web Client
Live prepared preview is now available in Multi-Channel Web Client. Before, this was only available via the desktop application.

 

 

 

New ASR Solutions at IBC2023

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BroadStream will showcase new ASR solutions at IBC2023 in Hall 2, Stand B11. ASR refers to Automated Speech Recognition and uses AI elements to convert speech to text. Our speech engine is provides accuracy in the high 90’s depending on the language and can be used to replace or supplement human captioners. These solutions encompass new automation, hybrid and traditional human driven applications. You will find a brief recap below. If you are planning to attend IBC2023 please use this link to book an appointment with our team for a live demonstation in Hall 2, Stand B11. If IBC is not on your schedule we can provide on-line demos using this link.

SubCaptioner is our new on-line, automated solution for captions, transcriptions and translation of file-based content. Available in over 40 languages this online portal allows the user to upload MP3 audio and MP4 video files, and receive SRT, WebVTT and transcriptions witin minutes for just 25 cents per minute for all three files. The system can also translate converted files into any of 40 plus languages for an additional 25 cents per minute taking a task that when provided by humans can cost hundreds of dollars and take several days and delivering highly accurate files for just pennies in minutes. New users can open a free account and receive 40 minutes free (20 minutes if using translation).

For enterprise users, WincapsASR is available as on-premise or private cloud as a bybrid solution to handle hundreds of hours of content with human editing as a bonus. Files are uploaded and converted by our speechengine. Once converted your staff uses Wincaps to QC the file and make any edits necessary to improve the already highly accurate conversion. WincapsASR is especially beneficial for clients needing higher security for their content or prefer to avoid moving their content outside of their domain.

Need live captioning or subtitling? VoCaption is our solution for low-cost, highly accurate live captioning. Using the most accurate speech engine available, BroadStream has added the necessary features to make it easy to turn on live captioning with just a mouse click or automation command from OASYS Integrated Playout.

For broadcasters needing live captioning with human intervention Q-LiveASR is our enterprise solution that combines live, automated captioning with human editors to deliver an application that provides users with the ability to correct or edit live captions before they are published thus providing the ability to improve accuracy on-the-fly.

If you are a Polistream customer and interested in adding live, automated captioning to your channels, VoCaption can be integrated with many of the existing versions of Polistream. Please contact our Sales Team for details. If you use another caption inserter and would like to know if VoCaption can work for you our Sales Team or Support Team can help you our.