TICO Alliance - News #4K

Grass Valley LDX 100 and LDX 150 1X/3X UHD NativeIP Camera

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 15:00:37 +0200

•Optional JPEG XS for bandwidth savings

•Three newly designed Xenios™ imagers for increased sensitivity

•Global shutter ensures no image is ever skewed during fast movement

intoPIX - JPEG XS Plugin for Adobe Premiere®

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 13:36:00 +0200

Supercharge your Adobe workflow with the intoPIX plugin:

import, edit, playback and export JPEG XS MXF files along with up to 32 uncompressed audio channels.

This plugin enables super-fast encoding and decoding in CPU or GPU, with ultra low latency video editing in HD, 4K and 8K. Among many other export options, it offers the possibility to select the desired video compression rate, the JPEG XS encoding profile, the pixel format (RGB 4:4:4, UYVY 4:2:2 or V210 4:2:2) as well as the audio channels sample depth and layout (mono, stereo, 5.1, etc.) and offers all the benefits of the JPEG XS scalability .

Media Links - MD8000

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 09:26:07 +0200

Media Over IP Transport Solutions – MD8000

The MD8000 series of Media over IP Transport solutions is Media Links’ flagship solution for transporting 4K, 3G/HD/SD-SDI, and DVB-ASI over IP networks. The MD8000 solution offers broadcasters, telecoms, and network providers a cost-effective alternative to traditional video transport services. The MD8000 family addresses the need for broadcasters and carriers to connect directly to native IP networks for long-haul, multiple-wavelength transport links, which results in significant cost savings. It offers JPEG XS encoding & decoding.

Village Island - VICO-4L/8L-XS

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 14:41:15 +0200

VICO-4L/8L-XS

VICO-4L/8L-XS are empowered with the visual lossless JPEG-XS codec and enables conversion of 4K/8K video signals into one ST2110-22 JPEG-XS stream. The conversion is achieved with ultra-low delay.

The chassis can host up two 4K channels within a single 1RU and is equipped with hot swappable redundant power supplies. Encoding and decoding modes can be configured individually per channel.

B&M Modern Media - VFN28-XS Series

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 14:05:35 +0200

VFN28-XS Series

VFN28-XS series provides the very high and visual lossless quality 8K or 4K UHD SDI over ST2110 IP encoder, decoder and transmission in 10G IP networks, enables 8K or 4K UHD SDI to or from 10G IP in JPEG-XS or TICO visual lossless format streams for very long distance transmission system.

VFN28-XS series provides the users very reliable and efficient bridge IP transmission solutions between 8K or 4K UHD SDI and ST2110 IP streams.

Macnica Americas - ME10/MPA1000 Launch Kit

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 11:20:27 +0200

ME10/MPA1000 Launch Kit

Everything you need to begin developing 4K AV-Over-IP products with IPMX interoperability, all preconfigured so you can begin using it right away. Use the Launch Kit to evaluate how standards-based video will work with your current products, to develop new products, and as a reference to the connections and configurations you will need as you go into production.

SMGs media network upgrade with 100 GbE, ST 2110 and JPEG-XS

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 11:50:25 +0200

Source : Net Insight

“SMG selected Net Insight’s solution after careful consideration. As a professional manufacturer of media transmission equipment, Net Insight has a highly regarded reputation in China and we hope to expand our cooperation with Net Insight for Cloud-based transmission applications.” – Rocky Yang, Deputy Director of Engineering at the SMG Technology Center

The Challenge

Moving from Optical to 100 GbE all IP

Located in Shanghai, the economic center of China, Shanghai Media Group (SMG) is a market leading media and entertainment organization. Critical to continuous operations and expansion is the in-house capability to provide mission critical network services.

Following the commercial and technical maturation of “all IP” media networking using industry standard IP switches, SMG made several conclusions. First, video and audio equipment and application vendors have now broadly standardized on IP, bringing with it a competitive solution landscape. Second, the availability of cost-effective IP switches have removed a key barrier to deploying a high capacity IP network. Third, the availability of SDN service operations systems and compliant equipment could stitch together all the atomic elements in any new all-IP media network. Despite these key breakthroughs SMG’s evaluation concluded that there remained one key obstacle. How would it be possible to avoid the expensive operational complexity barrier and complete the migration of mission critical services into a reference standard IP media network?

With pressure to support the media organizations growing multi-disciplinary needs, SMG was searching for a media network solution that could provide lossless processing, protection and transport of all media services at ten times the capacity of existing solution. There could neither be any limitation in adopting future IP media standards nor access to cloud services and technology. Critical to achieving all of this would be a cost-effective solution to securely manage, automate, and assure all media services.

The solutions

The Future Ready Solution

SMG is the owner and operator of extensive optical infrastructure in Shanghai and needed to fully leverage this asset to expand its managed services offering to leading domestic and international service providers. Upgrading the legacy optical transceiver network to Net Insight’s virtualized IP media network dramatically increased the reliability and utilization of SMG’s fiber resources. To support SMG’s market leadership and future growth in distributed media services, the complete Net Insight ecosystem was called into play. This state-of-the-art Nimbra-based solution unifies dedicated IP networks, internet and cloud while seamlessly scaling from low bandwidth transport streams and data services up to uncompressed UHD-4K and 100 GbE workflows.

SMG Hyperscale Media Network

As SMG’s business grows and new market opportunities emerge, the Nimbra media network is ready to adapt and scale. The new media network offers forwards-compatibility and support for new formats, such as UHD-4K and UHD-8K as well as a seamless transition from SDI to IP, ST2110, PTP and NMOS control. Strong support for existing and future video encoding standards are also assured, namely AVC, HEVC, JPEG 2000 and JPEG-XS. In particular, ultra-low latency JPEG-XS offers a zero-compromise approach to latency and quality compared to working with uncompressed video. Lastly, as Net Insight offers its own Cloud-based routing technology, SMG stand ready to leverage hyperscale compute and media processing for the next generation of cloud-based production.

The results

Building Trust in Shanghai, China.

After three months of extensive evaluation with a focus on security, quality-of-service, reliability, simple operations and ease-of-use, SMG selected Net Insight. The new 100 GbE IP media network is a landmark evolution with the full support and confidence of the SMG Technology Center leadership. Looking toward the future SMG plans to expand the new network to include Cloud-based production and workflow connectivity, thereby fully utilizing the integrated “distributed SDN” capabilities.

Rocky Yang, Deputy Director of Engineering at the SMG Technology Center

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NEW【VICO-4L-XS】4K SDI to ST-2110 IP converter with JPEG XS codec

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 11:22:17 +0200

Source : Village Island

VILLAGE island has an exciting new addition to the flagship VICO converter series: the JPEG XS enabled VICO-4L-XS. This new converter allows 4K XS encoding/decoding at various compression rates (from 8:1 to 60:1), enabling a 12G-SDI 4K conversion to IP, and streaming in compliance to the SMPTE ST-2110 standards.

Thanks to this upgrade, customers can now transport 4K/UHD (4:2:2 10bit 3840×2160 59.94p/50p) broadcast video over a standard GigE link according to the ST-2110 standards while keeping the “visually loss-less” quality and the “near-to-zero” conversion delay performance well known for intoPIX wavelet codecs. By “visually loss-less” quality, it is meant that human eye cannot perceive visual deterioration in standard viewing professional environments. By “near-to-zero” overall delay, it is meant sub frame delay, which is down to several tens of video lines.

“By combining the ST2110 standard and the JPEG XS standard, VICO-4L-XS enables the construction of new high-speed, high-quality remote broadcast workflows, accelerating the transition from SDI to IP in our customer studios and OB vans.”, says Michael Van Dorpe, CEO of Village Island.

Key features

flexible compression rate (8:1 to 60:1)
4K/UHD video I/O as 12G-SDI or 4x 3G-SDI
IP streams according to SMPTE ST-2110
NMOS IS-04/05 support
switchable enc/dec mode for on-field operation
decoder sync through PTP, or physical Genlock
front panel, or WebGUI control
up to two 4K channels within 1RU

About JPEG XS

“XS” stands for “eXtra Small & eXtra Speed” as it enables small foot print on FPGA, and ultra-low delay (fewμsecs) for in/out video data coding. The new JPEG XS is an open standard (ISO/EIC 29170) gaining more and more momentum in the video industry.

JPEG XS, like intoPIX TICO and JPEG 2000, is a wavelet-based codec that targets high-quality video. A remarkable advantage of wavelet-based codec, compared to DCT-based codecs like H.264, HEVC, is the possibility to cascade multiple encoding/decoding chains without video degradation through such process. JPEG XS enables the preservation of the original video quality with near-to-zero latency. It enables to management of more pixels thanks to its advanced compression optimization, and it also enables savings in implementation cost and power consumption, when compared to its predecessor TICO, and to a further extend when compared with JPEG 2000.

Comparing JPEG-XS codec, with Intra-frame and “Distribution” codecs

JPEG XS, in contrast to Intra-frame codecs such as (JPEG, J2K, AVC-I, ProRes), enables low complexity implementation, low latency, but also efficient hybrid (hardware & software) workflows, therefore allowing the combination of on-premises and cloud systems. JPEG XS is aimed at high video quality as opposed to Distribution codecs, like MPEG, H264, HEVC, which are more appropriate for low bit-rate user applications with “fair” quality.

Two approaches for video quality in compression system

“We can distinguish two mentalities (or customer expectations) when deciding to use wavelet-based codecs such as JPEG XS, TICO, J2K versus DCT-based codecs such as HEVC, H.264.”, says Edgar Carlos, Senior Product Engineer. “DCT-based codecs are designed to reach the lowest bitrate with acceptable video quality, and they surely offer a remarkably good performance in such cases, however we qualify such video quality as ‘Visually Lossy’, with PSNR values typically measured below 40dB.”

Wavelet-based codecs come with a different spirit in mind. Their aim is to not compromise the original quality of the content. There is surely quality degradation when lowering the compression rate here as well, but the degradation is graceful (as compared to the block of pixel constraints with DCT-based codecs) and most importantly, wavelet-based codecs target “Visually Loss-Less” quality. With that objective in mind, lowering the bitrate is only allowed as far as the pristine original content quality is not affected.

JPEG-XS: Visually Loss-Less quality at 12:1 video compression

Both JPEG XS and its sibling codec TICO, enable visually loss-less (PSNR> 40dB) video quality at reasonable compression rates such as 6:1 for TICO and 12:1 for JPEG-XS. From experience, we see JPEG XS achieving the same visual lossless video quality as TICO at less than half the bitrate. By visually Loss-Less quality, we mean that human eye cannot perceive any difference between the original and the recovered content in normal professional viewing environments. Furthermore, if a viewer were to pause the resulting video after decoding and zooming into it as much as possible (for example: Zoom x40~x60), it would still be nearly impossible for the viewer to detect any difference when compared with the original content.

VICO-4L-XS typical use case

When setting the JPEG XS encoder with compression ratio such as 12:1, it is possible to bring down a 4K live stream bitrate below 1Gbps without suffering in quality and delay. At sport venues, a 4K camera video signal can be sent individually to the 4K OB van on a single cost 1GigE link, or IP-muxed over a 10G link cost-effectively and conforming to the ST-2110 standard. Thanks to the ST-2059 (PTP) support by VICO-4L-XS and other network switches, all feeds can be received, processed, and switched synchronously inside the OB van or at the geographically distant Broadcast Station. The same stream can be sent to distant site for public viewing. VICO-4L-XS can host two channels per 1RU which can be set independently as encoder or decoder, enabling the return monitoring channels for cameraman and OB van operators. Thanks to JPEG XS, OB van operators can reencode the stream after switching edition, without suffering quality degradation.

About Village Island team.

VILLAGE island is based in Tokyo with international activities including distribution, integration, development, and services. With its dedicated team and network of qualified professionals, “VI” offers a full range of hardware and software technologies, highly integrated, flexibles and known as cost-performing solution for all broadcast and streaming needs.

VILLAGE island typical customers are broadcast/telecom operators, TV/Radio stations, system integrators, HE equipment and STB/TV manufactures. VILLAGE island disposes of a wide customer base with more than thousand systems deployed. The reason of this success lies in VI’s engineer mind and spirit of teaming-up with customers, with a focus on delivering practical solutions to concrete needs. For more details, visit our website: www.village-island.com

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Media Links - MDP 3020

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 11:27:30 +0200

Media Links IP media gateway now supports JPEG-XS

JPEG-XS achieves high quality compression ratios of up to 10:1 and beyond. This makes it ideal for the edge of the IP network where bandwidth is typically quite limited and where the transport of uncompressed high quality video is just not feasible. JPEG-XS (ISO/IEC 21122) provides visually lossless quality with sub-millisecond (<1 video frame) delay and is especially designed for latency-critical applications such as live remote event production over wide area networks.

As an integral component of the Media Links’ common LAN/WAN architecture solution portfolio, the MDP3020 provides video, audio and data transport to/from the fringes of the IP network.

ITS America - NetVIDxs (NVD100)

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 14:58:12 +0200

Ethernet to SDI 4K/HD Video Decoder

Decode JPEG XS video stream with AES audio, PTP packets, KLV metadata packets
Reconstitute SDI in 4K/30 (2 chnnls), 4K/60 (1 chnnl @12G) , 720p/1080p/60 (4 chnnls), 720p/1080p 4-lane at 240 fps
Less then 100 mS end-to-end latency
Compliant with the new SMPTE 2110 Standard RTP stream