Monty Veracoius, Vice President of Software for Cobalt Digital, provides an overview of the company’s hardware for live production workflows, from camera to transmission. The core of the demonstration is the Blue Core series of video processors, which offer capabilities for up-conversion, down-conversion, frame rate conversion, and frame synchronization. These units support both ST 2110 and SDI, along with audio embedding and de-embedding for MADI. The processors also handle color correction and HDR to SDR conversion, targeting applications in media trucks and television studios.
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The Blue Core processors are equipped with a wide range of I/O options to ensure flexibility in various production environments. Connectivity includes multiple inputs and outputs for SDI, an ASI input for video, and video SFP cages for both SDI and ST 2110-7. Additionally, the units feature HDMI inputs and outputs for processing video from a variety of sources. This comprehensive I/O makes the processors suitable for complex signal conversion and distribution tasks in live broadcast.
Also featured is the ARIA audio monitor, which supports audio monitoring from IPMX, ST 2110, and SDI sources. The company also presents its IP multiviewer, a server-based system that ingests video from SDI, ST 2110, and various compressed formats. The multiviewer offers both portrait and landscape modes, on-screen audio meters, and video monitoring for conditions like frozen video and missing audio. The booth’s infrastructure is managed by a 36×36 router and a selection of control panels for source switching.
Cobalt Digital’s foundation in the openGear standard is also on display, showcasing a variety of modular cards that fit into multi-vendor frames. These cards provide functions ranging from video distribution and conversion to encoding and decoding. This modular approach offers a scalable solution for building custom signal processing chains, mirroring many of the functionalities found in the standalone Blue Core systems and reinforcing the company’s focus on the entire live production signal path.
