Integrating Non-Realtime Software Processes into Realtime IP-Based Production

Paola Hobson

An all-IP studio production environment opens up the opportunity to create more powerful production tools for the live workflow. Seamlessly integrating software processes into the live environment provides production directors with access to a wider range of applications. These may include inherently non-realtime processes, such as time reversal; creative features, such as content-related graphics; or complex effects generation, such as content speedup/slowdown. In this paper, we use the example of a synthetic slow motion application to show how an inherently non-realtime process can be integrated into a live IP production environment. This work was carried out within the context of the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) Networked Media Incubator (NMI) project (http://www.amwa.tv/nmi/). The InSync synthetic slow motion software was demonstrated at a workshop organized by NMI leaders of the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), in which we proved interoperability with a reference system and with other vendors’ studio equipment.

Print ISSN
Electronic ISSN
2160-2492
Published
2017-05
Content type
Original Research
Keywords
Software video processing, motion compensation, IP-video, slow motion
DOI
10.5594/JMI.2017.2673198