Broadcast Pix™ has announced Version 8 software for its Slate™ live video production systems. V8 features a powerful and efficient new user interface, plus enhancements to its Fluent™ Multi-View, Clip Store and Macros workflow tools. V8 will also run on upcoming Broadcast Pix 3G systems and so enable a smooth transition to a 1080p future. Broadcast Pix will demonstrate V8 at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev., April 12-15 (Booth N4506). V8 will be a free software upgrade available for public beta in March and release in April.

Control ViewCast Streamers and Telemetrics

A new V8 software option allows users to control ViewCast streaming appliances from a Slate control panel. Up to twelve streams in a variety of streaming formats, can be controlled and monitored from the Slate, including MPEG, Flash, AVI, Real, and WM2. Control can be integrated into Fluent Macros, and the streamer can be remote as control is over a TCP/IP network.

Another new V8 software option enables Slate to control the full line of Telemetrics camera pan/tilt heads and robotic equipment, including pedestals and tracks. Broadcast Pix can control Telemetrics equipment on its own and in combination with Telemetrics Studio Control Software applications.

V8 Workflow Enhancements

Slate's Fluent Multi-View, which goes beyond conventional multi-views by including monitors of files and keys, has an updated look that is easier to read and customize. Any element can now be resized, colors can be changed for window borders and backgrounds, and new alignment tools may it easy to optimize across as many as four monitors. A new scaling feature increases the size of on-screen text when displayed on a large wall monitor. New streamlined menus make setup faster than ever, and operators can lock a layout.

Other Fluent workflow tools have been improved as well. The Fluent Clip Store can now play two HD clips at once, one from each channel. New three-point loops enable animations to enter and then loop. Fluent Macros can now create even better virtual sets by tying cameras to graphic or clip backgrounds and changing them live on air. And Macros can now recall snapshots that include files, even when the file store is remapped on the switcher.

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