流媒体呈现NAB 2016最佳产品

今年没能去拉斯维加斯参加NAB? 或者你做到了, but were overwhelmed by the sheer volume of companies spread over three halls and multiple offsite meeting suites. Or maybe you spent so much time in the North Hall's Virtual Reality Pavilion that you didn't see as much as you would have liked.

Don't worry; the 流媒体 and 百家乐软件app最新版下载 editorial teams scoured the floors and sifted through hundreds of press releases to select the six products and services that capture the best of NAB. This year, we're also including honorable mentions that didn't make the cut but are worthy of attention, nonetheless.

2016年NAB最佳

阿卡迈广播操作控制中心

To better support its over-the-top (OTT) video delivery customers, Akamai has opened its first Broadcast Operations Control Center (BOCC) in its Cambridge, 麻萨诸塞州, headquarters. The center is staffed by a team that averages 12 but can expand up to 50 for major events. The BOCC's team will use tools based on Akamai's Media Analytics offerings to monitor and analyze OTT quality for live, linear, 以及点播视频. 警报将通知团队网络中断, 这样他们就可以快速排除故障并做出纠正. Akamai says it will work with each customer to create the right encoding profiles and player configurations for their needs. 该公司还表示，将在美国建立更多的中银银行.S. 与国际.—Troy Dreier

Aspera FASPStream用于直播

Aspera brings its large file transport skills to live video with Aspera FASPStream, a software line created to stream broadcast-quality video over the public internet. 基于aspa的FASP批量数据协议, FASPStream promises glitch-free transmission and quick start-up times. 该服务可以传送任何实时视频源，包括组播, unicast, 和tcp，并确保其到达没有显著的数据包丢失. For example, it notes that it can deliver a 50 Mbps stream with under 5 seconds of delay, carried with 250 millisecond round-trip latency and 3 percent packet loss. 这足以支持各大洲之间的4K直播.—Troy Dreier

Blackmagic设计熊座迷你工作室相机工作流程

The Ursa Mini is already available with a studio-friendly B4 mount. When paired with the new Ursa Studio Viewfinder and new firmware that allows the ATEM video switcher to control tally, talkback, 相机控制, 色彩平衡, 镜头控制, it gives Blackmagic users a more professional studio camera alternative over the entry-level BMD Studio Camera. The studio workflow is further extended with Blackmagic Design's HyperDeck control integration, which allows the HyperDeck to be used as a source for video playback with or without slow-motion.—Shawn Lam

Datavideo KMU-100 4K视频处理单元

Shipping in summer 2016, this unique appliance accepts Quad SDI (6G or 12G), HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort高达2160p60. The hardware allows a single 4K camera feed to be divided up into four quadrants of any scale around the image. The resulting 1080p crops can then be switched as if there are four independent angles. Adding the optional RMC-180 CCU gives the producer a standard joystick PTZ hardware controller to move and zoom each angle.—保罗Schmutzler

矩阵君主LCS讲座捕获和流媒体设备

This two-input standalone appliance fills the need that many conference and education clients have of mixing, compositing, recording, 流式传输一个或两个视频流. The Monarch LCS can be used with traditional webcast services where you would push and alternate between a single A/B mix, but Picture by Picture or Picture in Picture composites (as well as streaming both inputs, and via a multiple-view video player) puts the viewing experience in the hands of the viewer, 谁能如此轻易地切换视角.—Shawn Lam

微软Azure媒体分析

Microsoft's expanded its Azure Media Services with Azure Media Analytics, a platform of modular tools designed to help companies get useful insights from their videos. The platform's new components include Face Detection that not only detects faces, but also detects their emotions; Motion Detection that's able to filter out false positives such as shadows on a wall; and Video Summarization that consolidates long videos so they can be reviewed quickly. For the summarization feature, users can select the length they want for the final video. One of the platform's components is coming out of limited preview: Hyperlapse is similar to the Video Summarization tool, but is meant for action cam and cell phone footage; it can reduce a video's length and smooth jerky footage. Finally, one feature, Indexer, isn't new, but has new capabilities. 在NAB 2015宣布, Indexer从视频中提取演讲并制作文本文件, 哪些对搜索有用. 它现在支持六种额外的语言(法语, German, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, 和阿拉伯语)，除了之前的英语和西班牙语. 目前在公开预览中, Azure客户可以免费测试这些服务, 但别指望他们会一直这样.—Troy Dreier