转播画面 Ships Studio Software for $1,999

今天, 转播画面 released the software-only version of the Studio software that debuted with the Company's $8,500 HD500 multi-camera production switcher. The Studio software, which will work with any Blackmagic设计捕获硬件，启动1.1 feature set that provides the same core features as the HD500, but also transmits to any RTMP-based streaming server, 包括旧的直播平台, 并预置了YouTube Live, Ustream, Akamai, 和Wowza. The Window-only software costs $1,999 and is available now at 转播画面.com/studiosoftware的演示版本.

在一次采访中, 转播画面 CEO and co-founder Max Haot revealed that the goal of the Studio software is to provide NewTek TriCaster-like functionality to live producers for a fraction of the cost. Tricaster and Studio are modeled after TV control room functionality, 他说, which distinguishes them from other software mixers and encoders.

"Our goal with Studio was to simulate the environment of a production truck, with up to five real-time inputs and outputs with live multi-view previews, 图形, DDR, transitions and a production-quality output. We accomplished that with the Studio HD500, which was used at the red carpet walk at the Grammys to produce a 1080i broadcast stream that was sent via fiber to a studio for further production and encoding. 现在, anyone with Blackmagic hardware can duplicate that functionality, choosing components that match their unique input and output requirements."

Regarding Studio's ability to support a broader range of live platforms, 彦浩特评论, "The production switcher is the core of a production team. While we hope most producers will use the 转播画面 platform, we didn't want to lock them into it. So we provided presets for many common live systems, or you can import XML files from the Adobe Flash Live Media server, or just enter the server-related 信息 and credentials manually."

转播画面 Studio硬件选项

确保稳定运行, Studio has stringent recommended system requirements (a six-core Intel i7 third-generation processor or later) with specific requirements for motherboard chipset, 图形, 内存, 还有硬盘, 所有这些都在直播网站上详细说明了. Also in the FAQs is a guide to building a system around Studio, 是哪个直播制作人做的, buying a system and components from NewEgg and documenting the specs and installation procedures. 生产商s building their own systems can download the free demo version of Studio to test on their own computers; it will run for 20 minutes with a 转播画面 logo overlaid on the video.

The company standardized on Blackmagic设计 components, 彦浩特表示, because the hardware supplier offered a comprehensive range of affordable capture options running off the same software development kit (SDK) that had always proved "rock solid." 转播画面 doesn't plan on certifying additional hardware components until late 2013 or later, 彦浩特补充道.

关于Mac版本的消息则比较乐观. The Studio software was built by the same team that produced the cross-platform ProCaster software, 而Studio已经在mac上运行了. Haot promised that the Mac version would "definitely be released this year," but that Windows was prioritized because producers can build a Windows-based system more affordably.

Haot expects system integrators to start building systems around the Studio software, providing another option for producers who don't want to build their own. For producers who want a system built and supported by 转播画面, the company will announce two hardware systems around the NAB timeframe, one with more advanced features than the HD500 and one lower-end model. A free locked-to-转播画面 version should be released sometime in 2013, 彦浩特表示, but its dramatically-reduced feature set has not yet been determined.