Add a digital automation workflow to your IP broadcast playlist with the YouPlay Broadcast Smart Video Player from Axel Technology. The software provides playback capabilities for just about any video and audio file format for a live IP broadcast. It features an easy-to-use, intuitive interface and supports up to 4K video and multi-track audio, and it can automatically upscale or downscale video.

The broadcast version supports numerous features such as VITC/LTC timecode, CG templates, logo overlay, tickers, rolls, crawls, and slow-motion. It can also be controlled using optional Blackmagic Design ATEM / HyperDeck or NewTek TriCaster emulation, as well as a VDCP mixer and GPI / RS-422 control.

Key Features

• Virtually any video and file format compatibility (SD/HD/2K/4K): up to 16 audio channels (Dynamic selection of enabled audio channels)
• Automatic up/down scaling and aspect ratio adjustment (16/9, 4/3, etc.)
• Timecode RP188-VITC-LTC
• Crop, field swap, aspect correction mode (Letterbox, no Letterbox, stretch)
• Free CGComposer app for CG template creation
• Timed CG on playlist with dynamic text metadata.
• Frame accurate single clip loops
• Slow-motion up to -2x/+2x
• Remote control with Blackmagic ATEM, NewTek TriCaster, Blackmagic Hyperdeck emulation, VDCP mixer, RS-422 controller
• MOS integrations for NEWSROOM with multiple channel gateway

Playout Mode Features

Specifications

• Supported Video Cards: Blackmagic DeckLink and Intensity, AJA Corvid, Bluefish
• Resolutions: SD, HD, 2K, 4K
• Up to 16 audio channels
• KEY and FILL output (if supported by video card)
• Timecode rp188 and LTC
• MOS, RS-422, Blackmagic ATEM, NewTek TriCaster, Blackmagic Hyperdeck emulation

GUI

• Channel alias, icon, and color
• Preview framerate adjust for RDP optimization
• Customizable shortcuts for CUE, PLAY, FIRST FRAME
• CC on preview
• Drag-and-drop of multiple files
• Drag-and-drop between channels
• Single clip position duration and position display
• Total playlist duration and remain display
• First frame positioning
• OSD vu meters and waveform
• Customizable number of vu meters
• Real-time video preview
• Customizable skins
• Customizable drag-and-drop file sorting
• Simple player or graphical/grid playlist GUI
• Independent and sizable GUI for each channel
• 4-channel GUI scaled for 1920 x 1080 screen

Extended Features

• Virtually any video and file format compatibility
• DV, HDV, DVCPRO, MJPEG, MPEG-2, TS, MPG, VOB, H.264, H.265, AV1, MP4, QuickTime, PRORES, DNxHD, AVI, WMV, ASF, MXF, XDCAM, IMX, GXF, LXF, FLV, MKV, WebM, HuffYUV, VP8, VC3, JPEG2000, DPX, in any resolution or framerate with automatic adaption
• NVidia GPU decoding for H.264 and H.265
• Automatic upscale, downscale, framerate adaptation, and aspect ratio correction
• CG overlay
• Log files
• As-run log files
• MarkIn and MarkOut management
• Frame accurate loops
• Slow motion also with RS-422 and VDCP controllers
• REC while PLAY (for specific formats) with endless MarkOut
• Real-time vertical and horizontal crop
• Real-time field swap: top bottom progressive
• Real-time aspect ratio correction mode: letterbox, no letterbox, stretch
• Real-time mirror and rotate
• Automatic load of last playlist at start-up
• Advanced CG with clocks, tickers, rolls, crawls, bitmap animations, any video file format
• All CG graphics as secondary events
• GPI in/out with MOXA and JLCOOPER for play and stop commands
• Ableton Launchpad hotkeys Free CG composing app for template creation
• Watchfolder with GUI notification and 1 button load
• Default behaviour for duration, stop mode, aspect ratio, fields swap, and stretch mode
• Automatic use of external audio files with same filename
• Multiple channel control from main channel for play, stop, pause, rec, and stop rec
• Remote control of Blackmagic ATEM, NewTek TriCaster
• MOS protocol for multiple channel gateway
• Protocols supported : SONY RS-422, VCDP RS-422, VDCP TCP/IP, BMD HYPERDECK
• Integration for third-party RS-232 and RS-422 routing switchers
• RESTAPI commands
• SNMP MIB, TRAPS and Alerts
• XMAM integration with drag and drop from web browser
• Audio preview on windows audio
• Audio master volume and single clip volume
• Start timecode can be modified for each clip
• Simple scheduling tool for automatic playout