Magicsoft Playout is a broadcast application with a client-server architecture. It's suitable for 24/7 playout to be used by movies, music and news channels, allowing to insert commercials and switching between multiple live video. The internal video engine will automatically resize, match the aspect ratio and transcode the media files and the live inputs in order to match the output resolutions (supporting SD / HD / 4K output).

Supported containers:

- mxf / mpg / mov / mp4 / avi / ts / rawDV

Supported codecs:

- H264/ HEVC / XDCAM / ProRes / MPEG

DNXHD / DNXHR / DV / DVCPRO ...

MagicSoft Playout accepts files

with a size between 320 x 240 and 8K (7680 x 4320)

and a frame-rate between 3 and 120 fps

- BlackmagicDesign devices (Decklink & Intensity)

- NDI streams

- UDP / RTP /SRT streams

Up to 4 video inputs and 4 video outputs are supported and the inputs and outputs depend on the capability of the used devices :

- SDI with audio embeded

- SDI with audio AES

- YUV with analog audio

- Composite with analog audio

- HDMI

Output streaming supports resolutions between 360 x 288 and 4k.

Any RTMP / RTMPS servers that work for 24/7 streaming :

YouTube, Twitch, Wowza, Vimeo, Facebook, DaCast etc.

There is also support for UDP, RTP and SRT

( by using H264 with AAC, AC3 or MP2)

MagicSoft Playout client allows you to schedule a certain clip or live input to be started at the pre-established time.

The skipped events or gaps that may appear will be marked as such.

By inserting forcing the starting time for the opener and the closer clip of each show it will be easy to schedule an entire day.

By using the "advanced audio" module, you can :

- set up to 16 audio output channels

- use real-time audio loudness normalization for the clips of the playlist

- apply audio compression for the live inputs

- apply fade in and fade out for each event of the playlist

The sound module allows applying loudness normalization ( EBU, NTSC, YouTube or custom values ) for playout files.

So you can use the media files directly, without manual volume adjustment.

Advantages:

- real-time automatically processing, no compression nor distortion

- best results even for high dynamic range

- achieve a predictable loudness level

- guarantees that a signal does not clip

It allows recording the output of the Playout

Supports H264 and / or HEVC with AC3 or AAC

Adjustable parameters as bitrate, GOP, quality...

The encoding supports CPU or nVidia card

Can record .mp4 .ts .avi .mov and .mkv

Proxy and upscaling profiles are available

Two profiles can be recorded simultaneously

Hourly auto-split function

You can burn the date over the recorded video

The timeline is flexible and intuitive, it allows scrubbing, marking and displaying the segments and it also shows the continuity or overlapping of the segments.

The trimming feature allows you to easily create segments and manage the properties of each segment.