Playout SDK


Professional playout to DeckLink and other boards, print to tape, text & graphics overlay.

Overview


Don't spend too much time reading! Act:MediaLooks Playout SDK is designed for multimedia developers to create professional tv playout software precisely tuned to their requirements. The key features are seamless switching between files, support for various file types and video parameters, the ability to overlay text, graphics and Flash animation over the video.

The played out media can be output to a device (such as Blackmagic Design, Bluefish 444 or AJA), to a DV camera or streamed to Windows Media Services. This can be done either selectively or simultaneously.

A ready-to-use playout automation solution is provided for several development environments. These applications can either be modified and re-distributed or deployed as is at your broadcasting facilities.

Key Features

Playout Application screenshot.
Playout Application screenshot.
  • Gapless multi-format multi-compression playout engine.
  • DeckLink and BlueFish444 support.
  • Streaming support.
  • Text, graphics and image overlays (including crawls).
  • Flash animation & video overlays (optional).

Who Is This Product For?

  • Developers: create professional applications, brand them with your name and logo, distribute to customers.
  • Broadcast engineers: make minor customizations and deploy in your environment.

Use Cases

  • Professional playout automation software.
  • Convert .AVI, .MOV and Flash files for delivery with Silverlight.
No DirectShow expertise required. Supported development environments: .NET (C#, Visual Basic), VB6, Delphi, Visual C++, C++Builder. For more information about the framework, please see: Multimedia Component Framework Overview.

Features & Comparison Chart


Playout FeaturesDeckLink SDKPlayout SDKCapture SDKMultimedia SDK
Powerful gapless multi-format, multi-compression playout engine
Playout to DeckLink boards
Playout to Bluefish444 and AJA boards
External/internal keying on DeckLink boards
External/internal keying on BlueFish444 boards
Simultaneous playout to more than one device
Stream to Windows Media Services/Silverlight
Stream via Flash Media Encoder, ON2 Flix, Real Producer and other applications
Define playout ranges (cue in/cue out) for each media file on playlist
Edit playlist during playback
Live sources as playlist items
Background video file, feed or image
Preview independent from capture, playout and streaming
Adjust gain, brightness, contrast, black level, whilte level, YUV components separately for each file on playlist
Adjust audio level
Output or file capture in different formats (via built-in video scaling and audio resampling)
CG Basic: multi-language text, graphics and image overlays
CG Pro: advanced support for news tickers (crawls and rolls)OptionalOptionalOptionalOptional
CG Flash: overlay vector-based Flash animation with transparencyOptionalOptionalOptionalOptional
Built-in audio/video synchronization
Interlaced video support
Play and convert files to multiple formats (transcoding feature)
Time-shifted playout
Ingest/Capture FeaturesDeckLink SDKPlayout SDKCapture SDKMultimedia SDK
Capture/ingest from DeckLink boards
Capture/ingest from Bluefish444 and AJA boards
Capture/ingest from DV/HDV sources, web cameras, TV tuners, etc.
External device control via RS-422 interface
Seamless switching between receivers (without black flash or delay)
Automatically split files by size or duration (without frame loss)
Capture to overlapping files
Event-based capturing (time-shifted capturing)
Playout FormatsDeckLink SDKPlayout SDKCapture SDKMultimedia SDK
RTSP, MMS & HTTP Windows Media streams (WMV/ASF media)
Windows Media (.WMV files)
QuickTime media (.MOV and .MP4 files)OptionalOptionalOptional
Flash animation (.SWF), Flash Video (.FLV) and RTMP streamsOptionalOptionalOptional
MXFOptionalOptionalOptional
DV and DVCPRO HDOptionalOptionalOptional
MPEG-2OptionalOptionalOptional
MPEG-4OptionalOptionalOptional
M-JPEGOptionalOptionalOptional
H.264/AVCOptionalOptionalOptional
MP3, AC-3 and AAC audioOptionalOptionalOptional
Capture FormatsDeckLink SDKPlayout SDKCapture SDKMultimedia SDK
Windows Media
.AVI files
DV and DVCPRO HDOptionalOptionalOptional
MPEG-2OptionalOptionalOptional
M-JPEGOptionalOptionalOptional

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