VT[5] Specification

Live Production

Advanced NewTek LiveSet™ effects engine
Completely integrated live virtual set system
LiveMatte™ provides sophisticated keyer previews
Optional LiveControl™ LC-11 switcher surface
Optional TimeWarp replay and slo-mo controller
Optional 8-input SX-SDI switching hardware
Optional LiveText™ remote titling and graphics software
Optional DataLink™ real-time linking and display of external scores or files
Live streaming in Flash, Windows Media or VC-1 formats
On-screen Video Monitor supports any resolution / aspect
Monitor offers action safe / title safe overlays
Still Frame option on capture panel
iVGA Recorder captures remote client displays as video
DDRs support different clip aspect ratios
DDRs support file formats listed below, including Apple® QuickTime™
VGA output to projector includes real-time image enhancement
VGA supports remote applications, such as LiveText
Record show in I-frame MPEG-2 with optional MP3 audio
Clock now on main interface
Create and export title templates for VT[5] or TriCaster™
Title templates can be placed on Effects bus
Render scrolls/crawls to any SpeedEDIT™ formats (HDV, etc)

Post Production

Integrates SpeedEDIT™, World’s Fastest Video Editor
Improved file format support
TriCaster™ Update 2.0 project support
HDR and floating-point image support
Supports all audio channels from 4-channel DV files
Audio plug-in support for VST audio filters
VST audio plug-ins included from Voxengo
CG Post animatable Character Generator
Real-time Print to Tape for DV with dropped frame alerts
Control Tree spline nodes support ease-in, ease-out
Easily change the fielding order of clips
Improved color correction
3-band color correction
4-channel selective color correction
Tool Shed Project Backup wizard Time-code burn-in tool for playback overlay
Advanced new cross-fades
Dip to color, with selectable colors
Additive cross-fades
Additional filters, including Black & white; Sepia

Miscellaneous

Audio/Video drivers support Windows Media Encoder and Flash encoder
AVI wrapper has been re-written to support more project features
SpeedHQ™ codec supports
4:2:2 video with and without alpha channel
4:4:4 video support with and without alpha channel
Complete multi-core and multi-CPU decoding
Customizable UI colors in Preferences
Significantly improved readability across all modules
Windows Vista™ UAC support
Standard (non-admin) windows accounts now supported

Refinements

Reliability

Drivers no longer take any system resources when VT is not actually running.
Re-written installer is more reliable, and does not need any path settings.
Native support for MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, QuickTime™, DV, MJPEG decoding and encoding, reducing reliance on external codecs.

Performance

Multi-threaded, taking advantage of multi-core and multi-CPU machines.
Reduced memory usage for many core operations.
Aggressively optimized for SSE2 instructions.
Improved desktop visuals.
File assets always exist for resolution, frame-rate, audio sample rate, etc...
All modules fully support aspect ratio.

Live Switching:

LiveSet™ Effects Engine
Live Virtual Sets - multiple angles and multiple focal lengths per set
Upstream effects row
8 Component inputs
8 Y/C inputs
Up to 24 Composite inputs
8 Serial Digital inputs (with SX-SDI)
DV input Support
Real-time FireWire input or output
Automated Audio Mixer
4 Component outputs
4 Y/C outputs
5 SDI outputs (with SX-SDI)
Preview output
4 Composite outputs
3 RS-422 machine control ports
Real-time, advanced chroma keyer
LiveMatte™ keyer previews of color, edge and spill
Cue mode in Digital Disk Recorder
200+ digital transitions Dual GPI In / Out
8 Internal Tally light controls
Background generator
Internal Genlock

Audio Mixer:

• Mix 8 stereo live and 8 4-channel online audio sources
• 4-track audio: 4 discrete channels of audio in and out
• Supports SDI embedded audio (with SX-SDI)
• Talk-over, reduces mix levels for mic inputs to talk over
• 4 adjustable XLR balanced mic / line inputs with Phantom power
• 6 stereo unbalanced audio ins from live sources
• 8 stereo inputs from computer sources
• DV and SDI audio inputs
• Floating point audio with distortion-free audio levels
• EQ, balance, mute and mono for all 16 audio inputs
• Aux Mix: stereo aux send and aux returns for external sweetening
• Automated mixing: transition between audio presets
• Calibrated audio meters
• Audio-follows-video option
• Manage your output mix with Input Pass Thru
• PA Mix Out: for live PA or control room feed
• Balance on all inputs and outputs

Digital Disk Recorder

Multi-format, multi-standard on-screen tape deck
Compressed or uncompressed playback
Detects clip aspect ratios for playback
Play back a single clip or list of clips
Cue clips to roll when triggered by Switcher
Real-time transitions between clips
Count up or count down project time or clip time
Operate multiple DDRs simultaneously
EDL import/export (Grass Valley, CMX, Sony, Excel)

Proc Amp:

Brightness
Contrast
Hue
Saturation
U Offset, V Offset
U Gain, V Gain
Track Preview function
More than 70 adjustable parameters
Calibrate computer sources as well as analog sources
Auto Calibration for 75 IRE bars, 100 IRE bars, video pass-through
(requires SX-84)

Video Scope:

Full-frame data
60 fields-per-second
Monitor Program or Preview
Waveform of Y/C, Y, C, YUV or RGB
Vectorscope at either 75% or 100% Chroma

Video Monitor:

Fully fielded on-screen playback
YUV video display
Monitor Program, Preview, Key / Aux or DSK buses
Display supports for 4:3 and 16:9 aspect
Display of Action Safe / Title Safe boundaries
Underscan mode
Zebra stripes for 75 IRE and illegal video
Proc-Amp for matching computer display to reference video monitors

CG Designer:

WYSIWYG text and graphics editing
Save projects or pages
Display Program output within CG interface
Use any installed TrueType™ font
Create Title Templates
Export Title Templates
Assign a Title Template to any source in Upstream effects row
Save pages as 32-bit images or animations
Soft shadows
Create graphic objects (boxes, circles, splines)
Instantly save or recall text styles
Powerful drawing tools

Title Templates:

Easy creation of live pages
More than 80 styles
Customize/create new templates in CG Designer
Export any title to upstream effects
iVGA:
Import external computer displays as switcher source
Queue up to 3 iVGA sources
Client provided for Windows and Mac systems
Software-based scan conversion to video resolution
Dedicate iVGA output to connected projector

Digital Video Effects:

More than 200 real-time transitions
Expansions
Wipes
Curls
Trajectories
Fades
Overlays
Rotations
Compressions
Borders
More...

SpeedEDIT:

World’s Fastest Video Editor
SD and HD editing
Real-time HD editing and previewing
Resolution independent
Frame-rate independent
Fully multi-threaded for dual-core and quad-core machines
SpeedHQ™ codec with 4:2:2 colorspace and alpha support
Integrated Timeline and Storyboard editing
Unlimited layering in real-time
3D control of position, size and rotation of layers in real-time
Spline-based movement of all animations
Unlimited undo, saved with project
Real-time 3-wheel color correction
4-band color selection
No rendering of complex projects required
Create subprojects within a project
VST Audio plug-in support
CG Post™ for moving text
Project Backup Wizard
Time-code overlay filter
Real-time Targa sequence playback
Multi-format and multi-standard editing
Real-time playback of compressed and uncompressed clips
Real-time FireWire in and out
More than 200 real-time transitions
Real-time slow motion and reverse
Real-time chroma and luma keying
Real-time high-quality scaling of graphics
Real-time video and audio filters
Real-time audio mixing of unlimited layers
3D audio positioning
12dB of audio headroom prevents digital distortion

Deck Controller:

Control external decks from your VT[5] desktop
Supports multiple RS-422 and DV decks
Interfaces with batch capture deck lists and configurations
Jog and shuttle support
Record allows user to generate time code settings

Aura Video Paint™:

Amazingly fast 16-bit paint engine
Paint over live video
Four-point pixel tracking
Color isolation
3D compositing
Stroke recorder
Wide range of text controls
Instantly use a graphic’s alpha channel
Animate text along a path
Native DV support
AVI and QuickTime audio support
Apply Photoshop® filters to any animation
VT[5] Supported File Formats

 

Video Formats: AVI MPEG-1 MPEG-2(program & transport stream) HDV Apple® QuickTime™ (with alpha support) MPEG-4 (including iPod and PSP) Raw DV DVCPro 50 DVCPRO HD Image sequences Output to Flash

Graphic formats: JPEG PNG Targa Tiff BMP WBMP PCX

Audio Formats: WAV MP3 AU SND AIFF WAX DIF VT[5]™ Benefits

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