The MGW ACE Decoder provides 4:2:2 10-bit HEVC and H.264 decoding from IP or DVB-ASI as well as genlock support, and is 4K ready with its 12G-SDI and HDMI outputs. MGW ACE Encoder is a compact HEVC (H.265) hardware encoder delivering ultra-low latency HEVC streaming down to 16ms glass-to-glass. The client plugs in the system and is guided through the process by remote staff, who connect remotely to check that the cameras are operating and audio are optimal – a process which Nick describes as akin to a 'guided dry hire' or a 'hybrid' process.
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The system is unobtrusive and portable and can be shipped out to the client in a small number of PELI cases. Minicams' Cloud-rig is a six-camera system, with a built-in encoder and decoder. We've used it in the UK and in the US, and thanks to the low latency we could be precise with the camera operation and create a programme that visually looked the same as if we were all set up in a gallery on location." This was critical as any excessive latency on the video can really confuse the hot head operator when controlling the cameras remotely. Using the HEVC and SRT streaming, it was faultless, and incredible compared to what we had previously it was almost like we were operating next door.
That's where the VITEC ACE encoder came in. The missing piece of the jigsaw was being able to ensure low latency, reliable, high quality pictures being streamed back to us at our control room, where the robotic cameras are being operated from. Fortunately for us we had worked on a remote production system back in 2014, but due to the available technology at the time and slow domestic broadband speeds, we encountered delay with both streaming the video and the camera control. "When the pandemic happened, we needed to find a way of doing that remotely. "As a company, we have seen a lot of interest in small portable fixed rig systems, where we can be in a room and operate and set up somewhere else within the same building," said Nick McLachlan, Managing Director, Minicams. Minicams has two fully developed portable Cloud-rig systems available to ship out and use, which both use the VITEC equipment. Designed to enable a highly portable remote production solution for fixed-rig filming, the system records local high resolution edit ready files, whilst streaming high quality ultra-low latency pictures and audio back to production staff, allowing pan/tilt cameras to be operated remotely from across the globe. The fixed-rig specialists relied on VITEC's MGW ACE Encoders and MGW ACE Decoders to form a backbone for its Cloud-rig system.
Minicams' remote production system has been instrumental for productions over the last year due to the pandemic, supported with a helping hand from some VITEC equipment.
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