Open Playout Automation is television broadcast solution. It is in development in Polish national television broadcaster - TVP (Telewizja Polska) and works as main MCR play-out system in its regional channels. Project uses SVT's CasparCG as clip player. It also intensively uses FFmpeg as media information and transcoding tool. It can be used as a simple (even multi-) channel-in-a-box solution, as well as in much more sophisticated environment (e.g. 2 players and control workstation with additional stuff, as GPI controlled devices).
- multiple channels
- multi-user with rights management based on PC network address
- redundant output for every channel
- GPI as start source, aspect ratio control and external graphics trigger
- partial clip playout (via media trimming or logical sub-clips)
- variety of rundown event types: movie, live, graphics, Flash CG templates
- rundown nesting (aka blocks)
- event nesting (e.g. movie may contain graphics)
- event-based GPI triggering to control: branding, parental control and information crawl
- frame-accurate time calculations
- from watchfolders
- from ftp's
- linear (tape or live) ingest with deck control using CasparCG fork
- from Sony XDCAM decks, supports metadata and subclip ingest
- extensive clip playout-related metadata
- "shallow" archive for temporarily unnecessary media
- preserving clip metadata
They mainly follow CasparCG requirements.
- Windows as base operating system
- .NET 4.5 as application platform
- Blackmagic Design Decklink as inputs and outputs cards
Refer to wiki pages.
Don't hesitate.