Cloud-native playout company BCNEXXT has updated its Vipe platform to include HDR HLG support, enhanced line recording, regional opt-outs managed from a single interface, and improved CPU/GPU optimisation.
According to the company, the new capabilities are designed to keep improving efficiency and drive down operating costs.
The enhanced line recording enables Vipe to record live content and share it across multiple channels with a record once, use many philosophy. The update includes soft parting, clipping, and immediate playback whilst still recording and the management of the recoded content
The regional opt-out option enables multiple personalised regional variants to be derived from a main channel under a single point of control, including rights blanking/replacement for streaming services that might have rights restrictions. The intuitive user interface features a 2-dimensional view where multiple opt-out channels and variable content can be managed simultaneously, said the company.
Vips also includes support for newer formats such as HDR HLG. Dynamic CPU/GPU optimisation and the enhanced presentation of infrastructure data provide system operators with simple user interfaces and help increase channel-to-operator ratios.
“BCNEXXT had the opportunity to start with a clean sheet of paper,” said Graham Sharp, VP of sales and marketing at BCNEXXT. “We weren’t trying to move a legacy playout system into the cloud. We built a cloud-native operating model from the ground up. That allowed us to rethink every assumption about how playout should work, eliminating the traditional one-channel-to-one-server relationship and dramatically reducing the cost and complexity of operating modern playout services.”
