Volicon has announced that at the 2011 NAB Show, the company will demonstrate its new, fully integrated Volicon Observer AC-3 (Dolby Digital) decoding option.
Available with current releases of the Observer video monitoring and logging system, the new option makes it easy for operators to capture and log HD/SD-SDI content without the need for expensive external AC-3/Dolby Digital decoding hardware.
Now, rather than sending audio through separate extraction, decoding, and embedding processes using costly third-party systems, broadcasters can send HD-SDI with AC-3 embedded stereo or 5.1 audio directly to the Observer system, which also captures embedded logging content.
As a result, the broadcaster can reduce equipment costs, rack space, and cabling requirements, while increasing workflow efficiency.
“With an array of integrated processing capabilities, now including the AC-3/Dolby Digital decoding option, the Observer system has evolved into much more than a standard logging and monitoring system,” said Mike Asebrook, Volicon senior director of product marketing.
“Today’s Observer systems offer robust functionality that complements key monitoring and logging tasks while reducing the cost and complexity of the overall workflow.”
