Volicon unveiling additions to its Observer product line

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The Volicon Observer, which captures, stores and indexes broadcast content from multiple channels, offering users simultaneous Web access to recorded video content from their desktop computers, will be further enhanced when Volicon unveils three major additions to the Observer product line at BroadcastAsia2011. Volicon is exhibiting with Mediamatic at booth 4J4-07.
The new Observer TS (transport stream) monitoring and logging system will enable broadcasters, networks and cable operators to handle MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 transport streams, while retaining the content and extensive metadata carried within them. Complementing the existing Observer Enterprise analogue, SD-SDI and HD-SDI systems, this new interface simplifies signal flow, allows for greater signal density and flexibility, and enables full-quality content logging.
Utilising intuitive overlay controls within its Web-based interface, the Observer loudness monitoring function provides continuous measurements identifying programme loudness and true-peak signal levels.
Lastly, the Volicon Observer AC-3 (Dolby Digital) decoding option is set to ease operators in capturing and logging HD/SD-SDI content, eliminating the need for an expensive external AC-3/Dolby Digital decode. Instead of sending audio through a separate processing workflow, broadcasters can send HD-SDI with AC-3-embedded stereo or 5.1 audio directly to the Observer system.
Anant Khanolkar, senior director, international sales at Volicon, elaborated: “These enhancements to the Observer line bring a broader perspective to its test and measurement function, not only addressing the changing demands of broadcasting, but also improving broadcasters’ agility in identifying and resolving faults and errors before they become customer complaints.”