Magicsoft SD Playout

Magicsoft Playout is a solution built upon a client-server architecture that provides noticeable stability and usability advantages.
It allows for optimum CPU balancing using today's multi-core systems; the server controls the video output while the client manages the playlist.
The media files are verified by the client application before being accepted for playout.
More than one client can run and you can dynamically jump from one playlist to another.

Description

The software runs on Windows OS and can use SD, HDV and full HD material in the same playlist.
It works with Blackmagic's DeckLink or Intensity cards.
Output can be either analog or digital depending on the video card used.
The signals you can work with may be analog and/or digital depending of the card that is used.


Client-server architecture

MagicSoft playout solution has a Client-server architecture and that brings some noticeable advantages for stability and usability
- server (which controls the Decklink card) and clients (which manage the playlist(s)) allow a better cpu balancing for today's multicore CPU
- clips are verified in the client application before being accepted for playout
- you can have more than one client started and you can dynamically jump from one playlist to another

Linking with MagicSoft CG

The playout program has a very powerful way to link to the MagicSoft CG (Ultrared) acting as a TCP client to send the metadata associated to each clip to GC.
The TCP/IP protocol allows you to control the text or image displayed by a project and can also trigger the projects.