integrated support for SRT, NDI 5.5, NDI HX3, FreeD and RTMP/RTMPS. Then there’s the AW-UR100, an IP65-rated outdoor PTZ camera that captures high-precision images in 4K/60p and supports all major SDI interfaces plus SRT, NDI and RTMP. “These cameras also support PoE++ (power over Ethernet), so a single Cat5 cable can supply power, your data transport, video transport and audio transport – everything in one cable,” explains Krier. Introducing these cameras into existing systems will be extremely straightforward, offering solutions to applications as diverse as outdoor sports to remote reality shows. “Having PoE++, ST 2110, NDI, SRT and everything on board in a PTZ will make remote production easier,” says Krier. “Until now this wasn’t managed directly in-camera – there were additional gateways and converters. Now, the idea is to have the best integration possible, so the PTZ can fit into any application or workflow. THERE IS NO MORE UNCERTAINTY IN THE PROTOCOLS THAT WILL BE USED
“You can have the best camera in the world, but if it’s not going to fit into a customer’s workflow it won’t be selected,” he adds. AGNOSTIC PROCESSING Panasonic’s focus on solutions is fully responsive to its customers, no matter if they’re transitioning to IP or staying with SDI – or as is likely, engaged in a combination of both. Hence the emergence of the video processing platform Kairos, which offers both baseband signal (12G/3G/ HD-SDI, HDMI, Display Port) and IP packet (ST 2110, NDI, RTP) inputs and outputs, to connect to a diverse array of components on the network.
or something else,” he says. “All the processing is done in ST 2110. “If you want to output to a video wall at a non-traditional ratio of 32:9, or output in 9:16 format for cell phones, send it as ten different streams or only one stream, the system doesn’t care. It’s just software processing, and only limited by the number of pixels that it can process per second.” “Right now, we have live events companies using Kairos every day,” he continues. “On Monday morning they might use it in full SDI, and on Tuesday in full IP; it just depends on what they need to do on a given day, which screens they’re feeding, which cables they use and so on.” Two new versions of the mainframe have been announced for this year, sure to be the centre of solutions-oriented demonstrations on trade show floors. The AT- KC200 and AT-KC2000 both offer significantly improved functionality and performance, including many more inputs and outputs, improved video-processing performance and enhanced file-storage capacity. Additionally, they are smaller and run quieter – both enhancements that will appeal to the live broadcast and events markets. “We don’t want our customers to adapt to our products,” affirms Krier. “We want our products to adapt to the customer’s needs.”
READY TO GO Panasonic is building cameras with integrated support for all the protocols required in today’s industry
“To replace SDI, you need top-notch full quality, not compressed, as well as very low latency to match an SDI cable,” says Krier. “Running IT software, Kairos uses upgradable, off-the-shelf components to carry out
uncompressed video processing. People can get the same level of performance with this software-based IP/IT platform as with their traditional hardware-based switcher.” Krier confirms the whole purpose of Kairos is to solve the headaches that are caused by IP transition. “You can
ingest anything, whether that’s SDI, NDI, IP – even an HDMI feed, and then output IP, SDI
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