Matrox File Reader and Playlist
Key functions
- Playback a wide range of industry video, audio and graphic file formats and codecs
- Handles non-standard files (allows on-air playback without transcoding or rewrapping in advance)
- Auto detection of file formats of clips with missing or wrong file
- Extract closed caption, AFD, bar data, time code and other VANC packets
- Support multiple tracks of audio with different channel types (PCM and MPEG audio)
- Guaranteed AV synchronization during playback
- Frame accurate start and stop (for on-air automation playback)
- On-the-fly parsing and correcting wrong information in the file for smooth on-air playback
- Detailed error handling for application to easily decide what to do
- Smooth seeking and shuttling
- Slow motion support
- Dynamic motion control (with various speeds) for forwarding and reverse playback
- Seamless playback looping
- Seamless switching between readers
- Seamless switching between different elements in the playlist
- Dynamic add, insert or remove elements in the playlist during playback
- Same playlist supports mix of
- Different file formats
- 8- bit and 10-bit video buffers
- Compressed and uncompressed video data
- Progressive and interlaced video
- Different video resolutions
- Different aspect ratios (either 4:3 or 16:9)
- Supports file reading for consolidation (no need for decoding and re-encoding)
- Trim in and Trim out can be any frame for XDCAM and XAVC LongG files
- Supports Time Delay and Instant Replay (play back while recording)
- Allows customized file format or codec to be used in the playlist
- Easy media validation tool (read faster than real-time) before on-air operation