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SAPPHIRE BBG Converters available in single, dual and quad channel units. The SAPPHIRE BBG units are the ideal choice for directly displaying incoming 12G baseband or JPEG-XS* content on HDMI monitors.

Highlights of Cobalt’s WAVE product line of routers and control panels.

Learn more about our new ARIA Dante Embedder/De-Embedder, the PACIFIC Encoder with ST 2110 support, and the INDIGO 2110 Bi-Directional Quad-Channel Gateway.

Highlights on Cobalt’s new UltraBlue IP-MV IP Multiviewer product!

Hear the latest on SMPTE ST 2110 and JPEG-XS from Cobalt with the INDIGO and SAPPHIRE product lines.

UltraBlue IP-MV is being offered as a turn-key package (server plus software) or software-only, and the customer supplies a dedicated server. These software-based multiviewers can handle a variety of compressed and uncompressed IP inputs and an arbitrary number of outputs (including individual rotation to portrait), with very flexible audio routing, and an intuitive web interface. UltraBlue also offers support for a comprehensive set of protocols (UDP, RTP, RTSP, RTMP, RIST, SRT).

The 9905-MPx provides four independent signal paths of UDX / frame sync / audio embedding and de-embedding on a single open-Gear® card. Using our HPF-9500 or HPF-MAX 20-slot frames, this provides up to 24 channels (6 cards) of processing in a single frame. The 9905-MPx represents a new level of openGear packaging density!

The COBALT SAPPHIRE BBG-2110 mini‑converter series address the need to display received JPEG‑XS* content on HDMI monitors in a simple and cost‑effective way. The mini‑converter is designed to be mounted behind the monitor. The BBG‑2110 is a available as a single‑channel, dual and quad channel units with simultaneous 12G SDI and HDMI outputs.

The COBALT WAVE RTR-32×32 and 64×64 12G SDI/ASI/MADI routers are midsize 32×32/64×64 Crosspoint solutions contained within a compact 4U (7 inch) tall frame.

The WAVE series of control panels offer unprecedented flexibility, ease of use & integration. Located on the rear of the unit is an Ethernet port with PoE++ capability for power and IP based communication. Built in SW-P-08 protocol comes standard as well 2 optically isolated General Purpose Outputs and 2 Inputs. Add 18 more GP Inputs and 18 GP Outputs with the +GPIO Option. Dual DC power inputs provide for redundant operation.

Cobalt’s ARIA OG-AUD2-DANTE and ARIA OG-AUD4-DANTE – DANTE cards in openGear® form factor are 2x and 4x channel units with 12G SDI and DANTE/ AES/MADI which can simultaneously embed and de-embed audio between SDI, DANTE, AES and MADI with flexible routing and mixing. This card also includes a built-in frame sync.

Since its formation in 2017, the Reliable Internet Stream Transport Activity Group (RIST-AG) has produced three major Specifications: RIST Simple Profile (TR-06-1), RIST Main Profile (TR-06-2), and RIST Advanced Profile (TR-06-3). So, what is next? What is the RIST-AG working on? Come find the answer in this webinar.

Here’s a peek: the AG is working on several ancillary features to RIST, which will come out as TR-06-4 Parts. The first Part is already out and Specifies Source Adaptation – protocol support for dynamically changing the stream source in response to changes in network conditions. Other features include synchronized decoding, VPN, a relay service, and control.

By Dr. Ciro Noronha, CTO at Cobalt Digital and President of the RIST Forum

During this roundtable, end users and suppliers discuss real life applications, reporting on what they have done, why they use RIST, challenges they have faced, and what they have learnt in the process of using RIST.

Among the use cases discussed, we explore multilink seamless redundancy switching, tunnelling of PTZ signals over a RIST connection, load share, managing remote devices using RIST tunnel, bidirectional streaming, and much more.

Join us for a session highlighting a number of applications that are enabled by our NEW 9905-MPx Multi-Path UDX card. The 9905-MPx provides four independent signal paths of UDX / frame sync / audio embedding and de-embedding on a single open-Gear® card which represents a new level of open-Gear® packaging density.

Presenter: Cris Garcia

This is a recording of a RIST latency test. In order to compare latency, all the signals have to originate and terminate in the same place.

Test setup is:

Source signal is generated in the Cobalt offices in Santa Clara, CA. This is an SDI video with VITC inserted using a Cobalt 9902-UDX.
Signal is applied to a Cobalt 9223 encoder, and transmitted using RIST over the Internet to the Cobalt offices in Champaign, IL. The 9223 encoder inserts VITC into the transport stream using SMPTE ST 2038.
In Champaign, IL, one copy of the signal is sent back to Santa Clara, CA, and another to the Cobalt offices in Orange County, CA.
At the Orange County office, the signal is sent back to the Santa Clara office directly.

At the Santa Clara office, a mosaic screen using the Cobalt 9970-QS multiviewer is generated. This mosaic screen includes the following four signals:

The original source signal (before encoding).
A “Local Loop” signal, created by a Cobalt 9990-DEC-MPEG decoder receiving directly from the encoder.
A “Champaign, IL” signal, created by a Cobalt 9990-DEC-MPEG decoder receiving the signal back from Champaign using RIST.
An “Orange County, CA” signal, created by a Cobalt 9990-DEC-MPEG decoder receiving the signal back from Orange County using RIST.

The 9990-DEC-MPEG is taking the VITC signal carried on ST 2038 and putting it back in its SDI output. The 9970-QS multiviewer is configured to show the VITC signal. If you pause the playback, you can see the various delays.

The RIST receivers were configured for a 0.5 second protocol latency to ensure very high reliability. This is an aggressive setting for relatively good links. The latency can be increased to make the link more resilient.

Recording of the RIST Webinar on May 7, 2020, presented by the RIST AG Chairman, Merrick Ackermans. Learn how broadcasters can use the Internet as a low-latency, cost-effective contribution link.

Sponsored by the RIST Forum, see http://www.rist.tv.

You can get the open-source RIST implementation at https://code.videolan.org/rist.
You can get the RIST Simple Profile Specification at https://tinyurl.com/yaxedpdl.
You can get the RIST Main Profile Specification at https://tinyurl.com/yd82ftl8.

Cobalt’s 9904-UDX-4K is the perfect tool for converting to and from High Dynamic Range (HDR) content. The frame synchronizer and up/down/cross converter utilizes a suite of technologies from award winning Technicolor® including Intelligent Tone Management™ for SDR-to-HDR conversion and Single Layer HDR conversion for HDR-to-SDR and distribution of both HDR and SDR using a single SDR signal with dynamic metadata. Rich format support including PQ, HLG, and SLOG3 makes the solution very versatile. The card is also capable of handling conversion between multiple HDR formats.

Presentation by Dr. Ciro Noronha of Cobalt Digital.

RIST is an Internet transport protocol created by the VSF with input from Cobalt Digital. The multi-vendor support behind RIST makes it an important part of the technology stack for any video workflow. With less required bandwidth than FEC in most cases, RIST uses the Emmy winning ARQ technology that Cobalt Digital has helped pioneer.

RIST members from all over the world have been streaming content over the internet to a bank of Cobalt 9990-DEC-MPEG decoders at Cobalt headquarters in Champaign, Illinois. The resulting feeds have been combined into a mosaic using the Cobalt 9970-QS multiviewer and saved to file for view on Youtube. Find out more about RIST at http://vsf.tv/RIST.shtml