XS is the
studio production server of the
Belgian
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* Something of, or related to, Belgium
* Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent
* Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German
*Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ...
company
EVS Broadcast Equipment
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA is a Belgian company that manufactures live outside broadcast digital video production systems. Their XT-VIA production video servers enable the creation, editing, exchange and playout of audio and video feeds.
Tape ...
.
It has been inspired from the
XT3 server but can be controlled by dedicated controllers from EVS for the studio environment: Xsense,
IPDirector {{no footnotes, date=February 2013
IPDirector is a suite of content management software developed by the Belgian company EVS Broadcast Equipment. The tool groups several video production management applications, providing ingest control and playout ...
, Xscreen, Insio or by non-EVS controllers such as automation systems,
linear
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or hybrid editors,
switchers
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and controllers through
API
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or standard
protocols
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Sociology and politics
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* Protocol (diplomacy), the etiquette of diplomacy and affairs of state
* Etiquette, a code of personal behavior
Science and technology
...
.
Designed to replace
VTR
A video tape recorder (VTR) is a tape recorder designed to record and playback video and audio material from magnetic tape. The early VTRs were open-reel devices that record on individual reels of 2-inch-wide (5.08 cm) tape. They were us ...
s, the server allows incoming feeds to be recorded, quickly enriched by metadata and played out or instantly
streamed
Streaming media is multimedia that is delivered and consumed in a continuous manner from a source, with little or no intermediate storage in network elements. ''Streaming'' refers to the delivery method of content, rather than the content it ...
or
transferred to
post-production
Post-production is part of the process of filmmaking, video production, audio production, and photography. Post-production includes all stages of production occurring after principal photography or recording individual program segments.
The ...
.
The server benefits from
loop recording Loop recording is the process of recording audio continuously to an endless tape (if magnetic tape is used) or to computer memory, or recording video feeds (such as from video surveillance or camera signals) on a video server.
This process is a nev ...
and allows to record, control and play media. It has from 2 to 6
channels
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SD/HD and 6-channel
3D/
1080p
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(
3G or dual link) and offers the same features in a 3D environment. It supports several
formats and
codec
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In electronic communications, an endec is a device that acts as both an encoder and a decoder on a signal or da ...
, with specific codecs for News environment.
It is widely used in
News
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environments and sometimes in Sports.
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References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.evs.com/product/xs
Broadcast engineering
Video