Mica Installation Planning Guide - Sept 2011
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Switcher
Inputs:
8 SDI inputs for cameras and other external sources, plus 1 SDI key cut input, plus 7 channels of internal clips,
animations and graphics.
Multi-Format, with Auto-Detect:
The SDI connectors enable any combination of video formats including: 1080i/59.94,1080i/50, 720p/59.94, 720p/50,
486i (NTSC) and 576i (PAL). The system is selectable between 50 and 60 Hz, and between 16:9 and 4:3. When each
SDI cable is connected, the switcher auto-detects its format, between 1080i, 720p and SD, and sets the format. Any
input may be synchronous or asynchronous. The aspect ratio of each SD input can be adjusted to 4 different aspect
treatments, Box, 14:9, Crop or None.
HD Processing:
1.5Gb/s HD, 10-bit 4-4-4, YPrPb processing.
Outputs:
6 SDI outputs, plus 2 DVI-D outputs will be activated. The 6 SDI outputs are 1080i program, 1080i cleanfeed, one
pair of outputs for MD program and MD cleanfeed, and a second pair of outputs for MD preview and PowerAux.
Each of these two output pairs can be set to 1080i, 720p or SD. Each DVI output is 1080i and may be set to mirror
one of the SDI 1080i outputs.
PowerAux Output
The PowerAux output can output any source, and keys can be composited on top of it. It also processes the format.
The background can be an external source, any internal source including the clip store, or program or preview. The
PowerAux can maintain an output format (1080i, 720p or SD) and aspect ratio no matter what source it displays.
Up to 6 Keyers:
On the Mica Desktop, 500 and 1000, 3 keyers are standard and 3 more are optional. On the Mica 2000 all 6 keys are
standard. Each key has a 2 dimensional DVE, with reposition and cropping capabilities. One Chromakey/Luminance
key is standard (upgradable to 8), with clip, gain, hue and spill suppression. An external CG can input one channel
using video number 8 and the dedicated key cut input.
Tally:
The Mica switcher includes tally for each of its inputs with open collector outputs. For more see the tally page.
Clip Store, Graphics and CG
HD Clip Store:
1 channel clip store that supports compressed H.264 or ProRes video with audio, with auto start, stop, advance, plus
mark points and looping capabilities. Play up to 30 hours (depending on compression settings) of .mov or .mp4 files,
and play out image sequence animations files with key and audio. See file inputs section for more specifics.
HD Animation Stores:
1 or 2 animation store with auto start/stop/cut, mark points and looping capabilities, and audio. Play out a
QuickTime animation file, or a folder of image sequence animations files with key. Create animations on the internal
CG, or on an external system like Aftereffects, Apple, etc. Animations can be up to 800MB long compressed .tga or
up to 100 frames uncompressed (including QT animations) with 1 animation store, which is how the system ships, or
it can be set to 2 animation stores each with one half the capacity. See file inputs section for more specifics.
HD Still Stores:
2 channels of still store can support a wide-variety of still graphic formats from .TGA, .BMP, .GIF, .JPG, .PNG and
.TIFF. Either 24 bit or 32 bit HD full screen graphics or a keyable graphic with an alpha channel
HD Character Generator:
2 channel HD character generator is a Harris® Inscriber® TitleMotion GS. Supports rolls/crawls, 2D & 3D animations,
on-air graphic changes with .scribe editing, many pre-loaded templates and anti-aliased resolution of <16nS. The 2
channels of CG store can also hold graphics input to the system, like the still stores. A Chyron CG is optional.
Standard Features