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BAP User Guide (v1.0) Before You Begin • 13
Before You Begin
If you have questions pertaining to the operation of BAP, contact us at the numbers listed in the
section “ Contacting Ross Video Technical Support ”. Our technical staff is always available for
consultation, training, or service.
Overview
The BAP combines Nielsen® Watermarking, Dolby® Loudness Leveling and Dolby Digital®/Dolby
Digital Plus® Encoding on COTS hardware. The Broadcast Audio Processor is your versatile play-out
application based on softGear™ micro-service architecture running on commercial-off-the-shelf
hardware.
Figure 1 provides a general functional block diagram of the BAP.
Figure 1 Functional Block Diagram
Features
The BAP includes the following features:
• Based on softGear™ OS-level virtualization technology
• Provides 8 independent Nielsen® watermark engines for reliable audience measurements
• Ability to provide multiple independent Dolby Digital® or Dolby Digital Plus® 5.1 and 2.0
work-flows
• Dolby Digital or Dolby Digital Plus encoding configurable to 2.0 and/or 5.1 processing modes
• Independent software bypass, with fixed delay, Dolby for RTLL®, Nielsen® Watermarking, and
Dolby encoding
• Support for multiple concurrent audio processing paths with up to 32 channels
• On-demand audio shuffling for channel mixing on input and output
INPUT CHANNEL
MAPPER
LOUDNESS
LEVELLER
WATERMARK
ENGINE
SDI
OUT 2
SDI
OUT 1
AUDIO
EMBEDDER
SDI
IN 1
SDI
IN 2
BYPASS
RELAY
VIDEO/VANC
SYNCHRONIZER
AUDIO
DE-EMBEDDER
OUTPUT CHANNEL
MAPPER
DD/DDP
ENCODER