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Chapter 1: Introduction
Overview
Featuring a flexible, “anything-in, anything-out” architecture, the dual-processor FS2
Universal Video/Audio Frame Synchronizer and Format Converter simultaneously works
with two independent channels of 10-bit broadcast quality video and two independent
groups of 16-channel audio.
The FS2 can be used as two separate Frame Synchronizers/Format Converters, or the two
channels can be combined in many powerful ways—for example, sidebar keying where
both the video and background graphics can be upconverted and combined.
The FS2 supports analog and digital I/O, with full input and output crosspoint matrices,
allowing any I/O port to be assigned to either processor. With support of all broadcast
video formats, the FS2 makes matching up disparate video and audio systems simple—
one converter box does it all.
Video Features
• The FS2 handles a wide variety of video formats. See
"Appendix A: Specifications on page
for a complete list.
• Dual video format converters, each featuring SD/HD (up/down), SD-to-SD (aspect
ratio), and HD-to-HD (720/1080 cross) conversions.
• Dual video processors supporting proc amp and color correction.
• Dual frame synchronizers.
• Dual video/key framestores downloadable from the local area network.
• User-specified custom format conversion and scaling with variable crop, size, aspect,
position, and Region of Interest parameters.
• Dual flexible keyers for video/key overlays or sidebar keying from the two video
processors, the two internal video/key framestores, or internal matte generators.
• Closed captioning support, featuring true conversion between EIA 608 and 708 (SD and
HD) CC formats.
• Active Format Description (AFD) support.
• Scan convert computer formats via a DVI-to-HDMI cable
• Dual 3G/HD/SD SDI I/O with embedded audio.
• Dual 3G/HD/SD Optical Fiber I/O (optional).
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