Granite Switcher
2 M/E Panel Layout:
16 direct input source buttons, 16 shifted input source buttons for a total of 32 mappable inputs. ME 1 re-enters into
ME 2 to setup your next composition, or re-enter ME 1 into a keyer DVE box (picture in picture) . Or use ME 1 to
control a secondary program output such as for 2 screens or for TV and Internet.
6 Keyers:
Each ME has 6 keyers which are shared across both MEs. 4 Keyers have 2 dimensional DVEs, with reposition and
cropping capabilities, and these can accept any type of input, including external inputs, such as from a camera to fill
a DVE box, or from an external CG, and internal inputs from a graphics or clip store. An external CG can input one
channel using video and key inputs, and a second channel using a self key.
The other 2 keyers are for internal graphics, and so can hold files from the Fluent animation and still stores, or from
the internal Inscriber CG.
One Chromakey/Luminance key is standard (upgradable to 8), with clip, gain, hue and spill suppression.
PixButtons™:
Unique push buttons with built in computer displays that show an
icon of the device selected (camera, clip, graphic, etc.), the channel
number selected, and the exact file name selected of clips and
graphics. Always know what content will appear; no other switcher
has this functionality.
Multi-Format, with Auto-Detect:
Standard Features
Broadcast Pix Granite 5000 Installation Planning Guide Jan 2011
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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, and
lights an indicator light to indicate format. Any input may be synchronous or asynchronous.
HD Processing:
1.5Gb/s HD, 10-bit 4-4-4 YPrPb processing.
Inputs:
11 SDI inputs on the 5000 model (22 on the 5000+ model), for cameras and other external sources, plus 14 video
and key inputs for 7 channels of internal clips, animations and graphics from the Granite Server.
Outputs:
6 SDI outputs on the 5000 model (12 on the 5000+ model). All SDI outputs are software assignable to any four of:
ME 2 Program, ME 2 Preview, ME 1 Program, ME 1 Preview, ME2 Clean Feed, or PowerAux. In addition to four of
those, they can additionally show an Aux assigned to an external input. Each SDI output can be assigned to 1080i,
720p or SD. Future software will also activate 2 DVI-D outputs, each of which must mirror one of the SDI outputs.
PowerAux and Standard Aux Outputs
The PowerAux output can output any source, enables keys to be composited on top of it, and processes the format.
The Background can be an external source, any internal source like the clip store, or any program or preview. The
PowerAux output can maintain a format and aspect ratio no matter what source it displays.
The other standard aux outputs are unprocessed, and so will output whatever the format is of the source they are
asked to monitor, including any external source, or any program or preview output. So, if for example you are
making a 1080i recording from a standard Aux, care should be taken to not change it to a non-1080i format.