
CatonCaster HD422 User Manual
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4x3 Output
Aspect Ratio
Conversion
Mode
Center-Cut
Letterbox
Anamorphic
Center-Cut
cuts off top and bottom of the video.
Letterbox
adds bars at the top and bottom of the video.
Anamorphic
stretches the video height and width to
match the format mode.
16x9 Output
Aspect Ratio
Auto
Conversion
Disabled
AFD
If 16x9 Auto Conversion is set to
Disabled
the
CatonCaster HD422 uses the 16x9 Conversion Mode
setting to format video. If 16x9 Auto Conversion is set to
AFD
the CatonCaster HD422 0 will apply the conversion
defined by the AFD code in the incoming stream. If 16x9
Auto Conversion is set to
AFD
, but the AFD code is not
present or invalid in the incoming stream the 16x9
Conversion Mode setting will be used.
16x9 Output
Aspect Ratio
Conversion
Mode
Center-Cut
Pillarbox
Anamorphic
Center-Cut
cuts off the sides of the video.
Pillarbox
adds
bars at the left and right of the video.
Anamorphic
stretches the video height and width to match the format
mode.
Overlay Type
None
Closed Captions
DVB Subtitles
Teletext Subtitles
Closed Captions
overlays burns closed captioning in the
video output.
DVB Subtitles
burns subtitles in video
output.
Teletext Subtitles
burns subtitles in the video
output.
None
disables overlays completely.
Closed Caption NTSC
DTVCC
Sets the type of closed captions that will be in the
overlay.
NTSC Service
CC1 – CC4
Sets the NTSC closed caption service that will be
displayed in the overlay. This setting is only available if
the Closed Caption option is set to NTSC.
DTVCC Service Service 1-6
Sets the DTVCC closed caption service that will be
displayed in the overlay. This setting is only available if
the Closed Caption option is set to DTVCC.
DVB Subtitles
Language Codes
If DVB Subtitles overlays are enabled this setting
choosing the language which the subtitles are displayed.
Only the languages present in the stream are given.
Teletext
Subtitles
3 Hexadecimal Characters
If Teletext Subtitles overlays are enabled this setting
choosing the page (language) of which subtitles are
displayed. Only the pages present in the stream are
given.
Image Trigger
Disabled
SCTE 35
Decode Failure
Always Active
This setting will enable or disable the image overlay in
the video output. The SCTE 35 option will insert based
on an event ID. The decode failure option will overlay the
image if the video not decoding error is raised. Always
active will always overlay the image in the video output.
SCTE35 Event
ID
Specify the SCTE35 Event ID that will cause the image
overlay to trigger.
Image Dithering Enabled
Disabled
Enable or Disable dithering of the uploaded image
Image
Transition
Fade
Cut
Specify if the image should fade in and out or cut in and
out when using SCTE 35 or Decode Failure options