ViewCast to preview top solutions at IBC 2004

Adding to their existing product line-up IBC 2004 Viewcast will include several new developments.

• ViewCast IVN provides intelligent, IP-controlled video switching and distribution for digital signage, training, and video communications projects. At IBC, ViewCast will be demonstrating IVN in a small office configuration able to manage and control digital billboards and electronic signage.
• Niagara SCX Version 3.3 adds features for an improved streaming production experience, including better encoder control and access to more encoder features. Niagara SCX allows any Osprey-based streaming video encoder system to be monitored and controlled remotely across a network.
• Mobile Streaming Video - ViewCast is offering a wide range of streaming media solutions that deliver digital video to mobile phones, PDAs, and laptops. Product demonstrations showing how ViewCast products provide high-quality streaming for wireless delivery to mobile networked devices will be highlighted during IBC.
• Viewcast will introduce the Osprey-300 Analogue/Digital Video Capture Card to the European market. Setting a new quality standard for the video production and editing experience, the Osprey-300 combines the quality and superiority of the industry-leading Osprey video streaming capture cards and adds the features of a standard IEEE 1394 card, creating a quality Digital Video (DV) capture card with full DV control capability.

Viewcast claim the Osprey 300 as the first streaming capture card that combines analogue and DV capture, OHCI compliancy, optimised streaming time for post-production houses providing efficient use of editing equipment. The OHCI compliant (IEEE 1394) card allows transfer of DV material into an editing system in its native DV format maintaining original source quality. The PCI-X bus interface provides compatibility with the latest PC technologies providing high performance/high-bandwidth data transfer and the card has Adobe Premiere Pro certification.
Founded in 1995, ViewCast Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets high-quality, standards-based video communications solutions for businesses and professional enterprises.
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