9950 3G Up/Down/Cross Converter and Frame Sync

The 9950 is a frame synchronizer and an up, down and

cross converter that supports 3 Gb/s, HD and SD SDI signals.
Excellent for on-air use, the 9950 is equally at home in a 3G
island, in an HD signal ingest installation, or in a production
application. Embedded audio will have automatic delay
compensation, dutifully retaining lip sync.

Upconversion

When configured as an upconverter the 9950 outputs
1.5 HD or 3 Gb/s HD video. All processing is performed on
progressive signals at full bandwidth 4:4:4 for optimum
signal quality. Aspect ratio conversion choices include:
Letterbox, Anamorphic, Crop and Zoom.

Downconversion

When used as a downconverter, the 9950 has a 3G/HD SDI
input and four outputs. The Aspect Ratio Conversion process
offers Resizing and Repositioning with choices for: Letterbox,
Anamorphic, Crop and Zoom. The 9950 automatically adjusts
between 3G/HD and SD color space and gamma.

Cross Conversion

The 9950 provides cross conversion between formats,
processing all popular variations of 1080 and 720, making it
simple for every facility to ingest any type of 3G, HD or
SD signal.

Aspect Ratio Conversion

The 9950 incorporates an aspect ratio converter for standard
definition signals. Resizing and Repositioning includes
choices for: Letterbox, Anamorphic, Crop and Zoom.

The 9950 supports AFD (Active Format Description) to mark
or identify the aspect ratio of the video content. These flags
are generated at the output of the module, and they are
read at the input. This allows the up and downconversion
process to adapt automatically to material that is already
in letterbox or pillarbox form in order to produce the most
appropriate conversion.

Picture Correction Controls

Input standard and frame rate are auto-detected. The 9950
automatically performs color space conversion. The built-in
Proc Amp provides adjustment of signal parameters with
controls for video, chroma, setup, hue. Vertical interval data is
faithfully preserved and is passed from input to output. The
output is timeable with respect to the reference input.

Flexible Synchronization

An infinitely adjustable timing system genlocks to your
house reference. The 9950 genlocks to either composite
video (PAL or NTSC) or to Tri-Level Sync. The module can
lock to the frame’s master reference or reference can be
connected directly to the module’s external reference BNC.
The serial output timing can be set anywhere within a frame
of the selected input reference.

Upon loss of signal, the 9950 provides freeze frame or black
until the signal is recovered. In freeze mode, audio can be
muted or passed as desired.

Metadata

Closed captioning is carried in data packets in the vertical
interval ancillary data space. The 9950 properly translates
between 3G/HD caption data and traditional SD captioning
(line 21) so that closed captioning content is converted
transparently between video standards and formats.

Audio Support

The 9950 supports four groups (16 channels) of audio
embedded into the SDI stream. The internal processing
disembeds the audio so that it can be processed
independently of the video. When the video input and
output are not synchronous to each other and the 9950 acts
as a frame synchronizer; the audio content is appropriately
sample rate converted to the new output sample rate. There
is a compensating delay in the audio path to maintain lip
sync with the video content. Additionally, delay is adjustable
up to one second.

The 9950 includes a full-featured, sixteen-channel audio
mixer. The channel swap and shuffle capability allows you to
completely rearrange and remix audio channels. It can take
embedded content, adjust levels and remap channels, and
deliver it to the output as an embedded signal. It provides
precise control over audio level, with up to 12 dB of gain to
compensate for low level sources.

For discrete AES I/O, analog audio I/O, Dolby encoding, and
Dolby decoding, pair the 9950 with the 9600 3G Embedder,
Disembedder and Data Inserter.

Automatic Aspect Ratio Conversion

The 9950 supports AFD (Active Format Description) to mark
or identify the aspect ratio of the video content. These flags
are generated at the output of the module, and they are
read at the input. This allows the up and downconversion
process to adapt automatically to material that is already in
letter or pillarbox form in order to produce the most
appropriate conversion.

Complete Control System

The 9950 can be used locally or controlled and configured
remotely with Avenue Touch Screens, Express Panels, or
Avenue PC Software. Alarm generation, configurable user
levels, module lock out, and customizable menus are just
some of the tools included in the Avenue Control System.
SNMP support is provided.