Extron electronics MS9200P, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Guide MS9200P Streaming AV Products MPEG 2 HD Video Players Control Application Software Revision 6 8 08 2013 ...

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Page 3: ...ge of common menus and commands necessary for operation of a personal computer The manual is comprised of the following chapters Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference Guide Chapter 2 The Playlist Display Chapter 3 The Transport Status Display Chapter 4 The Log File Information Windows Chapter 5 HD Player Configuration Chapter 6 Timecode Chapter 7 Soft Edging Display Overlap Chapter 8 Genlock Chap...

Page 4: ...0 05 05 SS Update Command Reference 6 6 9 29 08 IGS Updated ES Gen daisy chain limit 3 6 7 2 22 10 IGS Electrosonic Inc update 6 8 7 31 13 DRO Note that Confidence Display is No Longer Supported Additional Trademarks MEDIASONIC MS and the MEDIASONIC logo are registered trademarks of ELECTROSONIC Ltd ELECTROSONIC ES and the ELECTROSONIC logo are registered trademarks of ELECTROSONIC Ltd WINDOWS is ...

Page 5: ... 18 MS9200P MS9100P Rack mounted players 18 MS9100D Desktop player 18 The Windows Media Player 18 To start the Media Player 18 To play a different clip 19 The Electrosonic MS9000 HD Player Control Application software 20 To Start the Electrosonic HD Player 20 The Electrosonic HD Player Interface 20 To Load a Clip 21 To Play a Clip 22 The Electrosonic HD Player Main Menu 22 The File Menu 22 The Vie...

Page 6: ...Loop 34 Audio Output 34 Video Output Black 35 Video Output 35 Color Bars 35 Fast Forward Loop Slider 35 Confidence Display 35 Chapter 4 The Log File Information Windows 36 The Log Window 36 The File Information Window 37 The Status Bar 38 Chapter 5 HD Player Configuration 39 To Modify the Player Configuration 39 The Channel Properties dialog 39 Set the channel to loop at startup 40 Set the channel...

Page 7: ...t Edged System 52 Vertical and Horizontal Borders 54 Gamma 55 Black Correction 57 Update 58 Chapter 8 Genlock 59 Genlock Mode 59 Genlock Standalone Master 60 Genlock ES Gen 60 Genlock Cable 61 Genlock Composite Black Burst 61 Chapter 9 Brightness Contrast Saturation 62 To change a BCS setting 62 Brightness 62 Contrast 62 Saturation 63 Chapter 10 Configuration Files 64 Saving the current configurat...

Page 8: ...S 4000 84 Available Player Commands 85 Chapter 13 Video Outputs 86 The PCI HD Decoder Card Interfaces 86 Primary Output MS9200P MS9100P MS9100D 86 Secondary Output MS9200P 86 HDSDI MS9200P 87 Chapter 14 Application Notes 89 Synchronized playback 89 Content Preparation 89 Genlock 89 Playing in Sync with Timecode 89 Cueing and Playing with Serial control 89 Example A Two Player System two channels 9...

Page 9: ...ample 2 Unsuccessful Pings 100 Appendix B An Introduction to MPEG 101 Digital and Compression Video 101 What is MPEG 101 I B and P frames 102 Groups Of Pictures GOP 102 Multiplexes And Elementary Streams 103 System Stream 103 Program Stream 103 Transport Stream 104 Appendix C Encoding Guidelines 105 Appendix D Specifications 106 Primary Video Output 106 Video Connector 106 Secondary Video Output 1...

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Page 11: ...designed for use in less rigorous environments Windows Media Player software for basic playback control Support for a wide range of remote control options using serial RS232 or Ethernet TCP IP interfaces Networking capabilities provide the means to remotely upload new audio video files to the Player Standard on board storage capacity hard disk of 40Gbytes This provides a default maximum of 90 minu...

Page 12: ...disk Remote Control COMM Port See Chapters 11 and 12 Timecode In Out See Chapter 6 MS9100D must use optional MS9000 HD Player Software Genlock In out Composite Black Burst See Chapter 8 MS9100D must use optional MS9000 HD Player Software for Composite Video Black Burst synchronization SPDIF Connect to your surround sound system 5 1 audio decoder The following figures illustrate the rear panel conn...

Page 13: ... outputs SPDIF 5 1 audio output Playback using the Electrosonic MS9000 HD Player Control Application software Windows MediaPlayer support included Support for Soft Edging of images Rack mounted enclosure ES Gen Genlock and or Composite Video Black Burst synchronization Figure 1 MS9200P Digital HD Player Rack Mount model connections ...

Page 14: ...HD Player Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference Guide 14 Rev 6 8 Figure 2 MS9200P Digital HD Player Card Output Detail ...

Page 15: ... software Windows MediaPlayer support included Rack mounted enclosure Composite Video Black Burst synchronization DECODER CARD ANALOG MS9100 ANALOG AUDIO OUT TO HD DISPLAY SPDIF OUT 5 1 AUDIO REF IN COMP VIDEO BLACK BURST TIME CODE IN OUT USB NO CONNECTION LAN INTERNET KEYBOARD MOUSE RESET MEDIASONIC MS9100P HD PLAYER COMPUTER MONITOR COM 1 REMOTE CONTROL Figure 3 MS9100P Analog HD Player Rack Mou...

Page 16: ... Application software Figure 4 MS9100D Analog HD Player Desktop model connections WARNING Ensure that the AC Input Power Supply Switch located on the back of the 9100D HD Player is set to the same voltage as the local supply An incorrectly set switch may result in damage to the unit upon power up Locate the red AC Power Input Voltage Selector Switch refer to the following illustration By means of ...

Page 17: ...og HD Player AC Power Input Voltage Selector Switch location Although every effort has been made at our factory to make sure that the switch is set correctly before shipping to a particular geographic location we recommend that the user verify the switch setting before first time power up ...

Page 18: ...yer Control Application software is available at an additional cost The Windows Media Player The quickest way to verify your system set up is to view a video clip with the included MediaPlayer software To start the Media Player Double click the icon on your desktop The interface shown below appears Click the Now Playing tab The Media Player will list the last MPEG clip played in the top right hand...

Page 19: ...VIDEO FILES folder if it has been used with MPEG files previously If not you may have to browse to the VIDEO FILES folder and double click the VIDEO FILES folder in the Open window Select the file you wish to play from the list in the window and click the Open button the selected file will begin playing Refer to the on line MediaPlayer Help instructions for more information ...

Page 20: ... multi projector displays including adjustments for Gamma and Black Correction Control other HD Players as well as itself in a Timecode Master Slave system Remote control your system with commands from other devices These and other features of the Electrosonic HD Player will be described in detail throughout this manual To Start the Electrosonic HD Player Double click the icon on your desktop or C...

Page 21: ... discussed in greater detail in the relevant chapters To Load a Clip 1 Open a Windows Explorer window 2 Select the MPEG file clip you wish to play 3 Drag the file onto the Playlist in the HD Player GUI As the mouse is moved over the Playlist area a highlight bar will appear indicating where the files will be placed No Longer Supported Confidence Display Playlist Display Status Transport Controls D...

Page 22: ... Menu Use the Main Menu as in any Windows software The Main Menu allows access to many basic functions of the HD Player The File Menu The HD Player utilizes the vsf file format These files hold all of the HD Player information or settings unique to a particular clip their file names appear in the File command menus Note Refer to Chapter10 for more information Use the File menu to Open a New file f...

Page 23: ...n the main drop down menus The display changes as you drag your pointer along the menu options Turn on the Driver Statistics window The Driver Statistics window is used for information only The Configurations Menu Select Configurations Remote Control Configurations to open the Remote Control Wizard Note Refer to Chapter11 for more information The Help menu Select Help About HD Player to verify the...

Page 24: ...HD Player Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference Guide 24 Rev 6 8 The About HD Player display Click here to Close ...

Page 25: ...ecoder Configuration window From the Start menu select Programs MediaSonic HD Decoder Configuration as shown in the following graphic The following dialog appears as part of the HD Decoder Configurations display Make any necessary changes to optimize the performance of the Media Player Output Format Match your MS9100D HD Player video output format to the display device ...

Page 26: ...ault mode Choose SPDIF Audio for 5 1 surround sound or No Audio if required Note Stereo Audio makes use of the player s sound card audio output 5 1 surround sound is available at the SPDIF connector Refer to the Figure 3 Genlock Mode Chose your video synchronization option from the drop down menu Note ES Gen is not available on the MS9100D model ...

Page 27: ...HD Player Chapter 2 The Playlist display 27 Rev 6 8 Update Select the Update button to save your settings after you have made any changes ...

Page 28: ... specific configurations The Channel Properties Dialog This dialog controls system configurations The functions of these dialogs will be described in detail later in this manual Note After Editing the Playlist or any of the Dialogs mentioned above you must save the configuration to ensure the Playlist is available when the HD Player is next restarted See Chapter 10 Configuration Files for more det...

Page 29: ...es will be placed You may re order clips in the Playlist at any time simply drag files to different positions within the Playlist as necessary The Clip Properties Dialog The Clip Properties dialog box is used to set various parameters relating to the clips in the HD Player Playlist Open this dialog window by right clicking over a clip in the Playlist and selecting the Clip Properties menu item The...

Page 30: ...ation and name of the MPEG transport file Click the Browse button to display a standard file selection window that can be used to locate the required file Timecode This section provides a number of control options for using the HD Player in a Timecode aware system Note For full details on how to use these options please refer to Chapter 6 Timecode ...

Page 31: ...n on the Transport 3 Click the Play button on the Transport to begin Selecting and Playing a List Sequence 1 Drag a Pointer at the left of the Playlist to the beginning clip of the sequence 2 Drag the remaining pointer at the left of the Playlist to the end clip of the sequence 3 Place intermediate clips in any order you wish by dragging to their required position in the order If only two files ma...

Page 32: ...ay is linked to the Transport Controls and shows various pieces of useful information about the current state of the HD Player Transport status The transport status shows the current operating state of the HD Player The display will show one of the following messages Stopped The Stopped indicator appears at Start up of the HD Player software only The status will change when the first file is cued ...

Page 33: ...d is received the MPEG decoder is primed and ready to play This is essential in multi channel systems where a predictable startup is a requirement Playing The playing indicator will be displayed while the HD Player is decoding the MPEG stream an image of the playing clip will appear within the HD Player GUI Frame Counter The frame counter shows the current clip position in hours minutes seconds fr...

Page 34: ...however affect the primary secondary and HDSDI outputs Aud This indicator will be on if the audio output is active It will be off when the audio is muted Audio mute will mute both the SPDIF and Stereo audio Current Chapter and Clip Name The Current Chapter field indicates the name of the file that is currently selected for playback This entry will change as a result of the cue command Note The ter...

Page 35: ...ck the video output Video Output This button is used to activate the Video output following either a video mute or color bars command Color Bars This button is used to display color bars on the video outputs Fast Forward Loop Slider Drag this Slider to Cue to any position in a clip Click the Play button to play from the new position Confidence Display No longer supported ...

Page 36: ...running The information shown can be used to debug show control programming problems check communications protocols and generally monitor the condition of the HD Player The Log display is arranged as a set of pages each listing related information The active tab i e the one whose entries are being displayed can be selected by clicking over it s name as illustrated in the following diagram The Log ...

Page 37: ...ser These tabs display any commands received by that method and will also show any protocol errors encountered See Chapter 11 Remote Control Configurations also Chapter 12 Remote Control Protocols The File Information Window The File Information Window displays various properties unique to the current clip Properties Data Rate of the clip Video Horizontal and Vertical Resolution Frame Rate and PID...

Page 38: ...tion about the main menu commands Use the Status Bar for quick tips about the commands available on the main drop down menus The display changes as you drag your pointer along the menu options To turn the Status Bar on or off 1 Click View on the main menu 2 Click the Status Bar icon Checked On Unchecked Off ...

Page 39: ... features that are set once and not changed as part of the show control system To Modify the Player Configuration Right Click the Playlist area and select Channel Properties from the drop down menu The Channel Properties dialog The Channel Properties dialog box appears shown below containing a number of different settings necessary for optimum performance of your HD Player Note You must select Sav...

Page 40: ...he Configuration files section of this manual Video on at startup Select this option to enable HD Video output when the HD Player is powered on This option will usually be set but can be useful in certain show control environments Audio on at startup Select this option to enable the HD audio output when the HD Player is powered on This option will usually be set but can be useful in certain show c...

Page 41: ... Players Default is 1 Enter the appropriate Base Channel Number into the Text Command Protocol command structure refer to Chapter 12 Remote Control Protocols for more information Audio Output Format The HD Player supports three different audio output modes which can be selected from a drop down list To change the audio output mode click over the window and select the required setting No Audio Deco...

Page 42: ...k master in a multi channel HD Player system Genlock ES Gen MS9200P only Select this mode when using the HD Player with a proprietary Electrosonic genlock feed referred to as ES Gen This signal mode is typically used in a multi Player setup such as a 3D presentation Genlock Composite Black Burst Select this mode to genlock the HD Player to a composite black and burst signal Ensure that the genlock...

Page 43: ...be seen on the GUI confidence display The video Output Format field tells the HD Player how to format the video output Normally this will match the contents of the file A file encoded as 1080i is normally decoded as 1080i but the HD Player has an integrated video scaler that can output a different format to that contained in the file Setting this option to unknown will cause the Video output to ke...

Page 44: ...0x720p 48 Hz 50Hz 59 94 Hz 60 Hz Commonly referred to as 720p 720x480p 48 Hz 50Hz 59 94 Hz 60 Hz Commonly referred to as 480p 960x72op 59 94 Hz 1024x768p 59 94 Hz This mode was designed to match the resolution of many digital display devices such as DLP or LCD This gives very good quality images because it removes the need for the projector to resize the input signal 1280x1024i 60 Hz As above 1440...

Page 45: ...ncorporate a device that generates the timecode for the system referred to as the master timecode This signal is distributed to each timecode aware device in the system These are often referred to as slaves A slave will usually have the ability to generate its output based on the timecode it receives For example a lighting system could be programmed to generate a lighting scene or effect when a ce...

Page 46: ...command is received after the clip a cued If the Play At see below option is not enabled this will also be the point when video output begins The HD Player will output this timecode as a Jam Sync signal when a cue command is issued Play At Select the Play At box and enter a time to set a pre roll i e a period where timecode is generated before the video starts This might be used for pre show setup...

Page 47: ... timecode while the clip is still playing or extend the timecode after the clip has ended The following examples show some typical uses of the timecode generation options Generate a timecode starting at 01 00 00 00 when the play command is received Generate a timecode starting at 01 00 00 00 when the play command is received but delay start of the video playing until 01 00 10 00 Generate a timecod...

Page 48: ...n in the properties to set the parameters Play At The Play At box is used to set the trigger point at which the cued file will begin playing Loop Input to Output Select this option to pass incoming timecode through to the timecode output Use this feature to daisy chain a number of HD Players to the same timecode input Note In the loop through mode the output timecode is electrically regenerated i ...

Page 49: ...n also be used as a simple timecode reader if verification of incoming timecode is necessary Simply select the Receive mode but do not check the Play At option In this mode the Timecode window will show the incoming timecode without a clip being played Timecode Cable In the event that you must fabricate your own Timecode cable s use the information in the diagram below ...

Page 50: ... single image on a screen when using multiple projectors This results in a seamless display that shows no signs of being made up of spliced together images from separate projectors A soft edged display provides the benefits of both the Videowall and the Single Projector with few of their flaws Multiple projection systems allow the designer to utilize smaller and less expensive projectors to displa...

Page 51: ...ment is termed Soft Edging control and provides electronic manipulation of the image in both the horizontal and vertical axis Note 1 Soft Edging is available only on the Secondary analog HD2 and HDSDI outputs of the MS9200P HD Player 2 Soft Edging is not available on the Primary analog output HD1 of the MS9200P HD Player 3 Soft Edging is not available on the HD output of the MS9100P or MS9100D HD ...

Page 52: ...Overlap 52 Rev 6 8 Configuring a Soft Edged System To access the Soft Edging control right click anywhere in the Playlist window Select Channel Properties from the drop down menu In the Channel Properties dialog box select the Overlap button ...

Page 53: ...HD Player Chapter 7 Soft Edging Display Overlap 53 Rev 6 8 This will open the Overlap Control Dialog box The following sections describe the various parameters that can be controlled Soft Edge Control ...

Page 54: ... 255 in both horizontal and vertical axes If both borders in an axis are used they must be set identically The following example shows settings for the center screen of the 3 x 1 projection system shown previously with a 100 pixel overlap on both left and right edges The Overlap Control Dialog for each of the other two projectors is set up identically except Set Projector 1 Left as shown below Set...

Page 55: ...ss In its simplest form this ramp is linear gamma value of 1 0 as illustrated above However the light output of a projector does not have a linear relationship to input voltage and so a gamma correction must be applied to the ramp to compensate The following diagram illustrates a gamma corrected brightness curve The HD Player produces two independent curves for each output mode 1 In the YPrPb outp...

Page 56: ... values 1 6 2 8 although this will vary depending upon the projector lamp used The actual value will be determined during projector alignment The following example shows a Luma and Chroma gamma setting of 2 2 Note The Gamma units are displayed in 0 1 increments in the Overlap Control dialog window ...

Page 57: ... signal brightness must first be elevated using the Brightness control as described in the BCS section This ensures an amount of headroom for the black level to work within Note The Contrast setting may require adjustment if the image appears to be crushing the whites Two Black Level controls are provided 1 Level This determines the highest Luminance pixel value starting from 0 that can be modifie...

Page 58: ...these settings at any time during the adjustment of the Gamma and Overlap parameters A picture disturbance will be observed while the update is in progress a normal picture will resume after the settings have been updated Note It is not necessary to re cue a file to change any of the overlap parameters ...

Page 59: ...ideo is decoded across multiple Players at the same time Note MS9200P ES Gen Genlock and or Composite Video Black Burst sync available MS9100P Composite Video Black Burst sync available only MS9100D Composite Video Black Burst sync available with optional MS9000 HD Player software Genlock Mode The Player can operate in one of three genlock modes chosen from the Genlock Mode drop down menu in the C...

Page 60: ...l is not available We recommend that this system of Genlock be restricted to a maximum of 3 HD Players in a daisy chain To set up an ES Gen system 1 Set the Master HD Player in Genlock Standalone Master mode 2 Set all slave video Players to Genlock ES Gen mode The figure below shows a typical ES Gen cabling configuration GENLOCK STANDALONE MASTER MS9200 HD PLAYER MS9200 HD PLAYER GENLOCK ESGEN MS9...

Page 61: ... the output standard selected For example it is not possible for the HD Player to Genlock to a PAL composite signal if the output mode is set for a 60Hz output mode Typically all HD Video Players in the same system will be connected to a central house sync that is generated from a video DA The figure below shows a typical Composite Black Burst Cabling Configuration MS9200 HD PLAYER GENLOCK COMPOSI...

Page 62: ...nd drag it to the left or right Any changes to the settings will take effect immediately on the various video outputs The adjustments are as follows Brightness Brightness affects the intensity of the video level Dragging the bar to the left causes the brightness to decrease i e the picture gets darker Dragging the bar to the right causes the brightness to increase i e the picture gets lighter The ...

Page 63: ...sh while a highly saturated red is bright and punchy It is important not to confuse saturation with brightness Saturation can be thought of as the amount of pigment in a color Dragging the bar to the left decreases the saturation washing the colors out Dragging the bar to the right increases the saturation The range is 0 255 with 128 being the default setting ...

Page 64: ...yer will automatically load the last configuration file used when the unit is switched on Saving the current configuration The current configuration can be saved using the Save As command Click File Save As on the main menu The Save As window appears Enter the name of the file you wish to create make sure it has a vsf extension Click the Save button The enter key performs the same action Note When...

Page 65: ...Rev 6 8 Or press Ctrl S on the keyboard Loading a configuration file A different configuration can be loaded into the HD Player using the load command To load a configuration file Click File Open from the main menu Or press Ctrl O on the keyboard ...

Page 66: ... Remote Control Methods wizard This can be reached from the configuration menu as illustrated below Click on Configurations Remote Control Configurations in the main menu to display the Remote Control Methods wizard described in the following section The Remote Control Methods dialog The initial Remote Control Methods display shows a list of methods that have been defined so far The number of meth...

Page 67: ...ption since it cannot be undone The following sections describe each page of the wizard The Remote Control Wizard Method Type dialog The first screen in the wizard requires two pieces of information the method name and the physical connection type Every method must have a unique name which is used to identify the method in the Log window There are currently two physical connection types Serial RS2...

Page 68: ...9600 19200 57600 115200 Parity Odd Even or None Stop bits 1 or 2 stop bits To modify the Serial Control Parameters Click the arrow buttons adjacent to the appropriate boxes and select the necessary settings from the options listed Click the Next button to accept the settings and advance to the Choose Protocol page Remote Control Wizard Protocol page Use this page to select the protocol necessary f...

Page 69: ...HD Player Chapter 11 Remote Control Configuration 69 Rev 6 8 Click on the list to select either Protocol Click Next to advance Click Finish to end This will return you to the Remote Control Methods ...

Page 70: ... safe to select ports above the value 2000 although any number can be used in a closed installation 1 Enter the port number in the window NOTE When using ESCAN for control set Port to 4000 and select MSVPP Protocol 2 Click Next to advance to the Protocol page 3 Choose a protocol for this channel from the drop down list MSVPP ES4000 H Type Parser v1 02 Telnet Parser v1 06 4 Click on the list to sel...

Page 71: ...or DCD RXD TXD DTR SG DSR RTS CTS RI 9 WAY D TYPE PLUG FRONT VIEW 1 5 6 9 Figure 6 Serial Port Pin Functions RJ45 Ethernet This is a 100 Base T connection that supports the TCP IP protocol RJ45 Pinout Pin No Signal Pin No Signal 1 Tx 5 No connect 2 Tx 6 Rx 3 Rx 7 No connect 4 No connect 8 No connect Text Command Protocol Telnet Protocol The Text Command Protocol is a simple ASCII text based contro...

Page 72: ...ter should be set to 1 in the single channel version unless it has been changed using the Base Channel Number setting in the Channel Properties window Command Structure The basic structure for a telnet command is as follows KeyWord channel no parameter terminator The channel no channel number is mandatory For the HD Player use 1 unless you have changed the Base Channel Number setting in the Channe...

Page 73: ...nt This command requests the number of channels present on the player The player will respond with ChannelCount number SetOutputMode channel string This command is used to set the output mode for the player String is taken from the output mode table Mode Description Composite Standard definition composite video output YC Standard definition YC video output RGBHV RGBHV Component video output YprPb ...

Page 74: ... for the player String is taken from the resolution table and must be a valid return option from the GetOutputResolution command Number is taken from the frequency table and must be a valid frequency for the output resolution The resolutions except video must have either an I or P appended to the name to indicate Interlace or Progressive Example setoutputresolution 1 1920 1080 i 59 string resoluti...

Page 75: ...shows an example response from the player MediaBranch 1 2 3 4 e MediaBranch 1 2 3 4 e exhibit MediaBranch 1 2 3 4 e exhibit mainshow MediaBranch 1 2 3 4 e exhibit grids MediaBranch 5 6 7 8 f MediaBranch 5 6 7 8 f show version 1 MediaBranch 5 6 7 8 f show version 2 MediaBranch In this example the player wraps two hard drives e and f into a Unix style tree by simply using the letter as the root of t...

Page 76: ...n Playlist AddPlaylist string1 mediapath clip Adds a clip identified by clip located in the media path identified by mediapath to the playlist identified by string1 The Player will respond with OK or ERROR Example AddPlaylist Left Screen e exhibits Main screen intro mpg AddPlaylist Left Screen e exhibits Main screen L mpg The control system doesn t need to terminate the playlist creation commands ...

Page 77: ...and end chapters for a Playlist on the specified channel This command will also pre load the start chapter in preparation for the Playlist command The Playrange command requires an amount of time to complete because of some initialization that must occur when a new file is selected The status commands can be used to poll the player to find out when the playrange command completes If the HD Player ...

Page 78: ...HD Player Chapter 12 Remote Control Protocols 78 Rev 6 8 The Player will respond with OK or ERROR ...

Page 79: ...ll respond with OK channel X playing or ERROR Stop Channel list Stops the currently playing file and turn video off The Player will respond with OK channel X paused or ERROR Pause Channel list Pauses the currently playing file The Player will respond with OK channel X paused or ERROR Seek Channel list frameno Seek to a position in the file The position is specified as a frameno The Player will res...

Page 80: ...on video for the requested channel The Player will respond with OK or ERROR Videooff Channel list Turn off Mute video on the required channel The Player will respond with OK or ERROR Videobars Channel list Turn on video color bar output for the requested channel The Player will respond with OK or ERROR Loopon Channel list Enable the Auto repeat mode This will cause the channel to loop auto repeat ...

Page 81: ...status of certain parameters for a specific player Channel The Player will respond with Statetc 1 00 00 00 00 current timecode Statefile 1 clip current clip Stateplay 1 status playing paused stopped Timecode Commands Tcgenerate Channel list timecode Turns the timecode generator on and sends the timecode hh mm ss ff out as a jam sync The Player will respond with OK or ERROR Tcreceive Channel list S...

Page 82: ...Playlist Channel Begins playback of the selected chapters This command should normally follow a Playrange command Play Channel Play the currently loaded file When a file is playing the HD player will return this command Channel x Playing cr lf where x is the base channel set in the channel properties When a file has played the HD Player will return this command Channel x Playlist Complete cr lf wh...

Page 83: ...HD Player Chapter 12 Remote Control Protocols 83 Rev 6 8 Clears all files from the playlist List Channel Returns a list of the files loaded into the current playlist ...

Page 84: ...e marker 01 Hex This single byte value indicates the start of a message H message type indicator 48 Hex This single byte value indicates the ES4000 message type FrameNo Chapter frame No This field is a six digit numeric ASCII field that is used for the search chapter start and chapter stop commands B End of header marker 02 Hex This single byte value marks the end of the header and start of the pl...

Page 85: ...me Mode 83 Audio On 84 Audio Off A2 Set stop point for play list FrameNo last file to play in playlist To use the ES400 protocol to control the HD Player the following steps should be performed Set up a Playlist containing the files to be used in the installation Send a chapter start with the FrameNo field set to the first chapter to play in the Playlist Send a stop point with the FrameNo Field se...

Page 86: ...MS9200P only The PCI HD Decoder Card Interfaces The following figure shows the PCI Decoder card interface DECODER CARD DIGITAL MS9200 EXTENDER CARD MS9200 HD 1 HDSDI HD 2 OUT IN ES GENLOCK CVBS SPDIF IN OUT TIMECODE DECODER CARD ANALOG MS9100 TIME CODE IN OUT HD CVBS SPDIF Primary Output MS9200P MS9100P MS9100D This output provides an analog RGBHV or YPrPb output on a 15pin D type connector The ou...

Page 87: ... blending 1 255 pixels lines HDSDI MS9200P This is a digital output conforming to the SMPTE292M specification It is output on the BNC connector Currently it supports 1920 x 1080 and 1280 x 720 resolutions in YPrPb color space only This output can also be soft edged Horizontal and Vertical Edge Blending 1 255 pixels lines ...

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Page 89: ...e most systems will use a Genlock signal that will be either 29 97Hz or 25Hz it is necessary that the frame rate of the content also be one of these frequencies Genlock The genlock features in the HD Player can be used to ensure the output rasters from the multiple units stay locked together This ensures that once the units begin playing the output video will stay synchronized In a closed system i...

Page 90: ...t up a system using this method is to common the RS232 receive lines on all the HD Players to the transmit signal of the RS232 port on the show control system After the Play command is received the Players will wait for the timecode trigger to commence playback in sync ...

Page 91: ... Chapter 12 Remote Control Protocols and Appendix A TCP IP Communications HD Player 1 functions as Master to generate a triggering timecode and Genlock signal for the entire system Time code and Genlock are fed from their respective outputs on the Master to the appropriate inputs on the Slave unit HD Player 2 For simplicity in this example we are using a single MPEG chapter file to be played concu...

Page 92: ... to Chapter 5 HD Player Configuration for more information on how to set the Base channel Device 1 Master Device 2 Slave Playrange 1 0 0 cr Playrange 1 0 0 cr Tcgenerate 1 cr Tcreceive 1 cr Tcplayat 1 01 00 00 00 cr Tcplayat 1 01 00 00 00 cr Tcstart 1 00 59 55 05 cr RS232 NOTE The Channel numbers are different for each HD Player Refer to Chapter 5 HD Player Configuration for how to set the Base ch...

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Page 94: ...ents a three channel display The top HD Player is used to generate a triggering timecode for the entire system This timecode is looped through the middle unit using the loop through mode and finally sent to the input of the third unit The HD Players are synchronized to an external genlock source in this case a standard video black and burst generator ...

Page 95: ...network on a single port Messages transmitted in packets as network traffic allows Each device in the network has a unique address ensuring that a data message goes only to the specified device Maximum data transfer speeds greater than 100 Mbps Several types of Ethernet communications exist The protocol or language that the HD Player uses for its Ethernet communication is called TCP IP Transmissio...

Page 96: ...er value but have a unique host identifier For example the following two IP addresses could exist on the same network 208 132 180 40 208 132 180 55 This assumes that 208 132 180 is the network identifier and 40 and 55 are the host identifiers The above examples are representative of a Class C network Classes are explained in the next section Class Names There are rules governing the valid numbers ...

Page 97: ...layer will be delivered pre configured with a class C IP address from the 192 0 0 family Remember that there are two rules for choosing IP addresses The network identifier must be the same for each address The host identifier must be unique for each address Applying these rules to Class C addresses it can be seen that the first three decimal values of your IP addresses must all be the same while t...

Page 98: ...ning the Network Dialog Box The HD Player s IP address is located in the Network dialog box which can be accessed in the following manner Right Click the Network Neighborhood desktop shortcut and then select Properties Alternatively select the Windows Start button then select Settings Control Panel and double click the Network icon After performing either of the previous steps the Network dialog b...

Page 99: ...e the desired IP address in the IP Address field Saving the Subnet Mask and IP Address Values After setting the Subnet Mask and IP address Click on the OK button to save the values Note You must now reboot the PC for the changes to take effect Pinging a Device You can perform a simple test from your control computer to check that the HD Player is responding correctly To perform the test you will u...

Page 100: ...ime value may vary according to network traffic Example 2 Unsuccessful Pings If you are not successful pinging the address you will get one of two messages The message returned will indicate the type of problem A message of Request timed out indicates that there has been no response from the specified address Either the device is not receiving data from the computer or the device is sending data C...

Page 101: ...ed Compression Compression falls into two basic types Loss less and Lossy As the name implies loss less compression is able to recreate the original digital data exactly Lossy compression uses information in the input stream which can be discarded without noticeable degradation of the stream What is MPEG MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group was started in 1988 as a working group within ISO IEC with t...

Page 102: ...tream I frames These are frames that contain a complete Image I frames act as the random access points into the video stream P Frames These frames contain only the differences from the previous frame B Frames These frames contain the differences between the previous frame and the next frame This may seem like a strange concept How can a video frame use information from a frame in the future The an...

Page 103: ...e PTSs in the PES packets It is important to understand that the PES times are features of Multiplexing audio and video into single streams They are not included in elementary streams Playback of elementary streams relies on the implicit timing of the stream For example an NTSC video stream needs to be presented at 29 97 frames per second For audio streams the playback rate is the same as the samp...

Page 104: ... bit errors in the stream The transport stream can contain any number of different audio and video stream pairs Transport streams were designed for the Television broadcast industry where errors may be common in the data streams transmitted from satellite and there may be many different TV channels broadcast in the same stream Note The Electrosonic HD Player requires all MPEG files to be multiplex...

Page 105: ...lar resolutions supported are 1920 x 1080 x 59 94 interlace and 1280 x 720 x 59 94 progressive Recommended Video PID numbers are 17 33 49 Audio PID numbers are video PID 3 Try to ensure that all files are encoded with the same PID Electrosonic normally use 49 The standard ATSC bit rate is 19 39Mb s Higher bit rates up to 50Mb s can be accommodated 25Mb s is an excellent compromise between image qu...

Page 106: ...nc Ground 3 Blue Pb 11 No Connect 4 No Connect 12 No Connect 5 No Connect 13 H Sync 6 Red Ground 14 V Sync 7 Green Ground 15 No Connect 8 Blue Ground Secondary Video Output Format RGBHV YPrPb to SMPTE274M and 296M Tri level sync on YPrPb mode as specified by EIA770 Support for optional Soft Edging 15 pin miniature D type socket Pin Number Name Pin Number Name 1 Red Pr 9 No Connect 2 Green Y 10 Syn...

Page 107: ...e Pin Number Name 1 Red 9 No Connect 2 Green 10 Sync Ground 3 Blue 11 No Connect 4 No Connect 12 No Connect 5 No Connect 13 H Sync 6 Red Ground 14 V Sync 7 Green Ground 15 No Connect 8 Blue Ground Network RJ45 Ethernet 10 100Base T auto sensing Digital Video Decoder ISO IEC 13818 2 MPEG2 Compliant Video Decoder supports MP HL decoding ISO IEC 13818 1 Transport stream compliant All ATSC compliant d...

Page 108: ... Formats SMPTE274M SMPTE296M Aspect Ratio 16 9 4 3 5 4 1920 x 1080i 1280 x 1024i 1280 x 720p 1024 x 768p 720 x 480p Video Outputs Electrical Analogue Output Color Space Support SMPTE 170M SMPTE 240M ITU R BT 709 ITU R BT 470 2 SystemM Audio Stereo audio output via miniature line out connector Stereo Audio 100mV p p Audio Processing Dolby Digital AC3 Sampling Rates 44 1KHz 48KHz Audio Bit Rate 384K...

Page 109: ...o Input Connector Phono Socket o Input Impedance 600 ohms o Input Level 100mV p p Timecode Output o SMPTE EBU Film 24fps o Output Connector Phono Socket o Output Impedance 600 ohms o Output Level 1V p p Physical Features Chassis Weight 27 lbs Chassis Dimensions 2 R U 3 5 H x 19 W x 20 75 D Power Voltage 110 220 VAC 50 60 Hz Auto Ranging 250 Watts Environmental 10 to 40C Ambient 90 RH non condensin...

Page 110: ...as lead to the frequent use of wide screen to refer to an HDTV display Baud A unit of signaling speed equal to the number of signal events per second Baud is equivalent to bits per second in cases where each signal event represents exactly one bit Often the term baud rate is used informally to mean baud referring to the specified maximum rate of data transmission along an interconnection Typically...

Page 111: ...ust under 1 Mbyte of storage 701 kbytes for 525 lines 829 kbytes for 625 lines HDTV frames are 4 5 times larger Digital film frames may be that much larger again CBR Constant bit rate CBR refers to the delivery of multimedia where there is dedicated bandwidth and the data can be delivered at a guaranteed constant bit rate MPEG 1 and 2 are designed for CBR delivery Constant bit rate cannot be assur...

Page 112: ...on critical data Lossy Pictures are analyzed looking for redundancy and repetition and so discard unnecessary data The techniques were primarily developed for digital transmission but have been adopted as a means of handling digital video in computers and reducing the storage demands for digital VTRs Compression can be at either a set rate or a variable rate Also known as Bit Rate Reduction BRR Co...

Page 113: ...nion of Electrosonic that that 480 line progressive is not an HDTV format but does provide better resolution than 480 line interlace making it an enhanced definition format Huffman coding This compresses data by assigning short codes to frequently occurring sequences and longer ones to those less frequent Assignments are held in a Huffman Table The more likely a sequence is to occur the shorter wi...

Page 114: ...box Lossless compression Reducing the bandwidth required for transmission of a given data rate without loss of any data Lossy compression Reducing the total data rate by discarding data that is not critical Both the video and audio for DTV transmission will use lossy compression Luminance The component of a video signal that includes information about its brightness Macroblock In the typical 4 2 0...

Page 115: ... complex and not perfect MPEG coding However MPEG Splicers are beginning to appear to alleviate this difficulty Of the five profiles and four levels creating a grid of 20 possible combinations 11 have already been implemented The variations these define are so wide that it would not be practical to build a universal coder or decoder Interest is now focused on the Main profile Main level sometimes ...

Page 116: ...isk errors or failures can be detected and corrected A series of RAID configurations is defined by levels and being designed by computer engineers they start counting from zero Different levels are suited to different applications Level 0 No redundancy benefits only of speed and capacity generated by combining a number of disks Also known as striping Level 1 Complete mirror system two sets of disk...

Page 117: ... optional additional signal lines RS 422 is widely used for control links around production and post areas for a range of equipment Sampling Process by which an analog signal is measured often millions of times per second for video in order to convert the analog signal to digital The official sampling standard for standard definition television is ITU R 601 For TV pictures eight or 10 bits are nor...

Page 118: ...the standard 75 ohm BNC connector and coax cable as is commonly used for analog video and can transmit the signal over 600 feet 200 meters depending on cable type Slice A series of macroblocks A slice is the basic synchronizing unit for reconstruction of the image data and typically consists of all the blocks in one horizontal picture interval usually 16 lines of the picture SMPTE Standards SMPTE ...

Page 119: ... normal For example TV s normal aspect ratio is 4 3 and widescreen is 16 9 Although this is the aspect ratio used by HDTV widescreen is also used with normal definition systems YUV A color model used chiefly for video signals in which colors are specified according to their luminance the Y component and their hue saturation the U and V components 4 1 1 This is a set of sampling frequencies in the ...

Page 120: ...ly The sampling frequency of Y is 13 5 MHz and that of R Y and B Y is each 6 75 MHz providing a maximum color bandwidth of 3 37 MHz enough for high quality chromakeying The format specifies eight bits of resolution The details of the format are specified in the ITU R BT 601 2 standard document See also ITU R BT 601 2 4 4 4 Similar to 4 2 2 except that for every four luminance samples the color cha...

Page 121: ... Choosing IP Addresses 97 Ethernet 95 IP Address 96 Pinging 99 RS 232 95 Static Assignment 96 Subnet Mask 98 TCP IP Addressing 95 Composite Black Burst 10 Computer Monitor 10 Confidence Display 9 34 Disable 41 Configuration 38 Channel Properties 38 Configuration Files 63 vsf 63 Open 64 Save 64 Save As 63 Content Preparation 89 Cueing and Playing with Serial control 89 E ES GEN 58 Ethernet TCP IP 9...

Page 122: ... Main Menu 20 MS9000 HD Player Quick Start To Load a Clip 19 To Play a Clip 20 To Start the Player 18 MS9100D Analog Desktop model 9 connections 14 MS9100P Analog Rack Mount model 9 connections 13 MS9200P Digital Rack Mount model 9 connections 12 Multiplex 103 N Networking 9 NTSC 101 P PES 103 Playing in Sync with Timecode 89 Playlist 27 Clip Properties Dialog 27 Cue Play a Clip 30 Drag and Drop 2...

Page 123: ...BU 44 FILM 44 Loop Input to Output 47 Play At 45 Reader 48 Slave 47 SMPTE 44 Start Time 45 Stop At 46 Timecode In Out 10 Transport 31 33 Auto repeat Loop On Off 33 Cue 33 Pause 33 Play 33 Transport Status Cueing 32 Paused 32 Playing 32 Stopped 31 V Video Output 87 Black 34 Color Bars 34 HDSDI 88 On Off 34 Primary 87 RGBHV 87 Secondary 88 YPrPb 88 Video preview display 9 Videowall 49 View menu 20 D...

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