Grass Valley K2 Edge User Manual v.4.1 - Manual (Page 36)

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15.2 Supported broadcast formats
The following tables define the K2 Edge supported broadcast formats with their related
supported input media formats. For all of these tables we recognize the following conversion
types:

AR – Aspect Ratio conversion. Under user control via Channel Composer template.

Cross – Cross conversion between formats with different but related frame rates,
converting from interlaced to progressive format or vice versa. Fully automatic.

Down – Downscale of larger video format to fit smaller broadcast format. Under user
control via Channel Composer template.

Up – Upscale of smaller video format to fit larger broadcast format. Under user
control via Channel Composer template.
PAL SD, 720x576, interlaced, 25 frames/sec, AR 4:3
Accepted input
media formats Fram
e
rate
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Conversions Comments
PAL 25 None Native format.
720@50p 50 AR, Cross, Down Different (but related) frame rate, automatically cross
converted from a progressive to an interlaced format. This
includes conversion of a selected set of services. Video is
scaled down via a Channel Composer template.
1080@50i 25 AR, Down Close to native format in terms of video and audio, just
more pixels. Video is scaled down via a Channel
Composer template.
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Frame rate for all tables is in frames per second.
NTSC SD, 720x480, interlaced, 29.97 frames/sec, AR 4:3
Accepted input
media formats Fram
e rate
Conversions Comments
NTSC 29.97 None Native format.
720@5994p 59.94 AR, Cross, Down Different (but related) frame rate, automatically cross
converted from progressive to interlaced format. This
includes conversion of a selected set of services. Video is
scaled down via a Channel Composer template.
1080@5994i 29.97 AR, Down Close to native format in terms of video and audio, just
more pixels. Video is scaled down via a Channel
Composer template.