Grass Valley Karrera Video Production Center v.4.0 - Manual (Page 18)

18 KARRERA — User Manual
Section 1 — Introduction
• Suites mode shares resources in one video processor frame across two
different production suites while completely isolating the resources in
one suite from the other as well as supporting more than one control
panel in the same suite.
• DoubleTake™ Split ME Mode effectively increases the number of MEs
to a total of up to 10 and includes FlexiKey™ Programmable Clean Feed
Mode for separately programmable configurations of keyers from four
ME outputs.
• Complete multiformat production with up/down/cross converting of
HD input and output formats, including aspect ratio conversion, color
space conversion, and motion adaptation on up to 16 inputs and eight
outputs in the standard frame.
• Transition Chaining augments parallel video paths using Key
Chaining, Background Chaining, and Partition Sync functions to sim-
plify productions requiring multi-client feeds.
• Live 3D production is as straightforward as 2D production. Double-
Take simplifies configuration of ME resources with parallel back-
ground and keyer paths. Transition Chaining ensures left eye and right
eye content is automatically switched in parallel with all the resources
of Karrera's MEs.
• Fully interoperable with the Encore™, Jupiter™, and SMS-7000 routing
control systems; LDK series cameras using LDK Connect Gateway; and
with the K2 media server family. Supports Ethernet and serial AMP
protocol, BVW, VDCP, PBus II, and Odetics protocols, as well as con-
trolling devices using PBus II and GPIs. Supports Grass Valley Editor
protocol.
• Integrated external ClipStore provides multiple channels of video/key
pairs for over 10 hours of nonvolatile video/key/audio clip content.
• Tally (multiple tally calculators for contact closure, and tally contribu-
tion via serial port).
Karrera Video Processor Frames
The Karrera Video Processor Frame is available in two sizes. The 8-RU stan-
dard size frame supports up to 4.5-ME systems. The 4-RU compact frame
supports 1-ME through 2.5-ME Karrera systems (
Figure 1 ). The number of
licensed boards present in the Karrera frame determines the number of
MEs available, as well as the number of video inputs, outputs, GPIOs and
Relay Tallies.