TEXT INSERTION AND MORE GPIS FOR MULTILOGO LOGO KEYER (September 2011)

Crystal Vision has introduced enhancements to the MultiLogo logo keyer, the most feature-packed, space-saving and easy-to-use modular solution to HD or SD station branding. With MultiLogo having its most successful year yet, these new features provide the control of multiple logo keyers, text insertion functionality and an additional 16 GPIs for the recall of presets.

MultiLogo is a multi-layer logo keyer which provides three layers of keying from a variety of internal and external sources including a non-volatile eight-port 4 GB or 8 GB video store with DRAM and Flash memory which can hold up to 500 still or animated logos. The logos are transferred from the graphics PC to the video store over fast 100Mbit Ethernet, while MultiLogo saves broadcasters rack space with up to 12 logo keyers fitting in 2U.

The new MultiLogo software being demonstrated at IBC allows the control of multiple logo keyers – ideal for those that have more than one board to set up and control. The new software will store a list of IP addresses at which any MultiLogos can be found, with the user able to easily change the control from one logo keyer to another by selecting from the list. Each of the IP addresses can be given a 32-character label for easy identification.

The enhanced MultiLogo software also includes a customer-requested simple text insertion function – Quick Text – which allows the operator to type in text for internal use, such as for a studio ident, and then convert the text to a graphic format for sending to the MultiLogo board. Quick Text can be used with an unlimited number of characters and with any available Windows font. The text box background can be any 24 bit colour and can be sized up to full screen 1080p.

Also new for the V131 and V131 8G versions of MultiLogo is the ML-GPI8, an add-on board which plugs on to the motherboard and is ideal for broadcasters who work by recalling presets and who want a manual backup in case the automation system fails. The ML-GPI8 provides eight GPI inputs for recalling eight presents and eight GPI outputs which act as a tally and show which of the eight GPIs was recalled most recently. With an ML-GPI8 fitted, MultiLogo V131 becomes a ‘double decker’ board which uses two frame slots, with the 16 GPI connections accessed through the 26-way high density D-Type on the RM33 frame rear module which is used in combination with the standard RM52.

The new MultiLogo software and ML-GPI8 are both available now.