Designed to address the complex signal processing challenges of HD, the Densité Series modular interfaces are based on a single 3G platform with advanced audio capabilities. In addition to high quality processing, the range offers sophisticated control and monitoring, as well as space efficiency, field upgradeability, and minimal spares requirements. View all products listing.

Future-proof, flexible platform
The Densité Series is a future-proof, 3G capable platform which is available, in 3RU and 2RU sizes. Both frames share the same advanced control and monitoring features, and the ability to combine multiple formats and functions in one frame. All the 2RU cards can fit in the 3RU frame to minimize the number of frames required. The frames maintain a copy of the configuration of every card in every slot. If a card fails and is replaced by a cold spare, the frame pushes the saved configuration to the new card, allowing it to power up correctly without operator intervention.

Outstanding 5.1 audio capabilities
The Densité Series is uniquely capable of addressing the challenges of 5.1 audio for HD. A single DAP audio processor can perform stereo to 5.1 Upmixing with Linear Acoustic UpMAXTM technology, as well as Dolby E/AC-3 encoding/decoding, and 5.1 to stereo downmixing. It can also provide audio to video delay, and loudness measurement and control. Importantly, there is perfect video and audio synchronization between the DAP audio processor and an associated video processing card.

Full breadth of line
With the expansion of the Densité Series, the multi-format range offers a comprehensive selection of interfacing capabilities, including:

• Up/down/cross conversion with signal processing
• Upmixing/Downmixing/Dolby™ E/AC-3 encoding/decoding
• MPEG 2/4 decoding
• HD/SD playout
• Embedding and de-embedding
• Change-overs
• Routing
• Signal probing with macro-block detection
• Distribution amplifiers
• Fiber interfacing
• Sync pulse generation
• L-band support

High quality up/down/cross conversion
The Densité Series offers the highest quality conversion. The top of the range XVP-1801 Up/Down/Cross converter offers superior conversion quality at both 50 and 59.94Hz, due to multiple processing technologies, including better detail enhancement; more effective 3:2, 5:5, and 2:2 detection; pixel-based de-interlacing; video over film support; and advanced motion adaptive de-interlacing and anti-ringing.

Improved presentation
To ensure that upconverted or downconverted television is presented in the correct aspect ratio when aired, the XVP modules support AFD. This provides automatic aspect ratio control using embedded control commands, and this prevents on-air aspect ratio errors such as the postage stamp effect.

To further improve the presentation of upconverted or downconverted television, the XVP family of interfaces offers a background keying capability, which allows side panels, or top and bottom panels, to be filled with video or graphics.

Field-upgradeable functionality
The XVP cards include an upconverter, a downconverter, an SD ARC, and a HD/SD frame sync; all with the same hardware as the top of the range, Up/Down/Cross converter. The reduced functionality cards can be upgraded in the field to the full Up/Down/Cross conversion specification if extra capabilities are required. This adds flexibility, future-proofs the hardware investment, and simplifies spares requirements.

Incoming feed decoding with rich features
Two variants of Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) modules are now available which offer rich functionality for incoming feed applications.

The IRD-3801 is an HD/SD MPEG 2/4 decoder with ASI and GigE IP inputs, and the IRD-3811 is an HD/SD MPEG 2/4 receiver/decoder with ASI and RF inputs. Advanced features include down conversion on the output, Dolby AC-3 decoding, and compressed domain probing.

Versatile HD/SD media player
The new HMP card is a highly versatile media player with dual HD/SD outputs, which is based on a high quality JPEG-2000 decoder. Video is stored using interchangeable Compact Flash for a high level of robustness. The media player is ideal for many different applications, such as storing apology sequences and animated backgrounds, and playing out promo clips.

Macro-block detection
The HCP-1801 probe can now perform affordable and reliable macro-block detection in HD and SD signals, which commonly results from MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 decoding. Using a unique algorithm, the HCP-1801 performs a pixel-by-pixel, frame-by-frame analysis of the video signal, detecting the presence and measuring the severity of image macro-blocks.

Advanced control and monitoring
The Densité range offers unsurpassed remote control and monitoring capabilities over IP, with control by the iControl GUI and by an easy to use ‘hard‘ panel. A key feature of many Densité Series modules is the built-in streaming video and audio level meter support, which allows the video to be evaluated remotely over IP.

END-TO-END, HIGH PERFORMANCE PROCESSING WITH DENSITÉ

Miranda’s Densité Series provides the breadth and depth of capabilities needed for interfacing across a complex hybrid HD/SD facility. In this example, Densité Series modules are used to normalize feeds to suit the HD and SD playout chains.