OTTAWA — As part of its Ross Live 2020 product release program, Ross Video announced Tuesday the launch of softGear, a new software-defined platform for audio, video and metadata processing.
SoftGear draws its design and methodology from Ross Video’s openGear ecosystem and creates new ways to acquire, process, manage and distribute content, says the news release. The softGear platform complements existing hardware-based workflows with software-based processing for both on-premise workflows and cloud environments, offering video, audio and metadata processing on commercial off-the-shelf hardware.
Within softGear, algorithms are encapsulated using modern container technology, targeting CPU (central processing unit) or GPU (graphics processing unit) rather than FPGA (field programmable gate array) or DSP (digital signal processor), and media processing services are deployed as microservices, instead of dedicated physical cards, says the release. This allows for rapid, hardware-less integration of IP from other companies that would not otherwise be possible. A common user interface framework through DashBoard also ensures that softGear is extremely user-friendly for operators everywhere, says the release.
Ross announced three initial product offerings built on the softGear platform: the Nielsen Watermarking Encoder for IP (NWE-IP), which allows watermarking for audience measurement in AES67 and ST 2110 environments; the Radio and Streaming Audio Processor (RSAP), which integrates the latest generation of legendary Orban radio processing for AM, FM, DAB and streaming; and the Broadcast Audio Processor (BAP), which integrates Dolby Realtime Loudness Levelling (RTLL), Nielsen Watermarking and Dolby Digital encoding in a flexible multi-channel solution for television playout and distribution chains.
For more information, please visit www.rossvideo.com/live to watch the webcast with Ross Video’s signal processing team.
