Miranda announced the market launch of the Xstation HD/SD playout server with comprehensive branding and playout list control.
"Xstation, a truly 'channel-in-a-box' system, is designed to reduce the cost of adding extra TV channels, as well as to simplify and streamline installation and commissioning processes," said Darin Crosby of Miranda Technologies. It is ideal for thematic channels and provides all the tools required to create, schedule and produce television with high graphic content, without compromising quality. We are convinced that it is the only solution available today in the market that consolidates an automation system, a content management server and video assets, branding system, graphics engine, traffic system and the potential conversion to or from HD, all in one device."
Xstation is built based on Miranda's high-performance Vertigo XG graphics processor and the patented Xmedia suite of graphics automation applications. It offers playback with all its features, with unbeatable graphics rendering for the dynamic control of long-format clips, commercial spots , tickers, crawls and much more.
The Xstation's high-quality graphics engine allows you to individually index a virtually unlimited number of animated elements in each layer. Xstudio, the graphics authoring application for the Xstation, offers easy branding template development and graphics creation, while providing the interface to applications such as weather updates and news crawls . It provides a keyframe animation editor and timeline control for real-time playback.
Xplay, a playback automation application, offers a highly graphical interface with preview of upcoming events, including bugs and crawls. Xstation runs on its own, as a turnkey system based on playlists created by Xbuilder, or can be employed in an existing traffic system from another provider in order to initiate all primary and secondary events.
