New HDR, QC, and Versioning Features Unveiled at IBC 2024

Sep 11, 2024 | Newsletter

We’re excited to welcome you to our booth at the IBC 2024 to showcase the latest features in our cutting-edge products helping you work more efficiently across the multiple content technologies, from mastering to encoding, with quality control at every stage:

ICE Studio – all-in-one solution designed for efficient human-only quality control, content analysis, metrics and master’s validation. ICE Studio leads in the QC interoperability efforts for HDR and immersive audio technologies for a QC that make sense.

MIST – powerful mastering and versioning solution designed for high-end content production, offering advanced support for IMF, DCP, and HDR. It’s new features help bridging the gap from master to distribution files in UHD HDR for broadcast & online needs.

TORNADO  – processing engine offering robust transcoding, validation and analysis capabilities. With its REST API designed for integration it can be deployed on-premise or in the cloud, ideal for automating processes for dailies, archival, broadcast & online workflows.

New Features Highlights

  • New reference compositions to allow quick comparison of multiple versions.
  • Dual timeline simultaneous display for comparing in depth the compositions’ structure.
  • Expanded EBU-QC support: new tests permitting the validation of broadcast UHD HDR masters and the export of the results in an open-source and standardized format.
  • ICE Studio + TORNADO Integration: offload content processing to TORNADO for background validation and analysis, to free up ICE Studio for QC tasks requiring visual assessment.
  • Advanced HDR Conversions: support added for ITU-R BT.2446 and NBCUniversal LUTs, with a preview playback option before rendering.
  • New audio normalization tool for EBU R-128 and other loudness standards.
  • Support for ISXD tracks (e.g. Dolby Vision metadata) into multi-essence MXF Op1A for broadcast deliverables.
  • Creation, playback and validation of Metadata-Guided Audio (MGA) using Serial ADM metadata as well as the other recommendations of the EBU R-154 publication.

Schedule a meeting with us at IBC

Join us at Booth 7.D47 to experience these new features firsthand. Let’s discuss how our solutions can streamline your workflows and enhance your content production.

We look forward to seeing you at IBC!