Channel in a Box

ATHENSA Channel-in-a-Box is a software a solution for broadcasting a single TV channel. It integrates all the elements needed to keep a channel on-air by combining automation, playout and interactive graphics and ingest. It can provide SDI or IP streaming connectivity for broadcast and cable TV as well as other applications.

Multi user, multi-language and multi-channel subtitle preparation and insertion of open subtitles, closed subtitles, closed captioning and streaming of DVB subtitles are available as add-on options at additional charge.

Channel-in-a-Box Components

Channel in a Box, includes a Athensa Airbox 7 Playout provides the necessary playout automation processes, Athensa Titlebox 7 is a sophisticated, yet extremely user-friendly on-air CG and graphics manager can be used via videomixer or with mixed graphic software engine directly connected to Athensa Airbox 7 Playout Athensa Capturebox 7 enables multiple channels of HD or SD content to be captured from HD/SD SDI digital feeds, analogue sources and MPEG transport streams.

AirBox 7 Playout

Whether you choose to use a single channel system, turnkey Channel in a Box or Multi-Channel (2-4 Channels) solution. The playout automation support you need for today’s live or thematic broadcast platforms (API, GPI, DTMF, Router Control), Multi-Channel support, Multi-Video/Audio Format support (MPEG2, WMV/VC1, MPEG1, MPEG4, AVC/H.264, JPEG 200, AVC-Intra, Apple ProRes 422, DV, HDV, DVC Pro, DVCPro 50, DVCPro HD) and numerous user-friendly features for editing playlists are provided by TechLab Bilisim, the only authorized representative in Turkey.

ATHENSA Airbox 7 Playout will be a great choice for your broadcast platforms. With UHD/HD/SD resolution, SDI and IP, RTMP, (Youtube – Facebook) Virtual MPO Engine (Adobe Flash Media Encoder, Livestream.com App) broadcast output support, your broadcast platforms work without operator intervention whether in live broadcast production or automation mode, as well as Mirror, Bypass Relay, and MPM, technologies are used to ensure uninterrupted operation of your broadcast platforms 24/7 with 1+1 or N+1 or disaster scenario redundancy solutions.

CaptureBox 7 Ingest

Athensa CaptureBox 7 Ingest software allows you to record HD/SD digital, analog, IP, sources in different formats simultaneously using the multi-channel recording feature. You can display 4 channels of video sources on a single screen, or you can customize your interface to display single or multiple channels with a user-friendly interface.

TitleBox 7 CG

Athensa Titlebox 7 Character Generator is a very advanced character generator with a very user-friendly interface. With Athensa Titlebox 7, you can design your graphic projects that you want to project on the screen using static or dynamic objects, vertical or horizontal scrolling text, multi-layered static images, analog or digital clocks, tga, mov, png, animations, text with desired color, background, font”, and you can project them on the screen at any time without user intervention using Athensa Titlebox 7’s “Scheduler” tool.

AirBox 7 Playout

Video

Compression
MPEG2, WMV/VC1, MPEG1, MPEG4, AVC/H.264, JPEG 200, AVC-Intra, Apple ProRes 422, DV, HDV, DVC Pro, DVCPro 50, DVCPro HD
Format
PAL, NTSC, 1080i HD, 720p HD, 1080p HD
Bitrate
1-15 Mbit/s in MPEG2 MP@ML; 1-50 Mbit/s in MPEG2 422P@ML; 1-80 Mbit/s in MPEG2 MP@HL; 25 Mbit/s with HDV and DV; up to 80 Mbit/s MPEG2 HD HP@HL; up to 40 Mbit/s AVC/H.264 Baseline/Main; up to 80 Mbit/s AVC/H.264 Main/High; class 50 and 100 AVC-Intra
Color sampling
4:2:0 – MPEG Main Profile (incl.HDV); 4:2:2 – MPEG2 4:2:2 Profile; 4:2:0/ 4:1:1 – DV 25 Mbit/s; 4:2:0 – WMV and AVC; 4:2:2 – Apple ProRes; 4:2:0 – AVC-Intra

Audio

Compression
MPEG audio Layer 1 or 2; AAC audio; Uncompressed PCM; Windows Media Audio; Dolby Digital (AC3)
Bitrate (Mpeg audio)
64-384 Kbit/s
Sampling
48 kHz

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Media File Formats

HAVC/H.265

Transport Stream, QuickTime
MPEG2

MPG (Program Stream); M2P (Program Stream); M2T (Transpor Stream); TS (TransportStream); Open DML AVI and WAV (mono and stereo); QuickTime; MXF; GXF
DV

OpenDML Type 1 and Type 2 AVI; QuickTime; DV; MFX; GXF
HDV

MPG (Transport Stream); M2T/TS (Transport Stream); QuickTİme; 4MXF; GXF
H.264-AVC
MPEG4 part10

TS (Transport Stream – SPTS and MPTS)
WMC/ VC-1

WMV
MPEG1

MPG (System Stram)

CaptureBox 7 Ingest

Video

Compression
MPEG2, DV, DVCPRO 25/50, DVCPRODH, AVC/H.264, HEVC/h.265
Format
PAL, NTSC, 1080i HD, 720p HD, 1080p HD, 4K UHD

Audio

Compression
MPEG audio Layer 2 – up to 384Kbit/s AAC Audio; Uncompressed PCM
Sampling
16 bit / 48 kHz

Containers

Supported Containers
MPEG TS, MPEG PS, AVI, MXF

Closed Captions

CC Support
CEA-608 from Line21 are up-converted to CDP (CEA-708) Output CEA-708 in MPEG TS/TS, Output CEA-708 in External File

Studio Playout

Video

Compression
MPEG; HDV; DV AVC/H.264; VC-1; DVCPro HD*; DVCPro 50*; DVCPro*in MXF container

Audio

Media Containers
MPEG (system stream, program stream, tranport stream) AVI; DV; MFX; QuickTime; GXF; LXF; MOV (AVC-intra); MP4 (AVC-intra)

Supported Video Boards

DeckLink
DeckLink Duo 2, DeckLink 4K Extreme, DeckLink 4K Pro, DeckLink SDI 4K, DeckLink Studio 4K

Media File Formats

HAVC/H.265

Transport Stream, QuickTime
MPEG2

MPG (Program Stream); M2P (Program Stream); M2T (Transpor Stream); TS (TransportStream); Open DML AVI and WAV (mono and stereo); QuickTime; MXF; GXF
DV

OpenDML Type 1 and Type 2 AVI; QuickTime; DV; MFX; GXF
HDV

MPG (Transport Stream); M2T/TS (Transport Stream); QuickTİme; 4MXF; GXF
H.264-AVC
MPEG4 part10

TS (Transport Stream – SPTS and MPTS)
WMC/ VC-1

WMV
MPEG1

MPG (System Stram)

TitleBox 7 CG

Supported Video Boards

DeckLink
DeckLink Duo, DeckLink 4K Extreme , DeckLink 4K Pro, DeckLink 4K Extreme, DeckLink SDI 4K, DeckLink Studio 4K
AJA
Corvid 44 , Corvid 88

Supported TV Formats

UHD
Ultra-High Definition 2160p25, 2160p50
HD
High Definition 1080i, 720p
SD
Standard Definition PAL and NTSC

Minimum System Requirments

CPU
Single intel i7 (9th Generation) CPU
RAM
16 Gigabyte (GB) DDR4 RAM
HDD
256 GB Pro/Enterprise SSD System Disk, Enterprise Video Disk

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Important Features

4K Ultra HD support

H.264/H.265 Ingest and Playout support

NDI protocol support

Multi Parallel Output (MPO)

– UDP/RTP/RTMP
– YouTube – Facebook
– Adobe Flash Media Encoder, LiveStream.com, App

Live Stream Input

AirBox 7 support RTMP input and output

AJA ve Blackmagic video cards support

AirBox 7 can trigger graphics in Tielebox 7 CG via playlist secondary events.

EIA-608/708 Closed Captioning support

Auto Input Select , GPI triggering “Router Control“

Third-party traffic system capture list import support

Loudness/True Peak audio bar control support

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