A look at Microtronix’s excellent range of SDI video overlay products
Microtronix is a full service product development company offering hardware and software design services tailored to quickly get new products to the marketplace. For over 25 years, Microtronix has empowered customers worldwide with custom networking communications and video products.
Included in Microtronix’s range of products is an excellent selection of SDI video overlay products. Typical applications for these include:
- Broadcast facilities
- Professional video recording
- High-end video surveillance
- Multi-view systems
- Embedded video switching/monitoring systems
- Live SDI text and graphic/logo insertion (on screen display)
Here are some samples of outputs available from Microtronix’s SDI video overlay products:
Below are Microtronix’s range of high speed single and dual channel SDI video text and graphics overlay inserter products which support alpha blended text and graphics overlay / on screen display for video resolutions up to UHD (3840x2160p30) and Digital Cinema Initiatives (4096x2160p30).
These all offer low latency configurations with less than one frame of video delay between input and output, and provide users with an optimal viewing experience.
As the UK distributor for these products, please get in touch if you require further information.
DX-2200-SW-02
DX-2200 Dual-view 2×1 SDI Video Switcher supporting: PIP, PAP, split-screen & text/graphics on screen display
- Glitch-free switching of non-synchronous video
- Alpha blended Picture-in-Picture (PIP)
- Picture-and-Picture (PAP): side-by-side and vertically stacked dual-display
- Digital zoom and video scaling
- Alpha blended wipe/video switching transitions,
- Alpha blended text and logo/graphics overlay/OSD (in progressive and interlaced video formats)
- Drawing of straight lines and rectangles
- On-screen Frame Counter display
- Standby video switcher
- Video resolutions up to 1920x1080p30
- User control via switches and RS-232 Serial Control Port
The DX-2200-SW unit is designed as a seamless 2×1 SDI Video Switcher for professional camera display systems, video recording and high-end surveillance applications requiring glitch-free (frame synchronous) video switching and simultaneous (dual-view) display of the SDI inputs and the ability to insert (overlay) alpha-blended text and graphics onto live a SDI video stream. The graphic images are uploaded through the RS-232 serial port from a computer using a Java software uploader application.
£1,099.00
DX-2200-TI-24
DX-2200 SD/HD-SDI Text & Graphics Overlay Inserter (OSD) with PIP & SDI Loop Output
The DX-2200-TI-24 is a single port, high-speed and low frame delay SD/HD-SDI Text and Graphics Inserter with PIP OSD capable of overlaying live text and graphic components (symbols, lines, logos etc.) onto a SD or HD SDI video stream in both interlaced and progressive video formats. Up to 48 independent text or graphic fields on each of three overlay layers can be displayed and positioned as required. The text can independently controlled for colour, size, font and background colour.
Enhanced on screen display (OSD) capabilities include: alpha blending and multi-layering of both text and graphic fields, and dynamic positioning of text and graphic components. An ancillary SDI input (which can operate asynchronous to the main video source) is used for overlaying a PIP display from a second video source.
Key Features
- Supports live text insertion on interlaced, progressive segmented frame (PsF) and progressive video streams
- Dual SD/HD-SDI inputs: one for the main input & one ancillary for the PIP display
- Dual SDI outputs: one with the overlay & the other a loop-thru of the main SDI input
- Low frame delay modes of operation offer less the one video frame of delay from input to output
£1,099.00
DX-4400-TI-2K
The DX-4400 is a high performance low latency single/dual channel 3G-SDI Video Text and Graphics Overlay Inserter supporting alpha blended text and graphics overlay/on screen display (OSD) for progressive, progressive segmented frame (PsF) and interlaced video formats for SD, HD, FHD, 2K resolutions, A license upgrade is available for 4K UHD and 4K Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) video resolutions up to 4096x2160p30 using Dual Link 3G- SDI with Quad and 2SI mapping.
The product passes all video content on the primary video input, including audio channels and embedded metadata. Either SDI input can be used for PIP and for a scaled dual (side-by-side) display. Secondary SDI outputs provide a clean loop pass-thru output of each input.
£1625.00
DX-4400-TI-4K
DX-4400 4K 3G-SDI Text & Graphics Overlay Inserter (OSD) with SDI Loop Output
The DX-4400-TI-4K – 3G-SDI Video Text and Graphics Overlay Inserter product is an upgraded version of the base DX-4400-TI-2K product with the addition of support for a single channel of 3G-SDI video operating at resolutions up to 4K UHD or 4K Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) using Dual-link 3G- SDI with Quad and 2SI mapping.
The DX-4400 is designed for use in broadcast, professional video recording, information displays, surveillance, security and embedded applications requiring live text and graphic overlay with no degradation of the video content.
Applications include:
- Broadcast facilities
- Professional video recording systems
- Live SD/HD/FHD/2K/4K information systems
- Embedded real-time video applications:
- Military displays,
- Scientific, T&M data collection and transportation system,
- GPS, NTP/PTP clock and graphic overlay applications, and
- Weather / sport information system.
£2025.00
In this example a video source connects to SDI 1 on the DX-4400 and a computer generated overlay layer connects to SDI 2. The overlay is generated on a black background and the DX-4400 is configured to display the overlay layer on top of the main video with the black background treated as transparent.