Orchestra CMS
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Orchestra CMS
The Orchestra Camera Management System provides a high level of automation, specifically aimed at Parliamentary, Legislative or Conference Centre TV systems where rapid shot acquisition is required. Through the use of control interfaces with third party devices such as microphone systems the Orchestra system can rapidly re-position controlled cameras to the required shots without any operator intervention.
Description
Features
The Shotoku Orchestra Camera Management System (CMS) enables Parliamentary, Legislative or Conference TV system operators to minimise shot acquisition times, ensuring nothing is missed in even the most demanding debating conditions.
Traditional shot recall methods work well up to a manageable number of shots but many, even moderate-sized, meeting rooms can exceed the requirement making operation challenging and resulting in missed exchanges between participants. By automating the operation Orchestra takes control of the critical initial phase of the shot acquisition.
Comprehensive methods of triggering shot acquisition are available to suit each application. These include a microphone selection event, pressing a touch screen with spotter camera view and/or a data tablet selection by the operator (from a graphical overlay of the debating chamber).
Once a trigger is received by the Orchestra system pre-defined actions can be taken:
Manual Mode:
Available (off-air) cameras are moved into position
Semi-Automatic Mode:
Available (off-air) cameras are moved into position
Best-shot camera is selected on preset bus of vision mixer
Fully Automatic Mode: (No Operator)
Available (off-air) cameras are moved into position
Best-shot camera is selected on On-Air bus of vision mixer
Optional speaker caption is inserted, and removed.
The speed and accuracy of the Orchestra system means even large scale systems may still be efficiently operated with minimal operators, improving results and controlling costs.
Orchestra CMS Software comes in a number of licensed configurations to suit all applications.
- Automatic control of multiple cameras
- Microphone or touch screen input (live video image)
- Rapid acquisition of shots
- Simultaneous multi-camera moves
- Automatic priority of camera selection
- Compatible with all Shotoku P&T heads
- Controls third party P&T heads
- Optional hot reundancy
| Number of cameras | Up to 16 |
| Vision switcher control | Fully- or semi-automatic |
| Microphone system interface | Serial or Ethernet input |
| User interface | Data tablet and/or Live video touch screen |
| Hot backup | Optional |
| Dimensions | Computer - 19" x2RU : Touch Screen - 19" VGA |
