Supported Сodecs and File Formats

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Supported TV Formats

The current version of Cinegy Air components supports the following TV formats:

Standard Definition (SD) High Definition (HD) Ultra High Definition (UHD/4K) Ultra High Definition (UHD/8K)

720x576i@25fps 4:3

1920x1080i@25fps

3840x2160@25fps

7680x4320@25fps

720x576i@25fps 16:9

1280x720p@50fps

3840x2160@50fps

7680x4320@50fps

720x480i@29.97fps 4:3

1920x1080i@29.97fps

3840x2160@29.97fps

7680x4320@29.97fps

720x480i@29.97fps 16:9

1280x720p@59.94fps

3840x2160@59.94fps

7680x4320@59.94fps

1920x1080p@50fps

1920x1080p@59.94fps

1920x1080p@23.976fps*

1920x1080p@24fps*

1920x1080p@25fps**

1920x1080p@29.97fps**

* The format is not supported for Cinegy Archive integration.

** Partial support due to VANC decoding issue.

Supported Media File Formats

Cinegy Air will read the following file formats (containers):

  • Raw DV

  • MPEG Elementary Stream (M2V, M2A)

  • MPEG Program Stream (MPG, MPEG)

  • MPEG Transport Stream (TS, M2T)

  • MXF OP1a *

  • MXF AS-03/11

  • MXF OPAtom

  • Apple Quicktime (MOV and MP4)

  • Windows AVI

  • Windows Media (WMV and WMA)

  • WAV

  • MP3

  • OGG

* JPEG2000 support is currently considered experimental.

Supported Video Codecs

Cinegy Air supports the following video codecs. Please note that some of the video codecs listed here may require an additional purchase of a codec license depending on the product version or bundle used.

  • DV25

  • DVCAM

  • DVCPRO

  • DVCPRO 50

  • DVCPRO HD

  • HDV

  • Sony IMX

  • Sony XDCAM SD

  • Sony XDCAM HD

  • Sony XDCAM HD422

  • Sony XDCAM EX

  • H.264 (up to 4:2:2)

  • MPEG-2 I-frame

  • HEVC (H.265)

  • MPEG-2 Long GOP

  • Panasonic AVC Intra 50

  • Panasonic AVC Intra 100

  • Avid DNxHD

  • Avid DNxHR

  • Apple ProRes

  • Windows Media (all versions)

  • Cinegy DANIEL 2

  • Any Windows-based AVI codec

  • Sony XAVC

These file formats are recommended for playback in UHD mode: ProRes422, XAVC I-frame, and Cinegy Daniel2.

Supported Audio Codecs

Cinegy Air currently supports live input with an audio sample rate of 48 kHz.

Cinegy Air supports the following audio codecs:

  • 16, 20 and 24-bit PCM

  • MPEG-2 Audio Layer I-III

  • AAC LC/HE/HE2

  • AC3

  • Vorbis

Supported Image File Formats

The following image formats can be inserted in the Cinegy Air playlist or used for graphics or logo overlay:

  • JPEG

  • TIFF

  • PNG

  • TGA

  • BMP

  • GIF

For dynamic logo or graphic animations overlay please use Cinegy DANIEL2 codec. TARGA sequences are not supported.

Supported Text File Formats

The following text formats can be inserted into the Cinegy Studio Rundown:

  • DOC

  • DOCX

  • TXT

  • RTF

Supported Input Sources

Cinegy Air is able to receive and play the following live sources:

  • SDI baseband video (refer to the list of supported SDI boards)

  • RTP/UDP/SRT streams as per SMPTE 2022-2 (MPEG-2, H.264, H.265, Daniel2 video, various bitrate, GOP structure and audio formats)

  • SMPTE 2022-6/7 uncompressed IP video

  • NewTek NDI

  • For.A HVS-100TB2 Input

  • Shared RAM Input

  • WDM Input

  • Audio Input

  • WebCam Input

Supported Subtitle File Formats

Cinegy Air is able to generate open captions (burn-in subtitles) from the following file formats:

  • STL

  • SRT

Important
 Refer to the Cinegy Subtitling Service Manual for more information about the subtitle control service implemented as a sidecar to the main Cinegy Air service.