System Recommendations

Operating Systems Support

Cinegy Live runs on the following operating systems: Windows 10 PRO*, Windows 10 Enterprise*, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019*.

Operating system recommendation: Windows 10 Pro / Windows Server 2019.

* Chosen SDI card compatibility with operating system should be confirmed by user.

Caution
 We recommend updating Windows OS to include the latest Microsoft updates and hotfixes.

Hardware Recommendations

Note
 Cinegy products work only on machines with CPU supporting minimum instruction set SSE4.1
Note
 These system recommendations use older hardware which has been previously tested. The CPU’s listed should be used as a guide to select modern equivalent options and not as direct requirements.

The recommended hardware depends on many factors, such as the stream count, video format – SD/HD, MPEG-2/H.264, bit rate, chroma format, GOP size. The CPU load also differs depending on the Cinegy Live operating mode and alerts setup.

For example, to be able to monitor up to 20 H.264 Full HD (1920x1080i) streams, Super Micro with Intel Xeon dual 8-core E5-2687W 3.1 GHz can be used. For monitoring up to 16 HD H.264 12-15 Mbit streams and having one output H.264 stream – Intel Xeon dual 8-core E5-2670 2.6 GHz is sufficient.

9 SD MPEG-2 streams and a single MPEG-2 HD output stream can run on a single Intel Xeon E3-1220 3.1 GHz 4 Gb machine.

Note
 MPEG-2 RTP encoding may take significant CPU loading. H.264 RTP encoding requires even more CPU resources. Choosing to offload H.264 compression to a supported Nvidia GPU can dramatically reduce CPU requirements if streaming outputs are enabled. Nvidia GeForce 950 or Quadro M2000 are excellent choices.
Caution
 Do not choose NVIDIA "RTX" series cards if you want to use GPU encoding (NVEnc) for Interlaced TV formats! All RTX (Turing family) Nvidia cards do not support interlace field coding mode.

For working in screen output mode Nvidia graphics card with DirectX acceleration is recommended.

Note
 After installing a dedicated graphics card, please disable the onboard graphics card (e.g. Matrox) using the Windows Device Manager > Display Adapters and selecting the "Disable device" option for that card.

Supported TV Formats

Note
 All Cinegy products currently support only live input with an audio sample rate of 48 kHz.
Standard Definition (SD) High Definition (HD) Ultra High Definition (UHD)

720x576i @ 25 fps 4:3

1920x1080i @ 25 fps

3840x2160 @ 25 fps

720x576i @ 25 fps 16:9

1280x720p @ 50 fps

3840x2160 @ 29.97 fps

720x480i @ 29.97 fps 4:3

1920x1080i @ 29.97 fps

3840x2160 @ 50 fps

720x480i @ 29.97 fps 16:9

1920x1080i @ 25 fps

3840x2160 @ 59.94 fps

1920x1080p @ 50 fps

1920x1080p @ 59.94 fps
Note
 Other input rasters and formats may work, but cannot be ensured.

SDI Video Card Driver Recommendations

Note
 Before performing any drivers changes or updates, it is recommended to stop processes and services which use SDI cards. Please mind that most of the cards require a reboot or even power cycle to finalize driver processing/firmware update. Make sure the applications or services autostart is disabled. Processes and services which automatically start after reboot and access card/driver may prevent this update from normal processing and finishing.

The following SDI boards are supported by Cinegy Live:

DVS

Model Recommended Driver Version Recommended Firmware Version UHD Support

Atomix LT

4.3.5.18

5.4.1.5_5.2.7

+
Note
 Multichannel Blackmagic and Deltacast cards as well as AJA cards of the latest generation allow to work with channels in different TV formats on condition their frequency is consistent.
Note
 Please note that multichannel AJA cards of the old generation (specifically Corvid22, Corvid24, Kona3G) do not support work with channels in different TV formats.

Blackmagic Design

Model Recommended Driver Version UHD Support

DeckLink SDI

10.6.8

-

DeckLink Studio

10.6.8

-

DeckLink Extreme

10.6.8

-

DeckLink HD Extreme 3D

10.6.8

-

DeckLink Duo

10.6.8

-

DeckLink Quad

10.6.8

-

DeckLink Duo 2

10.6.8

-

DeckLink Quad 2

10.6.8

-

DeckLink SDI 4K

10.6.8

+

DeckLink SDI 4K PRO

10.6.8

+

DeckLink 4K Studio

10.6.8

+

DeckLink 4K Extreme

10.6.8

+

DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G

10.6.8

+

DeckLink Mini Recorder

10.6.8

-

Intensity 4K Pro

10.6.8

+

Intensity Shuttle

10.6.8

-

AJA

Model Recommended Driver Version UHD Support

Kona LKi

12.2.2

-

Kona LHe+

12.2.2

-

Kona 3G

12.2.2

+

Kona 4

12.2.2

+

Corvid

12.2.2

-

Corvid 3G

12.2.2

-

Corvid 22

12.2.2

-

Corvid 24

12.2.2

+

Corvid 44

12.2.2

+

Corvid 88

12.2.2

+

Deltacast

Model Recommended Driver Package UHD Support
(quad-link SDI)		 RS-422 Control Ext. Timecode

DELTA-hd-elp-d 44

5.19

up to p29.97

−

−

DELTA-hd-elp-d 62

5.19

up to p29.97

−

−

DELTA-hd-elp-d 80

5.19

up to p29.97

−

−

DELTA-3G-elp-d 8c

6.05

up to p59.94

−

−

DELTA-3G-elp-d 4c

6.05

up to p59.94

−

−

DELTA-3G40-hd40-elp-d

6.05

up to p59.94

−

−

DELTA-3G-elp-d 40

6.05

up to p59.94

−

−
Note
 DELTA-hd-elp boards have only passive heat sinks cooling. At least 5 mph airflow in the chassis is recommended, especially when using multiple boards.
Note
 VANC features are only available using the AJA boards (see the list of AJA video boards supported by Cinegy).

Network

A separate network is recommended for broadcast video multicast data, keeping general traffic away from time-critical video traffic.

Cinegy Live in RTP output mode supports two network interfaces on RTP/UDP streaming output – primary and backup. For mission critical operations it is recommended to use up to 2 separate adapters for each stream (primary and backup).

Most Cinegy IP-based tools and applications support specific source network interface definition for each channel, player, module. For mission critical high bandwidth and bit rate multichannel operations we recommend using separate network cards and dedicated networks segments, so that multiple cards and networks could be used on each server.