IBC 2019: Agama adds SDI support
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| 04 September 2019

Video service quality and customer experience specialist Agama Technologies has enhanced its end-to-end assurance and analytics solution with Serial Digital Interface (SDI) support with the aim of advancing in head-end production workflow the quality of video streams.

The software-based Agama Analyzer will now support monitoring and assurance of uncompressed SDI content, creating visibility into the pre-encoding stage.

The new feature enables the use of DekTec input cards such as the DTA-2174 to receive and analyse SD-, HD- and 3G-SDI inputs.

The analysis technology includes confidence monitoring functionality such as thumbnail and audio bar presentation through the Live Mosaic view as well as detection of black screen, freeze frame and silence conditions with alarming. A colour-coded quality of experience rating is also generated, for comparison and correlation with the rest of the delivery chain.

“The addition of SDI support in the Analyzer product family gives the Agama video assurance solution true glass-to-glass capabilities,” observed Johan Görsjö, director of product management at Agama Technologies (pictured). “This makes it possible to monitor and assure everything from the creation of uncompressed raw live feeds, through processing and delivery, to consumption in each and every set-top box, smart TV or mobile video app – all in one solution with full end-to-end overviews.”