CB Electronics VS-1
Our VIDEO STREAMER is a replacement for traditional methods of providing cues with film which involve pre-listen heads and chinagraph pencil wipes, punch frames, etc for visual and audio cues.
It combines all the facilities of our TCR Reader/ Generator/ Inserter to provide a powerful and flexible PostProduction Cueing System.
In addition to our standard four-video insertions derived from Timecode or Film Time/Footage conversions Streamer also generates a VIDEO WIPE in the form of a vertical which wipes across the screen and is selectable from 6 different styles.
Additionally a '3:2:1: +' NUMERIC VIDEO Count Down/Up may be selected.
An audible BEEP cue is also generated as an alternative artist cue and or musician's METRONOME.
The cues may be triggered in three different ways :-
- From an internal Cue List
- External contact closure
- External audio input
The internal cue list may be generated in different ways:-
- Capture key from timecode reader
- Keyboard entry on the VS-1
- Audio trigger from timecode reader
- Download from PC Compatible Computer
- Download from CB MR ADR system
- Third pary Software e.g. Black Box spotting system for DAW's
Streamer's metronome facility allows click tracks and cues to be programmed in TEMPO, defined as Frames & 1/8ths per Beat or Beats per Minute, with a resolution of 1/8th FRAME. Beats-In, (pre-roll to START CUE), is selectable from 1 to 16 beats and the speed and duration of ensuing Wipes is then determined by the TEMPO and BEATS-IN pre set for each individual cue.
The standard unit comes complete with Audio Trigger input and four Opto Isolated Inputs to facilitate Cue List generation and Wipe/Event enables from remote sources as well as a separate insertion of a Record and Lock Indication in the video.
VSO-1, Our optional Relay Pcb, provides eight assignable relay closures to trigger external events
VIDEO STREAMER's integral cue list holds up to 500 Start/Stop Loop Cues and these may be created On-The-Fly via a single key depression. Cues may be edited On-Line and the Battery Backed Cue List may also be saved to and loaded from an external PC via the 9 pin RS 232 port.
Cue lists may also be generated on an Off-Line PC, either manually or automatically using our ED-2 EDL TAKER software and loaded into Streamer for a Post session via the VS-Link software.
VS-link is a free application program supplied with the Video Streamer. The VS-Link software will accept cues in many formats including text files, EDL lists and taker files. The VS-Link software may be modified to include other standard formats as they arrive.
See also VS-Link2
CB Electronics Video Streamer has now been in production for over 17 years, during that period a number of improvements have been made. Most of these are available as upgrades to all uses. A recent addition was the windows version of the VS-Link download software that is currently available in beta form.