Product specifications

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The conÞguration allows you to:
¥ Simultaneously record and play back material
¥ In an emergency, switch the record channel to take over playback
from the playback channel
The single-channel-with-record AirPlay MP system comprises two
identical channels. Each channel includes an Avid Media Processor as
the CPU, with additional system boards and video and audio
hardware to convert incoming video and audio to digital format for
storage.
Each channel also has a UI monitor for displaying the user interface; a
keyboard and mouse for entering commands and operating the
channel, and a customer-supplied playback monitor for displaying
material the system is playing or recording.
Input video and audio by connecting a deck or feed to the system.
When the system records, it stores the new material in digital format
on magnetic buffer storage disks connected to the record channel via
the SCSI. The system then copies the material into a shared library of
magnetic storage drives. Each channel is linked to the shared library
via a second SCSI network.
When the system plays back material, it copies the material from the
shared library to the buffer disks for the playback channel. The system
converts the digital media saved on the buffer disks to the correct
output format (for example, the video output can be either analog or
serial digital format depending on the type of video board installed in
the system). The material plays back in real time.
Ethernetª links the channels so they can exchange database
information. The database is located on the record channel and is
shared with the playback channel.