AJA FS2 - Manual (Page 17)

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Chapter 1:
Introduction
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Overview
Featuring a flexible, “anything-in, anything-out” architecture, the dual-
processor FS2 Universal Video/Audio Frame Synchronizer and Format Converter
simultaneously works with two independent channels of 10-bit broadcast
quality video and two independent groups of 16-channel audio.
The FS2 can be used as two separate Frame Syncronizers/Format Converters, or
the two channels can be combined in many powerful ways—for example,
sidebar keying where both the video and background graphics can be
upconverted and combined.
The FS2 supports analog and digital I/O, with full input and output crosspoint
matrices, allowing any I/O port to be assigned to either processor. With support
of all broadcast video formats, the FS2 makes matching up disparate video and
audio systems simple—one converter box does it all.
Video Features • Dual video format converters, each featuring SD/HD (up/down), SD-to-SD
(aspect ratio), and HD-to-HD (720/1080 cross) conversions.
• Dual video processors supporting proc amp and color correction.
• Dual frame synchronizers.
• Dual video/key framestores downloadable from the local area network.
• User-specified custom format conversion and scaling with variable crop,
size, aspect, position, and Region of Interest parameters.
• Dual flexible keyers for video/key overlays or sidebar keying
from the two video processors, the two internal video/key
framestores, or internal matte generators.
• Closed captioning support, featuring true conversion
between EIA 608 and 708 (SD and HD) CC formats.
• Active Format Description (AFD) support.