Category

Research

Description

CESNET's research is focused mostly for transport high quality (postHD) video over high speed photonic networks using new paradigms and applications for these networks.

We are active in following areas:

• Photonic Multicast
• Automatic management of LightPaths
• Hardware development
• Applications in Filmmaking area
  
  

Category

HW installed

Description

We have installed following systems connected to CESNET network and possible to use:

• 4K JPEG2000 NTT codec
• 4K MVTP platform
• 4K monitor (AstroSystems DM-3640)
• 4K beamer (fixed instalation of SONY SRX at Barrandov Studios)
• Multiple HD cameras, HD videoconferencing units, monitors and other HD gear
  
  

Category

Hardware devices and their development.

Description

MVTP-4k is a portable device based on FPGA technology for transmission of multiple high-definition video channels including 4k, 2k and HD over a 10 Gigabit Ethernet network.

Applications include uncompressed real-time 4k/2k/HD video transfers,  3D tranfers, multiple channel transfers, 4k/2k/HD test pattern generator,  bidirectional transfers for film industry, research collaboration and events streaming.

Features

I/O:     16 standard BNC connectors
          4 dual-link HD-SDI inputs
          (configurable as 8 single-link HD-SDI inputs)
          4 dual-link HD-SDI outputs
          (configurable as 8 single-link HD-SDI outputs)

Formats: SMPTE 292M/SMPTE 372M

Resolutions: multiple TV and D-Cinema resolutions supported including

•              4k (4096×2160, 3840×2160)
•              2k (2048×1080)
•              HD (1920×1080)
  Size:    19' rack-mount 2U case, w 433 × d 290 × h 84 mm

More information

mvtp@cesnet.cz

Category

Research initiative (project)

Description

CineGrid is an international research initiative that was established to promote research, development and deployment of new distributed applications of ultra-high performance digital media (sound and picture) over advanced networks, using Grid computing technologies for networked collaboration.

Features

The CineGrid project will combine the state-of-the-art visual and audio recording technologies along with high-speed photonic networks and ultra sharp projection facilities to record and deliver very high quality moving images and sound across continents.

Goal/Mission

To build an interdisciplinary community that is focused on the research, development, and demonstration of networked collaborative tools to enable the production, use and exchange of very-high-quality digital media over photonic networks.

Conditions for use

See: http://www.cinegrid.org/index.php?option=com_content

Language

• English