Video Clarity's RTM Now Provides Built-In Decoding Of Dolby Digital Audio

Video Clarity's RTM real-time audio and video monitoring solution and ClearView line of video quality analyzers now provide built-in decoding of Dolby® Digital audio in SDI or IP video streams and files.

With this new capability, both the RTM and ClearView systems offer an efficient and cost-effective method for media enterprises to run critical test parameters on all channels and devices carrying Dolby Digital audio. At the upcoming CCW Expo, Nov. 12-13, Video Clarity will demonstrate IP stream testing with Dolby Digital audio using RTM.

Many facilities for cable, IPTV, and satellite program distribution carry Dolby Digital audio in programs from the origination point through digital processing and distribution. As part of the encoded video/audio package, these signals need to be decoded from the file or the network in order to be tested for quality, loudness, and lip sync. Previously, in order to test SDI or IP video streams, RTM and ClearView systems required an additional external decoding device to provide PCM (uncompressed), MPEG, or AAC audio in the stream.

With this new function, Video Clarity customers can now use RTM and ClearView to test files and streams containing Dolby audio without having to decode IP streams to baseband signals. Additionally, operators can join and switch to any stream over an IP network and selectively decode any of those audio/video streams serially for testing. The new integrated decoding functionality saves television networks and other broadcast facilities the expense of having to purchase a separate decoding device, and also reduces cabling and power consumption.

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