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CasparCG – Mature Open-Source play-out server for Broadcast

2 Comments Published by Matthew Jeppsen April 28th, 2010 in News, Production, Software

caspar_cg_logoAfter years of internal development and use since 2006 for national TV broadcast in Sweden, CasparCG has been released open-source. Not only is CasparCG open-source (free as in freedom), it is available at no cost (free as in beer). Here’s a quick look at the features, check out the Caspar website for more info, case studies, and a copy of the software.

CasparCG is a Flash and video play-out server that:
* Is free and open sourced
* Plays multiple Flash SWFs with full dynamic control
* Plays all common SD & HD video codecs with alpha and audio
* SDI & HD-SDI output to both interlaced and progressive + to computer monitor
* Plays uncached videos from disk and transitions between two videos
* Can collect data itself from DB, XML, RSS feeds or external sensors
* Can use the same Flash application in both broadcast and on the web

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  1. 1 Bogdan Apr 28th, 2010 at 1:56 pm

    It’s about time! Broadcast graphics character generators are still in the era of dinosaurs, costing tens of thousands of dollars! With the support for Decklink cards, it looks like you could output professional HD graphics for a couple of hundred bucks, that should make the big guys worried!

  2. 2 seba May 13th, 2010 at 8:28 am

    Very good news!!!