HOME Apps

HOME Multiviewer is perfectly suited for high-bandwidth/low-latency ST2110 broadcast environments, SRT stream workflows in the cloud, NDI devices, compressed formats, and so on. The number of PiPs can easily be adapted to the job at hand. Going from one to up to 32 splits in a real-world scenario (more splits are possible) is a simple matter of setting the relevant ­parameter in HOME which, among many other things, acts as the GUI for all HOME Apps.

The HOME UDX Converter offers a deinterlacer, HDR/color processor, a scaler and two outputs. Each output can use a different format with a different overlay, and—where applicable—can be set to “i” or “p”. It delivers conversions between SD, HD, 3G and UHD as well as ST2110, SRT and NDI in the HOME Apps ecosystem. One example would be: UHD to both 3G and HD, either with or without graphics, e.g. for simultaneous “clean” feed and “dirty” feed output during global events.

HOME Downstream Keyer (DSK) sets a new benchmark in video processing for broadcasters, bringing a higher level of control, flexibility, and compatibility to modern production environments. It is a sophisticated and powerful HOME App for video, with a feature set closer to what a video switcher provides than to what operators expect from a regular downstream keying function.

This stand-alone HOME App provides YUV (YCrCb) and RGB color correction functions with an HDR–SDR conversion option. A typical workflow that involves HDR conversion provides proc amp corrections in the YCrCb space, after which the information is processed by a matrix that moves it to the RGB color space.

The HOME Stream Transcoder app allows operators to convert incoming video streams of a given format to one of the supported output formats.

The HOME Graphic Inserter app allows users to turn 2D or 3D animated graphics into video streams. Simply add the URL of your HTML5 graphic, pick your output resolution and specify the required output format.

HOME Audio Shuffler is a HOME App that replaces a traditional baseband audio matrix within an IP-based Dynamic Media Facility. Designed for advanced audio channel remapping and signal processing in Audio-over-IP environments, and available in six preconfigured matrix sizes, it allows users to repackage incoming audio signals for different applications, to freely compile streams based on audio signals from a variety of sources, and otherwise customize an audio stream’s payload. This is especially handy for downstream applications and devices without built-in audio matrix functionality.

Lawo’s HOME mc² DSP app is a microservice-based, virtual audio processing core with the equivalent feature set of the A__UHD Core, hosted on CPU-based standard servers.

With instantly familiar A__UHD Core features, it is part of Lawo’s HOME Apps offering, providing processing on demand with ­superior connectivity, elasticity and scalability for today’s and tomorrow’s production requirements.

The HOME Power Core app leverages the agility of Lawo’s HOME Apps platform to provide instant processing, mixing, routing and monitoring for radio and TV workflows where physical Power Core units are not available, already in use, or impractical. For each application, users can choose among a compact, a large, and an XL instance of the app to make sensible use of the available CPU cores.

Even a compact traditional commentary setup is still rather bulky and requires a solid technical background to get users up and running. The HOME Commentary app provides a fresh approach to any commentary scenario, whether off-tube or on-location.

The HOME Video Monitor app delivers low-latency video and audio to any location, on any device. Designed for broadcast and AV professionals with a million things to do, this HTML5-based app for laptops, mobile devices, and AR goggles is a light-weight solution for heavy-duty video monitoring tasks.

The HOME mc² crystal Controller app is the missing link for mixing scenarios where compact crystal consoles complement a large mc² audio control surface ­operated by the A1.

HOME Timecode Generator is a standalone HOME Apps application that generates timecode signals for infrastructure timing needs. Up to 8 different ST2110-40 timecode feeds can be generated.

All users of the HOME Apps platform have access to a free test pattern generator for video, and a test tone generator for audio.

HOME Test Pattern/Test Tone Generator assigns 10 fixed outputs to these generators.