Leader ZEN series supports decoding and display of Sony's 'SR Live Metadata'

'SR Live for HDR' is the solution that allows simultaneous production of HDR / SDR video, proposed by Sony Imaging Products and Solutions.

Leader Electronics added a feature to the waveform monitors and rasterizers of the It was a series LV5600/LV7600/LV5350/LV5300/LV7300 to decode and display the packet SR Live Metadata recommended by Sony.

SR Live for HDR is an important production workflow when broadcast content is moving from HD SDR to 4K HDR or HD HDR, because SR Live for HDR Enables simultaneous production of 4K HDR and HD SDR video following the current mainstream HD SDR live video production environment.

He SR Live Metadata is integrated into the SDI signal based SMPTE ST 291-1 Ancillary Data Packet and Space Formatting. This will provide information that can now be decoded and displayed on ZEN equipment: Table version, OETF, transfer matrix, color gamut, conversion mode, HDR aspect, HDR black compression, SDR gain, master black, HDR black shift, Gamma table, Gamma step, Gamma level, Knee, SDR white clip, SDR white clip level, HDR Knee, HDR Knee Point and HDR Knee Slope.

This feature is now available as a standard feature on all ZEN series waveform monitors and rasterizers. For previously purchased products, users can install this feature by updating the latest firmware for free.