French company MultiCAM uses Blackmagic's DeckLink in video production

These capture and playback cards are used in conjunction with Medialooks SDK tools that allow the company to develop simple solutions for capturing, mixing and playing back multimedia content.

MultiCAM Systems you are using capture and playback cards DeckLink of Blackmagic Design for video production. These cards in turn are used together with tools SDK Medialooks, which allow the company to develop simple solutions for capturing, mixing and playing multimedia content.

MultiCAM Systems es una empresa francesa que desarrolla sistemas simples de producción de videos, los cuales se envían a todo el mundo. Sus productos están enfocados en las industrias de radio, medicina, teledifusión, aprendizaje en línea, conferencias y producción multimedia. Dentro de ellos, se incluyen cámaras robóticas con mecanismo PTZ y control completamente automatizado de las imágenes y el audio en todos los sistemas integrados que cualquiera puede instalar y emplear.

SDK de Medialooks

Medialooks is a Russia-based company that has been responsible for creating one of the most popular video development toolkits (SDKs) for broadcasters. These kits provide a wide variety of features necessary for rapid product development, without having to involve a large team of professionals. Likewise, it has helped create applications, such as playback automation solutions and image transmission, video ingestion, recording and capture software, multimedia production systems, content analysis programs, and live video game capture and streaming over the Internet.

“Los productos de MultiCAM están diseñados para gente que desea crear contenidos, pero que no quiere aprender sobre el proceso. Las tarjetas DeckLink constituyen una parte esencial, que nos permiten brindar una experiencia predecible y fácil de implementar, la cual garantiza su funcionamiento óptimo”, explica Stan Walbert, director ejecutivo de MultiCAM Systems. “La estrategia de Blackmagic es brindar precios económicos y tecnología de fácil uso. Ha revolucionado la industria, y hemos optado por sus productos debido a que compartimos la misma visión”.

MultiCAM products are designed to meet the specific requirements of different users, and allow them to move and manage multimedia files in an extremely simple and fast way. Each system offers the physical and computer support necessary to give anyone the opportunity to create audiovisual content. As part of the hardware, a DeckLink card of several models is included.

These capture and playback devices PCIe DeckLink They are the best cards with the highest performance for Mac, Windows and Linux computers. The largest MultiCAM system includes up to nine cameras with PTZ mechanism, managed from a MultiCAM touch screen, which allows them to be controlled and images reproduced automatically. Depending on the number of cameras used, users will use multiple PCIe DeckLink Quad 2s with eight SDI inputs; a DeckLink Studio 4K with integrated audio input and video output via an SDI connector, or a DeckLink Duo 2 for smaller systems, for example, for online teaching where only two cameras are typically used.

"It's great that we can choose between Blackmagic Design cards depending on the number of inputs and outputs needed. The possibility of combining them according to the solution we need to create is very profitable and extremely versatile," he explains. Arnaud Anchelergue, co-founder of MultiCAM Systems. “Blackmagic is always innovating, and because we use Medialooks development tools to quickly integrate DeckLink products, we save a lot of time every time a new one is available.”

“By integrating the new Blackmagic DeckLink cards quickly thanks to the Medialooks SDK kit, MultiCAM Systems has the possibility of simplifying the processes between the user and expensive and complex systems that require a lot of training and maintenance,” he adds. Andrey Okunev, co-founder and CEO of Medialooks.