Green Hippo Offers 4K+ Training and New Products at InfoComm 2014

Green Hippo's technical director and AViary product manager Sean Westgate will be holding a special seminar at InfoComm 2014, discussing the capabilities of 4K+ in the real world, new mapping solutions, and the challenges of displaying video in environments such as corporate AV, retail, and installation. InfoComm runs June 14 - 20 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The session "4K plus the Real World" is offered Wednesday, June 18 from 8:30 - 10:00am. It will take an overview of the challenges faced in the world of high resolution digital displays, tackling both its problems and the solutions, including a presentation of Par4Keet, the flagship player of the AViary Video Tools range. Westgate will also discuss Green Hippo's FlexRes codec, the new approach to media encoding focusing on non-standard aspect ratios and unconventional pixel counts.

4K+ demands attention and at the Green Hippo's manufacturer's training, the company says it aims to deliver attendees the best in digital display solutions.

To register for "4K plus in the Real World," please sign up to session MT03 Wednesday, June 18 starting at 8:30am at http://plasa.me/ftyui.

As the AV world continues to focus heavily on 4K resolution and unconventional display configurations, Green Hippo is bringing AViary Video Tools to market. This new range of high-resolution players comprises three new products, Par4Keet, 2Kan, and Magpi.

The company says flagship player, Par4Keet is the first video player to combine playback at 4K resolutions and beyond with the benefits of true real-time media manipulation and multi-screen configurability, all over standard display cabling and in a robust rackmount casing.

With its front mounted jog shuttle, touch screen, and comprehensive media transport buttons Par4Keet makes real-time changes a breeze. The system carries a set of output mapping tools to produce creative visual setups swiftly and easily even in standard form with the option to add additional functionality at time of purchase or at a later date.

Par4Keet's sibling, the 2Kan player, sports a similar array of tools to Par4Keet in the same chassis but with an output of up to three megapixels for applications requiring full functionality and control but at lower video resolutions.

Both Par4Keet and 2Kan bring new levels of innovation to markets such as permanent installation, retail, digital display, and beyond enabling the use of video in environments that require content playback and management on a large scale in single device, all configured and controlled from the player itself or via remote management software.

The third product in the AViary Video Tools range is Magpi player. For installation professionals who need up to four independent streams of high-definition video or up to six streams of standard definition media, Magpi is a playback device that provides highly configurable media feeds, real-time correction and trimming of clips along with a host of tools to tackle the most challenging display setups.

Magpi not only provides real-time playback control, but uniquely, it delivers control for parameters such as speed, in and out points, and geometry along with color and contrast correction for each of it's multiple players individually. All changes can be stored inside the timeline controller with the option to trigger playback and configurations via external protocols such as SMPTE timecode, MIDI, and many more.

With a robust compact chassis supporting wall-mount options, Magpi can be installed just about anywhere and configured and controlled remotely too.

Unique in the installation field is AViary Video Tools' array of output mapping options built directly into the on-board software removing the need for additional video wall controllers or processing devices. Furthermore, these features are fully controllable remotely from any PC via AViary's own proprietary control software. Features such as VideoMapper, RegionMapper, and PixelMapper cover for all eventualities for projection mapping, unusual screen configurations, or LED display wall installations.

See the AViary video tools range at InfoComm 2014 on Green Hippo's stand N454.

TMB represents Green Hippo in the Americas.