The comprehensive solution for scalable, multi-channel media ingest and delivery.
The comprehensive solution for scalable, multi-channel media ingest and delivery.
Telestream Live Capture ingests live, live linear, and tape-based media at the highest quality, providing audiences with the best possible content experiences. Quickly and efficiently feeding media into production, post-production, and broadcast workflows from anywhere, Live Capture delivers unmatched flexibility and value. Conquer any format, automate complex workflows, and keep pace with ever-evolving audience demands with Live Capture.
Live Capture is currently available as on-premises servers and as a software-only option with full support for ST2110, 3G-SDI, 12G-SDI, SRT, NDI, MPEG2-TS and RTMP sources. For those looking for a non-infrastructure solution, Live Capture is coming soon as a cloud-native, highly scalable As a Service option that’s perfect for remote production and real-time collaboration.
Lightspeed Live CaptureC2+ |
Lightspeed Live CaptureC4 |
Lightspeed Live CaptureC5 |
Our base server model, the Lightspeed Live Capture C2+ server, is a flexible and scalable video capture solution supporting four (4) SD/3G-HD SDI inputs, one (1) QuadLink 3G UHD input as well as numerous IP formats such as Transport Streams. For exact performance capabilities refer to the latest Lightspeed Live Capture User Guide. |
The Lightspeed Live Capture C4 server offers a high performance option in the Lightspeed Live Capture server family. The Lightspeed Live Capture C4 server supports 8 concurrent HD captures for most available HD codecs or 2 concurrent UHD/4K up to 60p of most formats. For exact performance capabilities refer to the latest Lightspeed Live Capture User Guide. |
The Lightspeed Live Capture C5 server offers the highest performance option in the Lightspeed Live Capture server family, identical to the C4 server! The Lightspeed Live Capture C5 server supports 8 concurrent HD captures for most available HD codecs or 2 concurrent UHD/4K up to 60p of most formats with 8 3G SDI ‘confidence’ monitoring outputs. For exact performance capabilities refer to the latest Lightspeed Live Capture User Guide. |
Lightspeed Live CaptureC2+ |
Our base server model, the Lightspeed Live Capture C2+ server, is a flexible and scalable video capture solution supporting four (4) SD/3G-HD SDI inputs, one (1) QuadLink 3G UHD input as well as numerous IP formats such as Transport Streams. For exact performance capabilities refer to the latest Lightspeed Live Capture User Guide. |
Lightspeed Live CaptureC4 |
The Lightspeed Live Capture C4 server offers a high performance option in the Lightspeed Live Capture server family. The Lightspeed Live Capture C4 server supports 8 concurrent HD captures for most available HD codecs or 2 concurrent UHD/4K up to 60p of most formats. For exact performance capabilities refer to the latest Lightspeed Live Capture User Guide. |
Lightspeed Live CaptureC5 |
The Lightspeed Live Capture C5 server offers the highest performance option in the Lightspeed Live Capture server family, identical to the C4 server! The Lightspeed Live Capture C5 server supports 8 concurrent HD captures for most available HD codecs or 2 concurrent UHD/4K up to 60p of most formats with 8 3G SDI ‘confidence’ monitoring outputs. For exact performance capabilities refer to the latest Lightspeed Live Capture User Guide. |
Extend the capabilities of your Live Capture system.
Scalable, automated, multichannel IP and SDI capture solution for ingesting live or tape-based media directly into production, post-production and broadcast workflows. Live Capture processes video in 16-bit space to preserve total source quality and it records in wide variety of mezzanine file formats to local or shared NAS/SAN storage, with delivery options to FTP, object storage (S3), Aspera, Signiant and more.
Capture and process inputs from SD to UHD/4K via 3G or 12G SDI interfaces complete with confidence monitoring and status overlays. Out-of-box input support for compressed IP streams including MPEG2-Transport Streams, SRT, NDI and RTMP. Native ST2110 input support (-20, -30 & -40), NMOS IS-04 and IS-05 with 2022-7 redundancy up to UHD/4K via dual 25Gbe interfaces Intuitive web-based operation and management with built-in clustering capabilities included in all versions of Live Capture. Extensive media and metadata handling via Telestream’s Vantage media processing platform.
Live Capture allows for native, live Avid ingest (Edit-While-Ingest) of growing Avid OpAtom media directly into Avid Media Composer and Media Central environments complete with Avid metadata creation and update capabilities, simplifying and automating your Avid ingest needs.
Record any source into growing files for instant, ongoing delivery to any production or processing workflow. Record and share edit-ready formats with Avid MediaCentral | Production (Interplay), Adobe Premiere Pro, Switch, Apple Final Cut Pro and more. Lower turnaround times for clips, highlights or promo packages in live and post-production environments. This includes both on premise or remote via WAN acceleration technologies such as Aspera and Signiant.
Live Capture is Vantage! Create Live Capture and Tape Capture origin actions in the Vantage to initiate smart, automated media processing workflows. Seamlessly and efficiently condition your media for contextualized viewing windows with correct branding, ads, captioning, ABR packaging, all from a single capture event.
Record into enterprise-class codecs and containers ready for any workflow. Support for XAVC, DNxHD/HR, AVC Intra, AVC-Ultra, ProRes, JPEG2000, XDCAM, HEVC and many more. Simultaneous, concurrent delivery of growing files to onboard RAID, external storage including NAS, SAN and object storage such as S3.
Designed with a simple, intuitive web-based, HTML5 compatible user interface. Allows for complete control or remote management from any web portal and scales easily for large system deployment. Support for user-initiated, ganged, time-based segmented, SCTE marker initiated, or API driven ingests or add optional 24/7/365 scheduling.
Easily manage up to 8 SDI-connected VTR’s in the GUI or using hot-key based transport controls. Control decks and capture actions remotely via the Web Services API. Built-in scheduling, triggering and automation features allow for set-it and forget-it capture and ingest workflows. Error-resistant whole-tape ingest means you will capture the entire tape without interruption, even if it is damaged or missing information. Easily define and bind capture variables, populate labels for downstream actions.
Utilizes Vantage’s superior, real-time video signal processing. Live Capture processes video in 16-bit space to preserve the highest quality assets and adhere to source material with complete accuracy. Future-ready for UHD, HDR, WCG, SMPTE 2020 processing requirements.
Meet Live Schedule Pro, designed to centralize control over all of your live ingest workflows through user-friendly, browser-based scheduling tools. Experience maximum scalability, flexibility, and performance with our client/server architecture, and leverage powerful REST API support for customization, efficiency, and interoperability. Seamlessly integrate with the Telestream media processing ecosystem, including GLIM for effortless browser-based media playback and Vantage for comprehensive MAM and NLE integration, including Avid Media Central. Transform your workflow with Live Schedule Pro to achieve unparalleled efficiency and reliability.
With Live Schedule Pro, you will benefit from:
Live Play 2.0 is a flexible and scalable browser-based video playback solution for newsrooms, studios, and live event productions. New features accelerate access to content, streamlines the assembly and broadcast of stories, supports ST 2110 standards, and is an indispensable QC tool for the instant review of multiple camera feeds. Live Play 2.0 will also support Advanced Media Protocol (AMP), facilitating seamless integrations with third-party Newsroom Control Systems (NCS).