Hitomi Broadcast, a manufacturer of TV broadcast equipment and audio/video alignment and latency management tools, will demonstrate at IBC 2023 how its workflow solutions can address the issue of ensuring perfect synchronisation between audio and video in live and remote productions.
At the heart of Hitomi’s solution suite is the MatchBox solution for accurate lip-sync measurements. Assisting in end-to-end assessment, MatchBox Glass, a convenient free-to-download iPhone app, streamlines the process of setting up each feed, based on objective data and eliminating guesswork.
For remote productions – especially those covering major sports events requiring substantial feed transmissions to the central control room – understanding and managing lip sync and latency is imperative. The MatchBox software is equipped with a feature to gauge end-to-end latency over any given circuit.
Russell Johnson, Director at Hitomi Broadcast, emphasised, “The annoyance that lip sync errors bring, whether it’s an audio-visual mismatch of speech or delayed sports commentary, is universal.
“With MatchBox, we provide an exact calculation of latencies and delays so that production companies can prove their feed is perfectly synchronised.
“Events like IBC allow us to demonstrate to attendees, within a matter of moments, the ease of its application.”
As Hitomi continues to evolve to cater to the industry’s need for latency minimisation, the latest iteration of MatchBox provides precision analysis of latency and lip-sync shift, ensuring optimal alignment based on analytical data rather than intuitive matching.
“IBC is a crucial platform for us to not only illustrate the simplicity and transformational potential of the MatchBox system for remote productions and outside broadcasts, but also to unveil our latest innovations such as our allegiance to SMPTE ST2110 and our progress in cloud-based solutions for MatchBox,” Johnson added.
To check out Hitomi’s new flagship solution for lip-sync and latency, visit the Booth 10.A42 at IBC 2023, September 15 – 18 at the RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam.