Softron's OnTheAir Video Express 4 (Electronic Download) is a Mac-based, 64-bit playout software with flexible playlist support.
In OnTheAir Video Express 4, Softron uses its own playout engine called Smart Playout Engine. This player allows mixing multiple codecs and resolutions in the same playlist without installing any additional software, and it features an Automatic Resize tool that will efficiently scale frame sizes to Fill, Pan-and-Scan, or Letterbox.
The standard playout file type is QuickTime (.mov), but you can also select Transport Stream (.ts), MXF (.MXF), and others. Still images play in PNG and other formats, and audio support ranges up to 5.1 channels.
Flexible Codec/Resolution Support
OnTheAir Video Express 4 features Softron's Smart Playout Engine that allows mixing multiple codecs and resolutions in the same playlist without installing any additional software.
Automatic Resize
Automatic Resize will scale different resolution clips to Fill, Pan-and-Scan, or Letterbox.
Play Videos & Still Images
You can play out movie files and still images in the same playlist. Set a play duration for your still images and they will play out for that duration just as if they were standard video files.
Video & Audio Features
- Seamless playback
- YUV and ARGB video output modes, depending on the video card
- External and internal keying, if the video card supports keying in the desired resolution
- Scrubbing (move playout at time position)
- 4K capable
- Still image output
- Automatic Resize (automatically resizes clips to fit the video output)
- IP streaming using an optional video card and optional Softron MovieStreamer HLS software
- Audio/video buffering
- Same audio destinations as video output
- Linear PCM, MP3, and AAC audio formats
- Plays audio only files
- Multiple audio channels output
- YUV and ARGB video output modes, depending on the video card
- External and internal keying, if the video card supports keying in the desired resolution
- Scrubbing (move playout at time position)
- 4K capable
- Still image output
- Automatic Resize (automatically resizes clips to fit the video output)
- IP streaming using an optional video card and optional Softron MovieStreamer HLS software
- Audio/video buffering
- Same audio destinations as video output
- Linear PCM, MP3, and AAC audio formats
- Plays audio only files
- Multiple audio channels output
Playlist & Schedule Features
- Cue Mode
- Playlist editing during playout
- Show/Hide thumbnails
- Opens all vpls playlists (but cannot save in .vpls -- only in .xpls)
- Playlist editing during playout
- Show/Hide thumbnails
- Opens all vpls playlists (but cannot save in .vpls -- only in .xpls)
Media Management
- Finder label
- Clip relative path (Clips Folder root)
- Clip trimming
- Clip splitting
- Reference movie
- MXF files support
- Still image support
- Clip end behaviors (Normal, whether in chain mode or not)
- Clip relative path (Clips Folder root)
- Clip trimming
- Clip splitting
- Reference movie
- MXF files support
- Still image support
- Clip end behaviors (Normal, whether in chain mode or not)
Other Features
- GPI input/output (requires GPI Commander Box with no extra software as support is built in)
Supported Video Codecs
Apple ProRes 422 Family, Apple ProRes 4444, AVC-Intra (50 & 100), AVCHD, Avid DNxHD, DV-PAL, DV/DVCPRO-NTSC, DVCPro-PAL, DVCPro HD, DVCPro 50, H.264, HDV, MPEG IMX (30/40/50), MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Video, Photo-JPEG, Uncompressed, XDCAM EX, XDCAM HD, XDCAM HD422
Supported Video Wrappers
AVI, DV, M2T, M2V, M4V, MP2, MP4, MPEG, MPG, MXF, QuickTime, Transport Stream
Supported Still Image Formats
BMP, PSD, GIF (supported only as the first image), JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, Targa, TIFF