System and method for simultaneously broadcasting multiple media-components
View Patent ↗Disclosed herein is a system and method for simultaneously broadcasting video components (VCs). In one example, a method includes an automation-system (AS) selecting a log entry including (i) a first identifier that maps to a first VC, and (ii) a second identifier that maps to a second VC; a recording-and-playout device (RAPD) retrieving the first VC; the RAPD sending the retrieved first-VC to an encoder; the encoder generating a first transport-stream (TS) having (i) program-identification (PID) data, and (ii) payload data including the sent first-VC; the encoder sending the generated first-TS to a first outbound-broadcast device (OBD); the encoder sending the generated first-TS to a transport-stream splicer; the AS loading the splicer with the second VC; the splicer generating a second TS having (i) the PID data of the generated first-TS, and (ii) payload data including the loaded second-VC; and the splicer sending the generated second-TS to a second OBD.
1. A method comprising:
a master-control automation-system (AS) selecting a log entry from a television-broadcast traffic-log, the log entry including (i) a first identifier that maps to a first video-component (VC) and (ii) a second identifier that maps to a second VC;
a recording-and-playout device (RAPD) retrieving the first VC;
the RAPD sending the retrieved first-VC to an encoder;
the encoder generating a first transport-stream (TS) having (i) program-identification (PID) data, and (ii) payload data including the sent first-VC;
the encoder sending the generated first-TS to a first outbound-broadcast device (OBD) for television-broadcast;
the encoder sending the generated first-TS to a transport-stream splicer;
the AS loading the splicer with the second VC;
the splicer generating a second TS having (i) the PID data of the generated first-TS, and (ii) payload data including the loaded second-VC; and
the splicer sending the generated second-TS to a second OBD for television-broadcast, simultaneously while the encoder sends the generated first-TS to the first OBD.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first identifier is included in a house-number field of the selected log-entry, and the second identifier is included in an auxiliary-value field of the selected log-entry.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first VC is different from the second VC, and the first OBD is different from the second OBD.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RAPD sending the retrieved first-VC to the encoder comprises the RAPD sending the retrieved first-VC to the encoder via a switching network.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the AS loading the splicer with the second VC comprises the AS loading the splicer with the second VC using a file-transfer protocol (FTP).
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the AS loading the splicer with the second VC occurs before the RAPD retrieves the first VC.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying the second OBD based on the second identifier, wherein sending the generated second-TS to the second OBD for television-broadcast comprises sending the generated second-TS to the identified second-OBD for television-broadcast.
8. A method comprising:
selecting a log entry from a television-broadcast traffic-log, the log entry including (i) a first identifier that maps to a first video-component (VC) and (ii) a second identifier that maps to a second VC;
generating a first transport-stream (TS) having (i) program-identification (PID) data, and (ii) payload data including the first VC;
sending the generated first-TS to a first outbound-broadcast device (OBD);
generating a second TS having (i) the PID data of the generated first-TS, and (ii) payload data including the second VC; and
sending the generated second-TS to a second OBD, simultaneously while sending the generated first-TS to the first OBD.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first identifier is included in a house-number field of the selected log-entry, and the second identifier is included in an auxiliary-value field of the selected log-entry.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first VC is different from the second VC, and the first OBD is different from the second OBD.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein generating the first TS comprises an encoder generating the first TS, and generating the second TS comprises a transport-stream splicer generating the second TS.
12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
identifying the second OBD based on the second identifier, wherein sending the generated second-TS to the second OBD comprises sending the generated second-TS to the identified second-OBD.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first identifier is included in a house-number field of the selected log-entry, and the second identifier is included in an auxiliary-value field of the selected log-entry, and wherein identifying the second OBD based on the second identifier comprises identifying the second OBD based on a prefix of the second identifier.
14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program instructions, that when executed, cause performance of a set of functions comprising:
selecting a log entry from a television-broadcast traffic-log, the log entry including (i) a first identifier that maps to a first video-component (VC) and (ii) a second identifier that maps to a second VC;
generating a first transport-stream (TS) having (i) program-identification (PID) data, and (ii) payload data including the first VC;
sending the generated first-TS to a first outbound-broadcast device (OBD);
generating a second TS having (i) the PID data of the generated first-TS, and (ii) payload data including the second VC; and
sending the generated second-TS to a second OBD simultaneously while sending the generated first-TS to the first OBD.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the first identifier is included in a house-number field of the selected log-entry, and the second identifier is included in an auxiliary-value field of the selected log-entry.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the first VC is different from the second VC, and the first OBD is different from the second OBD.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein generating the first TS comprises an encoder generating the first TS, and generating the second TS comprises a transport-stream splicer generating the second TS.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , the set of functions further comprising identifying the second OBD based on the second identifier, wherein sending the generated second-TS to the second OBD comprises sending the generated second-TS to the identified second-OBD.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the first identifier is included in a house-number field of the selected log-entry, and the second identifier is included in an auxiliary-value field of the selected log-entry, and wherein identifying the second OBD based on the second identifier comprises identifying the second OBD based on a prefix of the second identifier.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein selecting the log entry from the television-broadcast traffic-log comprises a master-control automation system selecting the log entry from the television-broadcast traffic-log.