Avolites Launches Q3 Media Server
Light and video control manufacturer Avolites has unveiled its new Q3 media server, the latest updates in the Titan and Ai software and Synergy, reportedly the brand’s pioneering light and video integration system.
Stephen Baird-Smith, Sales Manager at Avolites says, “With Synergy, users will be able to control light and video from a single user interface (UI) across one networked Avolites system.”
Among the system’s integrative features is Light Map, an update that allows users the option of streaming Ai video colour data through any fixture group, including both RGB and CMY fixtures, to instantly integrate them into a larger video canvas - meaning that everything from high-res LED screens to LED fixture groups can be controlled from one UI.
The Q3 media server, a compact server designed for use in shows, installations and corporate events. This unlocks 4k playback through a single DisplayPort 1.2 connection, with 2 x DVI outputs for HD displays. The server supports EDID for all three outputs, configurable via a dedicated front-end UI. The server allows for visually lossless playback with Avolites’ unique AiM codec. As with Avolites’ larger severs, the Q3 has native Notch support as well as a powerful inbuilt effects engine.
Avolites Titan and Ai software Software Updates
Titan v11 updates Avolites’ industry standard lighting control software and Ai v10.2 brings new features to Avolites’ media control software.
Titan users will get an extension of the software’s colour features to handle seven-colour systems, plus HSI channels and gel libraries from ROSCOLUX, LEE and GAM. Increasing the software’s intuitive functionality is the ability to specify the number of times to run Shapes, Key Frames and Pixel Maps to loop, including once-only. The software’s timeline feature can now run up to four separate timecode streams simultaneously.
The Ai v10.2 update, key features of which include NDI output, allowing video to be outputted over CAT5. Users can now also stream ACN output for modular LED fixtures, allowing for more lines of DMX over the same network. LTC timecode via Line in means that analogue timecode can now be utilized within Ai’s license-key products as well.