XENTAURIX Modules & Tools
Multiviewer
The MULTIVIEWER is an integrated software application that extends the XENTAURIX platform with professional multi-screen monitoring capabilities. It enables the simultaneous display of multiple live TV, radio, IPTV, web, and video streams on one or more monitors. Layouts are created using the integrated HTML5 Layout Creator with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. Each video tile can be freely positioned and resized within a flexible 64-cell layout grid, while user-defined layouts can be stored locally or centrally and recalled instantly.
Video decoding and display are performed by compact Mini PCs or NUC-type systems mounted behind the monitors using VESA brackets. Depending on the signal type and decoding performance, up to 64 video tiles per monitor can be displayed simultaneously. Each video tile can display additional information such as the channel name, local and GMT date/time, up to eight audio level bars, subtitles/closed captions (CC), and configurable alarm indicators. Visual and audible alarms notify operators of video loss, frozen video, audio loss, low audio levels, and other signal errors.
The MULTIVIEWER supports virtually unlimited video wall configurations and is included as a standard software component of the XENTAURIX platform at no additional software licensing cost.
TV Audience Analytics
The XENTAURIX Rating Analyzer module provides marketing, media, advertising and broadcast companies with a state-of-the-art query and editing medium for analyzing TV programs in connection with viewer ratings. The basis for the program analysis are viewer ratings, as provided by e.g. GfK, Nielsen, Gallup TNS etc. and processed in the XentauriX system.
Automatic Advertising Recognition
With the X-Ad module, commercials on TV, radio and webcasts are automatically detected and stored near real-time. The commercials including program information and statistical data can be accessed via the XENTAURIX® Dashboard. The display and playback of commercials and commercial breaks is done via mouse click from the overview list, via slider function, program timeline or storyboard. The multiscreen function in the dashboard can be used to play back several broadcast channels synchronously, e.g. to monitor commercials simultaneously on different stations.
Automatic Music Recognition in TV, Radio and Webcasts
The X-Music module enables automated music track recognition in TV and radio stations as well as social media livestreams, based on a database with currently well over 100 million music tracks that is constantly updated. Music titles are recognized within a few seconds and displayed and stored on the XENTAURIX dashboard with channel name, title, artist, duration, day and time. The module also detects background music in posts, commercials, etc. By means of filtering, e.g. hit lists can be created or music titles can be searched for specifically via selected channels.
Speech-to-Text Recognition
The XENTAURIX Media & Broadcast Logger enables automatic transcription of speech to text (speech-to-text, or S2T for short) in 24/7 mode, timer mode, and when creating video and audio clips. The X-S2T module automatically processes over 50 different languages (optional with direct translation into target languages such as English, German, Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese etc.), is resistant to accents, background noise and technical words, and also masters punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.
All transcribed words are stored with time code and other metadata in the database of the Media & Broadcast Logger system, so that they are displayed broadcast-synchronously during playback. The search engine and filter functions integrated in the logger can be used to search specifically for words, word combinations in specifiable time periods and channels in the recorded content. The results list displays the searched word or word combinations together with the context. With a mouse click the results can be started and verified together with the video or audio-only recording.
Content Recognition with Artificial Intelligence
With the XENTAURIX module “X-Smart Media”, audio-visual information is automatically identified with the support of artificial intelligence. The AI generates a wide range of intelligent metadata. These enable comprehensive search capabilities and content recognition of faces, people, objects, locations, styles, sounds, languages, brands, sports events, audience responses and more.
Closed Captions and Subtitles
The X-CC module extracts subtitles and closed captions from the TV signal and synchronizes them with recordings as data. This gives you an easy way to index the video according to speech, if the Closed Captions are used for subtitling the speech.
TS Native & Proxy Recording
The optional X-TS module enables native MPEG-TS recording for DVB and IP sources. In combination with H.264/H.265 proxy recording, users can perform frame-accurate editing, cutting, and uploading of TS-native material using low-resolution proxy files.
Supports Multiple Signal Sources
The standard input signals of XENTAURIX systems are MPTS and SPTS IP streams (UDP, TCP, RTP). In addition, XENTAURIX supports a wide range of further IP sources as well as traditional broadcast and AV signal formats. These include DVB-S/T/C and FM/AM/DAB radio via fully integrated receivers – including decryption – as well as RGB, DVI, HDMI, SMPTE 2110, SD/HD-SDI, ASI, and analog audio and video signals. All signals are processed through integrated capture cards. External receivers, converters, or additional hardware are not required!
Multi Audio Support
The X-MultiAudio module proceeds encoding, recording and streaming of additional audio channels within a video feed, depending on type of signal source.
Loudness Monitoring according to EBU R128 | ITU BS1770-2
The X-Loudness Monitoring tool controls compliances measurement of audio levels according to EBU R128 and ITU BS1770-2. This tool is included free of charge in the standard XENTAURIX software.
QoS: TR101|290 and other Tools
X-TR101 With this free module, errors of DVB Transport Stream parameters can be displayed. The module can be combined with other modules such as Player etc. for one or more transponders/transmitters on the XENTAURIX dashboard and can also be displayed for a large number of channels on separate web pages.
X-VALD The free, integrated tool checks functions such as video loss, frozen video, low audio levels and audio loss in accordance with EBU R128 and ITU BS1770-2 and automatically reports when set parameters fail or are exceeded or undercut.
Operating status: The XENTAURIX HTML5-based administration level provides a variety of function and log displays of a XENTAURIX system for a clear presentation of component and system functionalities. Selected HTML5 pages are displayed on large monitors in control rooms for QoS control.
XENTAURIX REST API
The API enables seamless integration with external media control systems and modern IT or broadcast infrastructures. As a standardized HTTP interface (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE), it ensures platform-independent communication on-premises or in the cloud. Its flexible, real-time architecture automates workflows, reduces manual effort, and minimizes errors. The API allows control of recordings, metadata access, clip generation, and channel monitoring, boosting efficiency and lowering costs. Clear documentation supports rapid implementation and helps developers fully leverage XENTAURIX capabilities.
Social Media Livestream Recording
Social media platforms such as Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, SnapChat and TikTok are increasingly used for livestreaming interactive content. The importance for video marketing is immense, especially since the prompt reaction to user comments increases the popularity of livestreams many times over video-on-demand. However, livestreams are also used for the distribution of right-wing extremist and terrorist content.
Interested parties for the content monitoring of social media livestreams are recruited from the fields of market research, media monitoring, media regulatory authorities and even law enforcement organisations. The XENTAURIX Media & Broadcast Logger or alternatively the XENTAURIX Cloud Service is used to monitor, record and analyze the livestream content. The selected channels are permanently monitored by the XENTAURIX Logger. As soon as a channel goes live and streams, the recording is automatically started and stopped after the stream ends. Using the integrated instant replay function of the XENTAURIX HTML5 Dashboards Web Player, clients can navigate between live and recording to directly cut, edit and export video clips and snapshots including comments.
XENTAURIX Website Archiver
The XENTAURIX Website Archiver captures entire websites or individual pages — either once or at scheduled intervals (e.g. every 5 minutes, hourly, daily, etc.). Unlike screenshots, it stores the complete HTML content. Archived pages can be accessed and scrolled through using the XENTAURIX Dashboard Player. The archive can be exported and is compatible with external analysis tools for change detection. The Web Archiver is available as part of the XENTAURIX Media & Broadcast Logger system, either as software or a cloud-based service.