Galicaster Cube2

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What is Galicaster CUBE2 ?

Galicaster CUBE2 is a mobile multistream recording station designed for mobile operations.

At first glance, CUBE2 has an 15" tactile widescreen integrated in the case which provides mobility and a quick set up. The screen is powered through the computer symplifing wiring and installation, reducing the space and time needed for setting up the recording station.

From a hardware point of view, it is a powerful unit based on Intel's Core i7 CPU, with a extremely silent box and power supply and based on heavy duty components.

Main features

Teltek's Galicaster CUBE2 has Galicaster 1.3.0 pre-installed, tested and ready to run with the assembled hardware. Galicaster software provides real-time feedback from the captured inputs, both audio and video, allowing operators to monitor and control the recordings and react and solve unexpected situations on site.

Although Galicaster CUBE2 is meant for mobile offline operations, it can be connected to a Opencast Matterhorn server, receiving schedules and sending recordings for processing and publishing just after the recording, thus minimizing the time between recording and publication and improving the automatization off the system. The upload of recordings can be made immediatelly after a recording or later, when the unit is connected to a network.

GaliCUBE runs Galicaster SW so, it provides real-time feedback from video and audio sources --any unexpected situation can be detected and solved immediately. Recording may be started and stopped automatically, by scheduling the start and stop instants, but GaliCUBE also supports manual control of the recording, enabling the operator to start, pause and stop recordings at will --even if they were started automatically.

It is adaptable to many video devices from USB webcams to HDMI or professional HD-SDI cameras. It also captures synchronously from VGA sources (presenter laptop, for instance) and audio sources such as players and microphones. GaliCUBE will walk you through the identification, selection and configuration of such devices.

GaliCUBE also features a repository with all the recorded media, with a comprehensive set of operations to manage the collection: sorting old recordings, deleting many recordings in a single operation, sending and resending media to the distribution channels, ingesting to Opencast-Matterhorn servers, labelling tracks, etc.

Why purcharse Teltek's Galicaster units?

Teltek's is the developer of Galicaster and also a contributor to the Opencast Matterhorn platform. We work as responsibles or advisors to several deployments of Galicaster + Opencast Matterhorn around the world and we handle dozens of hours of recordings every week.
Galicaster units answer the needs to constant development and integration with system administration of your institution or company. Our units are assembled as clonics computers with mainstream heavy duty computer components which pass additional testing and resist the day-to-day work of production systems.

CUBE2 use cases:

Galicaster CUBE2 is commonly used on mobile operations. Having the computer and the screen integrated allows you to move the unit to the right location, prepare the wiring easily and be ready to test and record in a few minutes.

Together with a OnWheels bundle, you can transport your unit and the auxiliary hardware ( camera, tripod, wiring, audio mixer ...) in and protected wheeled case, safe from damage and all in one piece.

Galicaster CUBE2 models:

Galicaster units can capture multiple video formats and combine different audivisual sources, even several combinations on the same unit. For simplicity we include the usual camera-slides capture combinations, including:

• SD + DVI: Ideal to keep using your SD video cameras
  • Camera: Svideo, Composite and Components on PAL/NTSC formats.
  • Slides: VGA/DVI/HDMI framegrabber, capturable resolutions includes Full HD.
  • Audio can be embedded on the SD stream.

• FW + DVI: Adapted to legacy DV video cameras.
  • Camera: DV-PAL through firewire.
  • Slides: VGA/DVI/HDMI framegrabber, capturable resolutions includes Full HD.
  • Audio embedded on the DV stream

• HD-SDI + DVI
  • Camera: HD-SDI recording through coaxial cable.
    • Compatible with HD Videoformats compliant with SMPTE 259M and 292M
    • Backwards compatible with SD-SDI (PAL and NTSC)
  • Slides: VGA/DVI/HDMI framegrabber, capturable resolutions includes Full HD.
  • Audio embedded on the SDI stream.
    • Analogic audio can be recorded appart

• HDMI + DVI
  • Camera: HDMI recording for SD and HD video formats ( pal/ntsc, 720p and 1080p).
    • Composite, Components and SVideo recording also available
    • Compatible with HD Videoformats compliant with SMPTE 259M and 292M
  • Slides: VGA/DVI/HDMI framegrabber, capturable resolutions includes Full HD.
  • Audio embedded on the HDMI stream.
    • Analogic audio can be embedded on the HDMI stream or recorded appart

* When refering to DVI slides capturing, the unit is capable of recording VGA formats (video and non-pure video formats) from VGA, DVI and HDMI sources (even SD sources such as composite, components and Svideo). Analogic inputs are digitalized and interlacing removed , if present.

Consult Teltek for more details on resolution and format limitations.
Custom configurations available on demand.

Common specifications:

• Intel core i7 CPU
• 2x500GB HDD (RAID-1 hardware controller)
• Minitower box with silent power supply
• DVI video input up to 1080p @ 60 fps
• Latest version of Galicaster SW installed and tested. Profiles adapted to your model.
• Ready for Remote supervision
• Ready for TELTEK Remote support

GaliCUBE user interface tree:

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GaliCUBE

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GaliCUBE capturing VGA + Profesional HDV camera, during SLUN 11, San Sebastian Dic2011

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GaliCUBE recording during 1st Opencast Unconference, Oxford Jan2012