The Telestream WFM8300 Advanced 3G/HD/SD-SDI Waveform Monitor and Analyzer All-in-One Platform provides precision capabilities such as digital data analysis (including ANC Data Inspector), A/V delay measurement, and indepth simultaneous input monitoring, making it the brand of choice for applications that require deep signal and content analysis with unquestionable accuracy.

The WFM8300 features the complete range of product family options and comes standard with HD/SD-SDI and Dual Link video format support. It provides high-performance monitoring and measurement for applications for a wide range of formats from Composite Analog to SD-SDI, HD-SDI and 3G-SDI video signals in single, dual and quad-link video formats (options required). The WFM8300 optionally offers support for a variety of audio formats for analog, digital AES/EBU, digital embedded, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby E.

Video monitoring standards and formats:

• 4K (4096×2160) and UHDTV1 (3840×2160) format - Options 4K, 3G and 2SDI
• 3G-SDI (Level A and Level B) - Option 3G
• High Definition SDI - Standard
• Standard Definition SDI - Standard
• Dual Link (4:2:2, 4:4:4, alpha channel, 10 bit, 12 bit) - Standard
• Composite Analog Video - Option CPS
• Multiple Input Mode 2 SDI inputs - Standard
• Multiple Input Mode 4 SDI inputs - Option 2SDI

HDR content creation:

• HDR graticules - Option PROD
• HDR zebra overlay - Option PROD
• Graticule range selection (Narrow 64d-940d, Full 0d-1019d) - Option PROD

Color gamut monitoring:

• Arrowhead display - Standard
• Diamond and Split Diamond displays - Standard
• Spearhead display - Option PROD
• Luma Qualified Vector (LQV) - Option PROD

Audio monitoring standards and formats:

• Analog, digital AES/EBU, digital embedded - Option AD
• Analog and digital including Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby E - Option DPE

Measurement and analysis:

• Digital data analysis - Standard
• ANC Data Inspector - Standard
• Simultaneous input monitoring - Standard
• 3D video monitoring - Standard
• Audio/video delay measurement - Standard

The WFM8300 supports flexible combinations of options and field upgrades, providing an excellent solution for multiformat environments while protecting your investment.

From Composite Analog to 4K/UHDTV1 Digital Video - All-in-One Platform

This instrument comes standard with Dual Link SMPTE 372M compliant monitoring, SMPTE 352M automatic format detection, and selectable display of Alpha Channel, as well as 2K Dual Link monitoring with XYZ Color Space.

To support the latest production trends for 4K/UHDTV1 content as well as DCI 2K content, these instruments provide optional capabilities to monitor the 3G-SDI format and 4K/UHDTV1 format. Option 3G enables monitoring of SMPTE 425M Level A (directly mapped) and Level B (mapped from Dual Link) signals and DCI 2K formats. Option 4K along with Option 3G and Option 2SDI add additional formats for applications that require Quad HDSDI link, Dual 3G-SDI link and Quad 3G-SDI link support.

For multi-link signals, these instruments allow for monitoring of each single link or the combined Dual or Quad Link (Option 4K with Options 3G and 2SDI) input with a comprehensive set of displays and status reporting tools. The patented Timing display, which measures timing between links of the Dual or Quad Link signal, provides a valuable tool to maintain correct timing between the links. Monitoring display modes such as Waveform, Vector, Gamut, Timing, Status, Picture, and Audio, as well as in-depth data analysis are available for 3G-SDI and other input formats. In Quad Link mode, the combination of SDI signals means that only Link 1 and Link 2 ancillary data (including embedded audio) is available in this mode.

The WFM8300 supports any combination of video and audio format options, so it excels in multiformat environments and evolves with your needs to protect your investment.

HDR Tool Set for Content Creators

The WFM8300 monitor offers an HDR tool set (Option PROD) for assisting camera operators and editors adjust their content to the correct levels. HDR graticules are available for Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), SMPTE ST 2084 PQ and Camera log (S-Log1, S-Log2, S-Log3, C Log, Log C, BT.709). ST 2084 HDR is available in Narrow (64d-940d) for 1K, 2K, 4K, 5K and 10K or Full (4d-1019d) for 1K and 10K. Reflectance, Nits, Stops and Code Value are available in HDR modes.

Camera operators can use the graticule lines at 2%, 18% or 90% Reflectance to properly setup camera exposure with a camera test chart of 2% black, 18% gray and 90% white.

Color editors in post-production can use the Specular highlight magnification feature to quickly balance the color in specular highlights and ensure the detail in the objects with specular highlights. The magnification is called Zoom Mode for 1K and 10K ST.2084 HDR. Amplitude cursors allow users to set the cursor at a specific level to make the scene have the desired look. HDR zebra highlighting in the Picture display allows users to verify the location and the size of the specular highlights.

Superior Data Analysis Capabilities for Engineers and Operators

The new ANC Data Inspector provides an industry-leading solution to help broadcasters easily and accurately ensure that all required VANC data is present and correctly configured through an intuitive ANC data display.

In contrast to other solutions, the ANC Data Inspector enables operators to easily and quickly ensure that the VANC data is present and free of errors. When errors are detected, engineers are quickly guided to a more detailed view of the data packet content for further analysis.

With FlexVu, each picture display tile can display different CEA708/608 Closed Caption and individual Teletext subtitles. Teletext subtitle pages can be decoded in either WST or OP47 format.

The Auxiliary Data Status display provides summary information on Active Format Description (AFD) per SMPTE 2016, Video Index Aspect Ratio, Wide Screen Signaling (WSS), V-Chip, TSID, CGMS-A, Broadcast Flag, CEA708/608 Closed Caption, Teletext, and Time Code information.

Today there is a wide array of metadata that provides information to a variety of equipment through the processing chain. Monitoring of this metadata is critical to ensure that the processing equipment correctly handles the signal. For instance, correct format of the AFD ensures that the aspect ratio on the display is correctly formatted and the automated AFD graticule is available for the picture display of the WFM8300 along with the binary data and text description for easy monitoring.

The WFM8300 can also monitor Dolby metadata embedded in the Vertical Ancillary (VANC) data space per SMPTE 2020.

The Datalist display provides detailed information on the actual data values in HD/SD-SDI and 3G-SDI (with Option 3G) input signals. Users can easily use this display to locate protocol errors in the input signals.

The right side of the display shows the data values in hexadecimal, decimal, or binary format and uses the following color coding for easy identification of data types and errors:

• Green - Active video data
• Blue - Data in horizontal or vertical blanking intervals
• White - EAV, SAV, and other reserved words
• Yellow - Data outside nominally allowed values
• Red - Data with illegal values
• Gold - Switch line
• Blue Background - Ancillary Data Packet

The left side of display shows un-interpolated digital values plotted against sample numbers as a digital waveform. You can configure this unique display in either Video mode or Data mode.

In Video mode, the display shows the Y, Cb, Cr values aligned temporally, but offset vertically. Like the waveform display, you can configure the display to show 1, 2, or all 3 components.

Data values with a blue background represents Ancillary data with indication of DID, SDID/DBN, DC, UDW and Checksum.

In 4K mode, the Datalist display can be used to view all Quad Link signals simultaneously or to view individual links.

Full-Featured Simultaneous Input Monitoring Boosts Versatility (3G/HD/SD-SDI)

The Simultaneous Input Monitoring (SIM) capability takes multiformat monitoring to a new level. This capability helps operational staff quickly determine if a video quality problem existed in the input signal or arose in their facility. It enables engineering staff to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve technical problems introduced in a piece of video equipment by comparing the input and output signals at each point in the chain. This feature is also especially helpful when checking for transparency during format conversion.

FlexVu enables flexible and intuitive configuration of displays from two monitored inputs. User can display simultaneous fault detection, status reporting, alarm generation, and error logging. SIM is ideal for transmission monitoring of simultaneous HD and SD programs. It is also ideal for monitoring stereoscopic 3D content in production and post production applications by simultaneously monitoring the Left Eye signal and the Right Eye signal.

SyncVu is used in conjunction with SIM mode for 3D applications when input A is used for the Left Eye and input B is used for the Right Eye. When SyncVu is enabled, the Left and Right Tile displays are synchronized, so that if a Picture Tile is selected for Tile 1, automatically Tile 2 displays a Picture Tile in exactly the same mode as Tile 1. This enables the user to quickly configure the instrument identically for Left and Right Eye 3D monitoring.

Multiple Input mode can be used to monitor up to 4 SDI inputs simultaneously when in Full Screen mode (4-input mode requires Option 2SDI). This type of display is ideal for camera balance applications where the user wishes to check the video level across multiple inputs. This Multiple Input mode is available within Waveform, Vector, Lightning, Diamond, Arrowhead, and Spearhead (with Option PROD) display modes, allowing for the comparison of video inputs across a wide variety of these displays.

The instrument can also be set to either BT.709 or BT.2020 colorimetry for all of these display modes.

3D Measurement and Monitoring

The 3D measurements and displays are standard. A 3D image is comprised of a Left Eye and Right Eye view feed as two separate HD-SDI signals or combined within a 3G Level B format. Additionally, a 3D signal can be carried within a single SDI signal as a left and right image Side by Side, Top/Bottom, or Field Interlace. Within the instrument a variety of different 3D monitoring modes are available to assist the user in determining the difference between the Left Eye and Right Eye views. From this disparity difference between the two left and right images the depth of an object within the image can be determined.

For monitoring purposes a variety of displays can be set up within the Picture mode:

• Difference Map display
• Red/Cyan Anaglyph display
• Green/Magenta Anaglyph display
• Checkerboard display

These modes help the user compare the disparity between the left and right images and can assist in interpreting the depth of the objects within the image.

For measurement of the depth of an object within the image a Disparity Grid can be overlaid over the picture with a horizontal disparity between 1 to 15% of screen width and a vertical disparity of 50%, 25%, or 10% that can be selected by the user. The horizontal and vertical position controls allow the Disparity Grid to be moved around within the picture display to gauge the depth of objects within the image.

A set of Disparity Cursors are also available for precise measurement of horizontal disparity of an object between the Left and Right Eye images. Readout is given of the pixel difference between the cursors and the percentage of disparity of an object.

See and Solve Displays

See and Solve displays simplify video monitoring tasks such as calibration, error detection, and content correction allowing users to detect errors at a glance and troubleshoot them efficiently.

Specialized Session and Status displays provide summarized yet comprehensive reports of conditions and measurements of content parameters.

The Black and Frozen frame detection can be used to alert the operator to a problem in the transmission chain. These and other errors can automatically be logged in the Error Log and provided as a report.

The powerful Error Log is configurable and provides detailed reports for up to 10,000 events that can be downloaded using a web browser or saved through a front panel connection to a USB flash drive. Alarms can also activate ground closures and SNMP traps simplifying centralized monitoring of multiple programs.

The FlexVu four-tile display provides maximum flexibility to increase your productivity. Unlike instruments with predetermined view combinations or limited choices, FlexVu lets you create a multiview display tailored to your specific needs and work practices. Each tile can be configured to enable easy signal analysis such as multiple alarm and status screens, different Safe Area Graticules and cursors on each tile, and more.

Tektronix displays offer the sharpest CRT-like trace quality for clear waveform and vector monitoring without pixelation distortions. The familiar video waveform display can show SD/HD/3G-SDI signals in RGB, YPbPr, YRGB, or composite formats. Signal components can be displayed in either Parade or Overlay mode. For composite analog video, NTSC and PAL signals can be displayed with luma, chroma, and luma+chroma filtering. The vector display offers user-selectable graticules, color targets (75% or 100%), and color axis.

The patented Diamond, Split Diamond, and Arrowhead gamut displays simplify the process of verifying gamut compliance.

The Diamond and Split Diamond displays help easily identify and correct RGB gamut errors in digital video signals. The Arrowhead display saves time in verifying composite gamut compliance for digital video signals. These various trace displays can be shown in either ITU-R BT.709 (HD) or ITU-R BT2020 (4K/UHDTV1) allowing a user to use the same displays as they transition from HD to 4K/UHD.

User-selectable gamut thresholds let you tailor this display and the associated gamut alarms to your particular compliance standards.

You can also select bright-up conditions to see the location of gamut errors on the picture display.

This instruments also features new optional advanced color gamut monitoring capabilities including the patented Luma Qualified Vector (LQV) display and Spearhead display which, when used in conjunction with Tektronix proprietary Diamond and Split Diamond gamut displays, provide the most comprehensive color gamut monitoring tools available for precise color gamut adjustments (Option PROD).

The picture display can simultaneously detect and decode CEA708/608 Closed Caption. Teletext subtitle pages can also be decoded in either 625 formats or using OP47 Ancillary data. Flexible Safe Area Graticules allow for quick placement of graphics, titles, or logos. Using FlexVu, users can see two or more pictures with different graticules.

The CaptureVu feature, which is available in single or simultaneous mode, allows users to capture, store, and download the data of a video frame to recreate displays and compare the live signal to captured data for easy troubleshooting of intermittent errors or for analyzing fault conditions at remote sites.

Complete Monitoring Tool Set for Optimum Sound Quality

The WFM8300 provides high-quality digital filtering and oversampling to ensure precise, reliable, and repeatable audio measurements. For easy monitoring, audio options provide format autodetection and flexible mapping of audio inputs to analog or digital audio outputs for connection to external devices.

The Surround Sound 2 display provides intuitive graphical representation of channel interaction in a system. The Bars display provides indicators for faults, audio levels with direct level readouts, and Dolby format information. The flexible Lissajous display allows the selection of any two audio channels. Loudness measurements are made to ITU-R BS.1770-3. A Loudness meter is available within the Audio display that provides Short and Infinite Loudness measurements. Within the configuration menu there are simple Loudness presets for the various standards such as ATSC A/ 85 2013 (1770-3), EBU R128 2014, ARIB TR-B32, Free TV OP59, and Brazil Ord 354.

The Loudness session display graphically plots Loudness measurement over time, from 90 seconds to 30 hours. The Loudness measurements can be downloaded through the network or saved to USB for further analysis. To help simplify monitoring, the Audio Loudness session can be started, stopped or reset using GPI or Timecode.

Specialized audio displays provide deeper inspection of the signal and make the WFM8000 Series instruments the most comprehensive waveform and audio monitors available. The audio session displays summarize levels, faults, and number of active bits for each channel. These instruments also feature Audio Control Packet Data and Channel Status displays.

The Dolby Status display (in Option DPE) gives an in-depth view of integrated or VANC metadata and Dolby E Guard Band timing and synchronization.

User-configurable thresholds for the Dolby E Guard Band timing measurement (in Option DPE) are available as well as Dolby E Guard Band timing and trigger alarms based on their specific guard band parameters.

Facility Timing Made Easy

Audio/Video synchronization is an important challenge in the processing of video signals. The WFM8300 displays the A/V delay on a graphical bar indicator. The measurement readout gives facility engineers the necessary tools to ensure system integrity and facilitate A/V delay compliance. This feature provides out-of-service measurement of A/V delay for analog or digital audio and video formats. A TG8000 or SPG8000 is required to generate the SDI signal which contains the audio and video sequence that can be distributed through the system and measured by the WFM8300.

The patented SMPTE RP168 compliant Timing display makes facility timing easy through a simple graphical representation which shows the relative timing of the input signal and the reference signal (or a saved offset reference) on an X-Y axis. The display also shows the timing difference between links on Dual link and Quad link signals to make sure there is reliable multi-link signal transmission. Limits can be set by the user to warn when the inter-channel timing of the Dual Link or Quad link exceeds the threshold.

The Lightning display shows luma and chroma amplitudes and helps users verify component timing using a color bar signal. The patented Bowtie display complements the timing measurement capability of the Lightning display. Using a special Bowtie test signal in component format, this display helps make precise and accurate measurements of interchannel amplitude and timing. The SCH Phase display helps quickly verify this critical timing parameter of composite analog video signals.