Used for live editing, this device allows a technical director to switch between a number of sources of video and audio in a live or live-to-tape program environment.
(1) Engineer (Technical Director) who is switching from camera to camera. (2) Panel with rows of buttons that allows switching from one camera or sound source to another.
A video switcher to which the cables from the cameras are connected and which contains the switching electronics. This allows the user to switch between the pictures given by the different cameras, either manually or automatically after a preset time. Many switchers also have the facility that, if an alarm is activated, the switcher will switch to the camera covering the area where the alarm has been activated.
A device that switches views from several cameras to one or more monitors.
a device that enables multiple signals to be selected and sent to one presentation display
a unit that allows you to flick between cameras one at a time and view the pictures on a monitor or TV and record the images on a VCR (or DVR)
Device for mixing multiple video signals. Used for special effects, transitions, generating titles.
A device which either automatically switches or manually switches between user selected cameras. The dwell time, the time spent on each camera, can also be adjusted by the user.
A control which permits the selection of one image from any of several cameras to be fed into the television display or recording system.
Device with a series of video inputs that permits one or more selected inputs to be combined, manipulated and sent out on the program line or edit VCR.
A device used to switch the video signals from two or more cameras on a monitor.
the person who, and the machine which, switches various production sources—studio cameras, tape playbacks, graphics, etc—as a program goes to air or to tape.
(n) The electronic device with which a director selects video sources and directs them to air during a television production. (See Video Toaster).
Allows for switching between multiple video sources, such as cameras, time base correctors, character generators. Most switchers provide transition effects such as dissolves and wipes.
Sequential Switcher or Video Switcher. A device that allows the video signals from multiple cameras to be displayed on a monitor, or recorded on a VCR one at a time in sequence.
A simplified SEG that selects and mixes video signals from two or more sources