Chyron adds AI-based instant replay tool for football to Live 1.4
Version 1.4 of the Chyron Live cloud-native live production platform has been updated. New features include an AI-based instant replay tool that empowers production crews — especially those in single-operator scenarios — by automatically detecting and clipping major plays so they can be quickly and easily inserted into the live programme. While currently available only for football, this tool will provide a technological foundation for various sports in future releases.
“Using the award-winning Chyron Live platform’s new AI feature is like having a production assistant built into the system,” said Kristy Weir, product manager at Chyron. “By de-skilling what it takes to get broadcast-grade, pro-level production value, Live fits into our company’s grand plan of making all sports production tasks very simple, approachable and accessible. The AI-based instant replay — in addition to other upgrades such as automatic replay transitions, telestration improvements, and the ability to illustrate plays for deep sports analysis — ultimately changes the way users can capture and analyse game moments, enhancing any crew’s ability to provide engaging and insightful sports coverage.”
Chyron Live is an end-to-end production platform that provides operators with an all-in-one, browser-based interface for live video and audio mixing, graphic overlays, 3D telestration analysis and more. Using the platform, operators can cut/mix live sources, adjust audio levels across all feeds, play out Prime-quality graphic packages, create unlimited multimedia playlists and produce live replays with telestration.
Version 1.4’s AI-based instant replay tool enhances production crews’ ability to create replay clips from live feeds. When the algorithm watches the camera inputs and recognises an interesting play, such as a player taking a shot on target or a goal being scored, a small brain icon will light up in the bottom-left corner of the interface. When the operator clicks the icon, the platform generates a replay clip around that point of interest. For greater control and flexibility, users can manually adjust the start point of the AI-generated clip.
In addition to the instant replay tool, Chyron Live 1.4 also features an automatic replay transition effect and improvements to video telestration. The automatic replay transition effect triggers several actions that are commonly involved in a replay: queue up a transition wipe, play the graphic, start the clip, and animate the clip off with another transition, saving the operator the time of executing each action individually and bringing enterprise switcher efficiency to the platform. Version 1.4 also makes the management of telestration effects more intuitive, allowing operators to adjust the pathing keyframes and effect duration, and to delete specific effects from a saved clip without needing to start over.
In Chyron Live 1.4, users also have more time control tools in Matchpad with the ability to edit the game clock and add stoppage time to the clock at the end of each half, as well as a new list of hotkeys for rapid keyboard control over this essential tool.