NewTek 3Play 1 - Includes NewTek 3Play 3P1 CS

THE WORLD’S MOST COMPLETE SPORTS PRODUCTION SYSTEM

The “Big 3” reasons you want 3Play^® 3P1:

1) NATIVE IP

NDI^® inputs, outputs, and powerful internal processing for end-to-end IP workflows, along with SDI I/O for hybrid environments.

2) FEATURE RICH

Supports dual-channel, first replay telestration with transport control, 1080p60 operation, LivePanel™ control, and more.

3) AFFORDABILITY

No other modern replay system offers so much production power for the price.

NewTek 3Play 3P1 is the most cost-effective, easy-to-use, and powerful IP replay solution in the world.

• 3G SDI, hybrid, and end-to-end IP connectivity
• Support for up to 4 external inputs and 2 outputs - SDI or NDI
• 4 multi-viewer outputs
• Synchronized, continuous, full-resolution capture
• Record and playback simultaneously
• Preview all angles simultaneously while recording and playing back video
• Show all angles of recording synced on output
• Build playlists with full transitions, audio, sound effects, and stinger animations
• Per output overlays with positioning and transitions

• Integrated dual-channel telestration with remote transport control
• LivePanel^™ option to build browser-based user interfaces and workflows
• Multi-purpose video server with clip preview
• Real-time social media export or transcode files for immediate delivery
• Import external video, audio, and stills in common formats
• Intuitive asset management and tagging system
• Automation with custom macro commands
• Support for MIDI, GPI, AMP protocol, and much more…

Dual-Channel First Replay Telestration

Enlighten and entertain audiences, enhancing play-by-play and analysis with live telestration—right from the first replay. With the included NDI^® Telestrator Pro technology, you can annotate on screen and roll immediate replays over the network from any compatible networked PC or touchscreen device.

• Work with a variety of professional paint and shape tools
• Add telestration to your production with a single Ethernet cable
• Draw and diagram over either or both 3Play 3P1 output channels

• Import and place custom logos, branding, and graphics
• Perform remote clip playback with responsive transport controls

IP and SDI Production

3Play 3P1 is a team player—no matter what equipment makes up your production infrastructure. From its natural chemistry with NewTek IP Series and TriCaster^® TC1 production systems; to its native integration of NDI^®, NewTek’s innovative Network Device Interface technology, and connection to the most prolific IP-based workflow in the industry; to its compatibility with conventional gear running baseband 3G-SDI or HD-SDI video with embedded or analog audio—3Play 3P1 has a championship-level connection with any workflow.

LivePanel^TM Compatibility

NewTek 3Play 3P1 natively supports control from the browser of any compatible networked device via NewTek LivePanel^TM. Available as an optional purchase for 3Play 3P1, LivePanel includes a touchscreen-friendly software control panel and LivePanel Builder for custom user interfaces, with premium customization services also available through NewTek Professional Services.

Intuitive Asset Management

Exercise your clock management skills as you save valuable time logging, organizing, and retrieving content. From tagging events and clips with detailed metadata in a flash using your own custom coding system, to instantly filtering top plays by team, player, type, or period with the intelligent search engine, managing your assets with 3Play 3P1 is fast, efficient, and a fraction of the work from ingest to archive.

Coverage and Capture

Take advantage of unprecedented freedom in planning your coverage, then capture every angle of the action to high-quality, full-resolution QuickTime^® files. Supporting input both locally via SDI and over IP from any location on your network via NDI^®, plus synchronized, continuous recording of 4 simultaneous video channels, 3Play 3P1 introduces game-changing possibilities for positioning cameras and acquiring content.

Replay and Play Review

Present your audiences with the best view of cool, critical, and controversial plays—in real time, slow motion, or frame-by-frame—with 2 independent output channels deliverable both locally via SDI and over IP to any NDI^® destination on your network. With outputs optionally combining for a switcher-style program-preview workflow, the ability to change angles while playback is progress, and support for video layering to include stacking live feeds and replay perspectives, 3Play 3P1 effortlessly accommodates your distinct brand of replay.

Social Media Integration

Take over timelines and feeds without leaving the live environment, sharing real-time highlights and screencaps directly from 3Play 3P1 to your social media accounts. Upload the best shots and clips to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and more—complete with comments and hashtags—and provide instant updates for fans and followers on their computers and mobile devices.

Multi-Purpose Video Server

Play to your strengths, using the built-in video server to cue, assemble, package, and deliver content in a variety of ways. With intuitive player controls, editing tools, selectable transitions, playlist effects, customizable settings, and presets, you have everything you need to go to work on game footage for instant replay, and turn out auto-advancing highlights, live-edited cut-ups, stacked sponsor blocks, and much more.

Next-Level Automation

Experience new levels of efficiency and productivity with a comprehensive macro automation system that allows you to record, store, edit, and automate your favorite settings and custom command sequences. And with the flexibility to run macros from any combination of compatible control interfaces and support for cross-platform automation, you can outfit your workflow to available equipment and personnel.

Studio-Grade Video Tools

Enhance your presentation with a collection of tools designed for network-style sports production right out of the box. From downstream keying to apply titles, graphics, stats, sponsor logos, and more; to custom animated transitions, motion graphics, and visual effects that up your production value; to manual and automatic color correction settings for real-time adjustments to variable lighting conditions, 3Play 3P1 is ready to realize your vision and rise to every challenge.

3Play 3P1 Control Panel

Run every sports production with the confidence of a team captain. With a professional hardware panel included, 3Play 3P1 brings blazing speed and airtight control to the operator’s chair so you can read, react, and replay in record time.

User Experience

Keep your eye on the ball with fully adjustable single-screen or multi-screen monitoring. With two configurable multiviewers, selectable workspace layouts, customizable viewports, multi-angle replay preview windows, visual indicators, language localization, and more, you can easily personalize the 3Play 3P1 environment to your preference.

Compatible Products

TriCaster TC1

• Complete production like never before
• Native IP processing
• 4K UHD 60p capable
• Hundreds of advanced video capabilities

NC1 Studio I/O Module

• 8 x configurable video channels
• SDI I/O with NDI^® video translation
• Support for quad-link 4K UHD and 3G-SDI
• Low-profile 1RU chassis with redundant power

NVG1

• Real-time 3D graphics playout over IP
• Resolutions up to 4K UHD
• Customizable, production-ready templates
• Integrated Viz Trio^™ and Viz Engine^™software '

Technical Specifications

• Video Input
  • 4 x simultaneous external video inputs, supporting any combination of compatible sources
• Network Video Input
  • 4 x resolution-independent IP video inputs via NDI^®
• SDI Video Input
  • 4 x 3G/HD/SD-SDI connections supporting video input in any combination of standard formats, resolutions, and frame rates¹
    • 1080p: 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, 24, 23.976
    • 1080i: 59.94, 50
    • 720p: 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, 24, 23.976
    • 576i 50
    • 480i 59.94
  • ¹Available frame rates determined by session video standard (NTSC or PAL)
• Video Output
  • 2 x session-format video outputs, with simultaneous delivery via IP and SDI
• Network Video Output
  • 2 x session-format IP video outputs via NDI^®
• SDI Video Output
  • 4 x 3G/HD/SD-SDI connections supporting redundant delivery of 2x session-format video outputs
• Multiviewer Output
  • 1 x DVI user interface with multiviewer
  • 1 x HDMI multiviewer
  • 1 x DisplayPort multiviewer
• Recording
  • 4 x simultaneous recording channels
• Recording Format
  • QuickTime^® (XDCAM HD compatible, 4:2:2 encoding, 24-bit audio, with timecode)²
  • ²QuickTime Player not required for playback in common NLE applications
• Storage
  • 3 x 3TB internal drive (capacity varies by format, resolution and file specification)
• Grab
  • Grab full-resolution, deinterlaced still images from inputs and outputs
• Export
  • Export video and image files to social media, FTP, local or external volumes, and network servers, with optional transcoding
• DSK
  • 1 x DSK channel per output, with independent source selection and transition
• Transitions
  • Supports custom transitions between output channels and playlist clips
• Telestration
  • Integrated NDI^® Telestrator Pro technology supporting real-time telestration and transport control from compatible devices over the network
• Asset Management
  • Asset management system supporting metadata entry, tagging, filtering, organization, navigation, bookmarking, and integration with compatible MAM platforms
• Local Audio Input
  • 4 x SDI embedded
  • 1 x Balanced XLR stereo pair (Line)
  • 3 x Balanced 1/4” stereo pairs (Line)
• Local Audio Output
  • 4 x SDI embedded
  • 1 x Balanced XLR stereo pair
  • 1 x Balanced 1/4” stereo pair
  • 1 x Stereo 1/4" (phones)
• Network Audio
  • Native support for network audio input and output via NDI^®
• Processing
  • Video: Floating Point YCbCr +A 4:4:4:4
  • Audio: Floating Point, 96 kHz
• Throughput Latency
  • ~1.0-1.5 frames
• A/V Standards
  • 3G-SDI video conforms to SMPTE 424M (Level A)
  • HD-SDI video conforms to SMPTE 292M
  • SD video conforms to SMPTE 259M and ITU-R BT.656
  • Analog audio levels conform to SMPTE RP-155
• Genlock
  • Genlock input supporting SD (Bi-level) or HD (Tri-level) reference signals
• Macros
  • Record, store, edit, and automate commands and user-configured operation sequences, including support for cross-platform automation between supported systems
• AMP
  • Supports Advanced Media Protocol for remote control via compatible third-party production systems
• GPI
  • Supports GPI signals via JLCooper Electronics eBox GPI interface
• MIDI
  • Support for standard MIDI protocol enabling third-party device control
• System Drive
  • 120GB SSD
• NIC
  • 2 x 1 Gigabit NIC
• System Physical
  • 3Play 3P1
  • 2RU chassis with 400W PSU and multi-tiered hardware and software fail-safe
    • 19.0 x 3.5 x 19.57 in (48.3 x 8.9 x 49.7 cm) with rack ears attached
    • ~ 26 lbs (~12 kg)
  • 3Play 3P1 (Redundant Power Option)
  • 3RU chassis with 500W redundant PSU and multi-tiered hardware and software fail-safe
    • 19.0 x 5.25 x 19.57 in (48.3 x 13.34 x 49.7 cm) with rack ears attached
    • ~ 34 lbs (~15 kg)

3Play Control Surface

Comprehensive control of live sports production, instant replay and official review.

Providing hardware control for 3P1, 3Play 4800, 3Play 440 and 3Play Mini, the 3Play 4800 CS is ready for action with innovative, user-focused control of recording, replay, live video switching, highlights publishing and asset management.

Surface ~ 12.7 x 1.0 x 11.64 in (32.3 x 2.6 x 29.6 cm) Base ~ 12.7 x 2.0 x 10.64 in (32.3 x 5.1 x 27.0 cm)

Features

• Intuitive layout and transport controls mapped to 3P1, 3Play 4800, 3Play 440 and 3Play Mini user interface
• Practical lighting and backlighting for heightened visibility of control surface activity
• Numeric keypad mapped to 3Play TAGS system for metadata entry

• Sleek, cockpit styling and state-of-the-art design that appeals to operators and executives
• Dynamically variable T-Bar lighting for visual feedback of playback speed and control mode
• Premium T-Bar, speed presets and jog wheel for precision control