REG-1024
2CH 12G-SDI/ST 2110 4K recorder board for openGear.
Integrates the ST 2110 gateway function, supporting up to 10 concurrent 4K IP/SDI recording channels with signal loop-out for high-density sports, gala, and live broadcast recording.
Overview
REG-1024 is a high-density embedded recording unit that doubles as an IP gateway. A 2RU chassis records 10 channels of 4K ST 2110 or SDI and loops the other format straight out — feed it 10 IP signals and it loops out 10 SDI for the baseband plant; feed it 10 SDI and it loops out 10 IP for the ST 2110 side. Each unit carries a 4 TB hot-swappable NVMe SSD and mirrors every encode.
Challenge
Hybrid plants run ST 2110 and SDI side by side, and the recording tier sits in the middle of it — expected to capture either format while still feeding the other one downstream, without a second rack of converters.
Two signal worlds
ST 2110 and SDI arrive in the same production; recording one format should not cut the other side of the plant off from the feed.
Density in fixed space
Sports events, variety shows, galas, and large-scale reporting demand as many simultaneous recording channels as the rack allows.
Content safety
Recorded material has to survive a drive or node failure and stay verifiable on the way out to production.
Post handover
Files need to reach production and broadcast systems quickly, with their format information and tags intact.
Solution
One unit records and converts at the same time; the 2RU chassis scales it to 10 channels.
Key Features
- Recording and loop-out — 10 channels of 4K ST 2110 or SDI recorded in a 2RU space, with the other format looped out simultaneously — 10 SDI out for the baseband system, or 10 IP out for the 2110 system.
- Per-unit configuration — Each unit records 2 channels IP, 2 channels SDI, or 1 SDI + 1 IP.
- IP standards — SMPTE ST 2110-10/20/21/30/40 and ST 2022-7, with NMOS IS-04/05 and ST 2059 PTP clock.
- Formats — Hardware encoding across SUVC, XAVC, AVS-HFM, ProRes, DNxHR, DNxHD, H.264, and H.265, written as MXF, MOV, or MP4.
- Audio — 8-channel AES plus 8-channel analog audio bound to the video tracks for synchronized capture.
- Exchange — Content writes to individually pluggable SSD media; with the SS20 and AS20 storage nodes, open disk, file metadata, and clip-tag specifications carry it to other systems.
- Interfaces — Dual 25G SFP28 media ports, 4 × 12G-SDI I/O, LTC input, 10G SFP+ network port, and RJ45 management — controlled from a BS web interface, keyboard and mouse, or a remote panel.
Scenarios
- High-density capture — Multi-channel recording for sports events, variety galas, and large live news reporting.
- Hybrid IP-SDI plants — Broadcast environments that need simultaneous recording and signal format conversion.
- Cross-system exchange — Live production pipelines that hand media between workflows on standardized clip metadata.
- Mission-critical recording — Dual-storage backup that prevents footage loss during live recording.
- OB vans and studios — Compact multi-channel recording capacity where rack space is tight.
Result
A recording tier that serves both halves of a hybrid plant at once — ten 4K channels captured, the opposite format still flowing downstream, and every encode mirrored.
Channels of 4K ST 2110 or SDI recording in 2RU, with the other format looped out.
Local recording space per unit, behind mirrored dual-write.
SFP28 media data interfaces for ST 2110 main and backup.
Channels of video monitoring on the optional multi-screen card.
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