As one of the three major sports events in the world, F1 has its own charm and passion, attracting the attention of fans around the world. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the F1 Chinese Grand Prix. Several "firsts" have added many highlights to this feast - returning to Shanghai after five years, China's first driver Zhou Guanyu making his home debut, the newly introduced sprint race, etc. , all made this game attract much attention.
According to incomplete statistics, nearly 200,000 racing fans came to the Shanghai International Circuit to experience the long-awaited roar of racing engines. At the same time, nearly 1.5 billion global fans have truly experienced the real-life version of "Fast and Furious" through the F1 live broadcast, which once again triggered a viewing boom.
As the most data-driven international event live broadcast, F1 live broadcast involves massive data collection, signal transmission and distribution, processing and guidance. So how does such a complicated process proceed, how much teamwork is behind it, and how much black technology is behind it? Let us find out today!
Ensure data collection and transmission thinkstation escorts the whole process
As we all know, the first and critical step of F1 live broadcast is the collection of massive pictures and audio signals. According to statistics, F1 will deploy nearly 500 hardware in each game, including more than 120 camera positions, including more than 90 vehicle cameras, 28 track cameras, etc., to collect images from different perspectives. At the same time, 147 custom microphones will be deployed around the track to provide spectators with high-quality stereo audio for each car.
In addition, there is screen collection of the scoring and timing system and data collection of 20 cars and 10 teams. In particular, the collection and transmission of screen data for the scoring and timing system is a top priority in the F1 live broadcast. As we all know, the competition between F1 drivers was very fierce in the past. The gap between the two cars was often only milliseconds. The real-time updated scoring and timing system can help fans better understand the situation on the field, and the collection of these signals is closely related to Transmission requires equipment with powerful computing power to support it.
| Lenovo thinkstation p3 tiny
| Lenovo thinkstation p3 tiny, with its 1L compact size and aerospace-grade quality, can be placed in the center of the track to assist front-line engineers in collecting images for the F1 timing and scoring system. At the same time, thinkstation p3 tiny is equipped with a 13th generation Intel® Core™ processor and has a storage capacity of up to 2x2TB, which can provide powerful computing power support for data storage and transmission, and accurately transmit the images of the F1 timing and scoring system to each team in real time. , FIA, broadcasters and commentators to ensure the smooth operation of F1 live broadcasts.
Improve image rendering efficiency and help F1 live broadcast experience explode
Signal collection and reception are only the first step in F1 live broadcast. The next signal processing and guidance are the top priority to provide fans with an immersive watching experience.
The first is the director. As mentioned before, more than 120 camera positions will be arranged in a game, thereby providing different perspectives such as the driver's perspective, aerial perspective, and control perspective, presenting a more immersive picture to the audience. Lenovo thinkvision professional monitors, with their ultra-high-definition 4K resolution, rich external interfaces, and ultra-wide screen design, support etc.’s live broadcast team to achieve multi-screen connection monitoring, helping F1 production staff to monitor more than 100 camera images in real time. Switch the most suitable lens to m&tc.
In addition to the guide, in order to make the F1 live broadcast content more enriched and attractive to the audience, the F1 event production team will use professional graphics and video processing software to add various visual effects, including game scoreboards, player information, real-time statistics, replays, slow-motion Actions etc. In addition, in order to more clearly display the speed, position, distance, tire wear and other data of the car on the image of the car, as well as the outline and color of the car, the production team will also use AR augmented reality technology in the broadcast.
Whether it is rendering or using ar augmented reality technology, it requires powerful computing power to provide support.For complex post-production challenges, thinkstation p620 exerts powerful GPU graphics processing capabilities and supports 2 top-level professional graphics cards through the industry's leading 128 PCIe 4.0 channels, which greatly shortens the rendering synthesis time and ensures the fusion of images and data without delay, giving It brings a more diverse viewing experience to the audience.
In addition to F1 live broadcast, high-performance workstations represented by thinkstation p620 are also constantly empowering the live broadcast industry. In recent years, full-link 4K live broadcast is gradually becoming standard. Lenovo thinkstation p620 has a hardware codec unit that can encode and compress massive data. It uses leading encoding technologies such as hevc to reduce the amount of data while maintaining image quality. In addition, up to 1TB of 8-channel 3200mhz memory can achieve more reliable massive data throughput. These are not only the prerequisites for achieving 4k high-definition live broadcast, but also ensure low-latency transmission. (Mingwen)
Source: Guangming.com
