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Create Tailored Applications to Add Impact to Your Broadcast
Create custom applications that generate and play out broadcast-quality HD and SD graphics in real time with Chyron’s CAL Box dedicated graphics platform. The CAL (Chyron Application Library) API can be used to develop specialized software which can display real-time data feeds with eye-catching static or animated text, rolls, crawls, flipbooks, effects and more.
Authoring with CAL
CAL's Software Development Kit (SDK) is rich in functionality, offering superior, real-time performance and quality. A variety of effects provides dynamic transitions between pages.
Integration
CAL Box can integrate with a wide variety of external devices and applications including automation, newsroom and asset management systems, and web servers. Real-time data feeds can be connected to CAL’s data update module, and continuous feeds of financial, news, sports or other information are automatically displayed on air via CAL’s Data Spooler. CAL’s compound 3D animation engine provides built-in and custom data transition effects to create uniquely engaging displays such as interactive viewer feedback from Internet polls.
Powerful and Flexible Development Tools
Applications can be created in your preferred development environment with CAL’s real-time graphics rendering engine and libraries for Visual C/C++®. Also included is an ActiveX® control for Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools such as Visual Studio® .NET, Visual Basic®, Delphi®, C++ Builder and HTML-based script applications. A comprehensive set of examples accompanying the SDK ranges from basic lower-third to sophisticated election applications. These examples can serve as launch points for custom application development.
Built on Microsoft® COM technology, CAL supports multiple client connections, operational notifications, and offers remote network connectivity using DCOM. CAL applications may be developed and previewed on any Windows® 2000/XP system.
Choice of Development Approach
Chyron’s third-party developer network creates and markets many specialized CALapplications to address a wide array of broadcast operations. CAL developers can join the Chyron Developer Network, participate in a supportive community of industry experts and receive access to new tools and an expanding base of CAL-created projects.
Software Development Environments
CAL supports the following software development environments:
- Microsoft Visual Studio .Net
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Borland® C++ Builder
- Borland Delphi®
- RAD environments supporting ActiveX®
- HTML-based script applications
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- Dedicated, HD/SD-switchable or SD system with powerful API for creating custom, real-time, data-driven broadcast graphics applications
- Easy integration with systems such as automation, newsroom, asset management, interactive hardware and web servers
- Real-time graphics rendering engine, C/C++ libraries, ActiveX® control for RAD tools such as Delphi, Visual Basic®, C++ Builder and HTML-based script applications
- Built on Microsoft® COM technology and supports multiple client connections, operational notifications, and remote network connectivity
- Chyron Developer Network for participation in a supportive developer community with access to the latest tools
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