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Tachyon Live

Real-Time Standards Conversion for IP Streaming Workflows

Cinnafilm's File-Based Gold Standard Live! on cloudSwXtch

With Tachyon LIVE™ on cloudSwXtch, users get high-quality motion-compensated frame rate conversions available on demand anywhere inside their network. Go even further with additional video transformations available, such as: resolution scaling, deinterlacing, color space conversions, and user-specified LUT.

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Incredible Broadcast Quality Transformations Inside Your Network

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Frame-Accurate Real-Time Conversion

Achieve pristine live conversion across frame rates (e.g., HD50p to UHD60p), resolutions, and scan types with motion-compensated precision.

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Ultra-Low Latency Processing

Powered by IPx LIVE, Cinnafilm’s Linux-based, GPU-accelerated engine, Tachyon LIVE ingests and outputs frames in real-time with minimal delay, supporting global broadcast standards on the fly.

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Protocol Flexibility

Seamlessly integrate with live workflows using industry standards like SMPTE 2110, SRT, TR-07, and NDI. Multiple simultaneous input/output options ensure maximum versatility.

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Cloud-Ready and On-Demand

Compatible with cloudSwXtch virtual networking, Tachyon LIVE can be deployed:

In the cloud (AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle, Alibaba) or on-premises (virtual or physical infrastructure).

Key features

Reimagine In-Network Video Transforms
for the Cloud

Whether you’re distributing live sports, breaking news, or global events, Tachyon LIVE ensures your content reaches audiences in the right format, frame rate, and resolution—regardless of its origin.

  • Motion-Compensated Frame Rate Conversion

  • Advanced Deinterlacing

  • Resolution and Scan Type Conversion

  • Real-Time Color Space Adjustment

  • GPU-Accelerated Processing

  • Support for SMPTE 2110, TR-07, SRT, NDI, and more

Any source video format can be converted to any other video format for fanout into the cloud utilizing standard multicast, srt, or unicast.

Example Multicast, SRT, Unicast Sources

Video A

JPEG-XS

720p 59.94

Video A
JPEG-XS
1080p 59.94

Video B
ST 2110
2160p 59.94

Video B
ST 2110
SD 59.94

Video C
H.264
2160p 59.94

Video C
H.264
1080i 59.94

4:2:0/4:2:2/4:4:4 Color Conversions Supported

Routable Multicast, SRT, Unicast

Video A

JPEG-XS

720p 59.94

Video A
JPEG-XS

1080p 50

Video B
ST 2110
2160p 59.94

Video B
ST 2110

1080p 50

Video C
H.264
2160p 59.94

Video C
H.264
1080i 50

4:2:0/4:2:2/4:4:4 Color Conversions Supported

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Image: Depiction of the standards conversion and fanout capability by swXtch.io.

Broadcast-grade standards conversion to live workflows

The real-time IP streaming evolution of Cinnafilm’s world-renowned file-based media transformation engine. Leveraging over a decade of award-winning frame analysis, motion compensation, and deinterlacing technology, Tachyon LIVE brings broadcast-grade standards conversion to live workflows with unmatched quality and speed.​​​

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