The XT[2] is a video server

Video server

A video server is a computer based device dedicated to delivering video.Unlike personal computers, being multi-application devices, a video server is designed for one purpose; provisioning video, often for broadcasters. A professional grade video server records, stores, and playout of multiple...

 built and designed by the Belgian company EVS Broadcast Equipment

EVS Broadcast Equipment

EVS Broadcast Equipment SA manufactures live outside broadcast digital video production systems.Its recorders have become the dominant standard for broadcasters worldwide...

 which allows broadcasters

Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...

 to record, control and play media.

The XT[2]+ is a newer model of the server. This one has four 3D

Stereoscopy

Stereoscopy refers to a technique for creating or enhancing the illusion of depth in an image by presenting two offset images separately to the left and right eye of the viewer. Both of these 2-D offset images are then combined in the brain to give the perception of 3-D depth...

 channels (3G or dual link).

The tapeless

Tapeless

In the professional broadcast world, an end-to-end workflow is called tapeless when part, or all of it, is made without any tape; video and audio sources being ingested, recorded, edited and played out on digital systems....

 server allows loop recording

Loop recording

Loop recording is the process of recording audio continuously to an endless tape or to computer memory, or recording video feeds on a video server....

 and has the particularity to allows actions like replay

Replay

Replay may refer to:*Replay , a replayed match in between two sport teams to decide in case of tie or conflict resulting from scoring, officiating, fouling or other factors...

s, slow-motion, non-linear editing

Editing

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...

 or streaming while recording.

It has been used in sporting event productions such as the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...

, the IFAF World Cup, MotoGP, BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 Football Programmes and the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 and in studio environments such as NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

, France 2

France 2

France 2 is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4, France 5 and France Ô...

 and CCTV.

The server is controlled by Multicam(LSM)

Multicam(LSM)

Multicam is software developed by the Belgian company EVS Broadcast Equipment. Combined with its remote controller, it allows to control the XT[2] video server and offers highly reactive live editing solutions like instant replays and slow-motion....

 or IPDirector

IPDirector

IPDirector is an integrated suite developed by the Belgian company EVS Broadcast Equipment which groups several video production management applications which allow to control the ingest and the play out of video feeds in the XT[2] video server....

 softwares.