Format Support and Video Processing:  Supported containers: (MPG, M2P, AVI, F4V, MXF, GXF, MOV, XDCAM, MP4, TS, WMV, WAV, M4A, P2, Microsoft Smooth Streaming™ )
Supported essences: (MPEG2, DV, DVCPRO, uncompressed, DVCPRO50, DvcProHD100, H.264, AVC, Avid DNxHD, AVCIntra, Apple PRORES, IMX, VC-1, PCM, AAC, WMA) Support for proprietary formats via 3rd party components Also supports audio, picture, word, excel, pdf and text files Supports transcoding between supported formats Supports multi channel audio Supports easy cutting and joining of clips Supports partial retrieval with optional transcoding Supports watermarking of video with timecode, logo, etc. |
Asset Management Benefits: Supports configurable proxy files for network playback Supports playing and editing of growing content, that is still being captured. Flexible bin structure independent from file system Built in media player with: mark in/out, fast/slow playback, marker/region definition, video&audio censure, audio channel selection and mapping A flexible metadata structure that can be customized by users without any development Many different types of metadata, per requirement Easy Category assignment Multiple search modes, which can be combined: Simple with wildcard and full-text. Advanced (custom searches made from specific metadata selected by user) Category based Auto Complete, Synonyms, Thesaurus and more Optional image matching / search image on video Assets can be archived manually, or via dragging into the interface, or via dragging into watch folders (“dynamic bins”) Searches can be assigned to bins (“filter bins”) Metadata can be automatically assigned to imported assets (“template bins”) Different formats and qualities of the assets can be automatically generated and attached to them (“Attachments”) Other video and non-video files can also be attached to the assets (documents, audio files, pictures, subtitle files etc.) |
Storage & IT Architecture Uses standard off the shelf server hardware like HP, Dell or Supermicro Uses industry standard Microsoft SQL database Support of any type of storage such as NAS, SAN or DAS Supports nearline-offline storage systems ranging from single tape drive to enterprise tape libraries All components can be installed on single server, or distributed across multiple servers Archives are organized into Archive Projects: each Project can have the same or different users metadata structure, server, storage Supports different fail-over and redundancy scenarios both at database, application and storage level Information Lifecycle Management: Can move files between online and nearline storage automatically based on user defined rules |
Integration Plug-ins for Sony Vegas™, GV Edius™, Adobe Premiere™ ; enables server side proxy editing with each application Can work in Avid environment with DNxHD support and AAF export Plug-in for newsroom systems (Octopus Newsroom) Seamless bi-directional integration with Metus FlashNews (our newsroom automation) Can generate playlists and export to playout servers and automation systems Can generate EDLs and export to editing systems Integration with middleware systems as CMS for WebTV/IPTV platforms Possibility to import assets from third party MAM and databases Import and export of common metadata packs such as Cable Labs, VOD, Dublin Core, OpenArchive, MXF, EXIFF, etc. Automatic Custom metadata import and export over XML |