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In-Server Editing At TV-News Environment

In-Server Editing At TV-News Environment. Seminar on Media Technology Teemu Järvinen VBM02S 4.10.2004. Agenda. Different types of Video data In-server editing Different types of solutions Ch 4 case Components inside server. continuous signal or data flow Linear video editing

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In-Server Editing At TV-News Environment

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  1. In-Server Editing At TV-News Environment Seminar on Media Technology Teemu Järvinen VBM02S 4.10.2004

  2. Agenda • Different types of Video data • In-server editing • Different types of solutions • Ch 4 case • Components inside server

  3. continuous signal or data flow Linear video editing analogue or digital non - continuous data flow non linear video editing Two Different Video Worlds

  4. What Is In-Server Editing? • Editing at a workstation which directly edits material stored in a server. • Sharing the files • The arrangement allows background loading of new material and play out of clips.

  5. What Are We Looking For? • Reliability • Sharing • Flexibility • Archiving • Integration • Future development • Reasonable price

  6. Solutions On Market • Avid Unity • Sony Xpri • Quantel generationQ • Leitch Nexio

  7. Quantel layout for Ch 4 News

  8. SDI • Serial Digital Interface SDI • The standard digital television studio connection based on a 270 Mb/s transfer rate. • Most broadcast digital equipment includes SDI.

  9. DV • 8-bit component digital video • DV compression about 5:1 • The video data rate is 25 Mb/s

  10. Open market solution • Apple Final Cut 4 • Apple G5 computer • Mac OS X .xx operation system • Omneon video server based on industry-standard formats and protocols

  11. Solution Specifications • Ingest: 2 Channels, DV • Playout: 2 Channels, DV • Media Format: DV, QuickTime Apple format • Storage: 58 hours • Bandwidth: 12 simultaneous DV streams for editors • Network: Gigabit Ethernet • File Transfer: AFP Apple File Protocol

  12. Solution Components • 6 Apple Power Mac G5 Computers • 6 20" Apple Cinema Displays • 6 Final Cut Pro 4 • 1 Omneon Spectrum media server system comprised of: • 4 MIP 1001a MediaPorts • 2 MSC 4180a MediaStore • 2 MCP 2101 MediaServers • 1 NSM 2003 Network System Manager

  13. Omneon layout for Ch 4 News

  14. MediaServers • The central component of system • Manages the flow of data to and from all other components in the system • Manages bandwidth requirements to ensure that all real-time media I/O receives guaranteed, uninterrupted data • Manages the file system

  15. Mediaport • Modular I/O port • Firewire connection to mediaserver • Can be added, removed or configured on line.

  16. Mediastores

  17. MediaControl software • PlayTool, a media scheduler and playlist manager • RecordTool, an automatic media ingest manager • TransferTool, file-system media management utility

  18. Final Cut Workstations • Apple Power Mac G5 Computers with double processors • 2 GB main memory • 160 GB serial ATA disk for video • AJA I/O modules for connecting to SDI router and for audio monitoring

  19. Final Cut User interface

  20. Easy To Use • For user the video server is like local disk • Simple folder structure • write and read access • Not allowed to overwrite or delete files

  21. Summary + Automatic news feed capturing + Powerfull edits + Easy to use + Playout machine • Rendering • Archiving

  22. Sources • www.apple.com • www.omneon.com • Quantel: The Digital Fact Book • Ch4 news staff

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