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Vidchecker and Vidchecker-post are easy to install Windows software applications for PCs/servers. They remove the labor intensive tasks of checking conformance manually for video/audio compliance, using waveform monitors and audio loudness meters—and to then manually correct levels with video processing amplifiers, and other tools. Vidchecker and Vidchecker-post The GUI is accessed through a web browser either on the local machine or remotely over a network. It is designed for checking file-based video before and after distribution, and for use by broadcasters for checking files received from post production and content distributors. These tools help ensure that file, video and audio parameters and levels are correct and ready for broadcast.

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Aurora is the automated, scalable file-based QC system that saves media providers time and money by driving efficiency, quality, and cost savings in their workflows. Aurora can be integrated with external workflow management tools in both on-premises and cloud deployments to continuously check, unattended, thousands of hours of content.

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Telestream Cloud automated Quality Control removes the need for labor-intensive tasks that involve manually checking conformance by eye and hand. All quality checks are run within a Project which contains single template used to test compliance against a defined set of parameters required by industry standards for content delivery. As of now list of available templates includes: ARD ZDF (XDCAm and AVC-Intra); AS 11 UK DPP 4.3 (AVC-Intra); AS 11 UK DPP 5.0 (AVC-Intra and IMX); AS 10; Netflix HD; iTunes HD TV Pro Res; Amazon ProRes; and LipSync. All templates (except LipSync) have the option to additionally perform PSE check to analyze video content for flashing and stationary patterns which may cause photosensitive epilepsy triggered by visual stimuli present in TV programs and ads. Television content in the UK and Japan has to pass the PSE test to be allowed for broadcasting.

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Kumulate is a video storage management platform that optimizes your cloud and hybrid video storage. It helps you keep your content storage costs as low as possible, automates video processing, and helps you derive the greatest value from your video assets, whether you’re using on-prem disk and LTO libraries, private cloud or public cloud.

Kumulate  lets you quickly search and access your assets, anywhere in the world utilizing rich metadata generated from a variety of sources, including AI and machine learning services. Tools such as Partial File Restore help you avoid excessive cloud egress charges.

Kumulate is fully integrated into Avid and Premiere Pro applications, providing access to your video assets in any storage location without leaving your editor.

Kumulate’s modular structure allows you to plug in any Kumulate or 3rd party services to create powerful workflows, including automated content acquisition, transcode, publishing and web-based storefronts.

Modules include:-Kumulate Gallery, for enhanced web-based storefront capabilities-Kumulate Gateway, for intuitive and automated content acquisition-Integrated Transcode-Workflow Orchestration

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Turn your playback operations into simple and solid tasks by enabling frame-accurate SDI/IP playback from all professional formats and codecs through a simple and intuitive interface.

Main benefits:

• Preview and monitor;


• Multi-Format and Multi-Resolution;


• SDI/IP Playback;


• Built-In Media Player;


• Audio-Levels Preview;


• Intelligent Monitoring.

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With nearly a decade of developing AI and computer vision tools for the world’s number one interactive video platform at WIREWAX, and with another two decades of experience in the video and broadcast space, the team identified ways to leverage the platform’s award-winning image processing technologies in the big media sector too.

Lightning fast; face and object recognition, segmentation, fingerprinting, speech recognition and many other unparalleled tools available in the suite has changed the game for the broadcast and media industry.

Being able to scan entire archives of video assets and create a powerful, digital understanding of videos, programmes and movies with this core technology has enabled large TV and movie studios to leverage data and digital tools and services like never before.

 

We’ve not met a media business on the planet that doesn’t have a digitised asset problem. Lack of metadata, no understanding of content, zero monetisation capabilities and gigantic and disorganized archives. Not to mention expensive asset management, overpriced syndication and VOD preparation, and notoriously slow and extortionate manual services.

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Encoding.com’s QC-as-a-Service in the cloud. Gone is the need to purchase and manage expensive on-premise QC infrastructure, and reliance on human QC operators. In their place is a comprehensive slate of QC-as-a-service capabilities, letting you automate your QC job management and reporting needs via the Encoding.com API. By completely integrating content validation into the highly scalable, extremely efficient Encoding.com cloud service, many types of errors — whether visible or not — can be automatically detected and then repaired . The result is more consistently excellent video delivery. The Encoding.com API enables fast and affordable QC for all production and broadcast operations. You can run any number of our 50+ individual QC validations at the time of transcoding and packaging, or use us as a standalone QC service on assets that are already transcoded and packaged.

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Pass and Fail watch folders. Generates human readable reports of detailed file analysis. Configurable for multi-supplier workflows.

 

Header Checks

·         Check all 3 header blocks are present – Header, Author and Thread Descriptor

 

Compare Actual Data with Header

·         Check that the first description IN time matches the First Content Timecode in the Thread Descriptor

·         Check that the last description OUT time matches the Last Content Timecode in the Thread Descriptor

 

Check Data Blocks

·         Check for empty file (no data blocks)

·         Timecode Range check – all descriptions are within specified timecode range

·         Verify description numbers ascend through the file (gaps are allowed)

·         Verify that OUT timecode is greater than IN timecode

·         Overall times overlap – descriptions timecodes must not overlap

·         Check for minimum interval between descriptions

 

Check Individual Descriptions

·         Verify that every audio file has a filename

·         Check that every description has an associated WAV file

·         Verify that timecodes are valid numbers (not spaces, letters etc.)

·         Check overall duration is not negative

·         Check minimum audio duration – if selected

·         Check maximum audio duration – if selected

·         Check that Fade and Pan data is present and correctly formatted

 

Check Audio Files

·        Check WAV duration matches the description duration

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IMF Analyser is a high-performance, flexible software solution for the analysis and validation of IMF compositions and packages. Easily integrated into media workflows, IMF Analyser validates completeness and conformance, examining each component including validation of MXF assets against the relevant standards and cross-checks between components.

IMF Analyser features can:

• Reduce rework and save costs, by continuously validating IMF compliance throughout workflows to eliminate downstream errors


• Improve customer satisfaction and grow repeat business by always delivering 100% compliant IMF packages


• Realise the Quality Control cost benefits of IMF by aligning QC with the componentised, distributed processing of IMF workflows


• Ensure interoperability of your systems by testing new releases against the latest standards

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Input 'watch' folder'. Files are automatically processed and moved to either a 'Pass' or 'Fail' folder with an associated, detailed, human readable file analysis report.

Option for File Comparison Service to confirm if a set of individual subtitle files are associated with the same programme.

 

 

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MSight is a file-based media analyzer software solution that provides the most in-depth testing and analysis of media streams at all levels of encoded data to achieve optimum video quality. The depth and reliability of testing and speed at which errors are detected allow organizations to address these errors quickly, thereby reducing the cost of errors.

 

MSight provides users with the ability to “see it all” with instant access to the lowest level syntax present in the compression standard. MSight is the industry`s most optimized analyzer, which is crucial for dealing with HD content and the volumes of digital media being produced. Optimized performance means that hours’ worth of video and audio can be processed very quickly and problems can be identified, debugged, and fixed in the shortest possible timeframe.

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Eolementhe© is a file-based solution offering into a very easy-to-use single interface, multi-providers tools to cover several media workflows. Eolementhe© combines automated processes and manual interventions when it’s necessary. Collaborative and agile work with your partners made easy!

Eolementhe is now based on a microservices architecture.

User-friendly interface

Eolementhe© is designed for all audiovisual professionals whether he is IT specialist or not. Create your workflow thanks to simple clicks on blocks, then can save, reuse and share workflows with other users. Eolementhe© is your solution: customize the portal with your visual identity!

A multi-vendor environment

Cloud solutions, open source or third-party tools: Eolementhe© combine the best market solutions in a single interface… to increase efficiency

Operations tracking

Eolementhe© allows you to monitor and track all jobs in progress or done. A clear and simple interface permits to monitor accurately your tasks. A window permits to visualize workflows, download and purge files as soon as they are available. A very complete admin interface helps the administrator to manage the platform: resources management per datacenter, licenses management, display of the state of farms, team management etc.

Create, share or receive standardized Tx-ready files with Eolementhe

You receive Tx-ready files from your partners? Recommend Eolementhe© to your partners, to avoid files go back-and-forth and save money! Eolementhe© already includes the processing of standardized files such as AS-10, MetaPADTV (french specifications) etc, via pre-filled metadata forms.

MAIN FEATURES

Ingest

Standard: https

Standard Object Storage: Amazon S3, Azure, Open Stack

Server files: Files already available on the user account

Premium: Signiant Protocole

Premium Object Storage: Amazon S3, Azure, Open Stack storage via Signiant protocol

Internet video: Video retrieval from internet (Youtube, etc.)

Dropbox & Twitter: connect your account and load the media files from it

Delivery

Manual: Mail notification

HTTPS or Signiant download

Object Storage: Amazon S3, Azure, Open Stack

Media Shuttle

FTP

YouTube / Twitter

Dropbox

Quality Control

A first level quality control done by Media Info is available but it is Baton, the powerful tool from Interra Systems, which allows you to control the file conformity and the audio and video quality of your content. Most of the wrappers and codecs of the market, from DPX to smooth streaming are proposed.

Transcoding

Choose your tools to transcode your files: actually the WFS / Carbon and Xpress nodes from Harmonic, the KFE option HEVC 4K from Ateme and Cambria FTC from Capella Systems are available.

Loudness analysis and control

The Minnetonka solution, well known for the audio processing of files, is integrated with Audio Tools Loudness Control to analyse and correct audio loudness.

Workflow Stop’n’go

The pause mode allows you to manually act on the workflow to add, check, validate information…The workflow pauses, the file is placed in quarantine, and the report is sent by email to describe the error detected. The users decide to continue or stop the workflow and can add a comment for the recipient.

Metadata

Metadata forms creation

Auto retrieve

Speech to text & translation

112 languages are available for multilingual subtitling

Artificial Intelligence

Faces, objects & scenes recognition

Parallel & conditional workflows

Ability to manage several parallel workflows

Creation of conditional workflows according to criterias chosen by the user