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Next generation WAN transport-platform designed for all-IP services and all-IP networks, guaranteeing quality for the most demanding live media events while providing agility through automated real-time provisioning. Scaling both switching and link capacities to levels unprecedented in the media WAN space, enabling event sites, stadiums, studios, and production sites to be interconnected using a total of 1,2 Tbps of guaranteed capacity in just a compact 3RU modular form factor.Future proof building practice with fully flexible cooling and power configurations allow deployment in any modern service provider, broadcaster or data center environment. Designed with a virtualization architecture, using one common hardware platform for all media and network functions, enabling flexible deployment of functions anywhere in the network. Modular and redundant, with hot swappable and protected components guarantees uptime and reliability.

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Combining native video, audio and high quality ethernet transport with switching, the Nimbra 300 provides a high-quality multiservice solution for demanding media applications. Multi-service capabilities allow you to transport live and file-based content across the same network, and with native support for DTT (ATSC 3.0, DVB-T2, ISDB-T) transport, Broadcast Radio distribution and video contribution the Nimbra 300 series gives you all the flexibility you need.

With support for service admission control and guaranteed bandwidth, performance and characteristics different services can safely be mixed no matter the network load. With hitless 1+1 protection of media and data services you can be sure that the expected service quality will always be delivered.

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With its swiss-army-knife approach, the Nimbra 400 family is the very definition of versatility. Engineered for the harsh realities of the internet, the Nimbra 400 family supports a wide range of video and transport technologies. The combination of native support for both AVC and HEVC encoding/decoding, compressed video over IP and ASI and an open and flexible approach to IP networking in a super-efficient 1 RU form factor makes the Nimbra 400 family a perfect companion for space constrained remote sites and flight kits. With native support for RIST, SRT, Zixi and our own Edge Connect software means you can get your content anywhere. The integrated encryption and firewall paired with transport of any remote management traffic and comms also minimizes the need for third party equipment on site.

Paired with its standalone software counterpart, the Virtual Nimbra, means there are solutions ranging from highly redundant appliances for flight-kit and racks, to flexible software for datacenters and public cloud providers.

Connect » Real-Time Signal Transfer » Intra-Facility Connectivity » Hybrid SDI-IP video routers »

Designed from the ground up for high-quality media transport the Nimbra 600 is a highly reliable video and audio processing, monitoring, and IP transmission platform. Support for any underlying network, including IP, wavelength systems and dark fiber, means you are never limited by existing infrastructure.

Available in ultra-compact and high density chassis options, the modern modular design leverages multi-purpose media acceleration, media processing modules and IP networking modules to allow each node to be tailored to individual deployment needs. Redundant switches, redundant node controllers and redundant power supplies ensure high availability.

Configure the Nimbra 600 either as a compact multi-function media access solution or as a powerful edge processing and acceleration access to complement the Nimbra 1000.

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Next generation of media transport designed for ultimate reliability, flexibility and versatility. Nimbra Edge is a fully cloud-based media transport solution designed for private or public cloud environments.Nimbra Edge augments existing Nimbra devices by drastically simplifying the network architecture through offloading complexity such as redundancy and scalability to its cloud-based backend. With its open approach to networking, Nimbra Edge connects to any media device supporting RIST, SRT, Zixi or Net Insights Edge connect software. The latter designed to cloud-enable any third-party device or workflow.

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• Easy to connect
  
  
  
  • Ingest live feeds from any location or appliance, in any format or protocol.
  
  
  
  


• Reliable and elastic
  
  
  
  • Always stay in control of your content streaming. A reliable, elastic platform that delivers uninterrupted, high quality media over IP and cloud networks.
  
  
  
  


• Real-time insights
  
  
  
  • Manage and monitor your content in real time with automatic workflows and without disruption.
  
  
  
  


• Pay-as-you-go
  
  
  
  • Stay in control. Pay only for the resources you need, when you need them with peace of mind.
  
  
  
  

Why choose Nimbra Edge?

• Economical
  
  
  
  • Reduce costs by 70% compared to satellite
  
  
  
  


• Open
  
  
  
  • Connect from anywhere, with any vendor platform, any format and any protocol
  
  
  
  


• Agile
  
  
  
  • Scale up and down the cloud infrastructure, or make use of the automated flows
  
  
  
  


• Improved collaboration
  
  
  
  • Gain efficiency with intuitive monitoring and analytics on all feeds
  
  
  
  


• Secure
  
  
  
  • Protect your streams with end-to-end encryption throughout your delivery. Apply state-of-the-art authentication, authorization and audit (ARQ, Hitless)
  
  
  
  


• Expand anywhere
  
  
  
  • Nimbra Edge works with any cloud provider and can be deployed on prem or in the cloud
  
  
  
  

What you can do with Nimbra Edge

Nimbra Edge is about simplicity from implementation to application

• Go beyond satellite 
  
  
  
  • Complements satellite distribution. Offer increased flexibility and content quality over IP without changing your infrastructure
  
  
  
  


• Enhance live events
  
  
  
  • Supplement live satellite feeds with larger, richer and more targeted content – cost-efficiently.  Allow your clients to tailor the right feeds for their TV business and help them better engage their audience.
  
  
  
  


• Corporate Broadcast 
  
  
  
  • Get your talent engaged with high quality content. Produce, manage and ingest content between location and office fluently. Maintain workflows with the existing remote production infrastructure.
  
  
  
  


• Contribution and distribution 
  
  
  
  • Leverage cloud infrastructure to scale elastically. Monitor services at every point end-to-end
  
  
  
  

Service centric orchestration and network management software that automates network operations and control as well as visualizes network performance through dashboards and reports.

Through pre-defined templates for automatic provisioning, automated inventory and both per-service and aggregated service monitoring, Nimbra vision ensures efficiency and control. Nimbra Vision helps you to plan, upgrade, and evaluate your network capacity and performance in order to deliver world class video services over any infrastructure. With a high availability architecture, all your network management capabilities are available at all times.

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The Aperi A1105 1RU Switch/Compute platform comprises of 10/40 GbE, industry-leading wire-speed switching silicon and five accelerated, pluggable microservers providing unequaled density and integration of low-latency switching and high performance computing.

The consolidation of Ethernet switching fabric and microserver compute elements enables the lowest rack density and power efficiency possible while ensuring optimal reliability for service aggregation in an architecture that scales perfectly for data center and network access low-latency service applications. Depending on applications the microserver hardware acceleration can achieve multiples of compute over traditional x86 processing at a fraction of the consumed power resulting in tens of rack units of servers, associated cabling and switching collapsing into a 1RU A1105. The 10/40GbE switch executes all standard and high performance L2/L3 protocols through the Broadcom Fastpath networking software. The A1105 is Open Flow capable. Integrated network clock synchronization is achieved using PTPv2 or externally fed sync. The A1105 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch offers 6 ports of 10/100/1000BASE-T with 8 ports of wire-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet via SFP+ cages and 2 ports of 40 Gigabit Ethernet via QSFP cages. Exceptional reliability and serviceability are ensured with dual redundant hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies and hot-swappable redundant fans featuring front to back airflow.

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The Aperi H.264 App offers a unidirectional H.264 encoder/decoder supporting up to 2 channels of SD-SDI, HD-SDI, and 3G-SDI SMPTE compliant video signals. Each channel operates completely independent of the other, with support for video sources running in different formats and at different frame rates. The encoder automatically detects any valid video input on each channel and packetizes each H.264 compressed video signal into an elementary stream multiplexed with MPEG-1 Audio Layer II audio compression and ancillary data elementary streams to create an MPEG-2 compliant transport stream. This transport stream is encapsulated in a SMPTE 2022-2 compliant IP flow and aggregated into 10GbE interfaces on the microserver edge connector. The decoder receives an IP flow for processing, which removes the SMPTE 2022 encapsulation and converts the signal into a transport stream (TS). The stream is separated into video, audio, and ancillary elementary streams which are synchronized via a traffic clock that is closely matched to the encoder. The elementary video data is then decoded, producing an uncompressed video signal. The management interface is accessible via an open RESTful API in addition to an intuitive graphical user interface via integrated web server to configure and monitor the app directly through the API.

Technical Information

• Detection of two unidirectional channels of SDI video compliant with SMPTE 259, SMPTE 292/274, and SMPTE 424/274.


• H.264 transport stream mapping compliant with IEC 13818-1. ▪ YCrCb 4:2:2, 8-bit or 10-bit, and 4:2:0, 8-bit code streams.


• Compressed ES rates of up to 150Mbps (I-frame only) and down to 5Mbps for IP frame GOP.


• Per-channel encapsulation and de-encapsulation into RTP/UDP/IP packets per SMPTE 2022-2.


• FEC insertion as per SMPTE 2022-1. ▪ Transparent transfer of ancillary data per video in accordance with SMPTE 2038 and TR-01.


• Configurable to Baseline, Main, High, High 10, and High 4:2:2 H.264 profiles.


• Ultra-low latency, configurable to less than 1ms.


• Configurable GOP structure.


• Automatic Dolby E audio pass-through.


• MPEG-1 Audio Layer II audio compression up to 384 Kbps.


• Dual presentation of packets via two separate physical interfaces for optimum per-channel hitless protection in compliance with SMPTE 2022-7.


• Dual path IGMP V2 and V3 Multicast with fast leave.


• Decoder PDV buffer for network jitter, configurable up to 200ms.


• Decoders with and without B-frame Decoding available.


• RESTful HTTP open media API, automatically discoverable, exposing all primitives.


• Intuitive, automatically discoverable user interface via integrated web server.

Support » Monitoring, Control & Communications » Video Monitoring » Multiviewer display processors »

The Aperi IP Multiviewer App (“Multiviewer”) is an FPGA-based application designed to run on an Aperi microserver and is available from the Aperi App Store.

Multiviewer receives IP video input from three sources: on the leftmost “SFP 1” 10 GbE front panel port, and on the two 10 GbE back plane Ethernet ports. The two 10 GbE backplane Ethernet ports support up to six SMPTE 2022-6 (uncompressed) feeds per port (12 total). The front input supports up to six SMPTE 2022-6 (uncompressed) feeds via the Aperi Uncompressed over IP App.

Multiviewer output is split into a 16 tile HD-SDI for display, forming a 4x4 mosaic which is outputted via HD-SDI on the rightmost front panel “SFP 4” port. Each tile can be labeled to show its multicast address, as well as incorporating dynamically definable and static text.

Each input includes an analyzer, which detects for frozen picture, blank screen, or audio loss from any particular source. If an error is detected, the UI will indicate an issue with that particular tile via the alarm system. This alarm system is available via a common interface, and is exposed in the Multiviewer API.

Technical Information

• Supports up to six SMPTE 2022-6 IP video inputs from the 10 GbE SFP 1 port on an Aperi Microserver.


• Supports up to six SMPTE 2022-6 IP video inputs from each of the 10 GbE backplane Ethernet ports (6 + 6) on the Aperi A1105 Chassis.


• 16-tile 4x4 mosaic display of all video sources, outputted via HD-SDI on SFP 4.


• Support for quick-switching any stream from the 16x16 mosaic into full screen display.


• Full labeling support for each tile, displaying multicast address or user-definable text.


• Detection of frozen picture, blank screen, and audio loss via a common alarm interface.


• Graphical user interface available via HTTPS, accessible via any modern web browser.


• Built upon a RESTful API according to industry best practices, along with full API documentation accessible directly via the Multiviewer UI.


• Included Multiviewer User Guide PDF document packaged with the app, and available directly from the UI.

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The Aperi JPEG 2000 (“J2K”) Encoder and Decoder Apps are FPGA-based applications designed for Aperi's microserver platform, and are available from the Aperi App Store. These apps enable up to a four-channel unidirectional J2K encoder along with up to a four-channel J2K decoder for SD, HD, and up to two channels of 3G SMPTE compliant video signals. The encoder automatically detects any valid video input on each channel, and packetizes each J2K compressed video signal into an elementary stream multiplexed with audio and data elementary streams to create an MPEG-2 compliant transport stream. This transport stream is encapsulated in a SMPTE 2022-2 compliant IP flow, and aggregates them into 10 GbE interfaces on the microserver edge connector. Each J2K compressed IP flow is duplicated at the 10 GbE outputs of the encoder to enable diverse routing. The J2K decoder includes the capability to receive duplicate flows on separate, temporally aligned physical interfaces prior to packet validation & selection. This process provides the hitless switching capability for the apps. The J2K apps are ideal for scenarios requiring preserved picture quality in a compressed format. It delivers visually lossless (and mathematically lossless for some content) reconstruction at higher elementary stream rates. The UI is built above an open, highly accessible RESTful API that provides numerous monitoring and configuration parameters. It's designed to adhere to the standard cloud model and comply with evolving industry standards for device discovery and registration. It seamlessly integrates under any orchestration platform.

Technical Information

• Detection of 4 unidirectional channels of SDI video compliant with SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 292M or SMPTE 424M.


• JPEG 2000 mapping compliant with TR-01.


• YCrCb 4:2:2, 10 bit, J2K ISO/IEC 15444-1 code stream.


• Compressed ES rates of up to 460Mbps for HD-SDI.


• Per-channel encapsulation and de-encapsulation into RTP/UDP/IP packets per SMPTE 2022-2.


• Selectable two or four AES uncompressed audio per video in accordance with SMPTE 302 and TR-01.


• Transparent transfer of ancillary data per video in accordance with SMPTE 2038 and TR-01.


• Dual presentation of packets via two separate physical interfaces for optimum per-channel hitless protection in compliance with SMPTE 2022-7.


• Dual path IGMP V2 and V3 Multicast with fast leave.


• PDV buffer for network jitter, configurable up to 200ms.


• RESTFUL HTTP open media API, automatically discoverable, exposing all primitives.


• Intuitive, automatically discoverable user interface via integrated web server.

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The Aperi ‘ASI Transport Stream to IP Network Adapter App’ is an FPGA based app that has been designed to run on Aperi’s SDMP microserver. The app can be downloaded to an SDMP from an app store. An Aperi license is needed to create an entitlement to run the app. The app consists of a 4 channel uni-directional transport stream encapsulator and a 4 channel uni-directional de-encapsulator for ASI video signals compliant with DVB and ISO/IEC MPEG-2 transport stream standards. The encapsulation process is compliant with SMPTE 2022-2. The Encapsulator app will automatically detect any valid 188 byte or 204 byte ASI video input on each channel for processing. The Encapsulator app aggregates IP encapsulated MPEG-2 single or multi-program transport streams into a 10GbE interface and also provides a duplicate 10GbE signal for protection purposes. The inverse functions are applied to all receive channels and a PDV buffer is included on each receive channel to absorb network jitter. FEC can be added to each of the 4 IP flows created at the encapsulator which is compliant with SMPTE 2022-1 and the two flows received at the de-encapsulator can be temporally aligned, validated and selected to provide a SMPTE 2022-7 capability. The ASI outputs are presented in packet mode as defined in the DVB-ASI specification. The app can be used in application where it is necessary to connect a standards compliant ASI signal to an Ethernet network or vice-versa. This could be at the ASI output of any Encoder that uses MPEG-2 transport streams. The app is also ideal for transporting ASI singles from over an Ethernet network as a service in a contribution or distribution broadcast network. The user interface is built above an Open RESTful API that exposes all monitoring and configuration parameters. The API has been designed to adhere to the standard cloud model and to enable compliance with the evolving industry standards for device registration and discovery. The API can also be accessed by higher level management systems to allow integration within a single network control platform.

Technical Information

• Detection of 4 uni-directional channels of ASI compliant with EN 50083-9 carrying single or multi-program transport streams.


• Extracts 188 byte or 204 byte transport streams from ASI inputs.


• Encapsulation and de-encapsulation into RTP/UDP/IP packets per SMPTE 2022-2.


• FEC protection compliant with SMPTE 2022-1.


• Dual presentation of packets via two separate physical interfaces for optimum per-channel hitless protection in compliance with SMPTE 2022-7.


• Dual path IGMP V2 and V3 Multicast with fast leave.


• De-encapsulator PDV buffer for network jitter, configurable up to 200ms. - ASI transport stream outputs linearized in packet mode.


• RESTFUL HTTP open media API, automatically discoverable, exposing all primitives.


• Intuitive, automatically discoverable user interface via integrated web server.

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Aperi's Network Address Translation & Firewall app (“NAT app”) is an FPGA-based application designed for the microserver platform, and is available from the Aperi
App Store. Providing seamless inbound and outbound re-routing of RTP streams within your network infrastructure, NAT app also includes RTP stream health monitoring, which will automatically shut down streams that deviate from a specified policy. Stream replication allows for two distinct output streams with independent IP addresses, ports, and VLANs. Failover can merge multiple source streams, selecting the highest quality single stream and automatically switching to a perfect replication should the
original stream degrade in quality or deviate from policy. The supports the SMPTE 2022 standard for transporting both compressed (2022-2) and uncompressed (2022-6) media flows via IP. NAT app provides an open bandwidth budget across the 10 GbE interfaces, and can route varying numbers of compressed (2022-2) streams depending on size, and up to 6 uncompressed (2022-6) streams per SFP port. It also provides support for the SMPTE 2110 standard, and can route video (2110-20), audio (2110-30), and ancillary data (2110-40) flows independently through networks. NAT app provides an open bandwidth budget across the 10 GbE interfaces, and can route up to 64 independent media flows per port. It offers stream duplication for media flows via SFP, and A/B failover for flows outputting through SFPs.

Technical Information
Firewall
 4-layer inspection for basic ACL:
 Ethernet: mac.dst, mac.src, vlan, vlanid
 IP: ip.dst, ip.src
 UDP: udp.dst, udp.src
 RTP: rtp.src
 Additional inspection of RTP payloads for ACL
 Ensure 2022-2 payloads conform to transport stream structure and have correct packet count
 Ensure 2022-6 payloads include RTP header extension, SDI types in headers match configured values, and detect if frame size of encapsulated SDI matches configured value
 Ensure presence of RFC4175 payload header and indicated frame size matches configured values; ensure encapsulated raster video frame size matches configured value
Address Translation
 4-layer packet header rewrite enforces complete re-addressing of every packet before egress
 All unicast/multicast mappings are supported
 For multicast flows, flood, IGMPv2 and v3 are supported
Monitoring and Stats
 Ingress statistics include:
 Ethernet: Frames received, FCS errors, packet rate, and total average bandwidth
 Firewall-overall & firewall-per-flow counts total packets dropped, accepted, average speed and bandwidth
 RTP flow shows RTP type (and payload header if applicable), sequence number, transport stream checking, and PDV/inter packet arrival time
 For 2022-2, shows TS packets per payload, TS lock, TS rate, and payload alignment
 For 2022-6, shows SDI type indicated by payload header versus one detected by line/sample counting, and SDI TRS lock and errors
 For RFC4175, shows video raster type indicated by payload header versus type detected by line/sample counting
 Egress statistics show total packet count, packet speed, and average rate per flow and for Ethernet
Hitless Merge
 Configurable PDV buffer depth
 Creates a new regenerated hitless transport with new addressing
 Counts total number of recovered and unrecoverable packets, along with the differential delay between input flows

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The SDMP-4S or Software Defined Media Platform is a modular microserver designed to run software applications (apps) that require intense computational processing power and very low latency. Although the SDMP has a system architecture that has similarities to conventional servers, it uses state-of-the-art technology that provides the processing capabilities needed in apps such as live television production, financial trading and deep machine learning. Multiple apps can be staged on a microserver simultaneously enabling extensive adaptability for the platform. The microserver is based on the data concept of ‘single unit of deployment’ to run all apps. The apps can be downloaded as containerized bit files from an app store or repository and then run from memory in the low latency recomposable processor (FPGA). Physical access to the SDMP is accommodated via four SFP+/video SFP (small form factor pluggable) cages on the front panel of the microserver and two 10GbE parallel interface card edge connections at the rear. The microserver operates in the Aperi A1105 Ethernet Switch/Compute Platform (see A1105 data sheet). The A1105 platform can house up to five microservers and each microserver interfaces to ports on the Ethernet Switch in the A1105 via the two 10GbE ports on the microserver edge connector. This topology enables the seamless deployment of clusters of Ethernet connected microservers in a truly elastic architecture. The microserver has its own Linux based Aperi operating system. This OS has an associated ‘infrastructure API’ which is independent of the Open APIs that are integrated within each app that runs on the microserver. The microserver API assists with the orchestration and deployment of apps onto a microserver from an app repository.

Any app running on the microserver has as an integrated web server with an automatically discoverable intuitive user interface. The web server is accessed via the management port of the platform in which the microserver running the app is populated. Comprehensive information related to the microserver hardware on which the app is running is also accessible via this UI.

• Chassis - Populatse Aperi A1105 1RU Ethernet Switch/Compute Platform
• Module Form Factor - Industry standard telecommunications form factor defined by PICMG specifications
• Data Plane Processor - Xilinx FPGA with 2.5GBytes of DDR3–1.6GHz (also available with a quad core FPGA)
• Control Plane Processor - Processor with quad core using full Linux operating System
• App Staging on Microserver - Includes 16GBytes of flash memory to enable many different apps and app versions and instantaneously switch between them
• Networking - Dual 10GbE connections via card edge IEEE802.3 (also available in with dual 40GbE connections via card edge)
• Synchronization - Dual reference timing input for GPS, 1PPS or application layer (video) clock. IEEE 1588 capable.
• Application Layer Physical Interface - 4 x small form factor pluggable (SFP/SFP+) cages for any standards compliant modules
• Application Programming Interface - Open RESTFUL API using standard cloud model
• Graphical User Interface - Integrated web server with intuitive UI via HTTPS for all apps including microserver hardware status and authentication and authorization for security
• App Store - Apps can be managed and downloaded from an ‘app
store’ or app repository and run using an Aperi app license
• Applications - The microserver is ideal for low latency and intense computational processing applications including live
production, financial trading and image processing

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Aperi’s TICO Encoder and Decoder are FPGA-based applications designed for Aperi’s microserver platform and are available from the Aperi App Store.

The TICO Encoder and Decoder app enables a 4K UHD channel that provides virtually lossless quality. The 4K UHD signal is received as four 3G feeds and employs the TICO mezzanine compression to create a codestream that is packetized and encapsulated per SMPTE RDD35, conforming to SMPTE 2110/VSF TR-03 standards. It’s formatted as a quad-link 2SI.

Audio data is de-embedded from the first channel, and mapped into IP with either AES67 or RFC-3190. Ancillary data is encapsulated into IP with the SMPTE 2038 specification.

In the 3G quad link SDI mode, up to four bidirectional channels can simultaneously process all de-embedding, compression, and encapsulation, effectively bypassing the quad-link formatter, and processing independently. SMPTE 2022-7 RTP replication and merging is used for network protection.

Extensive flexibility and precise configuration options make Aperi’s TICO encoder and decoder ideal for a variety of scenarios. It effectively can encode and decode 4K UHD with near mathematically lossless 4K and 3G SDI quality, all at extremely low-latencies.

Technical Information

Supported Formats

• 4K UHD Quad-Link 3G-SDI per ST 425-5 with one simultaneous encoding or decoding channel.


• 4x 3G-SDI with up to four simultaneous encoding or decoding channels. Compression


• Offers TICO Encode (Profile 2) and TICO Decode (Profile 1 & 2).


• Visually lossless at 4:1 CBR, and virtually mathematically lossless at 2:1 CBR. RTP Encapsulation


• Video encapsulated according to SMPTE RDD35.


• Audio encapsulated according to AES67.


• Ancillary data encapsulated according to SMPTE 2038. Timing and Synchronization.


• SMPTE 2059-2 PTP (Precision Time Protocol) used when available.


• High quality reference if PTP isn’t available.

Networking

• RTP replication and hitless merging according to SMPTE 2022-7.


• Dual path IGMP v2 and IGMP v3.


• Multicast with fast leave.


• PDV buffer for network jitter, configurable up to 200ms.

User Interface

• Open RESTful HTTP HAL & JSON open media API


• Automatically discoverable, highly intuitive interface offering extensive monitoring and configuration

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The Aperi Uncompressed SDI over IP (S22-567) App is an FPGA-based application designed for our microserver platform, and is available from the Aperi App Store. Offering up to four-channel bidirectional SDI encapsulator and decapsulator for SD, HD, and 3G SMPTE compliant video signals, it automatically detects any valid source on each input for processing. The app aggregates the IP encapsulated signals into 10 GbE interfaces, with supported FEC capability. FEC packets are added at the RTP layer of each encapsulated IP flow. Inverse functions are applied to all channels, with a PDV buffer on each to absorb network jitter. Uncompressed flows are duplicated at the 10 GbE outputs of the encapsulator, enabling the use of diverse routing. Each decapsulator can receive duplicate flows on separate physical interfaces, which are temporally aligned prior to packet validation and selection. These features provide a hitless switching capability. Our uncompressed SDI to IP network adaptor app provides unparalleled performance in transporting SDI signals over an Ethernet network. Additional use cases, such as replacing an SDI router with an Ethernet switch in an SDI plant. The versatility of transporting SDI via Ethernet lends the app to numerous present uses cases, along with uses in larger Ethernet networks in the future.

An integrated web server is included with the app, which is automatically detected and can be easily accessed via the chassis management port and viewed in any modern internet browser. The UI is built above an open, highly accessible RESTful API that provides numerous monitoring and configuration parameters. It's designed to adhere to the standard cloud model and comply with evolving industry standards for device discovery and registration. It easily integrates under any orchestration platform.

• Detection of 4 bi-directional channels of SDI video compliant with SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 292M and SMPTE 424M.


• SDI jitter management per SMPTE RP184YCrCb 4:2:2, 8-bit or 10-bit, and 4:2:0, 8-bit code streams.


• Per-channel encapsulation and de-encapsulation into/from RTP/UDP/IP packets per SMPTE 2022-6.


• Per-channel protection via FEC in compliant with SMPTE 2022-5.


• Dual presentation of packets via two separate physical interfaces for optimum hitless protection in compliance with SMPTE 2022-7.


• Dual path IGMP V2 and V3 Multicast with fast leave.


• PDV buffer for network jitter, configurable up to 200ms.


• Network over-subscription policing on all SDI inputs.


• RESTful HTTP open media API, automatically discoverable, exposing all primitives.


• Intuitive, automatically discoverable user interface via integrated web server.

Support » Monitoring, Control & Communications » System Monitoring & Control » Network management, monitoring and orchestration »

V-Stack is the next-generation cloud management software developed by Aperi for managing the A1105 platform. V-Stack offers powerful tools to manage your chassis, SDMP microservers, and all of your apps.

As a single point of view for chassis management, V-Stack manages all of the microservers, Aperi Apps logistics, and provides dynamic information about the operation of a chassis. With V-Stack, Aperi SDMP microservers are automatically configured for use and kept track of within the software. Aperi Apps can be easily imported via V-Stack from the Aperi App Store, and then launched directly to installed microservers with just a few clicks.

V-Stack also offers an intuitive web-based user interface that adheres to standard design principles, along with a documented REST API for developers to automate their chassis management.

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Rapid technological innovation in the industry has helped simplify our work and push the boundaries of our creativity. But with the increased reliance on IT technology and infrastructure, the occasional failure is virtually unavoidable. So, how can you predict these failures to ensure rapid response and minimize risk? Meet GrandCentral, our intuitive monitoring system.

GrandCentral actively monitors the entire technical infrastructure online: from power supply, cooling, possible water and smoke damage to servers (Windows or Linux), processes, APIs and workflows. The custom production dashboard provides an overview of the state of the entire technological environment at a glance on your smartphone, tablet and flat screen. Plus, the dark cockpit ensures that critical information gets to the service desk and technical staff immediately and securely. It displays the very first signs of problem escalation, allowing employees to take proactive and targeted action.

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Project Parking is the industry gold-standard for Avid shared storage management, analytics and project portability. Certified by Avid, Project Parking provides project analytics, visualisation, management and archiving. It also features cloud support, delivering seamless management for Avid ISIS or NEXIS storage, and is an ideal productivity tool for film production, post and broadcast. Project Parking provides project analytics, visualisation and archiving and can be a valuable tool for usage billing. It helps companies understand the storage usage of productions and allows them to easily export projects to tier two or cloud storage to make way for larger incoming productions on their valuable storage.
A new function of Project Parking; Delta Parking, helps simplify Avid project backup workflows and collaborations. This now means Avid projects can be moved to shared storage or cloud, picked up by a remote freelancer or production facility, edited, then versioned back to the storage – only the changes are uploaded which means only new media and the project metadata is moved. The project can then be restored back into the source project in Avid NEXIS. It’s a great way to share projects whilst protecting and managing the project. Better still, Delta Parking is a standard capability of Project Parking – ideal for productions using distributed contributors and making remote productions practical.

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Advanced risk mitigation and protection for Avid storage.

Certified by Avid, Workspace Tools are specifically developed to protect Avid ISIS or NEXIS work in progress. They offer the highest level of resilience and protection whilst providing the industry’s fastest recovery time when measured against the hardest performance benchmark: recovery to live production.

Workspace Backup | Provides disaster recovery through:
• Using unique Avid project and workspace data analytics, Workspace Backup is uniquely project aware, meaning a complete understanding of the nature and context of assets held within a workspace and linked assets in other workspaces.
• Complete NEXIS backup, restore of individual projects or bins
• Retention period protects from accidental deletion from NEXIS

Workspace Sync | Provides business continuity through:
• Complete duplicate of ISIS / NEXIS for immediate failover
• Recover production operation to last sync point within seconds

Workspace Tools enable advanced business continuity and disaster recovery operations and are installed at many leading media enterprises worldwide. Workspace Tools use a unique Marquis Broadcast developed workspace analytics technology. Together Workspace Tools provide an ultra-reliable and easy to deploy, advanced risk mitigation and protection solution for Avid shared storage.

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OpenMedia NewsBoard

CGI's cross-media planning tool

OpenMedia NewsBoard enables journalists and editorial teams to organize their story production process directly from everywhere.

It features a fully customizable and open widget architecture that allows newsrooms to stay flexible to workflow adaptations at any time. It’s modern and unified web-based user interface for journalists and editorial teams dynamizes the collaboration process.

Key features include:

• Story-centric planning for full transparency


• Web-based for collaboration anywhere- Integrated agency feeds and social media for broad news access


• User-friendly interface and highly customizable board design for intuitive handling


• Seamless integration with existing OpenMedia solutions for data consistency


• Cloud-native architecture for easy scalability


• Microservice structure for high performance and easy maintenance

Find out more about OpenMedia NewsBoard

CGI offers a wide range of professional news and content delivery solutions for innovative media companies across local, national and international markets. This includes OpenMedia CGI's flagship newsroom computer system, providing maximum speed and scalability for handling complex workflows in broadcast news production.

Learn more about CGI's newsroom solutions

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RƎLAY virtual radio software from Lawo brings professional radio production to your PC. Mixing, streaming, dynamics processing, routing and even AoIP signal monitoring, using standard RAVENNA / AES67 networking via Lawo’s virtual sound-card software for Windows. Mix and route any audio produced by PC applications, streams from your AES67 network, or any audio signal your PC can ingest. All this power at your fingertips, using touch-screen GUIs so intuitive that talent can learn them in minutes. No exotic hardware needed: just install RƎLAY software on your PC or laptop, and go to work. Perfect for production, live studios, newsrooms — even remotes and OB work.

There are four RƎLAY Virtual Radio apps:

• VRX Virtual Radio Mixer, a powerful mixing console that runs in a virtualized environment. No racks of gear to devour space and money – RƎLAY VRX runs on standard PCs and laptops, with an intuitive, multitouch-enabled interface that’s easy to learn and use. Available in 8-fader and 4-fader versions.


• VPB Virtual Patch Bay, a cross-point patch bay on your PC. RƎLAY VPB gives you unrestricted control over the routing and mixing of audio signals on your computer. Patch inputs to outputs, combine multiple channels, even apply processing using the included Lawo Processing Suite, or your favorite VST plug-ins.


• RƎLAY Virtual Sound Card, an 8×8 AoIP driver (with up to 64 bi-directional channels of stereo I/O) for Windows. RƎLAY VSC turns PC audio into clean, pristine AES67 streams to interface with your studio’s RAVENNA / AES67 network — without the expense of traditional sound cards.


• AoIP Stream Monitor keeps you informed of the state of your critical program streams with real-time confidence metering, LUFS meters, silence sense, audio level alerts, etc., displaying realtime informatics for up to 16 AES67-compatible audio streams. Average and peak bargraph meters for each channel are onscreen constantly, accompanied by a level readout in Loudness Units, and visual alarms for under-level, over-level and error states, plus multiple info tabs with stream health, performance history, and detailed SDP information. Perfect for Master Control displays, stream diagnostics, audio level checks, and much more.

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VSNExplorer Plugin for NRCS, a MOS Media Bus 100% developed in HTML5, allows users to access the main functionalities of their VSNExplorer MAM system directly from their NRCS interface, enabling journalists and editors to edit and unify video files and graphics over the video and then drag and drop the final piece into the news item, including the possibility of re-editing it afterwards.

VSNExplorer Plugin for NRCS is an add-on feature to the VSNExplorer solution for Media and Business Process management and has been fully developed in HTML5 to avoid the need to use or install additional hardware or software. It is compatible with most NCRS including Octopus 8, Inception from Ross Video, iNews from Avid, ENPS from AP News and others, and is integrated with the NRCS via the Media Object Server (MOS) Communications Protocol.

This MOS Media Bus is also integrated with CGs systems via MOS to read the catalog of graphics templates that are available, allowing the journalist to enhance the news item by synchronizing the media with graphics. Therefore the Web Plugin enables editors and journalists to edit and unify video files and graphics over the video and then drag and drop the final piece into the news item, including the possibility of re-editing it afterward. Later, the items can be even sent automatically to any Studio Playout solution, such as VSNLivecom.

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VSNExplorer Production Asset Management (PAM) module is designed to make production environments more efficient, streamlining management and tracking of media files and workflows throughout the entire creation process. VSNExplorer PAM grants users total control over content and ongoing projects, from ingest to distribution, monetization and, finally, archive of media files.

Workflows automation enabled by VSNExplorer PAM liberate users from repetitive tasks such as media movement, transcoding and broadcasting, now automatically performed in the background. Production tasks and workflows are organized and signaled with visual cards (Kanban system), allowing users to assess projects at a glance. In addition, every digital asset is presented in a hierarchical display, accessible to every user, boosting collaborative work among users and departments. VSNExplorer PAM also allows journalists and editors to retrieve and track content in record time, whether stored offline, nearline or online.

Finally, VSNExplorer PAM also allows media previewing, segment selection and low-res editing through its web video editor, Wedit. This tool increases efficiency in media management and video editing thanks to its cloud-based functionalities, allowing journalists and editors to easily locate and edit media files within a single interface, without necessary changing to an NLE.

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Etere Airsales is the most powerful software solution to manage your complete advertising lifecycle.

Etere Airsales is an integrated solution for traffic, accounting and all sales management-related operations. It is completely scalable to your size and needs, from the smallest single-station setup to the largest corporation. Etere Airsales is THE powerful solution for your sales workflow. It is able to give you total visibility and inventory control to optimise advertising revenue and profitability. The integrated characteristics of Etere Airsales ensures information is always visible in real-time, thus allowing enhanced inventory management and optimal decision-making. Etere Airsales manages the full spectrum of advertising sales activities including pre- and post-sales activities, sales campaigns, customer relationship proposals, commercial planning, invoicing, salesmen and agencies commissions.

Key Features ■ Multi-day inventory view for managing inventory across multiple days

■ Maximized returns on investment and reduced operating costs

■ Fast contract entry for unlimited spots

■ Centralized campaign planning and placement

■ Sales force and account management

■ Post transmission analysis, real-time reporting and statistics

■ Seamless integration with automation systems

■ Available web management of orders and pre-orders

■ Ability to import data from traffic systems

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Etere DiskLibrary is a next-generation software solution that manages archive based on sleeping disks. It is a cost-efficient alternative to LTO and ODA libraries. It allows to mix any archive enclosure as well as different disk technologies.

Etere DiskLibrary is a disk-based archive solution that bridges the gap between performance and cost-efficiency. It is a cost-efficient alternative to Linear Tape-Open (LTO) tapes and ODA. It features greater flexibility and interoperability as it allows the user to use any archive enclosure instead of a dedicated type. For long-term benefits, Etere DiskLibrary provides easy maintenance and upgrades. The ultra fast retrieval time of Etere DiskLibrary fits better in Newsroom application and MAM, where data needs to be retrieved as fast as it is possible. The easily expandable and small footprint fits in every system.

Ultra-dense Storage with Greater Flexibility

Etere DiskLibrary uses sleeping disks which enable significant power savings when not in use. The average life span of the disks is also enhanced. With current technology, it costs lesser than LTO for capacity up to 1 PB. Recognizing that data retention and long-term archive are important elements of a broadcasting lifecycle, Etere DiskLibrary is designed to offer greater flexibility and security at a lower cost. Etere DiskLibrary allows unlimited I/O while LTO access is limited by the number of files and linear access. Etere DiskLibrary is also easier to maintain and upgrade.

■Very low setup costs

■Very low maintenance costs

■Smaller footprint compared to LTO and ODA

■Low power consumption compared to LTO and ODA

■Extreme density of up to 1.3 PB hard drives using just 10U of rack space

■Price advantage against LTO with capacity up to 1 PB

■Unlimited bandwidth

■Easy to upgrade, mix of different generations and hardware in the same system

■JBODS and MAID integrated

■JBODS and MAID enclosures are inexpensive and interchangeable

■Disk backup provides greater reliability, faster data retrieval and faster write speed

■Archive based on sleeping disks, this extends Hard Drive lifespan to more than 5 years

■Centralized database of archival records

■FAST !! Less than 2 secs to access any data and access multiple data at any point of time

Hybrid Disk and Tape for Long-term Storage Solution

Etere DiskLibrary is a versatile solution that works well on its own or as part of a hybrid disk and tape solution, thus empowering organisations with the flexibility to adapt the most suitable solution based on the functional requirements of the data to be archived. Picking an archive solution that meets the functional requirements of the archived data will not only ensure regulatory compliance, lower costs, and mitigate risks but will also meet operational goals and achieve long-term viability.

Key Features ■All-in-one software-based solution that works with a simple PC setup

■Users are able to use any archive enclosure and mix disks of any size

■Users are able to mix hardware from different vendors

■Fast and powerful performance with Windows SQL database integration

■Can be configured with JBODS and MAID for high performance, fast restores and large capacity for a smaller energy consumption and footprint

■Fast data recovery and restoration when compared to tapes

■Easy upgrades with very low maintenance costs

■Able to cluster multiple disk archives to create a geographically distributed archive

■Off-premise deployments, configurations and upgrades at distributed locations

■Provides both logical and physical redundancies that protects your data

■Archive based on sleeping disks with low energy consumption and longer disk life

■Customisable settings for user rights

■Faster replication, migration and integration

■Distributed architecture ensures a fault-resilient and fault-tolerant performance

■Highly scaleable solution that can be upgraded easily and quickly

■Supports partial restore, manage restorations according to specific requirements

■Able to handle large data capacity with no limitations, suitable for media enterprises

■SMPTE 2034 data format

■Reads any disk from any computer, standard NTFS file system

■Disk encryption to avoid unauthorized access

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nxtedition is a complete production solution for video and audio - used by broadcasters, publishers, corporates and other industries to create video channels for broadcast and streaming, as well as audio for radio broadcasting, streaming and podcasting.nxtedition encapsulates all the following activities into a single user interface offering to be first, fast and accurate with the stories people want - be that news, sport, entertainment, or production.• Production Planning• Scriptwriting• Media Asset Management• Metadata Management• Reporting• Graphics• Subtitling• Prompter• Transcoding• Rundown Creation• Studio Automation• Ingest Recording• Channel Playout• Music Rotation• Live Streaming In And Out• Publishing To Web, App And Social Medianxtedition - innovative storytelling grounded in realism.

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Current solutions in the market either deliver no sync at all, require manual time alignment management to achieve some sort of sync or require modification of content the workflow.

NativeWaves provides a solution that is non-disruptive, easy to adopt. A solution that uses automated synchronisation to deliver synced multi view experiences adjusted to milliseconds, required no marking or changes to content or existing workflows. A solution that does not require broadcasters to adopt proprietary CDN's or players and uses  native players on both iOS and Android to deliver immersive personalised experiences.

The experience creation platform comprises of 4 elements:

1. Encoder Management 2.Managed Content Distribution 3. Synced Multiview Event production and 4. Synced Multidevice Scheduling

 

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The demand for first-to-market video content, at the highest quality and lowest cost, are exploding. Are you prepared to keep up? Dalet Flex is here to help. It will unlock your content supply chain and revolutionize the way your content is produced, distributed and monetized throughout its lifespan.

The task of producing top quality content has never been more pressurized. Schedules are tighter, teams are scattered, and delivery to an astonishing variety of platforms around the globe is expected.

Dalet Flex can orchestrate and optimize the entire process. It will break down silos in your business and remove the manual tasks that cause errors and delays. Companies that have deployed Dalet Flex to their Content Production processes have seen an average of 70% in time reduction in producing content, and up to triple their previous output.

The core of the platform handles the metadata, orchestrates workflows, and collects analytic data. This enables the aggregating of metadata from all parts of your business to create the single source of truth. Using the metadata to create powerful workflows that orchestrate the applications and processes that drive your business. Being able to analyze the performance of your processes is a vital element in the long-term success of your business.

Beyond these core functions, Dalet Flex is enhanced with native applications and our open APIs integrations to key best-of-breed partners.

Ooyala applications cover key areas like acquisition with FlexMOVE, asset management with FlexMAM, and approval workflows with FlexREVIEW. Further to this, key partners like Avid, Adobe, Aspera, AWS Elemental and Microsoft are integrated letting you leverage your existing investments. The flexible open APIs also allow you to develop your own integrations or work with Dalet's Professional Services team to build them.

The result: powerful workflows, driven by metadata and easy to create and maintain using the visual Workflow designer. Your content moves seamlessly through your business, with timely reviews and progress clear at all times.

KEY BENEFITS

Unify metadata from across your business, delivering a single source of truth for use everywhere.

Protect your existing investments in best-of-breed solutions by integrating them through a single platform.

Create your own metadata models to fit your needs and use them to drive workflows.

Orchestrate key processes and create efficient custom workflows using the visual Workflow Designer tool.

Find the assets you need with powerful metadata-driven search tools.

Optimize your processes and attack bottlenecks with content production analytics.

Easily add new solutions and technologies with the plug-in framework ― or create your own integrations using simple scripting tools.

Can be hosted on-premise, in the cloud or as a hybrid

Dalet Flex helps you meet the goals of modern production: to create and deliver more quality content faster without spending more resources. Automated workflows reduce bottlenecks and speed up your content creation pipeline, multiplying your production output and increasing your revenue.

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Accedo One is a cloud-based SaaS platform that enables video providers to configure, manage, and scale video experiences across multiple devices. It includes:

Customizable Designs

Accedo One gives customers access to premium native apps, a flexible front-end, and the ability to easily configure a video service that is unique to their brand.

Partner Marketplace

The Accedo One Marketplace features a partner ecosystem of streaming vendors to cover every area of configuring, managing, and growing a video service. The Marketplace is constantly expanding and Accedo’s Software Development Kit makes it easy to extend these integrations with additional platforms according to demand.

Service Analytics

Accedo One offers an aggregated display of essential business analytics so that users can optimize their service based on real data.

 

User-Friendly Editor 

Accedo One features a visual WYSIWYG editor for easy content curation and UI management. This enables users to test and roll-out changes to live services without re-submitting to the app stores.

 

More information: https://www.accedo.tv/one/

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pixstor is a complete storage solution, purpose-built for demanding media requirements, offering guaranteed performance from disk to desktop. A data-aware scale-out NAS platform, it ensures your data is always available, precisely when and where you need it. No compromise.

Powered by our proven high-performance parallel file system trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide, pixstor can easily manage petabytes of data and billions of files, all under a single global namespace.

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The DataMiner® NMS/OSS platform manages absolutely every aspect of your entire operational ecosystem, both on-premises and off-premises. That includes standard & legacy technology, commodity & industry-specific hardware and software, and much more. Our award-winning solution guarantees a true end-to-end integration in every single case, across any vendor and technology boundary, from service origin to destination.

DataMiner is the most advanced end-to-end multi-vendor NMS, OSS and orchestration software solutions for the broadcast, satellite, cable, telco and mobile industry. The platform offers a plethora of functions including unlimited web access, alarm monitoring, email and SMS notification, long-term trending, professional reporting, advanced automation, intelligent correlation and root cause analysis, service management, real-time SLA monitoring, user-definable key performance indicator dashboards, spectrum monitoring, mobile access, powerful CPE management, inventory and asset management, and much more. One interface to manage your entire operational ecosystem, across any vendor and technology boundaries, results in a significant reduction of operational expenses and increased quality of service. This award-winning solution is integrated with more than 5500 devices and systems from more than 600 different key industry suppliers. It enables end-to-end integration of the most complex technical ecosystems and has been deployed by leading operators around the world.

More info: www.skyline.be / www.dataminer.co

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Media Backbone Hive helps you engage audiences across multiple platforms with unprecedented speed and agility. Based on a powerful, freely scalable unified content platform, it can be deployed on‑premise, in the cloud or a combination of the two. Field-based journalists, producers and editors can collaborate from anywhere in the world, pooling material and tailoring stories for online, social, TV and radio audiences. With fewer silos. And less duplication of precious production resources.