Omneon MediaBridge provides a migration path from legacy video servers to the market-leading Omneon Spectrum™ family of video servers and Omneon MediaGrid active storage. Support for content migration from:
Omneon MediaBridge offers an easy, fast way to migrate legacy content from Avid (Pinnacle) MediaStream or Grass Valley servers. MediaBridge will automatically convert content to a format that can be played on both Omneon Spectrum and MediaDeck™ servers.
The high-performance MediaBridge software can convert content four times faster than real time, and each instance can handle four simultaneous file conversions.
Content stored on legacy or archive systems is automatically detected, and as it passes through the MediaBridge software it is dynamically converted and written directly to the Omneon system.
MediaBridge automates the migration of content from Avid/Pinnacle (MediaStream) and Grass Valley servers (Profile and K2), to an industry-standard MXF OP1a file format, directly playable on Omneon servers. Content owners with archives of material can now seamlessly migrate to the Omneon platform. MediaBridge automatically collects content from watch folders on legacy servers or archive systems, processes it on the fly and places the converted content on the Omneon system of choice.
This on-the-fly processing from MediaBridge means that content can be moved from a legacy server at the time it is needed. As migrated content lands on the Omneon system it is instantly accessible, without needing to wait for processing to finish. Content conversion and migration is achieved in a single step, streamlining workflows and saving valuable time.
Alternative solutions rely on transcoding to convert content, often losing important ancillary data and slowing the conversion process. MediaBridge preserves all ancillary data throughout the conversion process, including VBI, timecode information and even SOM and EOM data stored in the original clip.
For owners of both MediaStream and Grass Valley systems, no video transcoding is needed to complete the conversion, making the process very fast. Regardless of video format, the only processing required is rewrapping to MXF-OP1a and, in certain cases, decompression of the audio – video essence is left untouched. Once rewrapped, the content can be played on any Omneon video server.
Once configured, MediaBridge operates completely unattended; staff can focus on other tasks, safe in the knowledge that the converted content will arrive in the correct location and in the correct format.
Configuring the MediaBridge application is simple with its Web-based user interface. Users can configure a processing chain that defines the type of conversion they want to perform, the storage location of the source content and the desired location for the converted content. Storage locations for source and destination content can be local or network drives or even FTP locations, allowing converted content to be placed directly onto a Spectrum server or Omneon MediaGrid system. Monitoring features allow users to see the jobs in the queue, their status and even the completion percentage. Incomplete conversions may be manually re-started.
| Avid/Pinnacle Input Formats | Pinnacle MPEG-2 Program Stream
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Pinnacle MPEG-2 System Stream
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Pinnacle MXF OP1a
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| Grass Valley Input Formats |
K2 and Profile GXF
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| Output Format |
Generic MXF OP1a
*DV support from Grass Valley only.
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| Processor | Minimum 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent CPU. Recommendation is Intel Quad Core Xeon X34xx series CPU for optimal performance (4 streams parallel processing). |
| Memory | 2GB RAM |
| Storage | Minimum 20 GB system hard disk drive System hard disk drive at least 50% empty Separate hard disk drive for any local watch folders |
| Ethernet | Gigabit network adaptor |
| Operating System | Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or later, or Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 or later Display resolution should be set to 1024 X 768 minimum |
| Browser | Windows Internet Explorer 8, FireFox 3.6.8, or Chrome as of August 2010, or better |
