Pharos to exhibit at NAB2006
Five new additions to the Pharos range of broadcast process management systems will make their US debut at NAB2006
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NEW: Pharos Mediator Enterprise media asset manager Developed from the field-proven Mediator media management system, Mediator Enterprise integrates media asset management, browsing and workflow control. The tools necessary to complete each operation are presented in task-specific order on a web-based GUI. Based on a highly-scalable J2EE enterprise-class server environment, Mediator can perform automated ingest and transfer, automated transcoding and low-resolution previewing under web browser control. Mediator Enterprise also has a greatly expanded ability to link disparate systems, to audit library content bookings and tape movements, and to handle the distribution of content for multi-channel multi-language services.
NEW: Pharos Exception alarm monitoring system Designed for use in television production studios, MCR environments, post-production facilities or playout centres, Pharos Exception provides flexible notification of alarm monitoring signals from third-party equipment. Incoming signals can be grouped, time-masked and forwarded to a predefinable list of users at their workstations or via the web-based Pharos Information centre. Alarms in GPI, SNMP and XML format can be managed across a network of operators and administrators. Alarms can be masked individually, in groups or collectively, with the freedom to add metadata specific to individual users.
NEW: Pharos Reflection browse system Pharos Reflection is an MPEG4-based browse system with a wide range of applications in programme production, scheduling, compliance and transmission. Designed to operate in tandem with a video server, Reflection creates MPEG4 copies of all stored clips and any new incoming video files. These can be viewed by up to 20 users simultaneously on existing desktop PCs running Mac or Windows operating systems. Reflection is compatible with video servers handling MPEG2, DV25, DV50 and uncompressed signal formats. Source material can be accessed via FTP or file sharing. Browse files are created at user-configurable quality levels of up to 2 megabit/s and sent in RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol). Timecode or counter data can be incorporated in the browse stream. Each Reflection chassis has two gigabit-ethernet ports.
NEW: Pharos Transcoder file converter Pharos Transcoder enables video files to be converted quickly and easily between a wide range of file formats. Source files are displayed on a browser-driven control screen. Transcoding is activated by dragging and dropping files between source and destination format folders. Files can be converted in any order between MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, DV, 4:2:2, 4:2:0 and uncompressed. Output bit-rate is user-assignable. Applications of Pharos Transcoder include downconverting broadcast-quality content for internet-based distribution, upconverting internet-delivered ENG feeds, and a wide variety of file-format interchange tasks in programme production, post-production and playout. Pharos Transcoder occupies a compact 1U x 600 mm chassis and is controlled via a standard browser.
NEW: Pharos Rewrapper MPEG2 processor A new addition to the Pharos Communications range of media publishing solutions, Rewrapper enables MPEG2 metadata to be matched precisely between different video servers. This eliminates the need for slow and lossy decompression and recompression processing of the video and audio data stream. Pharos Rewrapper is ideal wherever a mixed family of video servers is in use, such as a television post-production house or broadcast playout centre, or where full MPEG2 file interchange is required between servers and edit stations or graphics suites. Initial configuration can be performed quickly and easily via a standard web browser. Operation is then fully automatic, including file format recognition, rewrapping and registration. Vertical-blanking interval data is fully preserved. Rewrapper is also equipped to shuffle audio channels such as multi-language tracks. It occupies a compact 1U x 600 mm.
Senior staff attending NAB 2006: Roger Heath Nigel Haycock Steve Robinson
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Published on 12 Jan 2006