Really like the Thomson/ANCR relationship for digital video/FC fabric switching.....shades of things to come?? ..... here are some links to see where this could go....FC and Digital Video go very well together.....So when will Sony's division, and Philips, and all the others get on board?
ibc-daily.co.uk
Saturday September 11, 1999
Discreet links with Thomson
Discreet, a division of Autodesk, and Thomson Broadcast Systems have launched a new package that gives direct access between post-production and broadcast systems. The companies signed a distribution agreement for the package, which combines Thomson's Nextore video servers and Discreet's Edit nonlinear editing stations.
The new system is designed to offer real-time integrated video capture, post-production, editing and effects, storage, networking and broadcast possibilities. Based on PC/NT standards, the system uses standard components and software, and includes integrated Fibre Channel interfaces.
"The Nextore and Edit system share core architecture which means that video, audio, time-code and metadata files are identical and easily exchangeable," says Eric Lemarechal, Discreet's sales and development director for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
"Users can capture material on Nextore, post-produce with Edit, then play out the edited programme through Nextore, automatically or manually, without file transfer, without conversion or intermediate software. This is not just an increase in speed, it is a significant advance in reliability, simplicity and productivity."
The system targets television broadcasters who are looking to operate fast or live while avoiding risks from file manipulation.
Thomson Broadcast homepage
thomsonbroad.com
Major telecom operators relying on THOMSON broadcast systems' expertise for video and multimedia contribution applications include Deutsche Telekom AG, France Telecom, Telefonica
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DIGITAL STUDIO SERVER Nextore?
At IBC '99, THOMSON broadcast systems demonstrates Nextore, its global network server solution. Nextore's concept makes it perfectly suited to a Storage Area Network (SAN) architecture, thus allowing users to share data between several applications : acquisition, production, linear and non-linear post-production, continuity and archiving.
Some Nextore details.....
videography.com
Thomson Broadcast Systems' Nextore studio server is ideally suited to applications such as acquisition, production, postproduction, and broadcasting. It has baseband audio and video inputs and outputs, as well as computer interfaces, allowing communication and exchange of data with other servers. Nextore's open architecture makes it suited to a range of network types for control/command and data transfer using off-the-shelf cards. Its application programming interface (API) for remote control provides access to all functions and allows for the integration of Nextore into various applications. The server is compatible with SDI 4:2:2 video inputs and outputs and AES/EBU audio, ensuring compatibility with existing infrastructures. Nextore also interfaces with Thomson Broadcast's AlphaStudio content server through a high bit-rate ATM 155 link. |
