AGNOSTIC MEDIA -- PRODUCTS -- VODFLOW™ -- AUTOMATED VIDEO ON-DEMAND PROGRAMMING SEQUENCER
Video On-Demand (VOD) programming sequencer (Enterprise or Broadband versions)
For more information, please see the VODFLOW™ product sheet.
VODFLOW™ Overview
- Video On-Demand (VOD) programming sequencer (Enterprise or Broadband versions)
- Functions:
- Brands raw video
- Stitches segments/clips together
- Inserts ads, interstitial’s, promos, and clips
- Outputs to any format for multiple customers
- Packages associated components into one bundle
- Distributes to final destination
VODFLOW™ How It Works
VOD Network ‘X’ - Program List (for example: Cable Network, iTunes Channel, Google TV, MSN Video)
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Episode 1- Rating Insert (text or graphic over motion background or static image) |
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Episode 1- Segment 1 (add bug overlay - duration=30 sec; repeat every 10 minutes) |
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Episode 1- Segment 2 (add bug overlay - duration=30 sec; repeat every 10 minutes) |
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Episode 1- Segment 3 (add bug overlay - duration=30 sec; repeat every 10 minutes) |
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Credits/Promo Over Credit (insert background, squash credits, bring in promo video) |
Completed program- single file (branded, encoded, metadata attached, and output for each customer, i.e. H.264, MPEG2 CL, VC1, DivX, XVID, MPEG-4, Windows Media)
network ‘X’_april2006.ts
network ‘X’_april2006.m4v
network ‘X’_april2006.wmv
network ‘X’_april2006.avi
VODFLOW™ Capabilities
Workflow based processes are applied in-process
- Watermarking (video and/or audio, any 3rd party solution)
- Dolby processing (speech normalization, any dolby to any dolby transcoding)
- Graphic Overlays (key or alpha)
- Bug insertion (rules based branding)
- Clip Titling
- Can be customized to perform advanced video processes such as:
- Composites
- Multi-Layer video (i.e. promo over credit, multiple video tracks, ducking primary audio for 2nd track)
- Multiple video tracks
- Rendering of text on video - i.e. render multi-language closed captioning
VODFLOW™ Specifications
System Requirements
Certified on the following server hardware platforms- Sun Microsystems X4100 & X4200 servers with 2x DualCore
- AMD Opteron™ processors
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 64bit Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64bit Edition
- Voltaire InfiniBand (IB) network fabric
- Fibre Channel, Native InfiniBand, or NAS storage capable of sustaining
- 1GB/sec of I/O. Certified on Sun and Isilon Storage systems
Supported Video Input File Formats
- MPEG2 (Program, Transport, Elementary Streams) (.pgm,.mpg,.ts,.m2v)
- GXF (.gxf)
- Pinnacle MediaStream (.std)
- MXF (.mxf)
- Windows Media Video (.wmv)
- AVI (including DivX, XVID)
- DV 25/50
- DVCPRO (25/50/100)
Supported Audio Input File Formats
- MPEG Layer II
- MPEG Layer III (MP3)
- AC3
- AAC
- Windows Media Audio
- PCM
- AIFF
- WAV
- Dolby E (supports 1624 bit audio)
Supported Video Output File Formats
- MPEG2 (for VOD per Cablelabs specifications)
- H.264
- MPEG4
- Windows Media
- VC1
- Real Helix
- DivX
- XVID
- 3GPP
Supported Audio Output File Formats
- MPEG2 layer II
- MPEG2 Layer III (MP3)
- AC3
- Dolby E
- EC3 (Enhanced AC3 (*))
- AAC
- Windows Media Audio
- Real Audio/Helix
- PCM
- WAV
- AIFF (supports 1624 bit audio)