 Content
can either be "mastered" from DVD or any other digital format though
VisionClip’s ingestion software tools from any computer on the
server’s network, and live video feeds can be ingested automatically
though video capture cards on one or more dedicated Video Capture
Computers (VCC). The metadata of the video content can be
automatically created while the high and lower resolution files are
created. After the files have been published, they are searchable for
any user on the system that has been granted rights to that content.
The thumbnail images the system creates of these files will
automatically be captioned by what is being spoken at the start of the
file with this option. Metadata for the video can even be
automatically created using optional speech to text creation software.
All files will be backed up at RAID level 5 with
automatic replacement of lost data to a hot spare drive. The hot spare
will replace any defective hard drives, with an additional cold spare
back up drive to be kept "on the shelf". The servers also include
mirrored operation system boot drives, as well as redundant power
supplies. |
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The VisionClip system uses a standard internet browser
are the user interface, making it completely platform independent in
terms of the types of computers that can access it – PCs, Macintosh,
Unix and even SGI users are all potential users on the system. There
are nine levels of controlled password access that can be granted to
each user, which includes selective access to any set of "libraries"
of video content. All video content can be searched on any key words
in the metadata, date of creation, source, etc. Once search results
are returned, all results can then be sub-searched to drill down to
exactly the desired video clip. The system is
extremely intuitive and almost "Google-like" in ease of use, with a
clear and handy search guide available from anywhere within the
system. Scalability is not an issue with VisionClip- the internet
technology we employ is fast enough for thousands of users, and the
size of the system’s video content can include millions of files in
the tens of TB.
While browser playback users can use Real Audio,
Windows Media Player, or any free media player that they are already
using with their browsers, mSoft has its’ own professional level media
player for digital audio and video workstation editors use called
mSoftPlayer. mSoftPlayer had both PC and Macintosh versions, and will
facilitate the automatic transfer of one or more files directly into
the Avid, Final Cut Pro, Media 100, ProTools, or any other editing
environment with a click of a mouse. The mSoftPlayer is loaded onto
the workstation computer and will automatically send files right into
any media folder on the workstation, while doing any of a number of
optional sample rate and format conversions during the transfer. |
