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Extensive searching capabilities Demands on metadata search functionality are significant and increasing, says Ingo Hoffmann, managing director & CTO, Artec Technologies Our XentauriX solutions are going from strength to strength, with increasing demands from customers on more channels as digital broadcasting allows demographic and audience segmented content to be launched and delivered via internet channels. This places significant demands on increasing metadata searching functionality via video frames and text combined with the flexibility to embrace the realms of a wide range of
new digital media including social media sharing, monitoring and playback on multiscreen devices. As we look back, just five years ago XentauriX was being used to simply record from ten to 50 channels from traditional TV sources for compliance and evidence recording with playback on PCs. Today, we see 100 to 500+ channels being requested which includes a wide range of IP-based sources, plus the traditional TV sources; all in a range of
broadcast qualities, multiple languages and delivery options (internet, DVB, for example) and with a wide range of multiscreen playback requirements. Customers today want extensive searching capabilities, not just simple text to find content; they want video search too. XentauriX includes an intelligent video search engine which allows customers to find content by a few video frames contained within thousands of hours of content in seconds. The video search capability has
Multi-channel audio made easier Minnetonka Audio By Carolyn Giardina The latest features from Minnetonka Audio’s digital audio software are on display at the company’s IBC stand. This includes updates for AudioTools Server and SurCode Dolby
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Digital Plus for Avid. Under Version 4.1 of AudioTools Server, users will have an optional LicenseServer that allows floating licences to be shared between different machines at different locations. A Bring Your Own License (BYOL)
Minnetonka’s plug-in allows files to be encoded and decoded directly within Adobe Premiere Pro CC
expanded our customer interest from compliance recording to sports, advertising and news agencies with orders worth over €2 million in the past 12 months, including a leading worldwide Qatarbased sports agency. Our customers are undergoing the shift from live linear to on-demand based viewing and implementing a video platform and strategy based upon XentauriX has allowed them greater flexibility to meet market demands
licence allows deployment in a private or public cloud. Child workflows, APTO advanced Loudness Adaptation and Linear Acoustic UPMAX upmixing round out the new features of this release. SurCode for Dolby Digital Plus Encoder and Decoder brings Dolby Digital Plus to the Avid platform. It allows users to
in a fast and timely manner with incremental investment and infrastructure upgrades. IBC2016 is a great opportunity to discuss current and future trends with customers and prospective customers and we welcome visitors to our stand to discuss their market challenges and requirements. 7.C28
create Dolby Digital Plus E-AC-3 files from multichannel WAV or AIFF sources. When working with legacy content, SurCode for Dolby Digital Plus also provides encoding and decoding of Dolby Digital AC-3 files. Also on the stand is the SurCode Dolby E Encoder and Decode plug-in to Adobe Premiere Pro CC, which allows files to be encoded and decoded directly within the Adobe NLE. 7.J40
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