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InMedia

Suitcase TV Standalone
MediaStor
MediaStor now includes a spinning
disk archive capability

S

uitcase TV's tried and trusted
storage platform MediaStor is now
available as a standalone product.
Demonstrated for the first time
in the U.S. at NAB 2016, MediaStor
now includes support for archiving
to spinning disk using new SMR disk
technology combined with MAID
architectures. This provides a lowcost, low-power, fast access storage
solution. The new MediaStor Archive
enclosure provides up to 128TB of
usable storage in a 1RU enclosed with
an idle power consumption of only
10W. Additional enclosures can be
easily added as storage requirements
increase.
In addition to managing storage,
every MediaStor server can offer
resources to perform media related
tasks. Unlike other storage platforms,
which may be built upon proprietary
or Linux based operating systems,
MediaStor is built upon Microsoft

Windows, significantly simplifying
integrations
with
third-party
processing and file transfer software.
Suitcase
TV's
award-winning
Iphrame Vision Remote is part of the
iphrame suite - a range of softwarebased solutions enabling combined
SDI and IP-based operations. The
solution facilitates the centralised
production of outside broadcasts
and other live events and enables
broadcasters to significantly reduce
their costs by allowing key personnel
to operate the system from virtually
any location where there is an internet
connection. Additional cost savings
can be achieved due to reduced travel
and transport costs of personnel and
equipment. Only the cameras and
associated technical teams need to be
deployed on-site.
Suitcase TV is also highlighting
its support for the Advanced Media
Workflow
Associations'
(AMWA)

Networked Media Incubator (NMI)
project. Launched as a long-term
initiative to support the industry's
move towards IP-based systems,
NMI brings together broadcasters
that share a vision to adopt IP
infrastructures and industry suppliers
who wish to provide interoperability.
The continued goal of AMWA's NMI is
to solve important business problems
and to help media companies achieve
business agility and flexibility.

Spotlight On Quality Control
A

s operators in the global
broadcast, cable, telco, satellite,
IPTV, OTT, and post-production
markets deliver a growing amount of
high-quality video content, including
UHD/4K, to various screens, the need
for reliable, efficient, and scalable
quality control (QC) and monitoring
solutions becomes ever more critical.
At the 2016 NAB Show, Interra
Systems will demonstrate the most
comprehensive,
integrated,
and
intuitive QC/monitoring solutions
available on the market today. A key
highlight will be Interra Systems' new
Orion OTT software-based solution for
The latest
Baton+ QC and
data analysis
system will be
on display

monitoring the integrity of adaptive
bitrate (ABR) content and related
network performance in an OTT
environment.
Among key product introductions
and demos, Interra Systems will
showcase Baton 7.0, the latest version
of its industry-leading QC solution
for file-based SD, HD, and mixed
workflows. Baton 7.0 enhances the
overall user interface and usability,
system performance, and quality
checking
features,
streamlining
QC operations in a file-based
environment. The Baton 7.0 user
interface now features a revamped

functionality across smart folders,
manual scheduling, test plans, reports,
and more.
The latest Baton+ QC and data
analysis system will also be on display.
Baton+ features enhanced workflow
QC capabilities, including the ability for
users to define workflows representing
the stages through which media
content flows in a facility. By defining
workflows, Baton+ users can ensure
metadata consistency and compare
QC reports in different ways across
content lineage. The latest release also
improves upon data analysis.
Interra Systems will introduce Orion
OTT, one of the industry's first
software-based
over-the-top
(OTT) solutions for real-time
monitoring of adaptive bitrate
(ABR) content for multiscreen
service delivery over unmanaged
networks.
In
addition
to
monitoring the integrity of ABR
content, Orion OTT also measures
network performance in an OTT
environment. Leveraging industryproven
audio/video
quality
analysis technologies, Orion OTT

Established in 2000, Suitcase
TV develops a range of software
solutions for broadcast including
MAM, compliance recording and live
production. Suitcase TV received the
2015 IABM Design and Innovation
Award for its iphrame Vision Remote
solution, and NAB delegates will be
able to see demonstrations of this and
the latest iteration of MediaStor, the
company's enterprise level storage
and archiving platform.

ensures superior QoE and QoS.
Interra Systems will also showcase
its Orion real-time content monitoring
system, which allows service providers
to deliver error-free, superior quality
video easily. The software-defined
Orion platform is enhanced with multiprocessor architecture support. This
enables Orion customers to optimise
their hardware infrastructure, both in
terms of cost and performance.
During the show, Interra Systems
specialists will demonstrate the
advanced capabilities of Orion,
including support for 4K HEVC and
virtualised
monitoring
probes,
comprehensive SCTE-35 verification,
in-depth audio and video quality
monitoring, and closed caption data
monitoring.
Interra
Systems
will
also
demonstrate the full Vega product
suite at the show. Recent updates
to the Vega family include support
for Windows 10, the latest HEVC HM
reference code, HEVC interlaced
streams,
VP9
streams
(4:2:2,
4:4:4), PCAP streams, Dolby AC-4
audio, and AVS Plus video. Vega is
Interra Systems' industry-leading
media
analysis
platform
for
standards compliance, debug, and
interoperability of encoded streams.
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