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InMedia

ATG Danmon Completes File-Based
Solution For Arqiva

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TG Danmon has completed a tape
and file-based ingest, transcoding
and quality-control solution providing
file preparation for global television
and radio transmission serviceprovider Arqiva.
The system has been fully integrated
into Arqiva's playout facility at
Chalfont, Buckinghamshire.
"We needed a flexible and
completely reliable way to provide
broadcast file preparation services for
a large Playout and Media Services
client, which could grow to support
high-bit-rate codecs like JPEG2000,"
comments Gregory Burns, Media
Solutions Architect at Arqiva. "After
researching the various options,
we decided on a system from ATG
Danmon. This includes Dalet AmberFin
file-processing and Digimetrics QC
software running on multiple servers.
API integration allowed the software
and processes to be tightly integrated
with our existing media workflow
platform. The system has proved very

successful and is easy to expand or
reconfigure if required at any stage
in the future. The user interface gives
operators full control over which
functions to control manually and
which to automate, and the metadata
plugins can be easily updated to
support new schemas."
"The file processing system is based
on AmberFin Ingest, Play and the
new services-based Dark transcoder
products from Dalet together with
Aurora 5 automated QC products
from Digimetrics," adds Chris Elson,
ATG Danmon Product Sales Manager.
"The system is controlled from a new
operations suite via KVM allowing
the operations staff full control over
ingest, QC, transcode and file review.
We created a specific GUI plug-in for
audio tag selection to integrate with
Arqiva's Omneon playout servers".
Dalet AmberFin Ingest enables the
best possible quality and operation
of ingest from tape or file-based
assets. Ultra high-quality processing

maintains the value
of the original
material. Supported
formats
include
JPEG 2000, ProRes, DNxHD, AVCIntra and XDCAM
HD.
Dalet AmberFin Play gives operators
the ability to review shared assets at
any point in the workflow, eliminating
the need to transfer assets off shared
storage or transcode to an alternative
playback format. The file player can
also display any AQC data associated
with the file, allowing detected errors
to be reviewed.
Dalet AmberFin Dark is a high quality
flexible
transcode
environment,
supporting all popular codecs.
Integrated as part of the Amberfin
workflow, Digimetrics' Aurora is a
high-volume automated file-based
quality control system with an easyto-use web-based control interface
and efficient fault reporting. Features

Media file processing desk at Arqiva

include a wide range of baseband
quality
measurements,
multiple
container and codec support, and
operator-configurable test template
creation.
Tests possible in the professional
version include macroblock noise
detection, upconversion detection,
comb artefacts, field swaps, tape hits,
perception-based artefacts (film and
analogue noise), average loudness
(A/85, R128, ARIB), mono audio
detection in stereo pair, HardingFPAcertified flash/PSE detection, profanity
detection for text, QP blurring, audio
hiss and hum, plus wow and flutter
detection.

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