Technical Specifications of MAM
Scalability
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Expandable media asset management and transcoding suite, deployable from a single desktop to hundreds of clients Supports archives up to PBs containing millions of assets Distributed server architecture allows limitless expansion Transcoding can be deployed on a single server or as a server farm with load balancingFormat Support and Video Processing
Supported containers: (MPG, M2P, AVI, F4V, MXF, GXF, MOV, XDCAM, MP4, TS, WMV, WAV, M4A, P2, Microsoft Smooth Streaming) Supported essences : (Uncompressed, MPEG2, DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, DVCPROHD100, H.264, AVC-Intra, XAVC, Apple ProRes, IMX, VC-1, PCM, AAC, WMA) Support for proprietary formats via 3rd party components Also supports audio, picture, word, excel, pdf and text files Supports transcoding between supported formats Supports multi channel audio Supports easy cutting and joining of clips Supports partial retrieval with optional transcoding Supports watermarking of video with timecode, logo, etc.Asset Management Benefits
Supports configurable proxy files for network playback Supports playing and editing of growing content, that is still being captured. Flexible bin structure independent from file system Built in media player with: mark in/out, fast/slow playback, marker/region definition, video&audio censure, audio channel selection and mapping Flexible metadata structure that can be customised by user without any development Many different types of metadata, per requirement Easy Category assignment AI Powered Speech to Text Multiple search modes, which can be combined :
- Simple with wildcard and full-text.
- Advanced (custom searches made from specific metadata selected by user)
- Category based
- Auto Complete, Synonyms, etc.
- Optional image matching / search image in video
- Optional web server for accessing MAM over internet
Assets can be archived manually, or via dragging into the interface, or via dragging into watch folders (“dynamic bins”)
Searches can be assigned to bins (“filter bins”)
Metadata can be automatically assigned to imported assets (“template bins”)
Different formats and qualities of the assets can be automatically generated and attached to them (“Attachments”)
Other video and non-video files can also be attached to the assets (documents, audio files, pictures, subtitle files etc.)
- Optional web server for accessing MAM over internet
Assets can be archived manually, or via dragging into the interface, or via dragging into watch folders (“dynamic bins”) Searches can be assigned to bins (“filter bins”) Metadata can be automatically assigned to imported assets (“template bins”) Different formats and qualities of the assets can be automatically generated and attached to them (“Attachments”) Other video and non-video files can also be attached to the assets (documents, audio files, pictures, subtitle files etc.)Storage
Uses standard off the shelf server hardware Uses industry standard database server such as MS SQL Server Support of any type of storage such as NAS, SAN, DAS Supports nearline-offline storage systems ranging from single tape drive to enterprise tape libraries All components can be installed on single server, or distributed across multiple servers Archives are organized into Archive Projects: each Project can have the same or different users metadata structure, server, storage Supports different failover and redundancy scenarios both at database, application and storage level Information Lifecycle Management: Can move files between online and nearline storage automatically based on user defined rules.Integration
Plug-ins for Sony Vegas®, GV EDIUS®, Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC Plug-in for newsroom systems Seamless bi-directional integration with Metus FlashNews Can generate playlists and export to playout servers and automation systems Can generate EDLs and export to editing systems Integration with middleware systems as CMS for WebTV/IPTV platforms Possibility to import assets from third party MAM and databases Import and export of common metadata packs such as MXF, EXIFF, IPTC etc. Automatic Custom metadata import and export over XMLMetus MAM Components and supported Mac OS X
Clients:
Metus Desktop Client : Windows 10/11 Metus Web Client: Firefox, Safari, Chrome Plugins for: Sony Vegas® (version 9, 12) , GV EDIUS® (version 5, 6, 6.5, 7, 8, 9, X), Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC/2022.Server Components
Database Server: Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (all editions. Some features may not work on free versions such as sql express edition) Metus Archive Server (MAS): Windows Server 2019, 64-bit Metus Process Server(MPS): Windows Server 2019, 64-bit Metus Web Server (MOL): Windows Server 2019, 64-bit, IIS 6.0 or later