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vsnarchive
is a Media Asset Management system with an advanced DAM (Digital
Asset Manager) that covers all aspects of ingest, catalogue,
storage (whether it be on-line, near-line or off-line), browsing,
tape management and distribution.
With vsnarchive
you can digitise thousands hours of low resolution video on-line,
immediately available for browsing and previewing from any network
terminal or through Internet. Material in high resolution can be
stored in a near-line data tape robot or in off-line video tapes
with bar-coded stickers. The bar-coding of off-line tapes allows
the system to instantly identify the off-line tapes, its contents
and other pertaining information.
Cataloguing
Journalists can start pre-cataloguing images which have been
previously stored in high resolution in servers' hard drives. The
cataloguing process is achieved through the use of templates,
adding general metadata such as description, category, journalist,
cameras, and key words. It includes digital rights management (DRM)
and partial cataloguing through segments within the same material.
Archiving
Cataloguers archive materials by organizing and placing them
into categories for later near or off line storage. At the same
time vsnarchive
generates a low resolution copy of the material to be kept
permanently on-line.
In off-line storage, the system keeps track of
which tapes are not full in a particular category to be able to
completely fill them. If there are no tapes with enough space for
the material, a new tape will be started and the system will
generate a barcode sticker with the chosen format, including
EBU-IBTN for tape identification.
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Material
catalogation
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My
Plugin: External database connection
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Search
The searching module installed in the journalists' PCs allows
complete database searches of phrases and key words using
logical conditions. Once found, users can preview the video in
low resolution, and then mark IN and OUT points, to ask the
cataloguer only for the high resolution video segment needed.
Material can be retrieved in one of three ways:
asking for a loan of the original tape, a copy of the material in
a new tape or copy of the material in the server's hard drive. If
material happens to be in near-line storage, it will be
automatically brought on-line without the intervention of an
operator. In the event that the material happens to be off-line
(in tape) vsnarchive
automatically notifies the cataloguer the tape's identification
code and its physical location. When the cataloguer introduces the
tape into a VTR, the system automatically reads the barcode and
intelligently brings on-line only the segment requested by the
user.
Customisable
vsnarchive includes
an API plugin, allowing customization to a particular need of a
client by using cataloguing and browsing pro-forms. It can even be
integrated with other databases or external programs.
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Keyword
search
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The
user is advised of how many times an images has been
used.
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