Ever growing amounts of content are an increasing challenge for today's broadcasters. Though today, most networks have taken the step from analog to digital storage, it is not enough to simply move hundreds or even thousands of hours of video and audio material into a database: Availability and accessibility are an essential precondition for efficient Media Asset Management.

Vizrt's offers a family of Media Asset Management (MAM) systems that cover the whole range from entry-level media management in a box, to fully scalable solutions for demanding broadcasters that operate different networks across multiple sites. All Vizrt MAM systems are optimized for accessibility and speed. Journalists can search the media database directly from their desktop and add pictures and video to pre-defined templates. The consequent creation of browse versions for all files allows video editing from the moment files are ingested into the MAM system.

Flexibility on the ingest side is another strength of the Vizrt news solution. Media files can be copied from all common sources and in most formats: from live feeds, to tape robots or simple drop folders. The Vizrt MAM solutions even support the direct transfer of high quality video clips from mobile phones.

Workflow
Viz Ardome

Viz Ardome represents a new approach to digital media management. The solution enables instant access to content and metadata and integrates seamlessly with external information sources. Viz Ardome enables the creation of highly optimized workflows that rationalize both production and organizational processes. Viz Ardome is part of the Vizrt Media Asset Management family and as such acts as a central repository for media and metadata. It is based on proven Ardendo technology and consists of a range of products covering the whole workflow from ingest, to transcoding, media management, browse editing, and annotation tools. The solution integrates with leading systems for editing, scheduling, newsroom, and playout automation.

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Viz Video Hub

The era of analog media is coming to an end. Servers replace huge tape shelves and storage labels. Viz Video Hub is Vizrt’s innovative and cost-effective Media Asset Management solution that allows you to store the complete content of your analog media library digitally.

Viz Video Hub builds on proven Ardendo technology. It allows users to easily access video clips, stills, graphics, and audio clips from a standard PC. Viz Video Hub is so powerful that it can be used as a standalone production unit. At the same time, it is flexible enough to be integrated seamlessly with existing Vizrt graphics solutions.

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Viz Reporter

Viz Reporter brings the mobile evolution to the journalist on the move. Until now video transfer to the TV station was often a time-consuming process, involving copying the clips from a camera to a PC, converting them and then transmitting them, over the Internet or a direct line. Viz Reporter radically simplifies this workflow. The application allows journalists to use mobile phones for capturing low-resolution content. The full feature set of modern phones, from audio recording, to high-resolution pictures and video recording, can be used from within Viz Reporter. Viz Reporter Servers automatically transcode and organize the captured content after transfer and prepare it for playout.

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Key Features and Benefits:

  • Large-scale Media Asset Management
  • Multi-user interface for simultaneous work production
  • Leading archive capabilities
  • Rich feature set for production of new media
  • Full HD support
  • Flexible configuration and customization options

Key Features and Benefits:

Viz Video Hub Extended

Viz Video Hub Base+

Viz Video Hub Base

Instant access to ingested material

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Powerful search options and pre-editing functions

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Ingest either through drop folders or optional video servers

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All ingest, search and editing functions can be carried out on standard PCs

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DV25 storage

500 hours

450 hours

40 hours

IMX50 storage

250 hours

225 hours

20 hours

Additional DV25 storage

Up to 3 x 500 hours

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-

Concurrent Viz PreCut and MAM users

20

5

5

Included Viz EasyCut licences

2

1

1

Additional Viz EasyCut licences

2

-

-

Final Cut Pro connections (DV100)

5

2

2

Final Cut Pro connections (DV25)

10

4

4

Additional Final Cut Pro connections (DV100)

4

-

-

Additional Final Cut Pro connections (DV25)

8

-

-

Simultanious users

20

5

5

Additional users

20

-

-

Transcoding capacity

4 x DV25/DVCPRO25/IMX50

2 x DV25/DVCPRO25/IMX50

2 x DV25/DVCPRO25/IMX50

Additional transcoding capacity

4 x DV25/DVCPRO25/IMX50

4 x DV25/DVCPRO25/IMX50

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Supported video formats

DVCPRO, DV25, DV50, DV100, IMX30, and IMX50

DVCPRO, DV25, DV50, DV100, IMX30, and IMX50

DVCPRO, DV25, DV50, DV100, IMX30, and IMX50

Key Features and Benefits:

  • Runs on standard multimedia-enabled mobile phones
  • Uncompressed transfer of captured video
  • File size limited only by the mobile device's storage
  • Easy addition of meta-data to the clip
  • Video material is instantly available in the MAM