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Scalability
- 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 balancing
Format 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
- Multiple search modes: Simple, Advanced, Category based, Auto Complete, Synonyms, etc.
- Assets can be archived manually, via interface, or via 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 can be automatically generated ('Attachments')
- Other video and non-video files can be attached (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
- 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, EXIF, IPTC etc.
- Automatic Custom metadata import and export over XML
Components & OS Support
- Metus Desktop Client: Windows 10/11
- Metus Web Client: Firefox, Safari, Chrome
- NLE Plugins: Sony Vegas® (9, 12), GV EDIUS® (5-X), Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC/2022
Server Components
- Database Server: Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (all editions)
- 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