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2. July 9, 19992 SGI Video Servers Hilmi Ortadeveci Applied Engineer VST hilmi@sgi.com

3. TM July 9, 19993 SGI Video Servers Overview Based on SGI Origin Servers SGI Hardware, Software, and Services to produce a broadcast quality video server

4. TM July 9, 19994 SGI Video Servers Key Features Open System Architecture Format Independent Treats Media Content as Both Media and Data Simultaneously –High speed data networks –File transfer and play/record simultaneously

5. TM July 9, 19995 Origin Servers Hardware Platform ccNUMA architecture – Extremely high throughput (multiple uncompressed HD) – Scalable No limits like bus-based architectures Origin200 GIGAchannel – High volume product – Highly reliable Redundant power and cooling Mirrored system disks

6. TM July 9, 19996 Origin Servers Storage Options Internal and External UltraSCSI storage – RAID-0 or RAID-1 External Fibre Channel storage – Ciprico FibreSTORE and Ciprico 7000 – RAID-0, RAID-1, or RAID-3

7. TM July 9, 19997 Origin Servers Software Platform - IRIX 6.5 Variant of SVR4 REACT Real-time Scheduling UST/MSC Synchronization XFS Real-Time Filesystems and Guaranteed Rate I/O XLV Logical Volumes dmBuffers

8. TM July 9, 19998 SGI Video Server Software Key Features Video Server Toolkit Modular, Extensible Architecture Frame Accurate –Automation control protocols Format Independent –MPEG-2 to Film I/O Independent –Video, bit stream, network, etc.

9. TM July 9, 19999 VST Architecture Block Diagram VTR Core MediaStorageFormat ControlArchive I/O Device

10. TM July 9, 199910 VST Architecture Format Modules Handle for accessing specific storage formats Translation from Media Units to Data Access Untis – Timecode to byte offset

11. TM July 9, 199911 VST Architecture Format Modules Implementations Variable Frame Size (vframe) –RICE, M-JPEG, Uncompressed Bitstream (stream) –MPEG-2 Transport Stream and Program Stream DVCPRO (dif) –DVCPRO Virtual Clip (vclip) –EDLs

12. TM July 9, 199912 VST Architecture Format Modules Virtual Clips Built from Sequences of Other Clips –List of clips with edit points –Shares media content with original clip –Clip segments must be of the same format Treated like All Other Formats Handles Deletion of Original Clip

13. TM July 9, 199913 VST Architecture Media Modules Interface to Media I/O Devices Manage transfers to and from I/O Device Define Port to I/O Device Mapping

14. TM July 9, 199914 VST Architecture Media Modules Implementations DIVO, DIVO-DVC –Uncompressed, RICE, DVCPRO, SDTI DVB-ASI –MPEG-2 Transport Stream (up to 45 Mb/s) Vela 4-port MPEG-2 decoder –MPEG-2 Transport and Program Streams O2 (For Development Purposes) –M-JPEG

15. TM July 9, 199915 VST Architecture Media Controller Modules Special Media Modules Implement Slave Device Control –Standard Sony/P2 Protocol Enables Consistent Control Interface

16. TM July 9, 199916 VST Architecture Storage Module Manages Data Storage XFS Storage Module – XFS Real-Time Filesystems – XFS Guaranteed Rate I/O

17. TM July 9, 199917 VST Architecture Archive Modules Interface to Archive Systems – Separate Storage from Clip Cache – Find, Get, Put interfaces Implementations – StudioCentral Asset Transfer Service – Special Archive Modules – fsmon – clip mirror

18. TM July 9, 199918 VST Architecture Control Modules Implementations MVCP – Text-based native control protocol of VST Louth VDCP – de-facto standard automation protocol Sony/P2 – de-facto standard VTR control protocol

19. TM July 9, 199919 VST Architecture Customizable Controls Categories of Configurable Parameters –File System, Media, System Monitor and Adjust System Behavior Establish Initial Values –Control Files

20. TM July 9, 199920 SGI Video Servers User Tools GUI Status (mcstat) GUI VTR Emulation (mcpanel) GUI Clip Management (mcclips) Various Command Line Utilities – Status and Clip Management

21. TM July 9, 199921 mcstat Status Monitoring Status of Units Clip Loaded Unit State Position

22. TM July 9, 199922 mcpanel GUI VTR Emulation Cue, Play, Stop, Record, Jog, Shuttle,... Loop Mode Forward and Backward Clip Selection Box

23. TM July 9, 199923 mcclips GUI Clip Management Delete, Protect,... Archive Operations Find, Get, Put

24. TM July 9, 199924 SGI Video Servers Video Server Products Post-Production Video Server –Non-Compressed and Lossless-Coded storage format with digital I/O DVCPRO Video Server –DVCPRO storage format with digital I/O Cable Insertion Server –MPEG-2 storage format with analog I/O DTV Server –MPEG-2 storage format with DVB-ASI I/O

25. TM July 9, 199925 Post-Production Video Server Non-Compressed and Lossless Coded Up to 16 channels (8 input and 8 output) Serial Digital Video –4:2:2 or 4:2:2:4 Embedded Audio or Separate AES/EBU Audio –Up to 8 channels per video Up to 12 hours storage Automation protocol support –Master and Slave VTR Control

26. TM July 9, 199926 DVCPRO Video Server DVCPRO Format Up to 16 channels (8 inputs and 8 outputs) Serial Digital Video AES/EBU Digital Audio SDTI support –4X Transfer of DVCPRO Up to 48 hours storage Automation protocol support –SGI MVCP, Louth VDCP, and Sony VTR

27. TM July 9, 199927 Cable Insertion Server MPEG-2 Format Up to 48 channels (48 outputs) –Input via File Transfer Analog Video Output Analog Audio Output Up to 24 hours storage Automation protocol support –SGI MVCP and Louth VDCP

28. TM July 9, 199928 DTV Server MPEG-2 Compressed I/O DVB-ASI I/O –MPEG-2 Multi-Program Transport Stream Up to 48 Mb/s Up to 56 hours storage at 6 Mb/s Automation protocol support –SGI MVCP and Louth VDCP

29. TM July 9, 199929 Video Server Deployments Sveriges Television (SVT) - Stockholm 10 Regional SGI DVCPRO Servers around Sweden File Transfer to Stockholm Editing in Stockholm using Avid NLE On-Air Playout from SGI DVCPRO Server Status –Installed April 1, 1999 –On-Air June 21, 1999

30. TM July 9, 199930 Panasonic DNA System DVCPRO News Automation –DVCPRO-based Digital Newsroom System SGI DVCPRO Video Server Panasonic NLEs, VTRs, Camcorders –NewsBYTE/QuickCutter and DVEdit NLEs Prisa Fibre Channel Network –Fibre Channel Adapters and Switch

31. TM July 9, 199931 Panasonic DNA System DVCPRO News Automation Connects with external Automation System –NewsMaker/Nexus –Crispin Corp. DNA System is sold by Panasonic

32. TM July 9, 199932 DNA System Diagram Transmission Acquisition Feeds SMART-CART QuickCutter NLE QuickCutter NLE SGI DVCPRO Server SDTISDI SDTISDI Fibre Channel

33. TM July 9, 199933 DNA System Deployments Austin News 8 - Austin, TX Time-Warner Cable 24 hour local news channel –Installed June 1, 1999 –Planned On-Air July 23, 1999 KYW - Philadelphia CBS owned and operated station –Planned Install July 15, 1999 –Planned On-Air August 15, 1999