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APPLICATION
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K2 Media Server and Medway
Third-Party Transcoding and Transfer
Matt Allard
November 2010
Marquis Medway is a sophisticated file-based
media transfer and format conversion tool,
delivering a transparent and cost-effective
connection between content production
systems including: nonlinear editors, video
servers, asset management systems, archive/
generic storage systems, and automation.
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Introduction
K2 MEDIA SERVER AND MEDWAY THIRD-PARTY TRANSCODING AND TRANSFER
K2 MEDIA SERVER AND MEDWAY THIRD-PARTY TRANSCODING AND TRANSFER
Marquis Medway is a sophisticated file-based media transfer
and format conversion tool, delivering a transparent and costeffective connection between content production systems
including: nonlinear editors, video servers, asset management
systems, archive/generic storage systems, and automation.
Medway supports Grass Valley™ K2 media servers to enable
file-based integration with a wide range of other production
systems and particularly with Avid and Apple Final Cut Pro
NLEs.
Medway transfers video and audio with metadata at faster than
real-time speeds, with transcoding if required. This enables
the content production process to be maintained in a tapeless
environment.
Key Benefits
Interoperability between best-of-breed content production •
systems
Improved performance from file-based broadcast workflows •
Metadata integration with MAM and third-party systems •
Improved system design, delivery, and future integration •
Financial and time savings through reduction in manual •
operations
Enhanced production quality •
More effective management of customer assets •
Avid and Apple Final Cut Pro integration •
Migration proof with support for SD and HD •
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Product Usage
Digit al file-based content production workflows are hampered
by expensive and repetitive operations brought on by file
incompatibilities between systems. Medway from Marquis provides a transparent and cost-efficient route to removing these
bottlenecks.
Medway creates a unified working environment for broadcast
ingest and transmission servers, as well as post-production
editing systems. Acting as a central hub to the facility, Medway
transfers media and associated metadata at faster than
real-time speeds over standard data networks, transcoding if
required.
Medway is either driven under control of third-party systems
or via an intuitive drag-and-drop interface that allows for the
exchange of media between a wide range of best-of-breed
broadcast systems in a transparent and user-friendly way.
Medway can be described as an “interoperability engine” that
enables a complete digital workflow, ensuring products such
as edit platforms (either standalone or using shared storage,
such as Unity, ISIS, Lanshare, Interplay, or XSAN and third-party
video servers) can work seamlessly together.
However, Medway offers much more power and flexibility and
can be connected to media asset management systems. It can
source reference edits from browse systems, integrate with
archive management systems, and can supply file registration
to, or be directly controlled by, automation systems. All these
features can be customized to suit the requirements for specific workflow or business solutions.
Medway integrates a wide range of content production systems including Grass Valley K2 media servers. The following is
a high-level overview of the systems that can be integrated into
a K2 workflow solution:
Customer Descriptions
Sales opportunities will most likely be derived from customers:
Who have a workflow bottleneck due to file incompatibilities •
Need to use video formats that are not supported •
Require faster transfers •
Require metadata support•
Broadcasters currently using Medway include:
RTL/TVI, Belgium •
BBC, UK •
Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, Germany •
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Network TEN, Sydney, Australia •
France TV, Paris, France •
Deutsche Welle, Berlin, Germany •
TV4, Stockholm, Sweden •
YLE, Helsinki, Finland•
Turner Broadcasting, USA•
Ascent Media, USA•
PBS, USA•
Disney, Japan•
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Product Information
Medway is licensed to the specific
PC server hardware that the Medway
Control Server runs on. A system is then
scaled and priced on a per-connection
basis and can be designed to meet any
sized customer requirement.
Medway is available in three standard
systems packages that meet many
customer requirements (or at least
form the st arting point for a quotation).
Additionally the connection licenses can
be configured on an à la carte basis.
The three standard packages are the
Standalone Avid NLE, Edit Pack, and
Transmission Pack:
Standalone Avid NLE
Medway runs on the Avid workstation
and connects to a single server/storage
location.
This is suitable for standalone Avid
workst ations with local storage only.
The configuration allows the editor to
send sequences to the K2 media ser ver
as well as browse and retrieve material already stored there. This includes a
Medway control server, transfer engine,
and Medway client GUI, all running on
the Avid workst ation.
Edit Pack
Medway runs on a separate PC server
and integrates between the NLE shared
storage and a single ser ver/storage
location. Additional Medway connection
licenses can be added to the Edit Pack.
The Medway Edit Pack allows for 1-20
editing workstations connected to
single edit shared storage and a single
K2 media server. A Medway client GUI
on each edit workstation provides the
ability to move material between the
edit shared storage and the K2 media
server. Each Medway client GUI displays
all Medway initiated transfers and their
progress and st atus for the total system.
This includes one combined Medway
control server and transfer engine.
Transmission Pack
Medway runs on a separate PC server
and integrates multiple production
systems. Additional Medway connection
licenses can be added.
For a more complex system, the
Medway Transmission Pack builds on the
Edit Solution with additional connection licenses to media asset management with browse EDL for sequencing
and sourcing from shot lists or EDLs.
Configurable metadata criteria can be
read from and written to the MAM
system allowing metadata sourcing from
EDLs and databases. Similarly, metadata
captured at the edit workstation can be
passed to external systems.
External automation is shown providing
API driven control and display information of Medway transfers. This includes
a main control server and a redundant
control server as well as one transfer
engine (within the control server).
Medway Licenses
The full list of Medway licenses are
shown as follows (please refer to the
Medway Sales Guide for a full description of each):
MEDWAY STANDARD CONNECTION
LICENSES
MMW-ESS NLE Shared Storage •
Connection License
MMW-LES Local Edit Storage •
Connection License
MMW-SRV Media Ser ver Storage •
Connection License
MEDWAY ADDITIONAL CONNECTION
LICENSES
MMW-ARC Archive Management •
Connection License
MMW-AUT Automation System •
Connection License
MMW-MAM Media Asset •
Management Connection License
MEDWAY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
MMW-CST Medway Inst allation and •
Configuration
MMW-SVC Medway Operational •
Training
MMW-CDV Custom Software •
Development
MEDWAY SUPPORT CONTRACT
MMW-2SP Annual 2nd Line Support •
Contract
Supported Standards/Formats
Video Standards
625/25 or 525/29.97 •
1080i/25, 1080i/29.97, 720p/50, and •
720p/59.94
Video Formats
DV25 (4:1:1 or 4:2:0) •
DVCPRO •
DVCPRO 50 •
IMX 30/40/50 •
MPEG-2 Long GOP •
DNxHD 120/145/180/220/180x/220x •
DVCPRO 100 •
XDCAM HD 50 •
AVC-Intra•
Editing Formats
MXF OP-Atom •
Apple ProRes •
Available Collateral
Medway Configuration & Sales Guide
Medway Supported Workflows Guide
Medway Summary In Brief
Medway Supported Video Standards &
Formats
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MEDWAY ADDITIONAL
FUNCTIONALITY
MMW-SCG Medway Simple Client •
GUI
MMW-RED Redundant Controller •
MMW-ENG Additional Transfer •
Engines
MMW-TRN Transcoding Processor (per •
transfer engine)
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Artesia MAM
with Medway Client
Unity
Long-term
archive
DIVArchive
Grass Valley
K2 Summit server
Medway
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Avid with
Medway Client
Case Study – Disney Japan
1. Operators select shots and create
sequences using the Artesia MAM
tool
2. Sequence EDLs are sent through
Medway, converted to Avid AAF
sequences, and placed in the Avid edit
environment
3. At the same time, Medway collects
all the high-resolution clips needed for
that sequence from the Grass Valley
K2 media server, rewraps them to
MXF OP-Atom, and transfers them to
the Avid edit environment
4. The Avid editor finishes editing and
drops the Avid sequence onto the
Medway icon that floats over the Avid
Media Composer GUI
5. Medway then conforms the edit
sequence into one flattened file,
converts that file to an MXF OP-1a file
which is compatible with the Grass
Valley K2 media server and transfers
the file to the K2 media server for
playout
6. Medway can also transfer the file to
Front Porch Digital systems for placement into long-term tape archive
Company Information
Marquis Broadcast provides a range of file-based media integration products designed for the data-intensive requirements
of today’s fast-paced broadcasting and content production
environments.
Marquis has an indirect sales model and will work with Grass
Valley sales teams and their resale/distribution channels to
promote, sell and integrate the Grass Valley K2/Medway solution. The Marquis offering to the channel includes the Medway
software licenses, software support contract, and professional
services (installation, commissioning, and training).
Medway is also available through its network of resellers.
SALES
Local and regional sales contacts can be found by visiting
www.grassvalley.com/sales
Sales: Americas – Jason Danielson, Vice President
jason@marquisbroadcast.com
Mobile: +1 650 743 6644
Sales Engineering: Americas – Daniel Faulkner, Medway
Systems Specialist
daniel@marquisbroadcast.com
Office: (615) 324-3653 Mobile: (615) 477-4500
Sales & Engineering: EMEA & APAC - Granby Patrick, Partner
Director Technology
granby@marquisbroadcast.com
Mobile: +44 (0)7920 263 626
Technical Support
support@marquisbroadcast.com
Office: +44 (0)118 984 4111
SUPPORT
Local and regional support contacts can be found by visiting
www.grassvalley.com/support
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