Blu is green
New archiving system for Moscow government
JVC’s innovative Optical Disc Moscow government’s new system
Library archiving solution has
includes an ingest server, a proxy server,
been purchased by the Moscow
a Blu-ray Disc ‘jukebox’ with 600 disc
government as a system for
capacity, and WonderCube software to
long-term archiving of its media
access the files. It is capable of working
content. Their new system uses
with file formats such as AVi, MPEG4,
MPEG2, DV, DivX, Quicktime Video,
Blu-ray Disc technology, with a
Windows Media Video, and allows
total storage capacity of 30TB,
archiving and searching of files. As files
and offers revision-proof storage
are written permanently to the disc, you
of data thanks to the principle
can never accidentally delete a file.
of this write-once optical media.
It is also a very green solution
The new system has allowed integration
due to its low power consumption.
of several government control rooms into production cycle. As well as saving time,
one single production complex, with full the Optical Disc Library, available in 100-,
control over access and security. It also 200- and 600-disc capacity versions, saves
enables automatic transcoding of media around 90% of the power required for
content, so media can be accessed in the an equivalent archive RAID system, only
correct format at different stages of the needing electricity when accessing data.
Rock in Rio
International music festival arrives in Madrid
Rock In Rio is one of the biggest CEV, the Cinema and TV Training Centre, The cameras were operated directly by
worldwide music festivals, with over
was in charge of the audiovisual content CEV students, already familiar with
100,000 people watching the likes
of Rock In Rio, and chose to work with two the equipment. In addition, they used
of Amy Winehouse, Jamiroquai,
main technology partners - Avid and JVC five BR-HD50 recorders, HDMI / HD-SDI
- for engineering design and equipment converters and HD monitors, including
The Police, Bob Dylan and many
supply. Footage from the show was several of the DT-V series for the control
more each day at this summer’s
recorded in progressive HDV using the suites. The central control system, built by
event in Madrid. JVC ProHD
JVC ProHD cameras, and CEV also CEV, was designed as a news centre and
cameras provided news coverage
delivered a PAL resolution signal to based around a 16TB Avid Unity server
at the event, which was also
TVE (Spanish national broadcaster) for with six client-editors, including Media
broadcast to over 60 countries. transmission to other countries. Composer and NewsCutter.
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