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xIngest
General purpose file ingest
xIngest is a general-purpose file ingest solution for file-based production workflows. Its built-in transcoding engine guarantees the highest-quality audio and video processing, but even more importantly, most standard-conforming media file format creation.
xIngest includes upload and delivery connectors, which are the basis for highly efficient workflows. Notifications are completing the feature set with system and operator support.
Use Cases
File Ingest to
- Processing
- Post-Production
- Archiving
- Publishing
- Playout
Target Customers
Broadcaster
- Regional TV
- National TV
- News channels
- Special interest channels
- Event channels (e.g. sports, news, entertainment)
Content Owner
- Archive Ingest
- Asset Aggregation
- B2B content delivery
Post-Production Facilities
- On-premises Editing
- Distributed Production
- Content Delivery
Media Groups
- Archive Ingest
- Event channels (e.g. sports, music, society)
- Special interest channels
Localisation Agencies
- Translation
- Subtitling
Corporate & Public
- Content Production
- Cross Media Publishing
- Archive Ingest
- Business TV
An overview on the Ingest Browser features:
Features
- File Browsing
- Transcoding
- File Delivery
- Notification
Modules & plugins
Included Modules and Plug-Ins:
- File Queuer
- Transcoding
- Upload
- Notification
The Ingest Browser system specifications:
Hardware Requirements
Entry level system
- Intel Xeon CPU or VM with 6 cores, min 2,9 GHz
- 16 GByte RAM
- 512 GByte SSD
- 1 Gbps Ethernet
- Windows or Linux
- Google Chrome
Best value system
- Intel Xeon CPU or VM with 8 cores, min 2,9 GHz
- 16 GByte RAM
- 512 GByte SSD
- 1 Gbps Ethernet
- Windows or Linux
- Google Chrome
Supports Many commonly used sources
- Camera cards: Panasonic P2, Sony XDCAM, Sony SxS, Canon XF, Sony ProDisc, GoPro, Drones
- Media files: Video, audio and graphic files
Ingest target formats
- Rewrapping is supported for MXF OP1a.
- Transcoding is supported for:
- Codecs: H.264, AVC, AVC-Intra, XAVC, AVC LongGOP. ProRes, XDCAM, MPEG-2, DVCPRO, DNxHD, JPEG XS
- Container: MP4, MOV, MXF, TS
Flexible Workflow integrations
- xIngest calls either the build in re-wrapping and transcoding engine or it calls a 3rd party processing engine via the build in task sequencer.
INgest and Delivery PRotocols
- FTP, SFTP, FTPS, SMB, Aspera FASP, FileCatalyst, Signiant
Containers
- MXF
- MOV
- MP4
- TS
- AVI
Protocols
- HLS
- MPEG-DASH
Video Codes
- AVC-Intra
- AVC-LongGOP
- XAVC
- XDCAM HD
- MPEG-2
- AVC/H.264
- HEVC/H.265
- DNxHD
- ProRes
- DV
Audio Codes
- AAC
- MP2
- MP2
- MP
- PCM
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