Transcript Rick Stora`s presentation

FACILITY NETWORK DESIGN TO
HANDLE ALL THAT INCOMING
DIGITAL MATERIAL
Rick Stora
Director of Broadcast Operations
Sundance Digital
TWO DISTINCT NETWORKS:
A Video Network
And
An Operations Network
THE VIDEO NETWORK:
•Digital
Satellite Receivers
•Broadband IP
•Transcode devices
•Server Interconnections
Goal: Move large quantities of data around at Real Time or F.T.R.T speeds
Physical connections: Fiber, Fibre, GigE
THE OPERATIONS NETWORK:
•Traffic
•Automation
(On Air, Prep, Recording & Digital Ingest)
•Streaming
•Machine
Control
Goal: Support database communication for metadata sharing and consolidation
Support deterministic control of broadcast devices
INTERNETWORK COMMUNICATIONS:
•Essence
Connections
•Metadata Connections
•Control Connections
“I.T. DOES TV”
Essence
A recently coined phrase to
depict actual media:
Film
Tape
Digital File
“I.T. DOES TV”
Metadata
Another recently coined phrase to depict the
data that describes actual media:
Title
Duration
SOM/EOM
Media Type or File Format
THE NETWORKS
Traffic
Automation
Prep
Record
Caching
Servers
Digital
Ingest
Video Network
Transcode
Broadcast
Server
Archive
Broadcast
Peripherals
Operations
Network
Router
Serial Communications
House
Business
Network
Streamer
EVENT: New Digital Content
Traffic
Automation
Prep
Record
Caching
Servers
Digital
Ingest
Transcode
Broadcast
Peripherals
New Content Arrives on a
Caching Server
Cache delivers metadata to
Traffic and Automation
Databases
Broadcast
Server
Archive
Streamer
EVENT: New Digital Content
Traffic
Automation
Prep
Record
Caching
Servers
Digital
Ingest
Transcode
Broadcast
Peripherals
Traffic Schedules Program,
assigns a House Number and Orders Automation to
Ingest
Broadcast
Server
Archive
Streamer
EVENT: New Digital Content
Traffic
Automation
Prep
Record
Caching
Servers
Digital
Ingest
Transcode
Broadcast
Server
Archive
Streamer
Broadcast
Peripherals
Automation orders Digital
Ingest Unit to initiate transfer
Digital Ingest Unit orders
transfer and monitors
Broadcast Server
Caching Server moves Video
File to Broadcast Server
(with Transcoding if
necessary)
EVENT: New Digital Content
Traffic
Automation
Prep
Record
Caching
Servers
Digital
Ingest
Transcode
Broadcast
Server
Broadcast
Peripherals
An Operator can screen
and/or trim the video in
Automation Prep
Broadcast Server Signals
Automation of successful
transfer
Archive
Streamer
EVENT: New Digital Content
Traffic
Automation
Prep
Record
Caching
Servers
Digital
Ingest
Transcode
Broadcast
Server
Archive
Streamer
Broadcast
Peripherals
Automation confirms or
updates the metadata with
the Traffic system
Meanwhile, the Transcoder
makes a low resolution file for
the streamer
EVENT: Schedule Change
Traffic
Automation
Prep
Record
Caching
Servers
Digital
Ingest
Transcode
Broadcast
Peripherals
Automation driving the system
normally from a running Play List
Broadcast
Server
Archive
Streamer
EVENT: Schedule Change
1) Traffic system requests a current
copy of the playlist
2) Automation returns the list in
XML format
The Traffic Office
determines that a
schedule change to
the running list is
required.
3) Traffic Operator makes the
adjustment
4) Just before submission, Traffic
makes a second request for the
list and checks to see if the
changes are still valid
Traffic
Automation
5) If so, the changes are passed to
Automation
6) Automation inserts the changes
to the list and confirms back to
Traffic
SMPTE S-22
Working Group - Data Exchange
•Data Dictionary
•Messaging
•Schema
•XML
•July Submission
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Traffic
Automation
Prep
Record
Caching
Servers
Digital
Ingest
Video Network
Transcode
Broadcast
Server
Archive
Broadcast
Peripherals
Operations
Network
A truly useful Digital Asset
Management System should have
connections to all the metadata
available on the Broadcast
Asset
Operations net as well as the
Management
House Network
Server
Router
House
Business
Network
Streamer
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Automation Archive
System
System
Program
Character
Management Generator
Broadcast
Server
Traffic
System
House
Still Store
Systems
(Office Docs,
Contact)
Transcode
Newsroom Edit
Systems
System
Asset Management
Server
Art Room
Systems
REAL SYSTEM DESIGN
Edit
Asset
Mgmt
Vid Net
Art
News Room
Ops Net
Vendor
VPN
House Net
Router
The Internet
Stateful Packet Inspection Firewall
Spam Filter
Virus Protection
Spyware Protection
REAL SYSTEM DESIGN
You wouldn’t ask an Electrician to design your video networks.
I advise that you all consider utilizing the services of a
professional I.T. design engineer as you embark on your I.T.
build outs.
There is plenty for you to contribute to the process as most I.T.
designers have never had to wrestle with the performance
loads and requirements that we are asking our systems to do.
Thank You