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The Transcoding Power of Vantage 6.2 by Telestream

The Vantage 6.2 transcoding family of  system management solutions encompasses the dynamic workflow that Telestream has been providing end users for years in the area of transcoding methodology. Gone are the drawbacks of  decreased image quality and digital compression artifacts and noticeable digital generation loss.  The Vantage 6.2 solution is proven in the areas of content production, multi-screen  delivery, and device interoperability. Receiving the 2013 HPA Engineering Excellence Award from Hollywood Post Alliance for it’s 16-bit 4:4:4:4 transcoding technology, Telestream has continued to provide the industry with groundbreaking process that takes your content workflow to the next level.

The world class family of video transcoding and workflow technologies consists of the following line of “best-in-class” products: Vantage Transcode- this product delivers revolutionary processing speeds while still delivery immaculate picture quality. The highlights of Vantage Transcode products which can be used as standalone or clustered with Vantage Array which has the ability to bridge incompatible devices with faster than real time file based transcoding, it prepares your media content for broadcast, mobile, edit and web formats and has the ability to move trancoding and content ingest from edit and desktop systems to powerful servers! The Vantage Pro product line simplifies the media conversion by converting your metadata of video and audio properties between all of the major broadcast servers, edit systems, MXF, MPEG-2, web, and mobile file formats.  The up-converting of SD interlaced to 1080i and 720p HD output is a true marker of the incredible quality that Vantage brings to the marketplace!

The addition of the Lightspeed GPU acceleration improves the Vantage performance and throughput by incorporating the 1RU Lightspeed Server which utilizes multiple GPUs and CPU cores which accelerates the video processing power and H.264 transcoding. The significant  improvement to the image quality and the reduction of transcoding time is accomplished through the enhanced de-interlacing, resizing, and the accelerated H.264 encoding process. The Vantage Transcode Multiscreen product converts directly from a wide variety of source formats, delivers final files directly to the CDN and to the on-site origin servers, and  establishes x264 speed H.264 encoding. The automatic packaging files for Apple HLS, Adobe Dynamic Streaming, Microsoft Smooth Streaming, MPEG DASH and Mp4 progressive downloads covers all of the major industry’s file types by providing real-time visibility and hands-free publishing! The Vantage Array server software provides for Vantage Transcode Multiscreen to be clustered across numerous servers. The full scalability, load balancing and redundancy plus the added benefit of 24/7 reliability and auto -fail over certainly will  meet your workflow  environment needs.

The Transcode IPTV VOD has the ability for direct ingest of content from broadcast servers and allows for full spectrum broadcast, edit, IPTV, VOD web and mobile VOD formats, the addtion of Pipeline for ingestion of media from tape or live sources, and Vantage Analysis for analyzing media properties to best suit the transcoding media profiles. The Vantage product line from Telestream has considerable value and measurable results! In April, make sure to stop by their NAB 2014 booth and take a test drive of this incredible product!

For more information about Telestream go to: www.telestream.net/telestream-home.htm ; For more information, fact finding, and research about the innovative family line of Vantage transcoding products go to: http://www.telestream.net/vantage/overview.htm ;  Also, download a free trial of Vantage at: dynamic.telestream.net/downloads/login.asp?prodid=vantage&message=login

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Matthew has worked in both the private sector and in higher education for over 25 years. He specializes in the areas of digital media project management, broadcast engineering and media production. Matthew has extensive knowledge in digital post production, digital asset management, digital cinema production, and broadcast facility integration. Mr. Harchick actively researches state of the art broadcast, cutting edge digital cinema and smart audio visual technologies for client implementation and is available for your consultation needs.

Matt and his family currently reside in the Washington, D.C metro area.
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