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The Next Generation
Media Asset Management System -Presentation-
Wei Wu
Sony Corporation SMPTE 2014 Nov.19th
Issues with the current MAM systems
Key Words of the next generation MAM
3
Intelligent Resource Management Workflow Automation
Business Activity Monitoring
Next Generation MAM
Enterprise Search Provider
Use Case:
1. Retrieve asset from Sony Optical Disc Archive;
2. Un wrapper the asset from OP1A to OPAtom;
3. Send it to Avid iPAM for editing;
4. Convert the edited file from OPAtom to OP1A;
5. Send it to Play out Server. You can do step by step, go through them manually, or…
Workflow Automation
Front Porch DIVArchive
Submit Job to DIVArchive, retrieve the
asset from ODA
When retrieve job is completed,
register it to Avid
Avid iPAM
When Edit task is completed,
automatically covert OPAtom to
OP1A
Automatically submit job to FTP Service, and transfer the OP1A file
to Play out server
Sony Convert Service
Play out Server
Abstract Service FIMS Adapter
(e.g. Transform) L3
Abstraction Workflow Architecture
Client Interface Web GUI Traffic Schedule Watch Folder
L1
Customer Workflow L2
1. Support both FIMS and direct adapter
2. Change device without changing workflow
Transcode Service
HSM Service
Adapter Service Rhozet
Adapter Vantage Adapter
DIVArchive Adapter
L4
Device
L5 Rhozet WFS
Vantage Front Porch DIVArchive
Aspera Signiant
Intelligent Resource Management
DRA = Dynamic Resource Allocation
• Determining Available Resources
• Identifying Resource Shortage
• Managing Job Queue
• Determining Appropriate Resource
Load Balancing
Fail Over
DRA - Load Balancing
WO1 pri2 Ingest Transfer Transcode
WO2 pri1 Ingest Transcode
Ingest Service
Transcode Service
Transfer Service
Pipeline Pri=4
Digital Rapids Pri=1
Vantage Pri=5
Aspera Pri=5
Workflow
Abstract
Service
Device
Transfer
Ingest1
DRA – Load Balancing Sample
Ingest
Pipeline pri4
DR pri1
Transcode
Vantage pri5
Transfer Aspera pri5
Ingest1
WO1 pri2
Ingest2
WO2 pri1
Ingest2
Transfer 2 Transcode 2
Pause transfer 1 (pri=2) by transfer 2 (pri=1)
Resume transfer 1
Trans fer1
Trans fer1 Transfer 2
Transcode 2
Transcode 1
Transcode 1
Enterprise Search Provider
Enterprise Search Provider
Enterprise Search Service
Enterprise Search Workflow Ente
rprise
Search
GU
I
WS Adapter
DB Adapter
Central DB
Sony CMS
DIVArchive
DB sync supported
Avid iPAM
Get Assets Info Get Object/Tape Info
Dalet MAM
Quick Search and Advanced Search
ESP Search “Workflow”
Business Activity Monitoring – Report level Dashboard
Sample - File Transfer Sample - Transcode
Device Jobs
Status
Workflow
Status
Business Activity Monitoring – Detail Level Dashboard
Human Task
Status
Business Activity Monitoring – Work order level Dashboard
In Summary…
Business Challenges
• The Media world is changing and it will continue to change
• There is more work to be done. But there is less Money…
• Staff costs still high on even the most basic of tasks
Technical Challenges
• The Tapeless dream is more like a Nightmare
• Huge number of Formats and Metadata – Drive up costs
• Complexity with their Infrastructure
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