Truly Tapeless Workflow(s) IT is Going Outside Files Are Going HD Videotape is Going… Gone! There’s No Stopping IT Peter Fasciano Fellow, Advance Development Co-Founder, Avid Technology

Tapeless Workflow(s), Defined > The NLE workflow began- > NLE, an island, an IT guest in the house of video > Play video in, do stuff, play video out – to tape > Local storage for each NLE system, Paint system

Tapeless Workflow(s), Defined > The NLE workflow is maturing > Workgroup or Enterprise central/shared storage > Titles/graphics, effects, video editing, audio sweetening > Ingest from field systems based on videotape > Original footage on videotape provides a safety net > Original footage becomes a preliminary archive > Publish to playout servers, Web, DVD, videotape, etc.

Tapeless Workflow(s), Defined > The NLE workflow is becoming critical > Workgroup or Enterprise central/shared storage > Needs to be 6Δ reliable, carrier class, “digital dialtone” > Ingest from field systems based on ?? > Original footage – What’s original footage? > Original footage becomes a problem to archive > Publish to playout servers, Web, DVD, videotape, etc.

Tapeless Workflow(s), Defined > The NLE workflow and 6Δ reliability > Ingest and 6Δ > Double write on ingest – Local write / push to Enterprise > Dual Ingest – Store locally / push to N+N mirrored files > Playout and 6Δ > Flatten, Forward & Store > The less playout technology, the better > Nothing more complex than concatenated flatfile streams

Tapeless Workflow(s), Defined > The NLE workflow and 6Δ reliability > Bandwidth and 6Δ – For many competing workflows > High QoS production fabric - bandwidth for all clients > The client count is going up – need more viewing stations > Production fabrics & peak load design/management > Data files move at max wirespeeds, not videospeeds > File Xfer to playout systems – ASAP

Tapeless Workflow(s), Outdoors > The NLP workflow – I.T. is going outside > Adding field acquisition with I.T. based cameras > Completely eliminates videotape (raw footage) > Casual, ubiquitous screening/preview becomes an issue > Need more workflow options/strategies in the field > Field data copying & archiving > File & sequence transport options

Tapeless Workflow(s), Ahead > The NLP workflow – I.T. needs standards > MXF & AAF – good technologies & a good start > Moving files from camcorders to NLEs > I.T. Media – Plug-n-Play is the goal > Metadata – MXF – eliminate need to re-wrap files > OP-Atom is preferred for NLE performance

Tapes & Workflow – a look back > Tape based systems are naturally diffuse > Failures are physically isolated events > The rest of the facility remains unaffected > Enterprise failures > What happened? Was it a virus? > Bandwidth and subnetting – divide & conquer > Distribute the fabric – breakaway bandwidth