Specifications
Using Telestream Playback Service for Interplay | Transfer
Overview
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Avid Integration Guide
Overview
Telestream’s Playback Service for Avid Interplay | Transfer enables editors using Avid
Media Composer with the Interplay Transfer Engine to easily save sequences as
Telestream Intermediary Format (TIFO) files. This enables open file workflows—where
the files can be transcoded as they are being written, allowing you to create one or
more encoded output files as the source file is being written.
The Telestream Playback Service for Avid Interplay Transfer Engine is a Windows service
installed on an Avid Interplay Transfer Engine server. Telestream Playback Service
enables editors using Media Composer with Interplay Transfer Engine to save edited
sequences as Telestream Intermediary Format (TIFO) files so that they can be
immediately processed by Vantage while being exported.
Figure 22. Avid-Vantage Media Processing Workflow using Send to Playback
In practice, an Avid operator sends a sequence from Media Composer to a playback
device. The Interplay Transfer Engine transparently uses the Telestream Playback
service to save the media as a TIFO file and store it in a share monitored by a Vantage
workflow. When a new file is identified, a job is started, and the media file is processed,
transcoding the media to suit your requirements.
You can install the Playback service in any supported Avid configuration (see
Implementing Avid-to-Vantage Media Processing Workflows ) and on as many Interplay
Transfer Engine servers as required, and you can create multiple playback devices and
Vantage workflows to suit your media processing requirements.
When you have completed the implementation steps outlined in Setting up an Avid-
Export Vantage Workflow, please proceed to Transferring Sequences to Vantage to learn
how to utilize your Avid-Telestream media processing system. If you have problems
with your system, review the Troubleshooting topic for assistance.
Avid
Media Composer
Avid Interplay
Transfer Engine
Vantage
Playback
Service
Vantage
Workow
Sequences
TIFO Files
HD Files
SD Files
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