Specifications

Work-Flow Integration
Dolby
®
DP600 Program Optimizer Manual 3
1.1 Work-Flow Integration
YoucanintegratetheDP600intoanexistingfile‐basednetworkinfrastructureasan
intelligentprocessingnode.Inthisenvironment,theDP600adaptstoyourday‐to‐day
operationsandworkflow,whichincludes:
•Programingest,audiotranscodingandconversion,andqualitycontrol(QC):Newly
ingestedcontentcanberoutedthrough
theDP600forloudnessanalysisand
correction,encoding,decoding,andconversionprocessesbeforebeingmovedtoyour
mediastoragelibraryorplay‐outserver.
• Postproduction:File‐basedDolbyE,DolbyDigital,andDolbyDigitalPlusbitstreams
canbeencodedanddecodedtoand frommultichannel.
wavorBroadcast.wavFormat
(BWF)fileswithmetadata(includedintheDolbyaudiometadatachunk).File‐based
mediaandaudioassetscanbeanalyzed,logged,and(ifnecessary)correctedinfaster
thanrealtimebeforedeliverytoclients.
•Adinsertion:NewlyingestedadcontentcanbepasseddirectlytotheDP600for
loudness
analysisandcorrectionbeforeit’splacedinyourstoragearchiveorad
server.
•Video‐on‐demand(VOD):Customer‐facingVODservers,asinstalledatcableand
IPTVhead‐ends,needtohavetheircontentnormalizedbeforeitismadeavailableto
thepublic.Thiscontentcanbesuppliedtotheservers
eitherdirectly,viaaningest
departmentatthebroadcasteroraffiliate,orviasatellitefromoneormorecontent
aggregators.TheDP600canbeinstalledatthecontentaggregator,normalizing
contentbeforeitissent(ʺpitchedʺ)overthesatellitelink.Alternatively,itcanbe
installedatthehead‐
end,takingcontentthathaseitherbeeningesteddirectlyor
caughtfromoneormorepitchersandnormalizingitbeforeitispassedtothe
customer‐facingserver.
1.2 Work-Flow Flexibility and Ease of Use
TheDolbyDP600platformsupportsseveraltypesofapplications,includingarchiving,
automatedQC,contentconversion,andmediaassetmanagement;itoffersconsiderable
potentialforintegrationwiththird‐party systemsthroughanopenapplication
programminginterface(API).
Tomeetspecificuserrequirements,youcancontroltheDP600anditsprocessingengines
in
threeways:
•Manualcontrol:Userscansetupandinitiateworkordersonanindividualorbatch
basisfromasimple‐to‐useinterface.
•Third‐partycontrolviaWebservices:Toenablesystemintegrationatanylevel,the
DP600’sprocessingenginesarealsoavailableasasetofWebservices.This
allows
manufacturerstointegratetheseenginesdirectlyintotheirworkflowtocreatea
seamlessuserexperiencewithoutimpactingday‐to‐dayoperations.
•Automatichotfol deringestprocess:Userscancreatehotfoldersandpredefinea
workorderprofileforeachone.TheprofilegovernstheDP600’s behaviorwith
specificbroadcast
mediatypes.Allmediafilesmovedtoahotfolderare
automaticallyprocessedbasedonthefolder’sprofileanddeliveredtoauser‐define d
folderuponcompletion.Hotfoldersareeasytosetupanduseandcangreatlyspeed
integrationtimewithinsomefacilities.