Inc. Program Optimizer Manual

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wherethe
unitfunctions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qualitycontrol:Newlyingestedcontentcan
berouted
throughtheDP600forloudnessanalysisand correction,encoding,
decoding,andtranscoding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suitsseveraltypesofapplications,includingarchiving, 
automatedqualitycontrol,contentconversion,andmediaassetmanagement,anditoffers
considerablepotentialforintegrationwiththird‐partysystemsthroughanopen
applicationprogramming interface(API).
YoucancontroltheDP600anditsprocessingenginesinthreewaysto
suitspecificuser
requirements.
•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‐defined
folderuponcompletion.Hotfoldersareeasytosetupanduseandcangreatlyspeed
integrationtimewithinsomefacilities.