Ingest
As an IP-based system, iTX NEWS is ideally suited to a file-based workflow; content can be acquired from a wide variety of sources – live ingest, digital news delivery services, user-generated material, AVID, Final Cut Pro, Quantel etc. – and any mixture of formats can be combined in the same playlist, with the iTX playout engine performing the necessary conversions for the intended output format.

The OmniBus OPUS logging tools included within iTX NEWS offer quick and easy marking and logging of events either in the recorded content or on live video feeds, with annotation based on user-defined metadata schemas. The custom metadata layers can be used to indicate specific areas of interest to speed up the content selection process. The Desktop content viewer used for OPUS.Logging can display live feeds, full-resolution recorded clips or low-resolution proxy clips to support video logging at multiple points in the content workflow.

Features

Digital File Delivery

• Wide variety of formats (MPG, MXF, IMX, XDCAM, GXF) and resolutions can be dropped in the media Inbox and are available for immediate preview and transmission

• Simple, 1-button record from live video into the system; file name and metadata can be changed either during or after recording
• Real-time Desktop preview of stream

• Single or recurring events
• Dynamic port allocation
• Timeline display showing bookings by source or device

• Batch encoding from field tapes or archive

• Content can be scavenged from external video servers

• Automatic WM9 proxy and keyframes created for all ingested content