Live Capture ingest options

Extend the capabilities of your Live Capture system.

• Avid integration – Create Avid media and metadata for Media Composer or MediaCentral | Production
• GLIM – Create sub-clips and highlights from open,growing media files
• Live Schedule Pro – 24/7/365 orchestration and automation of multiple Capture systems complete with SDI and IP router control
• Vantage Transcode and Vantage Transcode Pro – Add industry leading file-based transcoding to your Live Capture ingest systems
• Vantage Analysis and Analysis Pro – Advanced media file inspection and reporting capabilities
• Vantage Metadata – Create, extract, manipulate and examine side-car and embedded metadata

Enterprise-Class Automated Capture & Ingest

Scalable, automated, multichannel IP and SDI capture solution for ingesting live or tape-based media directly into production, post-production and broadcast workflows. Live Capture processes video in 16-bit space to preserve total source quality and it records in wide variety of mezzanine file formats to local or shared NAS/SAN storage, with delivery options to FTP, object storage (S3), Aspera, Signiant and more.

Multi-Channel IP and SDI Ingest

Capture and process inputs from SD to UHD/4K via 3G or 12G SDI interfaces complete with confidence monitoring and status overlays. Out-of-box input support for compressed IP streams including MPEG2-Transport Streams, SRT, NDI and RTMP. Native ST2110 input support (-20, -30 & -40), NMOS IS-04 and IS-05 with 2022-7 redundancy up to UHD/4K via dual 25Gbe interfaces Intuitive web-based operation and management with built-in clustering capabilities included in all versions of Live Capture. Extensive media and metadata handling via Telestream’s Vantage media processing platform.

Integrated Avid Media Central and Media Composer ingest

Live Capture allows for native, live Avid ingest (Edit-While-Ingest) of growing Avid OpAtom media directly into Avid Media Composer and Media Central environments complete with Avid metadata creation and update capabilities, simplifying and automating your Avid ingest needs.

Growing File Record for Open Workflows

Record any source into growing files for instant, ongoing delivery to any production or processing workflow. Record and share edit-ready formats with Avid MediaCentral | Production (Interplay), Adobe Premiere Pro, Switch, Apple Final Cut Pro and more. Lower turnaround times for clips, highlights or promo packages in live and post-production environments. This includes both on premise or remote via WAN acceleration technologies such as Aspera and Signiant.

Live Capture is built on Vantage!

Live Capture is Vantage! Create Live Capture and Tape Capture origin actions in the Vantage to initiate smart, automated media processing workflows. Seamlessly and efficiently condition your media for contextualized viewing windows with correct branding, ads, captioning, ABR packaging, all from a single capture event.

Wide Format Support & Delivery Options

Record into enterprise-class codecs and containers ready for any workflow. Support for XAVC, DNxHD/HR, AVC Intra, AVC-Ultra, ProRes, JPEG2000, XDCAM, HEVC and many more. Simultaneous, concurrent delivery of growing files to onboard RAID, external storage including NAS, SAN and object storage such as S3.

Easy-to-Use Web Interface

Designed with a simple, intuitive web-based, HTML5 compatible user interface. Allows for complete control or remote management from any web portal and scales easily for large system deployment. Support for user-initiated, ganged, time-based segmented, SCTE marker initiated, or API driven ingests or add optional 24/7/365 scheduling.

Automated RS422 VTR Deck Control & Tape Logging

Easily manage up to 8 SDI-connected VTR’s in the GUI or using hot-key based transport controls. Control decks and capture actions remotely via the Web Services API. Built-in scheduling, triggering and automation features allow for set-it and forget-it capture and ingest workflows. Error-resistant whole-tape ingest means you will capture the entire tape without interruption, even if it is damaged or missing information. Easily define and bind capture variables, populate labels for downstream actions.

16-bit Video Processing

Utilizes Vantage’s superior, real-time video signal processing. Live Capture processes video in 16-bit space to preserve the highest quality assets and adhere to source material with complete accuracy. Future-ready for UHD, HDR, WCG, SMPTE 2020 processing requirements.