Why is Viz Ardome™ one of the most successful Media Asset Management systems
worldwide? Maybe, it's because Viz Ardome is not at all like other MAM
systems in the industry.
The first and probably most important difference is that the implementation
process starts with no system at all. Why is this so significant? Because it
means that we tailor a product that is adapted exactly to your needs,
instead of forcing you to tweak your workflow to suit a system that comes
off the shelf.
The other big difference is that Viz Ardome is not only a storage system. It
is part of the Vizrt Media Asset Management family that consists of a whole
range of products, covering different tasks from tape ingest to video
editing. But don't worry; existing third party systems are by no means left
out. Viz Ardome integrates with leading systems for non-linear editing,
scheduling, newsrooms, and playout automation.
Efficiency comes with experience
Viz Ardome has come a long way, since it was installed at a customer site for
the first time in 2001. But it is not only the product that has matured over
the last years; with the experience of hundreds of installations around the
world the Viz Ardome team has gathered valuable experience when it comes to
planning and handling large scale MAM projects. The collective Vizrt
expertise is at your disposal throughout the implementation process and
assures the smoothest possible progress independent of the actual project
size. How much support you want is completely up to you; our services range
from basic installation support to delivering turn key projects.
A true multi-purpose MAM system
We like to describe Viz Ardome as a “multi-purpose” MAM system. In its core it
was designed to meet a large variety of different requirements, ranging from
typical broadcast uses, for example in fast paced news production, to
specific needs in other markets such as playout to multiple devices or long
term preservation of media assets. And don’t worry about any special product
capabilities or integration points. The Viz Ardome experts will create a
system that meets all your needs, be it highly specialized programming
workflows or acting as the gateway to new media implementations.
What Ardome does for you
When developing Viz Ardome we didn’t want to create just another database. We
wanted a product that would make all the daily tasks of media management
from ingest to editing and
playout not only easier but also more efficient. For instance, users can check
the availability and status of media files directly from their desktop. They
can instantly see if media files are being used in other contexts, when a
file was used the last time and even if special restrictions apply. After
finding a suitable file, users can even rough cut it right on their desktop
machine. Since there is no need to assign sub tasks to other departments the
whole workflow becomes more efficient, and resources can be used for more
important tasks.
The potential for growth
Times change and so does the industry. Nobody can say for sure what the
technical requirements for a media asset management system will be in five
years time. It’s good to know then, that Viz Ardome can be scaled to address
all demands to a future system. Should growing traffic demand not hundreds
but thousands of simultaneous users then Viz Ardome can easily be scaled up
to meet the demand. The same is also true for the amount of concurrent media
operations.
The size of the database itself is virtually unlimited. You need to store
years and years worth of video material? Not a problem for Viz Ardome. Our
largest installation to date easily supports 2.6 Petabytes (2,600,000
Gigabytes) and there’s still room for future growth.
Open product platform
Viz Ardome is not an island. It runs on a number of hardware and software
platforms, and supports most third-party systems that
can be found in TV stations around the world. This support includes video
servers and routers as well as automation systems and newsroom components.
In addition, Vizrt has developed a platform certification process that
analyses products for which support does not yet exist.
Core and Companion Products
Much of Viz Ardome’s flexibility is based on its architectural principles. The
core functions, such as storage management, metadata handling, search,
workflows, and user management are implemented in the system itself.
Optional features are realized by additional Companion Products that enhance
the feature set of the core product.
In most scenarios Viz Ardome is deployed with one or more of the following
Companion Products.
- Viz Media Processor for the generation of proxy video, media format conversion
and basic file QC
- Viz DART, Viz Capture and Viz Upload for feed, tape and file ingest
- Viz Video Engine as a two channel HD and SD video server
- Viz PreCut and Viz EasyCut for proxy based video cutting and editing
- Viz Media Logger for advanced archive logging
In combination, these products and integrations provide a flexible and
powerful end-to-end workflow that effectively enhance the value of any
existing media database.
- Large-scale Media Asset Management
- Multi-user interface allowing simultaneous work production
- Wide support for media operations in news, sports and broadcast services
- Leading archive capabilities including configurable metadata, search and policies
- Rich feature set for production of new media – mobile, broadband, etc
- Drives incremental revenue from repurposing of content
- HD support including integration with leading video servers and craft editors
- Large toolset for proxy video browsing, logging and editing
- Flexible configuration and customization options and Open APIs
