Dolby Laboratories DP600 1.1 Work Flow Integration, 1.2 Work Flow Flexibility and Ease of Use

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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.

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folder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.