Pinnacle Design 37T100105 Introduction, System Overview, MediaStream Media Gateway Application

Chapter 1: Introduction

Pinnacle System’s MediaStream Media Gateway (MMG) solution provides the following common production workflows:

•Partial and full file copy from the SAN to a Liquid blue workstation and importing into Liquid blue for editing while still actively transferring.

•File transfer from a Liquid blue workstation to the SAN, where the file is played by a Media Stream Server. A finished sequence can be fused to a file in a designated directory.

•Newcopy (partial) and full file copies between MSS clusters controlled by the copyDLL.

System Overview

Pinnacle System’s MediaStream Media Gateway product is a client-server application that is used for partial and full file transfers between MediaStream Server Cluster and Liquid blue workstations, and between and within MediaStream Server Clusters. The MMG server application is installed on a ConnectPlus 1000 gateway computer. The MMG client application is installed on the Liquid blue workstation for the editing configuration, while the copyDLL controls both full and newcopy operations between and within MediaStream Server Clusters. Additional hardware components include one or more MSS 8000 NS servers and the MediaStream Networked Storage System.

Liquid blue Application/MMG Client Application Media Management Gateway (MMG) Server Application

MSS 8000 NS Servers

ConnectPlus 1000 Gateway

Networked Storage System

Liquid blue Workstation

Figure 1-1: System Overview

Note: High-volume production environments may require a second ConnectPlus 1000 gateway and a dedicated Palladium Exchange computer for each gateway to manage their video transfers.

MediaStream Media Gateway Application

The MediaStream Media Gateway (MMG), a client-server application that you access via a graphical user interface, controls file transfers using FTP (File Transfer Protocol) between a stand-alone Liquid blue workstation and MSS 8000 NS servers.

MMG enables you to select clips for import into the Liquid blue workstation by file name and to fuse and copy an edited file back to MediaStream Servers. Partial (subclip) transfers and audio extraction are also supported.

The MMG client is installed on the Liquid blue workstation. The MMG server is installed on each ConnectPlus 1000 gateway computer in the system.