The MAM-Landscape of the ORF

Gerhard Stanz

May 21, 2015

System Overview

• MAM (Storing and Moving of Files, Metadata, Search)• P-CMS (Production CMS) – Viz Ardome + Mayam-Workflow-Engine• A-CMS (Archive CMS, ESYS) – FESAD & IBM Arema/Admira

• Search & Order Metasystem• mARCo (Multimeda ARChives Online)

• Planning Systems• RedSys (Rundown Planning)

• Teleplan (Playlist Planning)

• Other integrated neighbouring-Systems• KOKO (Radio/Audio Archive)

• ORFEUS (License and Contract Management)

• MAM of the regional Studios (Digas Audio -> Video)

• Signiant (Wide Area File-Transfers)

P-CMS

P-CMS

Viz Ardome

• Viz Ardome

• 4.10.01

• Storage

• Omneon / Isilon

• Capacity 350 TB (11.000 hrs Video)

• 2000-3000 new Items per Day

• XDCAM HD Only

• All Genres in one MAM

• Sport, Magazines; News, Promotion, Film & Series,

Documentaries (with „Low Fences“)

• Production Infrastructure

• Final Cut Pro (50 NLEs) + 10 Import/Export

• SONY XDCAM Acquisition

P-CMS (Production Content Management System)

Metadata

P-CMS (Production Content Management System)

Archiving Process

Archive System(s)

Archive-CMS

FESAD & ESYS (IBM Admira/Arema)

• FESAD

• Corporate Development of the SAD-Cooperation (German Public

Broadcasters ARD + ORF)

• IBM ADMIRA/AREMA @ ORF (Outsourced)

• 2 Tape Libraries with 12 Drives (LTO5)

• 16 Flip-Factory Instances to create Preview Video

• 24 Carbon Coder Transcoding Instances for Hires->Hires

Transcoding

• 20 TB Filechache

• Currently dimensioned for a Outgoing Capacity per Hour of(depending on which we reach first)

• 200 Items or

• 600 GB (24 Hours of Video)

• Last year‘s peak: 150 Items in 1 hour (approx 500/day)

Archive-CMS

Facts & Figures to File Workflows

• Operative since mid 2012

• Average archived / Month:

• 90.000 GB / 3600 hrs (43.000 hrs per Year)

• still growing

• Archive holdings after 3 Years:

• approx. 2 Petabyte

• Average file delivery (still growing strong):

• Q1 2015: 44.000 GB / Month (+ 63% 2014)

• 514 Items / 1400 GB per workday (+ 169% 2014)

• Self-Service 30% (+ 137% 2014)

Archive-CMS

File-Formats / Storage

• File Objects

• Core Formats

• D10 IMX 50 (SD)

• XDCAM-HD (Mainstream HD)

• Special Formats

• ProResHD (Premium HD)

• Single File or Video + Audio separated

• MPEG-4 H264 (Compliance Recordings)

• BLOBs

• Folder Structures / Projects 2-4 TB

• 3 Copies of every File (2 Online, 1 Offline)

• Mid-Term Archive Funcionality

• Films and Series are archived with an pre-decided deletion date

Archive-CMS / FESAD

Search-Interface (450 Fields search and combineable)

mARCo

mARCo

Meta-Search and Order System

mARCo

Search Results from 3 Collections

MARCO

Detail View FESAD

mARCo

Self-Service Rules

• user has the „download for today“ button if:

• the material is either

• her/his own departement and rights-code is not on the blacklist

• foreign departement and rights-code is on the whitelist

• not longer than one hour in one piece

• user still under the daily download-limit of 6 hrs

• furthermore: if material is longer than 10 minutes -> lowest priority

• otherwise

• download for the next day (if quotas are exceeded)

• route request to the archive to be handled during office hours (in any case if

restrictions apply)

• self-service restrictions save material from misuse and ESYS from overload

• timely ordering

• careful selection (amount and licenses)

ORF

Rights Codes

• (1) All Rights ORF

• (2) for all ORF-Productions (EVN)

• (4) unrestricted for Austria

• (5) TV/Online Europe

• (6) APTN

• (7) CNN

• (8) Reuters

• (9) SNTV

• (87) blocked (by Journalist)

• (88) Absolutely blocked (Legal Dpt.)

• (98) Mixed Case

• (99) License Clearing necessary

ORF MAM

Conclusions

• Achieved Results• Indeed all Departements could be integrated• „Low Fences“ in P-CMS work• Performance• Stability• High Level of Self-Service

• Remaining Challenges• Broadening of Know-How• Reinforce Emergency Routines• Storage Management• Lifecycle Management of various combined Systems

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