Intelligence for Harmonizing Cloud-Based and On-Premises Workflows in Standards Conversion

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE Mot. Imag. J
Volume: 129, No. 10, pp. 14–20
Abstract: Cloud computing offers significant benefits to broadcasters including the ability to scale up processing to meet peak or unexpected demands. Many broadcasters experience instances where material suddenly arrives in the wrong format for a given project or distribution network. Keeping a standards converter on standby for such situations is expensive and uses up valuable assets. In this paper, we describe a system that enables broadcasters to use in-house resources for regular operations, with intelligent offloading of critical or irregular processing demands into the cloud when required. Content arriving is analyzed and directed into the appropriate workflow path, for example, transcoding-only on-premise. Where a frame rate, format, or aspect ratio conversion is needed, the content can be directed to a cloud-based, motion-compensated, standards converter, where resources are allocated to meet the requirements of the job. We conclude with results from the evaluation of this system by a major German broadcaster.
Publication Date: 2020-11-01
DOI: 10.5594/JMI.2020.3021566
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279 | Electronic: 2160-2492
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/JMI.2020.3021566
Author(s): Paola Hobson
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Paola Hobson is the managing director of InSync Technology Ltd., Petersfield, U.K., an employee-owned company specializing in signal processing hardware and software for the professional broadcast and media industries. InSync has more than 17 years of experience in design, development, and production of world-leading motion-compensated standards converters. Hobson’s career spans more than three decades of working in advanced technology companies. She has significant experience in new product development and market introduction in fields such as high-definition (HD) and ultrahigh-definition (UHD) television, mobile image communication, content personalization, and video processing. She holds BSc, PhD, and MBA degrees and is the author of numerous patents.
Christoph Jurkuhn
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Christoph Jurkuhn has been working in the broadcast industry for more than a decade. After graduating with a degree in media technology, he worked for production companies, system integrators, and software vendors covering various roles as a support engineer, senior systems engineer, presales consultant, and solution architect. He joined Hiscale, Cologne, Germany, in October 2017, as a product manager and was named head of product and presales in February 2020.
Keyword(s): Cloud, Format Conversion, Frame Rate Conversion, Standards Conversion
Copyright: © 2020 SMPTE

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