Bremen, 10. September 2014
WDR Mediagroup Digital decides to use MXF Legalizer
Since February 2011, WDR mediagroup digital (WDRmg digital) is migrating the analog and digital Betacam tape library of the largest broadcaster in Germany, the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). The used archive system is A.D.A.M. (Automated Digital Archive Migration). In summer 2014, already more than 250'000 Betacam tapes were transferred to IBM Jaguar streamer tapes.
The A.D.A.M.-system provides automatic quality control of the playback process. Dirty tapes are automatically detected and fetched by the robot arm and inserted into a tape-cleaner. After cleaning, a further try to migrate the tape is started. The system is documenting its processes automatically, including defects and their rejection. To expand the quality assurance on the created MXF files, WDR and WDRmg digital have decided to purchase two MXF Legalizer systems.
MXF Legalizer has been developed by Cube-Tec International. The purpose of the MXF Legalizer is the correction of MXF files to conform to the highest possible standards and to secure interoperability. This is all done in a fully automated high-speed process. Incoming MXF containers and MPEG essence streams are processed so that all doubtful and potentially error-prone specifics are corrected. Using special settings, client specific changes to MXF files are also supported.#
WDR mediagroup digital is using large-scale media migration products from Cube-Tec successfully for years. During extensive pre-tests, we could together with WDR QC team assure that MXF Legalizer will fulfil our requirements.
- Reinhard Stöckmann, WDRmg digital Archive and Production Services Management
Media quality assurance in large-scale fully automatic workflows is the core application of MXF Legalizer. Today, there is no comparable product on the market that comes close to the performance of MXF Legalizers automatic MXF file repair. The two systems will be integrated into IBM AREMA with FIMS interfaces.
- Jörg Houpert, Head of Technology, Cube-Tec International
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