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The Stream VOD Packager software
reduces the complexity of preparing content assets for Video On
Demand (VOD) distribution, enabling easy creation of metadata
compliant with VOD server specifications and encapsulating it with
associated media into complete content packages.
VOD Content Asset Package Creation Simplified
The Stream VOD Packager
software application provides a user-friendly interface for creating
metadata structures compatible with the CableLabs VOD Metadata
Specification and packaging them with encoded media for loading onto
Video On Demand (VOD) servers. Stream VOD Packager complements our
StreamZ and StreamZHD media encoding servers' ability to create MPEG2
files compatible with the CableLabs content encoding specification
from a wide array of input sources including digital media files,
tape and live feeds. Stream VOD Packager makes creating the
associated metadata and packaging it with the media in VOD
server-ready form as easy as the encoding.
Template-Driven Ease
Stream VOD Packager simplifies
metadata creation with an intuitive, template-driven interface.
Advanced users are able to create or customize templates that include
fields for the metadata needed for their particular VOD server.
Standard users then simply open the pre-defined templates and fill in
the data required. When the operator had finished entering the data,
the application will validate all required fields before making the
ADI package.
Once metadata editing is complete, Stream VOD Packager
combines the metadata with the associated high definition or standard
definition media file into a complete package compatible with
CableLabs VOD standards. Packages can be saved into archive folders
on into Tar files in preparation for distribution.
A Powerful VOD Production Workflow
While Stream VOD Packager supports
the packaging of metadata with pre-encoded HD or SD media files from
any encoder that conforms to CableLabs encoding specifications,
integration with StreamZ and StreamZHD provides the optimal workflow
benefits. When encoding MPEG2 files meeting CableLabs'
specifications, the Stream software can export a data file that can
be used by Stream VOD Packager to automatically fill in the metadata
fields relating to the technical attributes of the media.
The Stream VOD Packager software can be run on any
Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 system, and need not be on the same
system as the Stream encoder - thus leaving the encoding systems
available for their intended tasks.
Together, the Stream VOD Packager software and the
StreamZ family of encoders offer an unparalleled combination of input
format flexibility, quality, productivity and cost-effectiveness for
the production of server-ready, standards compliant VOD files.
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