FlipFactory NewsManager Features & Benefits

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STANDARD FEATURES:
Simplifies Ingest and Transfer of News from Multiple Sources
Automatically ingests content from Pathfire DMG, Reuters and BitCentral delivery servers, Launch, ClipMail systems, FTP servers, legacy video servers and edit systems.

Seamless File Transfer
Exchange media/metadata between your newsroom and legacy systems, including broadcast and VOD servers and leading nonlinear editing systems.

Tapeless
Replace tape and analog-to-digital conversions with faster, more efficient file transfer.

Best in Class Factory Automation
Hands-free processing; simply set rules for where to look for source files, what to do with them, and where to deliver them.

Extensive Format Support
The industry’s broadest and deepest file format support – including frame-accurate proxies for browse edit systems.

Consistent, Scalable, Reliable
Set up factories once for consistent high-quality output results; scale across multiple servers; add 24/7 reliability for critical workflows.

MetaFlip™ Metadata Transformation Engine
Associates metadata with media and auto-publishes it to podcast, iTunes or Google. Also enables generation of usage reports.

Complex GXF File Decode Support
Provides decoding of Complex GXF files produced by Grass Valley news systems.

Convert News to Popular Mobile and Web Formats
WMV/VC-1, H.264, iPod, 3GPP, MPEG-4, Real, QT, MP3, AAC, AMR, WAV, WMA, PSP

Clip Trimming
Trim media files of unwanted bumpers and trailers - simple user interface allows for frame accurate trimming of all input formats.

Multi-File Submission
Now simplify submission of multiple clips to the same transcoding session with the one-pass multi-file selection and submission feature.

Folder Monitoring Simplifies Submission of Source Media
Built-in automatic monitoring of local, network and FTP folders for arrival of new media, then automatic submission of media to an associated factory. Monitors also available for video servers, ClipMail appliances, and media delivery systems. Save media directly to folders for automatic submission to a factory or simply drag/drop media into a factory.

Video & Audio Preprocessing Support
Media processing enhanced with: mask filter for automatic conversion to 16:9, 14:9 or custom masked frames, a frame mode filter for controlling input video field/frame detection, audio level analysis with waveform generator, inverse telecine, automatic software updater, ability to re-submit jobs making restarts easy, audio/video fade in/out, hue rotation, saturation, sharpen, blur and RGB color rescale; audio channel mixing of up to 8 audio channels; nonlinear anamorphic rescaling, color channel remapping, and more.

Video Processing Filter Timecode Burn-in
Burns in detected timecode (either normal timecode or VITC or both) to media being processed (only timecode detected by FlipFactory will be burned in; controlled in the Video Analysis Process/Analyze component). Enables users to make frame-accurate edit decisions when viewing video on a system that does not display timecode.

Closed Caption Extraction / Synthesis
Automatically extracts key attributes such as scene detection, key frame, closed caption, time code and audio levels from source media and provides them as metadata to media asset management systems (MAM) for search, retrieval and management. Enables VBI closed caption synthesis from alpha numeric formats.

Overlays Can Be Added Anywhere in the Picture
Embed an overlay such as a watermark into your video to protect your assets. Supports many image file formats including PNG, BMP, JPEG, GIF, LBM, PCX, PNG, PPM, TARGA, TIFF, and WBMP.

Transport Plug-in Architecture
Enabling seamless integration with specialized and user-provided plug-ins, making it easy to get media on and off various devices.

MotionResolve®
Provides superior standards conversion quality, e.g. NTSC to PAL, up-conversion from SD to HD material and de-interlacing when transcoding from interlaced to progressive formats.

Windows-based Enterprise Server Software
Runs on our recommended Windows server, or we offer it pre-installed on a server.

Apple Support for FlipFactory Client
FlipFactory user interface runs on Apple Mac OS X operating system and Safari Web browser, providing convenient desktop access to media files for Mac users.

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OPTIONS:
Avid TransferManager Plug-in Option
Eliminates the need for a separate import step - automatically imports media into Avid Unity media network or to an Avid editing system via the Avid Unity TransferManager - in the required Avid DV25/DV50 or IMX 30,40,50 format, wrapped in OMF or MXF.

FlipScan™ Option
Automatically scans and analyzes uploaded source video, audio and metadata, including user-generated content.  Enables validation and processing according to workflow rules you define, including: formats, codecs, screen size, bit rate, aspect ratio, and much more.

FactoryArray™ Option
Extends the power of FlipFactory from a single server to an array of servers working together to process jobs in the most efficient and secure manner possible. Includes: Intelligent load-balancing to distribute jobs across servers, auto-failover protection to ensure uninterrupted job processing, and database mirroring to back up job workflow information and provide automatic recovery mechanisms for all workflows. 

GraphicsFactory® Option
Applies multiple graphics layers such as QuickTime overlays, image overlays, text, with timeline-driven events such as fades and movie start/stops.

MXF Media File Transfer Support for Major Camera and Server Systems
Support for most major servers and cameras, including Panasonic P2, Grass Valley, Omneon, Pinnacle, EVS, Sony XDCAM, XDCAMHD and others.

Superior Up-Conversion with MotionResolve®
Dramatically improves interlaced-to-interlaced and interlaced-to-progressive conversions on a per-pixel basis by intelligently detecting and including/excluding motion across fields. Upconverts compressed SD interlaced 480/576 line content to superior quality 1080i and 720p HD output.

Pipeline™ Encoder Integration
Automate live or tape-based encoding directly into FlipFactory using the Telestream Pipeline™ network encoder.

Screen Subtitling Integration
Full integration with Screen Subtitling software, allowing generation of open (burnt-in) subtitles from .STL, .PAC, and Lingua subtitle files for all supported video formats, including HD, SD, Mobile, IPTV, and web formats.

Integrated Flash 8 Video Encoding
Full integration with the On2 VP6 SDK for Flash 8 video in SWF and FLV wrappers.

Conforming Module Option
Conforms multiple source files into a single clip from EDLs generated by MAM clients - adding value to news edit, rough-cut edit and quick video assembly.