SUNNYVALE, Calif. — April 8, 2010 — Omneon Inc. today announced that the Omneon Spectrum™ media server and MediaDeck™ server system now support XDCAM® HD recording compliant with RDD9 MXF interoperability specification. This enhancement to the Omneon media servers' interoperability not only allows RDD9-wrapped content to be recorded directly to either server system, it also enables content from the Spectrum or MediaDeck server system to be dropped as files into a Sony MPEG Long GOP device — camera, deck, or editor — for immediate use or placement on removable storage.
"Omneon's support for RDD9 formats reduces production turnaround times required for the most demanding applications such as news and sports," said Takashi Honda, general manager of XDCAM Engineering, Professional Solutions Group at Sony. "Material can be moved freely among workflow elements without translation, transcoding, or rewrapping, streamlining operations while at the same time reducing complexity and cost."
"While Omneon server systems always have supported playback of RDD9 material, this enhancement ensures that other elements in a Sony XDCAM HD workflow can process Spectrum and MediaDeck server recordings natively," said Mark Cousins, product line manager for media servers at Omneon. "In addition to simplifying the overall workflow, this capacity gives operators confidence in the format compatibility of content throughout the broadcast workflow."
More information about Omneon products and solutions is available at www.omneon.com.
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About Omneon Inc.
Omneon Inc. is a leading provider of scalable media server and active storage systems that optimize workflow productivity and on-air reliability for the production, distribution, and management of digital media. Omneon is a pioneer in the use of advanced IT technologies and open systems for broadcast applications, producing a modular and expandable video server architecture in the Omneon Spectrum media server. The company's Omneon MediaGrid active storage system delivers centralized content storage that is scalable in capacity, bandwidth, and media-processing power. The company has an extensive global presence with customers in more than 50 countries on six continents. Omneon is on the Web at www.omneon.com.
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