Pharos announces the integration of Apple’s Final Cut Pro 6 editor into its Mediator V3 broadcast workflow management system. This new option, which will be introduced at IBC 2007, adds SD, HD and multiformat editing, multichannel audio editing and graphic effects processing to be performed within the Mediator V3 working environment.
“The combination of Mediator and Final Cut Pro offers a huge increase in the efficiency of broadcast post-production,” comments Russell Grute, Director of Marketing at Pharos Communications. “A central part of Mediator’s role is to ensure that the right job is performed at the right time: projects are completed according to compliance, approval and transmission priority. In multi-channel and particularly multi-language operations, Final Cut Pro makes high throughput non-linear desktop editing extremely easy as operators have the correct source files immediately to hand.”
Once all the required clips have been selected, Mediator automatically uploads all relevant information to a new Final Cut Pro project and opens multiple preconfigured timelines if required. Mediator then fetches the source-resolution files from the appropriate location. If media are in a different format, Mediator performs the entire transfer process, including any required re-wrapping or re-encoding, completely automatically.
After editing, the system forwards the final version with the correct ID to the right destination for compliance, approval or transmission.
Mediator manages the naming, saving and transfer of all finished versions. Multiple versions are processed as required by transwrapping/transcoding within Mediator and any other third-party processing to be ready for archiving, presentation and playout.
When an editing project is completed, audio files are repositioned or tagged within Mediator to be presented in the correct channel for transmission. This process greatly simplifies transmission system configuration and removes the need for unnecessary re-embedding or audio shuffling.
Mediator with Final Cut Pro also supports direct attachment to an intermediate storage system such as Apple XSAN, Isilon iQ or Omneon Media Grid. This suits architectures where simultaneous access to source files is acceptable, files are available in the nearline storage and straightforward video compression and aspect ratio choices are possible. In this case, jobs are commissioned, scheduled and edited with no other transwrapping or transcoding required.
Pharos is focused on developing software architecture to deliver better broadcast process management for service providers in television broadcast, radio, IPTV and telecommunications. For over 10 years Pharos has continually developed the unique Mediator, Playtime and Pilot desktop broadcast management solutions to offer a next-generation platform to better manage the flow of media through broadcast facilities.