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Encode with AmberFin’s iCR Production Encoding
Whose idea was it to have so many different formats and standards for video?
At least with AmberFin it’s not something you need to worry about, since our iCR Production Encoding can convert almost anything you have into almost anything you want.
So if you still use tapes to go from one digital island to another or perform conversion operations, you can throw them out along with your ageing videotape recorder(s).
iCR Production Encoding can ingest and play back in standard definition (SD) or high definition (HD) and can import almost all file formats as well as reading XDCAM and P2 SD/HD disks and memory cartridges.
The best up, cross and down conversion on the market
It is difficult to deal with the myriad camera formats that can come your way: true 1920 HD, 720P HD, 1440 HD, 960x540 HD, XDCAM, MPEG-2 I-Frame, Long-GOP, DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO HD and even material with VBI in video or analog blanking.
If you dream of a simpler way of handling all these, look no further than iCR Production Encoding.
It can easily convert between any of these formats and it features the best scaling and de-interlacing technology on the market, giving you the best up, cross and down conversion you will ever see in a software product.
Encode in wrappers suited to your NLE equipment
Do you find your non-linear editing (NLE) systems have very specific file requirements? Are you tired of watching your creative operators waste time waiting for files to import? In that case, iCR Production Encoding is the answer to your problems.
Not only does it support major broadcast formats such as XDCAM and P2 but it can also be used to encode directly in P2 or XDCAM formats using the most appropriate wrapper for your NLE systems, such as Apple or Avid.
This means your iCR Production Encoding files will load onto your NLE equipment without any need for conversion or transcoding.
Ingest directly to NAS and SAN
Are you wasting time and money by ingesting files onto local storage on a computer before you can transfer them to your centralized storage archive, simply because your encoder doesn’t work well over storage area networks (SANs)?
With iCR Production Encoding you get solid reliability on almost any network-attached storage (NAS) or SAN system, with no dropped frames. So you can save time in copying files and forget about having to pay twice for storage space.
Don’t worry about proprietary encoders and servers
It is not acceptable that you continuously have to pay for expensive proprietary encoders and servers that run the risk of losing support anytime soon. Wouldn’t it be great to have some way of ensuring interoperability between your systems, now and into the future?
iCR Production Encoding software is regularly updated and upgraded to the latest industry formats, which means that no matter what other systems you use, you will no longer have to perform upgrades.
And iCR Production Encoding’s strong scripting capabilities can easily take care of backups or automatically load clips onto an FTP or website, improving your workflow.
Automatically save low-bit-rate proxies
If you are farming out captioning or other activities, it pays to be able to provide editors, producers or other partners your content at a low bit-rate so you do not have to spend time and money sending large files.
iCR Production Encoding makes this easy by giving you the option of creating low bit-rate proxies of your masters automatically during ingest, with burnt-in time code included.
Save satellite feeds direct to disk storage
If you are currently recording satellite feeds to tape and then having to re-encode them to disk storage later, then you will be glad to know there is a much more efficient way of dealing with this content.
With iCR Production Encoding you not only get SD and HD serial digital interface (SDI) ingest but also pre-compressed asynchronous serial interface (ASI) MPEG-2 ingest, allowing you to store satellite feeds direct to disk.
Encode multiple versions of a master in one go
iCR Production Encoding can automatically convert and repurpose your masters as they are being ingested.
Do you need a standard definition version of a high definition tape? Do you need two different flavors to feed different non-linear editing systems? Do you need to create dailies or multiple proxy formats? No problem.
Just set iCR Production Encoding system up once and it will all be taken care of automatically for you.
Make metadata easy
If you need to provide professional metadata for the broadcast market then iCR Production Encoding can ingest and repurpose vertical blanking information/vertical ancillary data space (VBI/VANC) to many different formats, saving you time and effort.
Benefits at a glance
| Benefit | iCR Production Encoding |
|---|---|
| Replace tapes and VTRs |  |
| Convert between any camera format | |
| Speed up NLE operations | |
| Integrate into proprietary systems | |
| Ingest direct to NAS/SAN | |
| Encode satellite feeds direct to storage | |
| Repurpose masters on ingest | |
| Repurpose VBI/VANC to different formats | |