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USER REPORT /// File-Based QC /// By Michal Popela


ZECH TV, the national state broadcaster


for the Czech Republic, has more than 170 hours of incoming media


arriving each day, mainly as MXF files in XDCAM HD and IMX SD format. To help process this high volume of content they needed an automated quality control system. In mid-2013 Czech TV issued an open tender for a QC system. Digimetrics responded through their local reseller Traco Systems, offering an Aurora QC Solution consisting of Aurora Professional QC software with Hydra Player. In October Czech TV purchased Aurora to be its QC platform. The Aurora system had


proven itself to have the capability and performance that Czech TV required, Digimetrics had demonstrated its ability to listen to their needs and provide a responsive service, and the commercial offer met the Czech TV budgetary requirements. In November Czech TV went live with the Aurora QC system. Future plans include implementing the popular Aurora integration with Telestream Vantage.


At Czech TV three servers have four VUs installed, and two servers have eight VU each, making a total of 28 VU instances.


“Through extensive trials we


have confidence that Aurora QC provides us with the QC tests plans, the scalability, and the performance we need to manage our large volume of incoming media files,” said Pavel


Přibil, Systems Integration Engineer at Czech TV. Traco Systems and Digimetrics worked in partnership to provide a responsive service to meet the client’s needs, including high quality technical and commercial support throughout. QC Solution allows Czech TV to plan, analyse, review and take actions efficiently and accurately on their 170 daily hours of incoming media.


THE SYSTEM Czech TV operators use Aurora Web Clients to define custom Smart Test Plans, including actions to be taken based on


operator decisions. Five servers with a total of 28 Aurora VUs, Aurora Controller and Deep MXF Analysis Plug-In perform the QC analysis. Each VU analyses one file at a time, so for multiple files to be analysed concurrently multiple instances of VU are installed. At Czech TV three servers


have four VUs installed, and two servers have eight VU each, making a total of 28 VU instances. This provides the ability to analyse the 170 hours per day of content that Czech TV receives. An Aurora Deep MXF & AMWA Analysis plugin is installed on the system, enabling each VU to provide extensive KLV & RIP packet level analysis of the MXF container, as well as the ability to test MXF files against AMWA defined application specifications. Aurora Controller software supports unlimited Aurora Web


Client access to the VUs, allowing Czech TV operators to review the Aurora Test Reports from any machine on the network. Twenty-eight client machines have Digimetrics Hydra Player software installed, enabling operators to simply click on a reported QC issue on the Aurora Test Report to view the exact frame of the reported problem. They can then review the issue, scrubbing back and forth as required. Using the Hydra Review Bar


the Czech TV operators can rapidly move between reported QC issues and make QC decisions, including adding annotations or adding new artefacts noted during the QC process, all saved back to the Aurora XML report. The whole process reduces review time from minutes to seconds per issue. ///


Michal Popela is Sales Director local Digimetrics reseller Traco Systems.


CONTACTS www.digi-metrics.com www.tracosys.cz


April 2014 I TV Technology Europe 15////////////////


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