
FastServe | Ingest is a powerful next-generation broadcast video server designed to accelerate content turnaround in live news, sports, and entertainment productions. It offers high channel count in a compact design, meeting baseband capture challenges and providing maximum collaborative efficiency when used with MediaCentral and Avid NEXIS
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Avid Technology
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FastServe | Ingest is a powerful next-generation broadcast video server designed to accelerate content turnaround in live news, sports, and entertainment productions. It offers high channel count in a compact design, meeting baseband capture challenges and providing maximum collaborative efficiency when used with MediaCentral and Avid NEXIS
Key Features
High-Performance Ingest FastServe | Ingest enables rapid content capture and processing
- Encodes up to four UHD streams or eight HD streams simultaneously
- Supports HDR for Avid DNxHR and XAVC-I 1080p formats, as well as DNxHR UHD
Edit-While-Capture Functionality Allows for immediate content editing during the ingest process
- Enables logging and editing of incoming streams within seconds of recording start
- Creates high-quality proxies in parallel for instant availability to MediaCentral and Media Composer users
Advanced Codec Support Extends versatility with support for multiple professional codecs
- Offers up to eight AVC-I 100 or XAVC-I Class 100 HD, 1080i, or 1080p ingest channels
- Provides simultaneous dual ingest of high-res and proxy media directly to Avid NEXIS
Benefits
Accelerated Workflow Speeds up content production and distribution
- Enables dispersed creative teams to access and edit incoming media from anywhere
- Increases the speed and accuracy of media ingest through advanced automation
Enhanced Collaboration Facilitates seamless teamwork in media production
- Integrates with MediaCentral for improved accessibility and editing capabilities
- Simplifies multi-resolution dynamic relink for MediaCentral and Media Composer editors
Streamlined Multi-Cam Operations Simplifies management of multiple video sources
- Allows syncing of multiple channels over multiple servers with a single button press
- Reduces complexity in synchronizing multiple camera feeds for editing