Carbon Coder (Software only)
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Carbon Coder is a universal transcoding application that facilitates the transfer of media between acquisition, editing, playout, archive, Web, mobile and more. Supporting all major formats (currently more than 40), Carbon Coder is continually updated to accommodate new formats. Carbon Coder can run as a stand alone application or as part of a multinode, fully automated
rendering farm under the control of Carbon Server.
As part of the transcode process, Carbon Coder handles a wide array of critical operations including SD/HD conversion, PAL/NTSC conversion, logo insertion, color space conversion, color correction, Close Captioning extraction and more. Carbon Coder provides high performance, scalable and costeffective transcoding for a broad range of business environments, from specialized studios to enterprise scale installations. Carbon Coder can be run via its user interface or via an XMLbased API that is included with the product. The same API controls both Carbon Coder and Carbon Server.
(Cost is per machine license)
Intuitive User Interface
Carbon Coder’s intuitive interface gives you complete
control over every aspect of the transcoding process.
Simultaneously convert a single file into any number of target
formats, each with a unique set of operations and filters
applied. For example, you can burn in a logo and timecode
on a review format, while applying special cropping to a
mobile format. Save settings as profiles to re-use on
future transcoding projects.
Automated Operation
Carbon Coder can be run in a fully automated mode. Watch
folders and FTP transfers can be configured to automatically
transcode any files that are moved to specified locations,
and then the results can be placed into designated locations.
For example, a single Carbon Coder workstation can service
a group of editors, taking their completed projects and
converting them into the appropriate format for a
playout server.
Scalable Transcoding
For large transcoding tasks, multiple Carbon Coders can
be configured as a transcoding farm, under the control of
Carbon Server software. Carbon Server manages job
distribution, prioritization, load balancing, FTP transfers,
status monitoring and job notification. All interaction with
the server software is through an administrative Web
interface that can be accessed remotely, from across
the office or around the world.
XML-based Interface
Carbon Coder can be controlled directly via an XML-based
SDK provided with the software. Every aspect of the
transcoding process can be controlled by the SDK, including
source/target destinations, transcoding parameters, filtering,
compositing, ad insertion, titling, notifications, etc. The same
SDK controls both Carbon Coder and Carbon Server, so
your work will scale from a single machine to an entire farm.
Additional Functions:
Basic Operations
- Frame size conversion
- Frame rate conversion
- Color space conversion
- Aspect ratio conversion
- Interlace/de-interlace
- Telecine/inverse telecine
- PAL/NTSC conversion
- SD/HD conversion
- Cropping
- Key-frame extraction
- Multiple target outputs
- Batch processing
Advanced Operations- Timecode imprint
- Subtitle/CC imprint
- XML controllable titler
- Metadata transport/conversion
- Line 21/CC conversion
- Watermarking
- Logo insertion
- 601/709 color space support
- Video capture board support
- Remote job submission
- Watch folder automation
- Segment extraction/insertion
Audio Filtering- Normalize
- Low-pass
- Fade In/Out
- Volume
- Dynamic range compressor
Video Filtering- Fade in/out
- Median
- Blur
- Sharpen
- NTSC-safe
- Rotate
- Black/white correction
- Color correction
- Gamma correction
- Temporal noise reduction
Supported Formats
Video Codecs- MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4
- H.263, H.264, VC-1, Flash
- DV25, DV50, DVCPro
- DPS, DivX, JPEG 2000
- Image Sequences
- Windows Media, RealVideo
Audio Codecs- PCM, MP3, DTS
- AAC, AMC, AMR-NB
- WM Audio, RealAudio
Media Containers- HDV
- MXF (including D-10/IMX)
- MPEG-2 PS, MPEG-2 TS
- GXF, LXF, QuickTime
- WMV, ASF, AVI, VOB
- 3GPP, 3G2
- WMA, WAV, Broadcast WAV
Systems- Leitch VR, Nexio
- Grass Valley Profile, K2
- Omneon Spectrum
- Quantel sQ
- Avid Editing Systems
- Apple Final Cut Pro
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Grass Valley Edius
