HARDATA INGEST

2/4 Channels, Ingest, Recording Schedule, Time-Delay

INGEST Series

Video recording in SD/HD - SDI based band

Designed to ease the workload involved with recording content for TV broadcast, the HARDATA INGEST server features advanced automation and full compatibility with other products in our Ecosystem.

The INGEST records two channels simultaneously and stores the video content, allowing the user to preview, catalog and insert markings and tags.

The server offers different recording modes: manual, programmed according to the recording schedule, or remotely controlled through VDCP protocol.

Once the recording is finished, the server can automatically transfer the clips to a SMART FLOW Server, making the content readily available to editors and programmers.

Two channels of simultaneous recording, preview or playout from the same equipment, start and end marks for editing or programming and automatic transfers.

Features Overview

NDI

Video over IP with current IP infrastructure. Connect to NDI inputs and make NDI outputs available to all your networked equipment.

Multi-Channel

A range of options to match your configuration needs and budget.

SD/HD Ingest

Ingest in SD and Full HD in Mpeg2 and H.264.

Time-Delay

The TIME-DELAY can be set for each channel and has three modes, Censorship, Time-shift and Broadcast-delay.

Up/Down Conversion

Real time, on-the-fly conversion of content between SD and HD.You can combine content from both formats on the same timeline.

Multi-Format

Manages both SD and HD content, adapting them to the output format to ensure safe, accurate and high quality playout.

Multi-language Support for On Screen Text

Including Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and more.

Continuous Recording

This feature records continuously. You can cut and continue recording without losing a single frame.

Play while recording

The clip is available for playing a few seconds after you start recording and does not need to wait until if finishes recording for playback.

Clipping

Subclips are sections of a video file. Each subclip hast its own metadata, code and entry and exit marks. It is possible to use subclips in order to sort and edit per cut large video files.

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Advanced Cataloging

Marks insertion with comments and tags, which are indexed to streamline and facilitate materials search.

SMART FLOW Dashboard

A monitoring tool for the SMART FLOW Ecosystem. Control the health of your equipments, the clips synchronism between the emission server and the Smart Flow, the transference and transcode of materials between the servers of the ecosystem, all from a centralized tool.

Web Access

Integrated into every HARDATA server for remote content management and reporting. Compatibility-tested on PC and Mac platforms, web access allows server imports and exports, video content preview, and broadcast report generation.

High Reliability Fault Tolerance

Each storage array incorporates fault-tolerant hot-swap disks with RAID 6 technology and a built-in dual hot-swap power supply.

Unpack, Connect, On-Air

Everything you need to be up and running in a flash. Easy to install, operate and maintain, it is operated through a simple, intuitive and user-friendly interface. You can be on-air in a matter of minutes.

Clipping

Ideal for advertising replacing environments on deferred broadcasts, to segment movies, series and news.

It covers the entire workflow, from the continuous recording, the material production by creating subclips with different entry and exit points, cataloguing with marks, comments and tags and immediate Broadcast. You can do all this while recording the original material.

SPECIFICATIONS

Compare INGEST Series Models 2520, 2540 & 2540ES (Extended Storage)

FEATURES	2520	2540 / 2540ES
Full HD 1080i 50/59.94/60 Hz	✓	✓
HD 720P 50/59.94/60 Hz	✓	✓
SD PAL/NSTC	✓	✓
NDI Support	✓	✓
Automated Scheduled Recording	✓	✓
Automatic Export to HARDATA SMART FLOW servers	✓	✓
Time Delay	✓	✓
VDCP Remote Control	✓	✓
External Matrix Control	✓	✓
Video transcoding "on the fly" SD ↔ HD for playback	✓	✓
Web Access and SDK (SOAP) interface	✓	✓
Out of the box, plug in, switch on and run	✓	✓

PLATFORM	2520	2540 / 2540ES
Rackmount Dell Server	1 U	1 U
Hot Swap Redundant Power Supply	✓	✓
Hot Swap Disks Array	✓	✓
HDDs	8 x 1.2 TB	8 x 1.2 TB¹ / 8 x 2.4 TB²
Storage Array	Raid 6	Raid 6
Storage	7.2 TB	7.2 TB¹ / 14.4 TB²
XDCAM SD Storage (MPEG 2 @ 30 Mbps IMX compression)	440 hrs	440 hrs¹ / 880 hrs²
XDCAM HD Storage (MPEG 2 @ 50 Mbps IMX compression)	270 hrs	270 hrs¹ / 520 hrs²
Networking	2 x 10 GbE + 2 x 1 GbE	2 x 10 GbE + 2 x 1 GbE

(1) 2420 model.
(2) 2420ES model (Extended Storage).

VIDEO	2520	2540 / 2540ES
SDI Inputs / Outputs	2 In / 2 Out	4 In / 4 Out
NDI Inputs / Outputs	2 In / 2 Out	4 In / 4 Out
Digital Video Input	SD-SDI, HD-SDI	SD-SDI, HD-SDI
Digital Video Output	SD-SDI, HD-SDI	SD-SDI, HD-SDI
Sync Input	✓	✓

AUDIO	2520	2540 / 2540ES
Audio Channels	16	16
Digital Audio Input	SDI Embedded	SDI Embedded
Digital Audio Output	SDI Embedded	SDI Embedded

TIME-DELAY	2520	2540 / 2540ES
Censorship mode	1 - 30 sec	1 - 30 sec
Time-Shift mode	1 - 12 hrs	1 - 12 hrs
Broadcast-Delay mode	0 - 12 hrs	0 - 12 hrs

SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS
MXF	MOV / QuickTime
LXF	AVI
GXF	DV
MPEG-TS	XDCAM
MPEG-PS	MP4

VIDEO CODECS
DV	MPEG-4
DVCPRO	H.264 / AVC
DVCPRO HD	MPEG-2
M-JPEG	ProRes
MPEG-1	DNxHD

AUDIO CODECS
PCM	MP2
MP3	ACC
AC3

RECORDING FILE FORMATS
MXF XDCAM SD (MPEG 2 @ 30Mbps IMX)
MXF XDCAM HD (MPEG 2 @ 50Mbps IMX)
MOV SD (MPEG 2 @ 30Mbps IMX)
MOV HD (MPEG 2 @ 50Mbps IMX)