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ROOT6 Technology Launches ContentAgent-XR for 2k Film Resolution to 2k Windows Media 9 Transcoding (14/4/2005)

New encoding platform opens door to HD video and DI deliverables

Launched on the Microsoft booth at NAB, ContentAgent-XR is the latest in the popular line of encoding products from London, UK, based ROOT6 Technology. New high-performance hardware and a third-generation GPU-accelerated capture, playback and transcode engine, SQL database and DRM client/server implementation, combine to create a ground-breaking solution for providing secured deliverables in an SD, HD or DI pipeline.

Building on the success of its original SD version, ContentAgent-XR facilitates the automated capture, playback, encoding, and global delivery of multi-format, multi-resolution digital media. Material may be imported from any source and transcoded to any format, including AVC, MXF, DNxHD and VC-1. Encoded media can be accessed through the built-in web server or delivered by email, ftp, standard MPEG-2 and WMV HD DVD or output to SD and HD video.

XR's powerful SQL database engine enables flexible user, media, and template management in addition to multi-machine distributed encoding. Additional new features include single-click web-based asset sharing, the incorporation of a logo burn-in facility on any encoded or transcoded stream, and high quality PAL/NTSC standards conversion. Security is assured by the addition of an 'out-of-the-box' fully configured client/server implementation of Windows Media DRM encryption, including user authentication.

The unique provision of 2K DPX-to-2K WMV transcoding means that the massive files normally associated with 2K film may now be easily and securely distributed via the Internet for viewing by database-defined, authorised production staff. For exceptional HD encoding performance, XR utilises hardware acceleration from Tarari.

"Key benefits of ContentAgent for our existing user base have been greater productivity and improved margins on deliverables," said ROOT6 Technology's Marcus Hume-Humphreys. "With XR, we have extended these benefits into the world of HD and 2K."

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