Pictron
 Media Gateway Suite
 Video Gateway
 Audio Gateway
 Image Gateway
 Media Gateway Search Server
 Media Gateway Presenter
 Media Gateway Director

 
   Video Gateway
   
  Pictron Video Gateway unleashes the power of searchable video revolutionizing the way video is accessed and used on the Internet and Intranets. Video Gateway automatically detects video scene changes, extracts keyframes and summarizes the video content into a visual storyboard format. A text transcript of the video is extracted from closed caption text or speech recognition (Audio Gateway) to provide full text search capabilities. Video Gateway can further encode multiple video streams in Real, Microsoft, or MPEG formats during real-time video indexing with perfect synchronization. Video attributes, annotations, and metadata are cataloged automatically into the database. All of this information is synchronized through the SMPTE time code of the digitized video. Video Gateway derives a structured visual storyboard and indexes information from unstructured content to produce a highly interactive, searchable video.
   
 
   
  Video Gateway provides a cost-effective video logging and indexing system in an integrated Microsoft Windows environment. It is tightly integrated with industry standard SQL servers, text index servers, video servers, and Web servers with unparalleled scalability. Users can search and browse video clips using standard Internet browsers or integrated Video Gateway client software.
     
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     Video Source and Video Capture
     
  Real-time video analysis from live video sources or digital files
  Viewcast Osprey video capture card or Microsoft Video for Windows compatible capture card support
  Viewcast Osprey video capture card or Microsoft Video for Windows compatible capture card support
  Acceptable video file formats – AVI, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, Windows Media (asf, wmv), RealVideo (rm), QuickTime (mov)
  Frame-accurate VTR deck control through Sony RS-422 protocol
     
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     Video Encoding and Transcoding
     
  Simultaneous real-time encoding of multiple formats and multiple streams in MPEG, AVI, Windows Media, and RealNetworks
  Real-time transcoding of supported video streaming file formats
     
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     Video Logging and Analysis
     
  Intelligent scene change detection and keyframe image extraction
  Adaptive keyframe extraction with adjustable sensitivity
  Automatic scene change detection, fixed time interval, or manual keyframe extraction
  Visual storyboard for video browsing and video clip annotation
  Drag and drop keyframes from visual storyboard for video logging
  Closed caption text extraction from source video
  Frame-accurate video navigation
  Synchronized playback of video, closed caption text, speech text, and keyframes
  Optional speech recognition (Audio Gateway) and face recognition (Image Gateway) plug-in modules
     
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     Media Asset Management
     
  Hierarchical data structure to organize media assets into Library, Video, and Clip
  Video browsing in thumbnail, list, and detail views with visual storyboard, speech text, database attributes, and face information
  Video playback in native media players (MPEG, Windows Media, RealNetworks, Quicktime)
     
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     Database Support
     
  Built-in database
  ODBC-compliant database support (Oracle, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Access, MySQL)
  End user customizable database schema for video and clip
     
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     Distribution
     
  Publish indexed video to Media Gateway Search Server
  Distributed architecture for distributed web server, database server, and video server
  FTP support for video streams and metedata distribution
  Export metadata in XML format
     
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     Developer Toolkit SDK
     
  Automation SDK to control Video Gateway from remote applications
  Metadata SDK to access Video Gateway database information
  XML export format support for service integration
     
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     Minimum System Requirements
     
  Windows 2000 Professional or Server
  600 MHz Pentium III
  128 MB RAM
  30 MB Disk Space
     
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     Optional System Components
     
  Video Capture Hardware
   
Microsoft Video for Windows or DirectShow compatible video capture cards or cameras
Viewcast Osprey Video Capture Card
Optibase MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 encoders
     
  Text Capture Options
   
Viewcast Osprey Video Capture Card
Closed Caption Text Decoder
Integrated speech recognition software
(Audio Gateway)
     
  Video Server
   
Microsoft Windows Media Video Server
RealNetworks RealServer
Apple QuickTime Video Server
Infovalue MPEG Video Server
     
  Database Software (ODBC Compliant)
   
Microsoft SQL Server
Oracle
MySQL
Microsoft Access
     
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