Digital Workflows Digital Paris, January 31, 2008 Ernst-Joerg Oberhoessel DVS Digital Video Systems AG

Primary objective of IP-RACINE “ To create an integrated workflow for the Digital Cinema process that supports the coherent creation of contents and access to essence and metadata at all stages from capture / creation, through post production and repurposing, to localized play-out.” Provide open and performing solutions which enable our customers … Mission statement of DVS

“ To create an integrated workflow for the Digital Cinema process that supports the coherent creation of contents and access to essence and metadata at all stages from capture / creation, through post production and repurposing, to localized play-out.”

Digital Video Systems – Since 1985 a world of firsts World‘s first uncompressed HD DDR, based on a PC – HDStationPlus (1999) World‘s first DDR to play real-time 2K, dual link – HDStationRGB (2001) World‘s first PC workstation with a real-time scaler for 2K - CLIPSTER (2003) World‘s first HD DDR – ProntoVision (1997) World‘s first uncompressed 4K DDR – sold to NTT Japan (1999) World‘s first DDR – ProntoVideo (1995) World‘s first PC workstation real-time 4K – CLIPSTER 4K (2005) World‘s first real-time effects up to 4K RGB 12 bit – CLIPSTER 4K, 3 rd Gen (2007) World‘s first HW-enabled DCI mastering workstation – DCI CLIPSTER (2008)

World‘s first uncompressed HD DDR, based on a PC – HDStationPlus (1999)

World‘s first DDR to play real-time 2K, dual link – HDStationRGB (2001)

World‘s first PC workstation with a real-time scaler for 2K - CLIPSTER (2003)

World‘s first HD DDR – ProntoVision (1997)

World‘s first uncompressed 4K DDR – sold to NTT Japan (1999)

World‘s first DDR – ProntoVideo (1995)

World‘s first PC workstation real-time 4K – CLIPSTER 4K (2005)

World‘s first real-time effects up to 4K RGB 12 bit – CLIPSTER 4K, 3 rd Gen (2007)

World‘s first HW-enabled DCI mastering workstation – DCI CLIPSTER (2008)

Our Digital Cinema workflow enablers Spycer ® Data & workflow manager Flexible NAS appliance with CMS, transcoding, proxies, and backup SpycerBox Real-time DI workstation for content editing and finalizing CLIPSTER ® High performing storage area network for multiple online access DVS-SAN High quality digital disk recorder for acquisition and play-out Pronto family Turnkey Solutions

Traditional motion picture value chain Intermediate Telecine Capture Post Production Mastering Projection Distribution

Current motion picture value chain Digital Intermediate Film 2K/4K HD Digitizing Editing Auto Conforming Color Grading Zooming & Panning Mastering & Versioning Recording Capture Post Production Mastering Projection Distribution

Future motion picture value chain Digital Intermediate Film+ 4K/8K UHD Digital Cinema Mobile TV Interactive TV Capture Post Production Mastering Projection Distribution

IP-RACINE testbed 3 – A typical “integrated coherent workflow” 8

Best Practise Openness – You need to be open to build bridges Open industry-standard platform Open industry-standard file system OpenFX plug-in interface for effects Open APIs for other applications Open industry-standard single frame file support (DPX, BMP, …) Openness for more than 100 file formats and codecs

Open industry-standard platform

Open industry-standard file system

OpenFX plug-in interface for effects

Open APIs for other applications

Open industry-standard single frame file support (DPX, BMP, …)

Openness for more than 100 file formats and codecs

Best Practise Openness – Bridging the worlds of video & data

Best Practise Polyvalence – How to reuse what you produ c e Distribution channels Cinema & D-Cinema DVD / HD-DVD Rental / Video-on-Demand TV broadcasting / IPTV International distribution PAL/NTSC Raster / formats Languages / subtitling DI Requirements Format conversion Scaling Cropping Color space conversion Interlacing, De-Interlacing Commercial multi-purpose usage of motion-picture content CLIPSTER ®

Distribution channels

Cinema & D-Cinema

DVD / HD-DVD

Rental / Video-on-Demand

TV broadcasting / IPTV

International distribution

PAL/NTSC

Raster / formats

Languages / subtitling

DI Requirements

Format conversion

Scaling

Cropping

Color space conversion

Interlacing, De-Interlacing

Best Practise Performance – There is no time for non-real-time Acquisition & Play-out (video stream or data transfer) Real time? ► Pronto famil y HD/2K/4K Online Editing, SMPTE Transitions, Color Correction Real time? ► CLIPSTER ® Scaling, Zoom and Pan, Auto-Conforming, Mastering Real time? ► CLIPSTER ® Simultaneous access to video & audio files Real time? ► DVS-SAN

Acquisition & Play-out (video stream or data transfer)

Real time? ► Pronto famil y

HD/2K/4K Online Editing, SMPTE Transitions, Color Correction

Real time? ► CLIPSTER ®

Scaling, Zoom and Pan, Auto-Conforming, Mastering

Real time? ► CLIPSTER ®

Simultaneous access to video & audio files

Real time? ► DVS-SAN

Best Practise Data Management – How to manage digital chaos Distributed content management based on metadata Performing search & browsing Previewing of large image sequences (even 4K) Sophisticated defragmenter with sequence descattering High-speed copying Open and flexible system Spycer ®

Distributed content management based on metadata

Performing search & browsing

Previewing of large image sequences (even 4K)

Sophisticated defragmenter with sequence descattering

High-speed copying

Open and flexible system

Best Practise DCI – One integrated coherent workflow DCI CLIPSTER ®

DCI Accelerator Board Benefits Performance Coherence Quality Security Best Practise DCI – End-to-end HW solution DI workflow DCI specifi- cations

DCI Accelerator Board

Benefits

Performance

Coherence

Quality

Security

15 minutes on how to build an integrated Digital Cinema workflow

Thank you! DVS Digital Video Systems AG Krepenstr. 8 30165 Hannover www.dvs.de Ernst-Joerg Oberhoessel [email_address] +49 162 109 32 43 Konstantin Schinas [email_address] +49 162 109 32 64