The development of image digitization techniques along with the advent of reliable, high-capacity DVD has revolutionized the media world - opening new possibilities for both film production and home users. Taking this philosophy one a leap forwards, we used our SANity DB storage systems technology as the foundations of the new SANity  AVA (Audio Video Archive) Systems. We bring you a very large capacity near-line storage system. This cost-efficient DVD based system allows you to store, categorize, and search though thousands of hours of audio/video media, all the while allowing you to retrieve any data at a moments notice.

Features and benefits

• Up to 18,000 hours of Broadcast quality video
  storage per Jukebox unit ¹
• Up to 125,000 hours of Long Archive storage
  per Jukebox unit²
• Up to 350,000 hours of CD quality audio storage
  per Jukebox unit³
• Unlimited expansion capacity, modular construction
• Wide choice of input/output formatsk
• Flexible streaming server
• Dependable hands-off operation
• Easy operation and use
• Detailed traffic log and optional billing module
• Simple user/access-rights administration
• Cost effective media (DVD) with long life-span
  (approx. 80 years)
• Highly configurable indexing/search engine with
  audio/video preview function
• Resolution/quality configurable for archive
  streams4
• Quick access to media (avg. ˜10-15s)
• Open standards-based solution which can easily be configured to work together with other existing or next-generation systems (custom interface may be necessary)5

1 High resolution, “DVD quality” archive materials, suitable for production
and broadcast (768x576. 25FPS, 4000Kbit/s, Mpeg4)
2 Low resolution, “VHS quality” archive materials, suitable for continuous
archival of broadcasts (320x280, 25FPS, 500Kbit/s, Mpeg4)
3 CD quality, stereo (44KHz, 192 Kbit/s, Mpeg3)
4 Configurable for archival of continuous audio/video streams
5 In some cases, a custom interface may be necessaryt

By extending the base SANityTM - AVA near-line storage system with appropriate Input/ Output devices, the full range of applications becomes evident. A few of the most frequent system implementations:

Digitization & Storage of Analog materials

• Historical Audio/Video archives
• Searchable Audio/Video Database
• Audio/Video libraries
• A/V on Demand - AVOD
• Internet availability - streaming (e.g. pay per view ) or download

Presentation/training media database

• Educational Facilities
• Public Institutions
• Enterprise in-house training

Digital editing, broadcasting, and archive

• TV/Radio broadcasters
• Film studios
• Production studios
• Post-production studios (e.g. subtitling)

Continuous broadcast digital archival

• Media supervisory organizations
• TV/Radio broadcasters

Modules

• Editing Workstation modul
• Archiving Workstation modul
• Streaming Server Module
• Broadcast Control Module
• Query thin (web) client modul

SANity AVA represents a new stage of evolution in audio-video technology.