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The Softron OnTheAir Node is a playout server and ingest engine for Mac that is controlled by the included OnTheAir Live and opened to third party applications. Designed to be an affordable, dependable and customizable video server with an open client-server architecture, Node can be controlled remotely over the network. As OnTheAir Manager and OnTheAir Node are built with a client-server architecture, you can even control your play out channel miles away. This is ideal for solutions where the broadcast operations (uplink to satellite, stream to internet) are in one location and the scheduling is done from a. OnTheAir Node comprises the center-piece of Softron’s client/server architecture for the OnTheAir Suite. OnTheAir Node can be installed on a Mac that will output the video using a. 2 licences of OnTheAir Node + HD 2 bundles of OnTheAir CG + logo option for OnTheAir Node 1 licence of OnTheAir Manager Other Products 1. One shared storage with enough data rate to sustain 2 streams of video and the copy of files at the same time. Check on our website for System requirements. Feb 19th Welcome To RocketNode! Welcome To RocketNode! We are looking to push through (release) our Virtual Private Server (vps) services by the 26th of Feburary!
OnTheAir Node is Softron's next generation playout and ingest engine for the Mac. It has been designed to be an inexpensive, reliable and customizable video server that has an open client-server architecture. OnTheAir Node can be controlled remotely over the network. One client computer in a control room can control multiple OnTheAir Node playout servers located in the machine room.
With its unequaled openness, OnTheAir Node brings a new era to the world of Mac based playout servers. OnTheAir Node allows third party applications such as Traffic and Media Asset Management solutions to easily take control of a reliable playout server with real-time media cataloging and validation.
OnTheAir Node will launch automatically at start up and will resume operation, even after a power loss. it will run on any Intel based Mac equipped with a video card (AJA ,Blackmagic Design or Matrox) installed in the MacPro, Xserve or MacBook Pro.
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OnTheAir Node is coming with the same playout engine as Softron's flagship product OnTheAir Video, so with the same reliability OnTheAir Video has proven over the years. OnTheAir Node will not only output video to any of the available video output on the Mac, and allow it to be controlled remotely, but it will also catalog the available assets in one or more scan folder and it will inform any of the client application (OnTheAir Live or OnTheAir Manager) when a new asset arrives or is deleted. It will also check for validity and compatibility. Information on the clips is provided as XML, making it easy for any other third party application to retrieve the clip's characteristics. (Ex: video codec, audio sample rate, creation date, last modification date, finder label etc.)
OnTheAir Node's open architecture will allow any third party application as Traffic or Media Asset Management software to control the playout and see the list of available media. OnTheAir Node uses Telnet for its communications meaning that the protocol is a proven and open standard that doesn't need any special requirements.