PX Ingest Station

Available in two editions, the PX Ingest Station makes it easy to capture multiple channels of video—including audio, analog video, and digital video files—and seamlessly transfer them to the PX Media Server.

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PX Scheduled Ingest Station

The PX Scheduled Ingest Station enables you to capture, import, and archive video with ease. Supporting up to three channels of video simultaneously—each with its own set of controls—the PX Scheduled Ingest Station allows you to assign metadata, save clips to projects, and ingest video by creating a capture schedule.

Features Capabilities
Enables you to capture content, preview it in real time, and seamlessly transfer it to the PX Media Server. Manual and Scheduled Import
Closed-Captioning Recording as Metadata
Real-Time Content Viewing
Is compatible with popular standard-definition video file formats. MPEG-2, DV
Preserves time code, ensuring that important, native information is maintained. Time Code Preservation
Enables you to create and insert timecode-based predefined metadata in real time, using hot keys. User-Defined Metadata
Accommodates a wide variety of video inputs. Composite, Component YUV, FireWire, SDI, S-Video

PX Automated Ingest Station

The PX Automated Ingest Station enables you to monitor and ingest content around the clock. The date and time interface, combined with the RAID-5 server, makes it easy to randomly access, rapidly preview, and instantly save video locally. You can maximize your storage space by selecting your desired encoding rate (2 to 15 Mbs).

Features Capabilities
Enables you to seamlessly ingest content 24 hours a day, without losing a single frame of video. Media can be transferred from the PX Ingest Station to the PX Media Server with ease. Automated Recording (24/7)
Closed-Captioned Content
Compressed and Uncompressed Content Ingestion
Is compatible with popular standard-definition video file formats. MPEG-2
Preserves time code, ensuring that important, native information is maintained. Time Code Preservation
Accommodates a wide variety of video inputs. Composite, Component YUV, SDI, S-Video
Enables you to continuously store and forward media to local or network-based storage solutions. Flexible Storage Options

Focus MMC Media Codec Card

Included in the MPEG-2 PX Ingest Station models, the Focus MMC Media Codec Card converts standard-definition uncompressed video signals to and from compressed MPEG-2 files. The MMC card includes SD codec capability, enabling MPEG encoding and MPEG decoding to be handled by separate hardware. This feature provides the highest-quality real-time encoding and decoding—with complete video format flexibility.

About the PX Media Server

With an intuitive browser-based interface, robust features, and scalable configuration options, the complete line of PX Media Servers from Focus Enhancements makes media asset management simple and cost-effective. By combining the functionality, flexibility, and scalability of a custom system with the fast implementation time and low ownership cost of an "out of the box" solution, the PX Media Server provides the performance you want at a price you can afford.

PX Media Servers

PX-100 Media Server for Sony XDCAM EX

PX Medical Video Archive

PX Ingest Station

PX Scheduled Ingest Station
Model Configuration
MPEG-2 Composite 1 or 2 channels
MPEG-2 SDI 1 or 2 channels
DV-IEEE 1394 1, 2, or 3 channels
PX Automated Ingest Station
Model Configuration
MPEG-2 Composite 1 or 2 channels
MPEG-2 SDI 1 or 2 channels


Aditional PX Expansion Options

PX Media Transfer Utility

Supporting hierarchical-based file formats such as P2 MXF, the PX Media Transfer Utility enables you to preserve native metadata and file structure as you import and export video to and from the PX Media Server.

PX Transcode Station

With the PX Transcode Station, you can encode, transcode, or convert video formats and broadcast standards quickly and easily. Support for numerous video codecs is included.

PX Playout Station

With the PX Playout Station, you can add 24/7 scheduled program playout to the PX Media Server and enjoy seamless playback of high-resolution MPEG-2 and DV formats.


Information

Brochures

Media Asset Management

PX-100 Media Server for Sony XDCAM EX

Product Datasheets

PX Media Servers

PX Ingest Station

PX Transcode Station

Case Studies

ACORD

Digital Media Factory

Dunedin

Eurotek

Henry Ford Hospital (Vattikuti Urology Institute)

Old Dominion University