Aspera and Metaglue partner to deliver DPP file format validation for European broadcasters
Aspera introduces plug-in for Metaglue, enabling automatic file format validation in Orchestrator workflows and high-speed fasp transfers
Sept 18, 2012—Aspera, Inc., creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world’s data at maximum speed, has partnered with Metaglue, an Emmy award-winning provider of interoperable file transfer and metadata standards solutions, to integrate AMWA AS-11 and Digital Production Partnership (DPP) media file format validation into Aspera’s high-speed file transfer software and workflow orchestration platform.
Metaglue tools integrate systems and data to help organisations manage and validate standard and custom metadata schemes used industry wide. With expert knowledge of European broadcaster requirements, Metaglue has added support for the emerging AS-11 and DPP standards. The new Aspera plug-in-for Metaglue, demonstrated at IBC 2012, fully integrates the Metaglue analysis engine, and is available as a plug-in for Aspera Orchestrator, Aspera’s workflow orchestration solution. With Orchestrator, broadcasters can conveniently insert file format validation at any step within complex, distributed workflows, including ingest, transformation and distribution.
Additionally, with new software interfaces in Aspera’s fasp 3TM platform, the Metaglue plug-in can now integrate inline Aspera fasp transfer sessions. The fasp 3 transfer platform brings new software interfaces that will allow users to add any file validation step in line with the Aspera fasp transfer session, with fully integrated control, allowing the transfer session to complete or fail depending on whether the validation is successful. Success and failure conditions will be reported through the Aspera client interfaces, Aspera Console centralised management interface and APIs, ensuring digital content in the correct format is delivered as efficiently and reliably as possible.
“Aspera transfer solutions are widely used throughout the media industry as part of complex file-based workflows that inherently require an efficient, automated mechanism to verify that media content conforms to standards,” said Ian Baker, managing director and co-founder at Metaglue. “We’re delighted to have partnered with Aspera to offer Metaglue format validation as a plug-in to Aspera’s orchestration solution and now as an integrated feature within Aspera software.”
“Aspera transport technology is critical to many of today’s broadcast workflows. Working with Metaglue to create efficient, trouble-free content supply chains for our joint broadcast customers was an obvious choice,” added Bruce Brewer, EMEA sales director at Aspera.
Media Contact: Rebecca Edwards, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, 44 (0)207 403 8878, rebeccae@rlyl.com
About Aspera
Aspera is the creator of next-generation transport technologies that move the world’s data at maximum speed regardless of file size, transfer distance and network conditions. Based on its patented fasp™ protocol, Aspera software fully utilises existing infrastructures to deliver the fastest, most predictable file-transfer experience. Aspera’s core technology delivers unprecedented control over bandwidth, complete security and uncompromising reliability. More than 1700 organisations across a variety of industries on six continents rely on Aspera software for the business-critical transport of their digital assets.
Please visit www.asperasoft.com and follow us on Twitter @asperasoft for more information.
About Metaglue
Metaglue Corporation was founded in 2002 to help companies take advantage of the new file transfer and metadata standards. Since then, its worldwide customer base has grown to include media companies, suppliers and government projects.
Metaglue offers a range of products and services to help organisations get business benefits and efficiencies from the use of MXF, AAF and metadata in their workflows.
The company provides:
standard products (to view or check MXF files)
technical support to integrate with other products into a workflow that matches operational requirements
an SDK and support package that efficiently builds MXF functionality into a product or system
impartial consultancy or custom development to help build workflows
Also, Metaglue remains active in the industry standards bodies, such as SMPTE, EBU and the AMWA to help ensure interoperability across our industry.
Please visit www.metaglue.com for more information.
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