Harmonic launches new video ingest engine

San Jose, California — Harmonic Inc., a provider of video infrastructure solutions, has announced the release of its new ProMedia Capture video ingest engine, which enables real-time ingest of live and tape-based HD/SD video for file-based production and multiscreen workflows.

ProMedia Capture offers a streamlined, simplified approach to complex content acquisition processes by capturing files at the highest resolution directly into the formats needed for production or for distribution to multiple screens. The engine provides enormous time-savings in workflows that require real-time ingest from multiple sources such as video mastering, repurposing, archiving, and video-on-demand (VOD) workflows.

ProMedia Capture is the newest member of Harmonic's ProMedia suite of software solutions and appliances, which enables video creation and delivery to TV, PC, tablet, mobile phone, and other IP-connected devices through advanced video processing and streaming functionality.

Leveraging the widely deployed ProMedia Carbon transcoding software, which is powered by Harmonic's Rhozet technology, ProMedia Capture offers the format flexibility to record directly upon ingest, without requiring an intermediate transcoding step.

Harmonic will demonstrate its latest multiscreen video solutions, including ProMedia Capture, as well as a range of innovative edge and access solutions at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2011, Nov. 15-17 in Atlanta in booth 968. ProMedia Capture will be available for shipping in late November.