Omneon video networks -- building with partners. (IBC 2001 Review).(networked content server)(Brief Article)

The US company that pioneered using the low-cost IEEE 1394 (Firewire) protocol for storage area networks within professional media has taken a while to get all the bits in place, but is now emerging as a rising star within an increasing network-centric industry.

With systems running on a dozen third-party stands as well as its own, Omneon demonstrated its new MIP 1003 MediaPort supporting encoding and decoding of Long GOP MPEG2, which is claimed to increase storage efficiency and expand the number of users without sacrificing video quality.

MPEG2 material can now be encoded at ...

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