Ingest Gateway

The Harmonic Ingest Gateway provides a single entry point for ingesting video assets into one or a cluster of Harmonic StreamLiner® server nodes per Cable Labs Asset Distribution Interface (ADI) standards. The Ingest Gateway fully automates the workflow of asset ingest with no human intervention required in the entire process. Also, the automated ingest means that operators need not worry about the integration required for asset ingest in an eco-system with equipments from multiple vendors. The Ingest Gateway interfaces with all critical components and manages all aspects of the asset ingest process:

  • StreamLiner video server and storage systems
  • Asset distribution service end-point devices, such as a catcher
  • Conditional Access System (CAS)/Digital rights management (DRM) asset encryption systems
  • Middleware/Business Management System (BMS)

Highlights

  • Provides a single entry point for ingesting video assets into one or more StreamLiner server nodes
  • Enables complete workflow automation of the asset ingest process
  • Ingest of Cable Labs ADI-compliant assets and associated metadata
  • Transcoding of incoming assets
  • Management of encryption process with CAS/DRM
  • Distribution of assets to Harmonic StreamLiner servers
  • Notification of new assets to middleware /BMS using ADI metadata

Product Features:

Ingest of Cable Labs ADI assets and metadata

  • Automatically starts the ingest process when new assets arrive at ADI-compliant device (“catcher”)
  • Manages the transport of ADI metadata and assets for ingest processing
  • Transcode incoming assets as required
  • Processes the asset based on the criteria defined in ADI metadata
  • Provides additional support for non-ADI-based content source

Management of encryption process with DRM system

  • Communicates with DRM system for encryption required
  • Assets sent to and received from DRM system for encryption prior to distribution to StreamLiner server nodes

Distribution of assets to video servers

Notification to Middleware/BMS of new asset availability through ADI metadata

  • Posts ADI file to middleware / BMS for notification of new asset availability
  • Supports both ADI-based and non-ADI-based middleware / BMS

The Harmonic Ingest Gateway works with a single StreamLiner node or multiple StreamLiner nodes in a StreamLiner Cluster to provide a common asset management interface. A single Ingest Gateway can service one or more StreamLiner Clusters. When deployed to manage multiple StreamLiner nodes, Harmonic’s Armada RT application can be added to enable complete automation of asset ingest and dynamic asset distribution management.

Harmonic’s Ingest Gateway is fully integrated with industry leading video distribution equipments and services, CAS / DRM systems, and middleware / BMS applications to provide a comprehensive solution.