The BlueWall Media Framework is a media management system designed to encode large amounts of video and audio media simultaneously to multiple output formats, automating the process of building an extensive and flexible multimedia catalog. Input files are automatically uploaded from a "magic folder" on the local computer, processed on the server, and results can then be automatically stored in a variety of local or remote locations. Metadata is automatically synchronized across the files, and also stored in a database that can store and process much more sophisticated information about the library. Both the media files and the corresponding metadata can be accessed via an API and used outside the BlueWall Media Framework in other sites and applications.
How the BlueWall Framework works:
- Specialized software packages are installed to enable things like file format conversions and metadata editing.
- Kairos wraps around and integrates the components, passing crucial information between them to create end-to-end task logic.
- Flexible file storage options are configured to save the results on local servers, remote servers, or cloud storage.
- File data and operational logs are saved to a database to allow faster, more sophisticated tasks.
With the BlueWall Framework, you can:
- Seamlessly integrate media files into common web applications and players.
- Send content to multiple platforms (television, mobile devices, web sites) from a single original file.
- Perform administrative and management tasks without interacting with the highly technical infrastructure.
- Maintain, parse, and sort multimedia content according to file properties and metadata tags.
- Perform batch conversion operations to create new mirrors and duplicates in multiple formats.
- Easily offload heavy processing like video encoding to scalable external hardware system without tying up local machines.
- Regularly back up the content library to an off-site drive.
- Elegantly streamline submissions from users.
Our philosophical approach to media and software:
- The media itself is the platform. Software used to serve the media should be cooperative and inconspicuous.
- Metadata is empowering. Everything that happens before and after playback occurs can be improved through access to additional data fields from outside the media stream.
Quality sources trickle down. A single high-quality original can be converted into smaller specialized and optimized files that address any use case or context.
