FOCUS Enhancements MANL-1161-04 - Manual (Page 13)

MA Series Media Archive Servers
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Introduction
Overview
Thank you for purchasing a Focus Enhancements, ProxSys MA Series Media Archive Server.
MA Series Media Archive Servers provide the ability to efficiently ingest video clips with their
metadata from tapeless recording media into the MA server’s media archive. There, preview Flash
clips are rendered and Blu-ray discs are burned for archiving.
Ingesting media into the MA server clears the recording medium and allows it to be returned
quickly to the field for reuse. This eliminates the practice of using expensive tapeless recording
media as archive storage.
MA Series Servers
There are two MA Series Server editions:
• MA-10 with Internal Blu-ray Burner
• MA-50 with External Automatic Blu-ray Burner System
Both versions provide the same level of media ingest and archive functionality. The single
difference: the
MA-10 is for the manual burning of individual Blu-ray discs while the MA-50
provides for the automated burning of multiple Blu-ray discs.
The MA-Server’s user interface is browser-based and no proprietary client software is required
to access the server. A Flash player application must be installed on local client machines to
view the MA Flash preview clips.
Features
Web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI)
The ProxSys MA Series Media Archive Server GUI is compatible with the Microsoft Internet
Explorer, version 6 and higher (IE 6/7) and Apple Safari browsers.
Depending on how the MA server is setup, MA functions are accessible via the GUI directly
from the MA server, over a network or the Internet.
Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows XP PRO, 32-bit, Edition
SUSE 11 Linux running as a virtual machine