The broadcasting landscape has never been so competitive and full of opportunities for true media innovators. Today there are more ways to reach more people on more devices, in many more places. SAM is the perfect partner to help you to fully realize these opportunities - with file-based workflows in SD, HD or UHD. We have enormous experience in helping forward-looking broadcasters around the world deliver great news, sports, home shopping - in fact any fast- turnaround programming. The sQ video server distributes high quality broadcast content across an array of delivery platforms quickly and efficiently.
SAM’s integrated production systems with sQ at the heart, are in daily use across the globe with leading media organizations for regional, national and international production. The BBC, ESPN, Fox, TV2 (Norway), News Express (India), TRK (Ukraine), QVC, Botswana TV, NDR, ERTU (Egypt), NRK, BSkyB, Australian News Channel, WDR and Channel 7 are just a few of the organizations who have built their businesses on SAM Enterprise sQ.
Media production serverThe sQ Server is a compact 3RU video storage server containing all the components required for acquiring, storing and managing content in a shared production workflow.
The sQ Sever is supplied in two variants, one with internal storage and the other which supports one or up to four external storage units. They are known as sQ 1200 and sQ 1800 respectively.
The sQ 1200 and sQ 1800 are otherwise functionally identical, supporting the full range of workflows. The sQ 1200 contains a single RAID set of 7 data and I parity disks. The sQ 1800 uses external SAS eBOD and contains 24 disks split across three RAID sets in a RAID 30 arrangement. RAID 30 is specifically designed for high-bandwidth file transfers and high availability, as demanded by video production systems. The servers and RAID units have dual power supplies and the disks are hot-swappable.
- sQ Series 1000 Overview:
- 100% compatible with existing sQ Servers
- sQ 1000 series is the most compact video server for 12 SDI ports
- 3G 16 channel audio
- New servers extend life of Enterprise sQ systems providing opportunities for future system growth
- 16 channel audio support
- SDI recordings, file ingest, editors, SDI playout and file export
- 2.5x faster than realtime for file ingests and delta frames
- Software based codecs - format future proof
- Dual 10G or 4x1G Ethernet Network
- Easy migration to IT infrastructure via sQ FileFlow
- MXF, MOV, MP4, H.264 file wrapper support via sQ FileFlow
- New Features:
- 12G SDI, 16 channel audio
- XDCAM HD LongGOP 50/35Mbps codec
- UHD 2160p 50/59.94hz
- XAVCi Class 300 600Mbps codec
- Storage:
- Uses 6G SAS controller and the latest SAS drives
- 8x Storage in 2/3 space than previous generation of sQ
- 3x disk performance than previous generation of sQ
- sQ 1200 has internal storage around 200 HD hours1 or 38 UHD hours2
- sQ 1800 has external (2U) storage around 600 HD hours1 per array
- Up to 4 arrays per server for a massive 2,400 HD hours1 per sQ1800
- Server Options:
- Up to 12x 3G ports I/O
- Up to 4x 12G ports I/O
- AVC Intra, XAVC Intra and 1080p
- MPEG-2 XDCAM HD LongGOP
- MPEG-1 or H.264 browse
- Software Option - sQ Record:
- sQ Record supports direct recording from SDI feeds, including VTRs via RS422 control
- sQ Record provides automatic recording according to preset times
- sQ Record creates broadcast quality clips and automatic proxies
- Software Option - sQ Play:
- sQ Play manages up to four channels of playout with options to integrate with NRCS via MOS gateway
- sQ Play is driven directly from its host PC or via a dedicated on-air control panel
- Software Option - sQ Load:
- sQ Load is a desktop bulk ingest tool for loading P2, XDCAM, XDCAM EX and XAVC files
- sQ Load ingests content in batches and converts according to sQ preferred format
- Software Option - Editing:
- sQ Cut is a simple desktop editor for basic story telling in news and sports
- Qube is available as a turnkey or software solution for editng and finishing for SD, HD and UHD
- Available in:
- sQ 1200 Server
- sQ 1800 Server
