Integrated Media Server Features

The Integrated Media Server's most important features are its flexibility, scalability, robustness and accuracy. However, because the IMS is fundamentally built on the concept of an open-architected platform, it has an almost endless array of features and devices that it can utilize. If that isn't amazing enough, the IMS is designed to allow for an almost limitless number of them as well. Our approach is so radical, we've been able to patent several of the best features.

Here is a somewhat comprehensive list of what we can do now, and what we're in the midst of providing for features:

• Very simple to start programming - learn as you go
• Program in Command Line or Timeline Mode
• Use Online and Rehearsal Modes
• 4 simultaneous programmers can be connected at once
• Accurate to Frame (1/30 second) and Field (1/60 second)
• Call all Resources by name or Index, even externally
• External ports can be secured
• Infinite Aliasing of resource, command, and parameter names
• Import and Export whole or parts of a show script
• Mock up testing without hooking up external connections or changing programming
• Multi-layered error and message logging with filtering
• Persistent Variables - read/write to disc with one command
• Read and Write Data Files on the hard disc
• Built-In Chronological Clock/Calendar
• Interfaces to GPS module
• Trigger on Daily Sunrise/Sunsets- automatically calculated based on location
• Tech Feature: All Resources One-indexed, not Zero-indexed (1-10, not 0-9)
• Tech Feature: Sophisticated Task management and Parameter Passing

• Up to 4 billion real-time tasks
• Up to 4 billion variables
• Each variable can be one of the following:
• Integer -2 billion to 2 billion
• Floating Point -2e10 to +2e10
• String (up to 8192 characters)
• Polygon (up to 256 sides)
• Built-in 2-line LCD display with buttons, configurable in software

• Playlist up to 1024 files
• Dynamic Seamless Playlist building
• Will take almost any MPEG file, EVEN IF POORLY ENCODED
• Loop files as small as 5 frames with audio or 1 frame with no audio
• Download Satellite feed content and save to disc or playback on-the-fly (coming soon)
• Ad Insertion Capabilities including hard and soft logging
• On Screen Display (OSD) capabilities
• Still Picture Display capabilities
• Dynamically load and unload files into system memory, up to 19 GB
• Mix and Match Standard and High Definition Video channels
• Absolute frame/field accuracy
• True integrated scrubbing of video in Timeline Programming Mode (coming soon)
• Seamless connect files, or seamless cut into or out of the middle of files
• Tight-knit status and monitoring for sophisticated branching
• Real-Time Fading
• Conforms to MPEG specification, including playing both Constant Bitrate Video (CBR) and Variable Bitrate Video (VBR) for both standard definition and high definition video
• Standard Definition Video
• MPEG2
• NTSC / PAL
• Up to 16 channels of video
• Up to 50Mb/sec each
• Composite, S-Video, and SDI out available
• Genlockable
• Up to 8 channels of AES-3, balanced, or unbalanced audio channels
• 4x3 aspect ratio, pan-and-scan, or native 16x9

• MPEG2
• 1080i, 720p, and other resolutions available
• Interlaced or Progressive
• Up to 6 channels of video
• Up to 100Mb/sec each
• RGB, RGBHV, YpbPr, HD-SDI out available
• Genlockable
• Play any format file.  We do auto-conversion or native playback
• Up to 12 channels of AES-3, balanced, or unbalanced audio channels
• 4x3 aspect ratio, pan-and-scan, or native 16x9

• Switch up to 80 composite video inputs to up to 20 composite video outputs
• Switches during video VBI (verticle blanking interval)

• Playlist up to 1024 files
• Dynamic Seamless Playlist building
• Will take almost any audio file, EVEN IF POORLY ENCODED
• Loop files as small as 5 frames
• Download Satellite feed content and save to disc or playback on-the-fly
• Dynamically load and unload files into system memory, up to 18 GB
• Absolute frame/field accuracy
• Seamless connect files, or seamless cut into or out of the middle of files
• Tight-knit status and monitoring for sophisticated branching

• Up to 72 channels of broadcast quality audio
• 48 Khz 24 bit resolution
• AES-3 or balanced outputs
• Accurate Gain control and Real-Time Fading

• Up to 1024 inputs/outputs, configurable in software
• wet contact, dry contact, sink, source, relay, transister, opto. or TTL

• Up to 32 DMX-512 lighting universes
• Individually configurable as input or output in software
• Record and Playback individual channels or manually control/override

• Up to 128 channels of analogue outputs
• Up to 1024 channels of analogue inputs
• Analogue I/O Software Configurable as Unipolar or Bipolar
• Analogue I/O Software Configurable as 8 bit, 12 bit, or 16 bit resolution
• Up to 1024 channels of digital outputs
• Record and Playback individual channels or manually control/override
• Sophisticated Kinetic Feedback Algorithms (coming soon)
• Assign Analogue Inputs to Analogue Outputs in software for Closed-Loop Control

• Up to 32 simultaneous streams
• Individually configurable as reading, generating, or regenerating
• 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, or 30 drop framerates

• Midi, RS-232,RS-422, or RS-485
• Up to 256 simultaneous ports
• Advanced Protocol Control for both incoming and outgoing data

• TCP/IP protocol
• Up to 16 simultaneous ports
• Advanced Protocol Control for both incoming and outgoing data

• Built-In Control / Status of resources from user-designed webpages (completed soon)

• Display Status of Resources, static or dynamic screens and operator input
• Up to 30fps animation of individual sprites or full-screen
• Sophisticated Object-Oriented Programming and Hierarchy
• Video/Still capture for ride/attraction monitoring (completed by IAAPA 2004)
• Operator Control Consoles (OCC)
• Teleprompting
• Point of Sale
• Cash Drawer
• Receipt Printer
• Credit Card Reader