战斗爱尔兰媒体从小时到几分钟缩短内容交付周期

Notre Dame大学的战斗爱尔兰媒体（FIM）tells the Notre Dame story through the lens of athletics. Besides streaming 125-130 events a year, posting 1,200-1,300 highlights, and creating TV shows and features, the award-winning FIM team supports the university’s mission by supplying technical support whenever needed.

Keeping Up With the Pace of Fan Expectations

FIM knew their audience wanted to see event highlights as close to real time as possible—within minutes of a game’s end—but the infrastructure to meet that goal was not in place. Looking for help from an experienced expert, the team added Lead Technologist Scott Rinehart, who had handled media for the PGA TOUR Productions and NASCAR Media Group.

“之前，团队将相机发送到事件，将镜头返回，复制到可移动驱动器，然后必须通过笔记本电脑编辑，转码和分发，”Rinehart说。“从事事件结束到发布亮点的延迟通常是几个小时......对于我们的观众来说太慢了。”

FIM决定升级其系统以支持更新的工作流程，以帮助他们在活动的几分钟内向查看器提供内容。

创建协作工作流程

FIM’s solution was based on Quantum’s StorNext® file-sharing software, delivered by OEM partner Active Storage. The new system created a shared environment where multiple editors could work on the same footage at the same time, and bring content from live feeds into the workspace while events were under way. The collaborative environment allowed all editors to share content—and most importantly, let them work on projects while images were being ingested.

“The results were dramatic,” explains Rinehart. “The StorNext/Vantage workflow reduced the time needed to post content dramatically—projects that could take hours to complete were out and to the fans in minutes. That meant that people attending a game could watch highlights on their smartphones while they were walking to their cars.”

新系统还增加了FIM团队的生产力。该团队能够每年生产1,500个视频-50％而不是旧系统。

无缝转换为StorDext

然而,所有的好的结果似乎在危及y when Active Storage transitioned to a different business model and no longer offered the product the team had started using.

为了帮助向量子品牌的Stordext转变，该团队带来了Chesapeake Systems，这是一家专门从事媒体和娱乐项目的集成商。

“过渡......令人难以置信，”Rinehart说。“我们使用相同的ActiveSan控制器，将软件更新为完整的StorDext，并使用故障转移技术滚动系统。没有停机时间和所有应用程序...... .Kept是无缝运作的，就像资产经理，Catdv一样。“

支持ing the Educational Mission of the University

“我们的宗旨是竞技世界的宗旨，”Rinehart解释道。“FIM现在参与了MooC（大规模开放的在线课程）学习机会的内容以及支持与学术专家的现场镜头等机会，以及大学校友部的每月网络流。”

更广泛的支持也延伸到其他大学部门。

“我们认为自己是一个实验室......在其他部门听到我们在视频方面所做什么的地方，想要查看我们的工具，看看他们是否可以利用，”Rinehart说。