CineStore Solo G3
The latest from XDC - the CineStore® Solo G3 - a hybrid digital cinema server fully interoperable and adapted to the DCI specifications.
CineStoreTM Solo G3 is a fully interoperable and DCI compliant advanced Digital Cinema Hybrid server offering both JPEG2000 and MPEG-2 play-back capabilities with flawless transition. Interoperability means that whatever content - in either JPEG2000 or MXF Interop MPEG2 compression scheme - the Solo G3 will be able to play it.
CineStore™ Solo G3 Digital Cinema Decoder is based on an innovative single chip FPGA solution capable of JPEG2000 and MPEG2 decoding.
Content can be received via a standard mobile hard drive connected through Ethernet, e-SATA or USB2 link, as well as on the advanced CineDisk media newly developed by XDC.
It interfaces with any DLP Cinema™ projector with CineLink™ or any other video projector. The CineStore Solo manages all the connections (GPI I/O, Ethernet or Serial) with the cinema automation systems. It also provides Gigabit Ethernet links to interconnect with the cinema network and exchange content with central libraries.
The redundant internal storage can hold at least 20 hours in JPEG2000 and 40 hours of high quality content in MPEG2. The show editor assembles detailed show lists with pre-show ads, logos, teasers, trailers and movies. It incorporates the entire cue for cinema automation: sound and light level, intermission, curtains... The play-back engine manages automatically multiple content formats, title versions, languages and subtitling.
Movies stay securely stored within original encrypted form until the playback time. During playback, they are decrypted on the fly through the internal system. Before being provided to the projector, the content can be forensically marked, allowing illicit copies to be traced.
The system is built with an advanced integrated monitoring system. It informs the projectionist of any troubleshooting of the projector, the integrity of the delivered content, the key validity.
The Solo server is an integrated service platform collecting and delivering technical service quality information to a NOC. These automatic system health reports can be generated and sent to CineStoreTM Data – XDC’s central management system – to provide pro-active preventive maintenance actions. Corrective support actions can also be carried out remotely through CineStoreTM Data enhanced tools.