Watch video tutorial on Carbon Coder and Carbon Server by Jan Ozer and Streaming Media (registration required).

“Total Training develops hundreds of hours of video training that get delivered on CD, DVD, and the Web. We needed a transcoding solution that could handle our wide variety of formats and scale with us as we grow. Rhozet’s Carbon Coder and Carbon Server have been the perfect answer.”

Brian Maffit,
Chief Creative Officer
Total Training, Inc.

Carbon Server Key Features

Scalable Operation

Carbon Server is designed to scale from a single user to an entire enterprise. Users can start with a single Carbon Coder node running under the control of Carbon Server, and then add more nodes as the transcoding load increases. The server software automatically recognizes new Carbon Coder nodes and adds them to the transcoding operation. If a node fails, transcoding is automatically routed to other nodes.

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Web-based Interaction

All control of the Carbon Server application is through an administrative Web interface that can be securely accessed from any machine on the network. This interface allows for the configuration of network watch folders, transcoding profiles, FTP transfers, etc. The “farm” can be fully automated, with specified priorities for jobs coming from certain network locations. Users can also submit jobs on an as-needed basis.

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FTP Transfer Control

The “farm” managed by the Carbon Server application can access shared storage on the network or remote storage via FTP. As an example, Carbon Server can be set to watch an FTP location on a catch server, then automatically transcode arriving material into an editing format. The transcoded video can then be automatically transferred to an editing station.

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XML-based Interface

Carbon Server can be controlled directly via an XML-based SDK provided with the software. Every aspect of the transcoding process can be controlled by the SDK, including source/target destinations, transcoding parameters, filtering, compositing, ad insertion, titling, notifications, etc. The same SDK controls both Carbon Coder and Carbon Server, so your work will scale from a single machine to an entire farm.

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