USVO’s MediaSentinel is an integrated anti-piracy device for use in modern video production environments. MediaSentinel 3.0 embeds invisible, unremovable SmartMarks—invisible forensic information in every video frame—without compromising video quality. MediaSentinel enables you to include forensic data in video content: information about ownership, production or post-production, time and date, usage rules, or other information for increased traceability and piracy deterrence. SmartMarks are virtually impossible to remove and survive a wide variety of conversions and attacks. MediaSentinel complements other content protection methods that are used in distribution, such as Digital Rights Management or encryption (scrambling).
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MediaSentinel is compatible with current state-of-the-art post-production master duplication systems and processes using serial digital interface (SDI), including Sony Digibeta.
Downloads:
Video Piracy PDF
Functionality
Simple, user friendly SmartMark processing, starting by pressing the "SmartMark" button. All relevant parameters become automatically optimized for balanced (optimal parameters setting and distribution) SmartMarking 10-bit video processing
- SDI interface to Sony Digibeta
- NTSC and PAL compatible
- Integrated framework and user interface
- True and fully scalable database support (ODBC compliant databases)
- Provide facilities for the database maintenance, including backup and restore, to safeguard against the database corruption, keeping the user involvement to a minimum
- Fully automated, UUID based SmartMarking process, eliminating any user input.
- Role based security framework leveraging the underlying operating system support
- Automated SmartMark key management system, supporting different business strategies
- Complete remote deck control for SONY Digibeta using the RS422 interface with SONY 9Pin Serial Protocol to manipulate time codes
Dimensions
7” (H) x 19” (W) x 20” (D)
- Serial Digital Interface (Digibeta) In
- Serial Digital Interface (Digibeta) Out
- Reference
- Deck Control
MediaSentinel is also used by members of the SmartMark Anti-Piracy Service Network, who provide secure SmartMarking services on demand.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 05 December 2007 )



