Rimage, the leading provider of on-demand digital CD/DVD/Blu-ray publishing systems, will be demonstrating an innovative Blu-Ray disc archiving solution for the Panasonic P2 high definition professional camera systems. The solution will be shown on the Rimage stand G21a in hall 7.

Camera operatives, who are on rapid turn-around from one assignment to the next, want to be able to clear their camera's P2 card quickly and with the reassurance that all their files are safely archived.

Working with Panasonic, Rimage has prototyped a solution that enables swift and automatic downloading of files from a camera's P2 card and is purpose-designed to support a fast-paced production environment.

At the centre of the solution is a Rimage Professional 5300Nx Blu-Ray disc publishing system capable of downloading files onto two discs at the same time. The process is entirely automated with the camera operator simply having to connect the P2 card with the reader and push a button to start clearing out the files.

The process involves P2 files being first downloaded onto the cache on the RAID 5 partition of the Rimage Nx-system. Once the download is completed, the P2 card is checked and then cleared automatically. The time for downloading depends on the file size and typically is a matter of seconds. After the P2 card is cleared, the files are archived onto professional grade Blu-ray discs with capacities of up to 50GB. Each disc has a label generated automatically by using the meta data of the P2 footage. These discs become a secure, cost effective storage format for easy review and retrieval later in the day.

Markus Naegele, IT Integration Manager, Panasonic European Professional Broadcast and IT Systems said: "We're pleased with how Rimage has built a solution that resolves a practical issue for end users out in the field. This enhances our vision of how our P2 technology furthers file-based workflows in production and post-production environments."

Stefan Exner, managing director, Rimage Europe said: "This is a dynamic industry where seconds and minutes saved are extremely valuable. Marrying our highly reliable and fast Blu-ray production systems with Panasonic's ground-breaking P2 technology delivers an exciting solution for ensuring content files are never mislaid or missed in professional production environment where the pace of work is getting faster and faster."

Rimage systems are widely used in the production and post-production processes of standard and high definition video when valuable, large and complex data files need to be securely copied and distributed internally and externally.

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