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SMAMMedia asset managementEarly access

Every clip the channel has. One library.

SMAM is the shared library between SIngest, STraffic, SPO and SSocial. It shows every media file the platform knows, from the playout media folders, the ingest recordings and your NAS, with proxies from STranscode that play in any browser. Librarians tag it, editors trim it into sub-clips, and a right-click sends it to playout, the programme library or social.

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SMAM · Library (illustration)

SMAM is in early access. The panels shown here are an illustration, not a capture of the product.

  1. STEP 01

    Ingest

    SIngest records an input or picks up a file from a watch folder.

  2. STEP 02

    Transcode

    STranscode makes the house-format file and a proxy for the browser.

  3. STEP 03

    Catalogue

    In SMAM, librarians tag it and editors trim it into sub-clips.

  4. STEP 04

    Send

    To SPO, the STraffic library or SSocial, with a right-click.

How it fits

SIngest records the material or picks it up from a watch folder. STranscode turns it into the house format and makes a proxy. SMAM is where the station finds it, tags it and trims it, and from there a right-click sends it to SPO for playout, to the STraffic library for planning, or through STranscode to the SSocial folder. One library, one sign-in, one licence: SMAM per seat, STranscode per concurrent job.

What SMAM does

Built for the library, and for whoever needs the clip now.

  • 01

    Every media file in one place

    The SPO media folders, SIngest recordings and NAS roots (UNC paths) appear in one library. Files stay where they are: SMAM indexes them in place and picks up new, changed and removed files.

  • 02

    Previews in any browser

    STranscode makes a low-res H.264 proxy of every file, so XDCAM, ProRes and DNxHD material plays in a browser tab, with source timecode and frame stepping.

  • 03

    Categories and tags

    Folders, categories, keywords, house IDs, rights and expiry dates, and custom fields that you define for your own station.

  • 04

    Search

    Search titles, keywords, house IDs and custom fields, and filter by source, category, format, duration or expiry.

  • 05

    In / Out and sub-clips

    Mark In and Out on any clip and save the range as a sub-clip with its own title and tags. The source file is never changed.

  • 06

    Where it is used

    Every clip lists the rundowns, schedules and library entries that use it, so nobody replaces or removes a file that is on tomorrow’s playlist.

  • 07

    Send to, with a right-click

    Send to playout media, send to the STraffic library, send to social (converted by STranscode to your social format and dropped into the SSocial folder), or send to any transcode profile.

  • 08

    Rights and expiry

    Rights and expiry dates show on the clip and in search, so expired or expiring material is found before anyone schedules it.

  • 09

    Librarian, editor, viewer

    Librarians look after folders, categories and fields; editors tag, trim and send; viewers browse and preview. The same SONE sign-in as every other product.

Clip

Trim it once. Use it everywhere.

Open a clip, play the proxy, mark In and Out and save a sub-clip. The source stays untouched, and SMAM shows where the clip and its sub-clips are used: in rundowns, schedules and the STraffic programme library.

  • Proxy playback with source timecode
  • In / Out marks saved as sub-clips
  • Category, keywords, house ID, rights and custom fields
  • Used in: rundowns, schedules, library
SMAM · Clip, In / Out and sub-clips (illustration)

Send to

Right-click, and it goes where it is needed.

Send a clip or a sub-clip to the SPO media folder, register it in the STraffic programme library, or send it to social: STranscode converts it to your social format and drops it into the SSocial folder. Any other transcode profile is one more right-click.

  • Send to playout media
  • Send to STraffic library
  • Send to social, converted by STranscode
  • Send to a transcode profile
SMAM · Send to (illustration)

At a glance

SMAM specifications

Part of the SONE platform: one Windows service, one web UI, one signed licence.

Sources
SPO media folders, SIngest recordings, NAS roots (UNC)
Preview
Low-res H.264 proxies from STranscode, in any browser
Metadata
Folders, categories, keywords, house IDs, rights and expiry dates, custom fields
Roles
Librarian, editor, viewer
Works with
SIngest, STranscode, SPO, STraffic, SSocial
Licensing
Per seat, in the one SONE licence

The SONE family

Works even better together.

See SMAM on your own engines.

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