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What file formats are supported for Cinegy Convert?
VIDEO FORMATS SUPPORTED AVI (supporting all locally installed codecs including alpha channel support)*, AVID DNxHD (in AVID compatible MXF), DV, DV25, DVCAM, DVCPro (DV50), DVCProHD (DV100), HDV, IMX, XDCAM SD, XDCAM HD, XDCAM HD422, XDCAM EX, MPEG-2 (I...
Can Cinegy Convert run in standalone mode (without Cinegy Archive...
Yes, Cinegy Convert 11 can run in standalone mode transcoding files according to the configured profiles. Watch folders for network shares are also supported for automatic operations. Cinegy Archive integration is a separately licensable option that is ...
Can Cinegy Convert run side by side with Cinegy Convert Legacy?
Yes, Cinegy Convert can run side by side with Cinegy Convert Legacy. In order to keep compatibility with Cinegy Archive 9.6 version and above without patch requirements, Cinegy Convert uses the same job drop targets structure as Cinegy Convert Legacy. So ...
What are the main differences between the new and legacy Convert?
Cinegy Convert version 10 has the following main features: * robust and scalable architecture * increased density for tasks processing (licensing per processing agent) * integrated load balancing of tasks * automated resource balancing based on ...
What components does Cinegy Convert consist of?
Cinegy Convert includes the following components: CINEGY PROCESS COORDINATION SERVICE The new component provides a centralized storage for all resources types used in your media processing workflow and also acts as a central discovery service. CINEG...
What are the hardware requirements for Cinegy Convert?
The actual performance of a machine depends on the number of running simultaneous tasks, their TV formats, as well as various settings like number of encoders used, a complexity of encoding profiles, etc. Therefore, no precise hardware recommendation can ...
How does automatic media assets population work?
In order to achieve automatic media assets population, you'll need to use Cinegy Traffic Gateway and Cinegy Convert (either Legacy or PRO). All the media files that are going to be played out should have a unique name (Traffic ID). While composing the CS...
How to add to the Roll having the original audio an audio track f...
The Cinegy Archive master clip itself does not allow the replacement or addition of media tracks. Although it is possible to generate a new copy of the media with the required tracks layout. The recommended way of new master clip versions generation is ...
What OS are supported for Cinegy Convert?
The Cinegy Convert software is certified to run on the 64-bit editions of the following operating systems: Windows 7 Professional SP1, Windows 8.1 Professional, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012 R2. Operating syste...
What is Cinegy Convert?
Cinegy Convert is Cinegy's server-based transcoding and batch processing service. Designed to function like a network-based print server, it can be used to perform the repetitive import, export and conversion tasks by "printing" material to predefined for...
Is it possible to export sequences using the Direct Transcoding M...
Export of sequences from Desktop with the help of Direct Transcoding is not supported. The sequence can contain clips with different types of compression, as well as objects such as Type, Titler, effects, etc. Therefore, the Direct Transcoding mode is onl...
What lowest bitrate could be set when using the DANIEL2 codec for...
GPU offloading (hardware acceleration) is available for Daniel2 4:2:2 formats. Other formats are CPU based. Cinegy recommends using the following bitrates for Daniel2 format: - UHD p50 4:2:0 8 bit: 600 Mbit/sec - UHD p50 4:2:0 10 bit: 800 Mbit/sec -...
What stream encodings support GPU accelerated decoding?
With the help of GPU we are able to decode H264, HEVC, and MPEG2. H264 NVidia GPU supports only 4:2:0 Chroma Format and 8 Bit Depth while HEVC NVidia GPU also supports 10 Bit Depth. The decoder(s)/encoder(s) work either on the CPU, or they are executed ...
How to add a new storage to Cinegy Archive so that existing watch...
In order to add new storage that should be used only when specified explicitly in watch folder settings the following steps should be performed: - register network shares that refer to the new storage in Cinegy Archive; - create new Media Group that w...
What bitrate could be set when using XAVC codec for capturing UHD...
XAVC exists only in 10 bit 4:2:2 and has the fixed bitrate about 800 Mbit/sec, it can't be changed by the standard.
Why only one CPU is used when running a transcoding job in Cinegy...
This may be related to the CPU distribution caused by NUMA Group Size Optimization settings. The default value is CLUSTERED which causes Windows to create a processor group for each physical processor. When it is set to FLAT, all CPUs should be equally lo...
What is the reason of the error ‘Category does not exist’ in Conv...
The problem is related to the broken Performance Counters settings in Windows Server 2012 R2. Here is the article describing this issue: https://thwack.solarwinds.com/thread/43987 The problem is fixed by updating these settings in OS: Winmgmt /resyncp...
What is the difference between Convert Agent Manager and (Desktop...
Cinegy Convert is available in several Editions that differ by the licensing model used. Cinegy Convert requires a full license to be available on the local machine either as the software license or the physical USB dongle attached. Convert Agent Manage...