Automated File-Based Audio-Video QC
AI / ML-powered Video QC
Interra Systems' BATON is the premier AI/ML-enabled automated audio video QC platform, specializing in content-aware video and audio quality control. Tailored for the modern VOD landscape, BATON offers seamless integration with both cloud and on-premises infrastructures, making it ideal for supporting linear and streaming file-based workflows for addressing video quality issues. As the go-to solution for file-based video QC, BATON is trusted by industry leaders to handle all enterprise automated QC needs.
BATON's scalable architecture lets users expand their BATON setup as their audio-video QC needs grow. Even in the event of hardware failures, BATON’s robust high availability feature guarantees business continuity by keeping operations running smoothly without interruption. Interra Systems' widely-acclaimed technical support team is always ready to assist, ensuring that customers are always up and running no matter what.
BATON seamlessly integrates automated and manual video-QC checks, creating an efficient broadcast workflow that aligns with an organizational QC policy. This hybrid approach ensures comprehensive quality control for every piece of content. BATON offers the most extensive audio video quality checks in the industry, ensuring standards compliance, regulatory adherence, and thorough baseband verification. When it comes to comprehensive and automated video QC solution, BATON is the most reliable choice. BATON is a trusted video quality control software by broadcasters, cable providers, telcos, satellite operators, IPTV services, OTT platforms, post-production houses, and archiving companies worldwide.
What is File-Based QC and Why It Matters
File-Based QC is the process of evaluating and ensuring the quality of digital media files, such as video, audio, and other multimedia formats, without using physical tapes or film. It involves the automated or manual analysis of media files to detect technical errors, issues, or inconsistencies that could impact the user's experience.
File-based QC matters the most because it ensures:
- Delivery of high-quality content
- Wide coverage of file formats for error detection
- Workflow efficiency
- Cost-effectiveness
- Consistent distribution of content globally
Key Features & Highlights of BATON QC Software
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Enterprise-class Hybrid Video QC Solution
- Comprehensive quality, compliance and regulatory checks like HDR, Slates, Blockiness, DPP, IMF, PSE, Violence and more
- Automated and manual audio video QC checks
- Available in the cloud / on-premises, for linear and streaming workflows
- Scalable architecture and high availability
- Flexible Licensing: SaaS / Cloud / On-Prem / Hybrid
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Comprehensive Video QC and Verification
- Extensive subtitles and CC verification
- PSE correction
- Enhanced video quality assurance
- Loudness detection and correction
- Audio language detection
- Extensive time code related checks including start TC / discontinuity / GOP / LTC, VITC and more
- Support for VAST formatted ads
- Quick content profiling without verification
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Flexible Workflows and Integrations
- Supports SD, HD, UHD, 4K Mixed workflows
- Built-in Test Plans for standards, such as DPP, iTunes, Netflix, Cable Labs, ARD_ZDF, Ingest, Playout and more
- Seamless integration using XML-RPC, and REST APIs
- Integration with S3, HTTP Server, Dropbox and Google Cloud Servers
- Key server integrations for Widevine and PlayReady
- Authentication with SAML single sign-on – Okta, Azure, and OneLogin
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Powerful and Smart Reporting
- Multi-language reports
- Reports in HTML, XML, PDF and Excel formats
- Reports based on analytics, timeline, content structure and thumbnails
- Options to comment, tag, rate and compare reports
- Configurable e-mail, HTTP alerts including SNMP
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Intelligent Content Corrector
- BATON Content Corrector (BCC) available as an add-on
- Works in sync with BATON application to correct audio video quality errors in media files verified by BATON
- Corrects the erroneous files, gets a listing of all error messages, and more
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Intuitive Interface
- Simplified and a very user friendly interface
- Offers integrated media player for fast, frame-accurate manual review of content
- Diagnostics to assess the health of BATON environment through an intuitive interface
- Comprehensive online help
How BATON's Automated QC Works
Automated QC using BATON ensures every piece of content that is being archived goes through a stringent, in-depth QC process. Baton can, not just ensure technical compliance of the content but also perform in-depth audio/video quality level checks. Users can create specific test plans in Baton that can detect issues that occurs during digitization like tape-hits, wow & flutter, frozen video due to tape deck being stuck.
BATON's auto QC process is fast, efficient, consistent, and reliable. When coupled with a manual review process on random and/or erroneous digitized content, BATON achieves higher levels of productivity with vastly improved results.
Applications of BATON in Media Workflows
BATON streamlines the media workflow by automating the detection of technical issues, ensuring compliance with standards, and enhancing the overall quality of media assets, right from ingest to final content distribution.
- Ingest workflows
- Pre-Editing QC
- Post-Production workflows
- Compliance with Broadcast Standards
- Automated Error Detection and Reporting
- Archiving and Preservation
Use Cases for BATON Video QC Software
BATON is trusted quality control software by broadcasters, cable providers, telcos, satellite operators, IPTV services, OTT platforms, post-production houses, and archiving companies worldwide.
Benefits of Using BATON for Video Quality Control
Automated QC solutions are an essential part of file-based workflows. They can check content for conformance, metadata, and different kinds of audio-video quality issues. The benefit of using BATON for video quality control is the detailed QC results reported by BATON. These reports are quickly and intelligently consumed, allowing workflows to react accordingly and without intervention - ensuring prompt content processing. BATON offers high-quality media output, which speeds up production processes, reduces costs, and ensures compliance with technical standards. These capabilities make it a crucial QC tool in modern video production and distribution systems.
- End-to-end, holistic audio-video QC solution
- Flexible software and cloud solution
- Centralized monitoring
- Powerful ML, AI, and data analytics
Frequently Asked Questions
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What file formats does the BATON support?
BATON typically supports a wide range of audio, video, image, container, and subtitle file formats, including:
- Video: DPX , HEVC, ProRes, Dolby Vision, MKV, etc.
- Audio: WAV, MP3, AAC, AC3, etc.
- Image: REDCODE RAW (.R3D), TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PNG, PSD
- Container: MXF, AVI, MPEG-2 Transport, BW64 Audio, etc.
- Subtitles: DCDM, IMSC1.1, ARIB, SRT, WebVTT, EBU-TT, and others
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How are the reports generated, and what formats are they available in?
Reports are generated automatically after QC which contains detailed information about the errors, warnings, and information of a media file. These reports can be exported in PDF, XML, or HTML for easy sharing and further analysis.
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How does BATON without a reference video automatically detect that video has quality issue?
BATON is a no-reference quality-checking tool. It does not require any reference video.It internally decodes the audio and video and applies its quality-checking algorithms to see if the decoded audio/video has any quality issues.
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Does BATON has Dr Harding's check?
BATON has Flashiness check (as per ITU 1702 standard), which is similar to Dr Harding's PSE check.
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Can BATON detect interlacing?
BATON can detect interlacing issues such as Combing Artifact and Field dominance errors. Both checks can be found under the Video Quality section in the BATON Test Plan.
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Is there any option in BATON to provide real-time performance monitoring of the setup?
BATON provides a diagnostics tool with an intuitive interface for visualizing performance-related data. This data delivers a bird's eye view of BATON’s performance over a period of time.
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What type of Audio / Video corrections does BATON perform?
An additional tool, BCC (BATON Content Corrector), is provided which corrects the erroneous media files verified by BATON. BCC corrects a wide range of audio-video errors, such as loudness, RGB Color Gamut, Video Signal Levels, PSE Video Flash, and Black Frames.
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What kinds of API does BATON support?
BATON supports REST and XML-RPC APIs.
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Does BATON support cloud integration?
Yes. BATON provides cloud integration or can be deployed in cloud environments, enabling scalability and access from multiple locations.
Contact BATON Support
(408) 343-3384 (Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm PST)