Drastic's Indexless Partial File Restore can perform partial file restores on non-indexed media archives, reading only the minimum header/footer needed to properly access the desired media. It can also take advantage of prepared archives using a proxy/source file conform workflow.

	Windows, Windows Server
	Red Hat/CentOS or Ubuntu

 

 

Indexless Partial File Restore

Net-X-Code's indexless partial file restore provides a complete, index/proxy/metadata/restore capability for Quantum ActiveScale and S3-compatible media archives. It provides lightweight file restore without the pain of pre-indexing for cloud environments where restore time, bandwidth, and egress charges drive costs up. Restore the clip, not the whole master.

Partial File Restore Workflows

Archived media is massive. Restore requests are small.  

A producer needs a few minutes. The archive holds a full master file. Traditional restore pulls the whole object first, then trims it later. That means unnecessary:

• Cloud/object restore time
• Network bandwidth
• Temporary storage
• Egress or retrieval cost
• Delay before editorial can start

Drastic supports two PFR methods; prepared (pre-indexed), or indexless (non-indexed) workflows.

Prepared Workflows

Recommended for new ingest, MAM workflows, review & approval, and browse/search

In a Prepared proxy/index workflow, Drastic can create proxy/index files with Multichannel audio, Metadata, Closed captions, Frame-accurate timecode, and Accurate start/end selection for PFR. This speeds up the initial read for us, but we do not require it for PFR.

For archive assets which have not been indexed, Drastic can read only the minimum required media structure directly from the source file.

We support the traditional proxy/index model — but we no longer require it to get PFR value from existing archives.

Indexless Workflow

Immediate PFR value without pre-indexing the archive. Drastic reads only the minimum headers, footers, tables, and media structure needed to understand the file, then restores only the required media ranges. Turn an existing S3 archive into a clip-addressable archive without restoring and indexing every file first.

Deliver Usable Assets

You need a real production file, not a broken fragment

Drastic can create a new wrapped file with the same file timing, while copying audio, video, metadata, time code, and captions losslessly. We can also transcode on the fly to formats including: MXF ProRes/DNxHD/DNxHR, AVC-I, XAVC, XDCAM, and various house formats where supported. The editor gets a suable file immediately, not a partial object that still needs engineering work.

Proven PFR at Production Scale

This is not a lab feature. Drastic PFR has been used in high-volume production for over a decade. A major three letter US sporting league has used Drastic’s PFR system for thousands of restores every day for the last 11 years, and plans to continue using it for the foreseeable future.

Quantum ActiveScale and S3 Fit

Object storage can deliver byte ranges. Drastic knows which byte ranges matter.

Quantum ActiveScale and other S3-compatible systems can support range-based access or restore behavior. Drastic adds the media intelligence:

• Understand the wrapper
• Locate the requested timecode range
• Retrieve only required media data
• Rewrap or transcode into a usable deliverable
• Avoid costly full-object restore wherever possible

S3 can move ranges. Drastic turns that into media-aware partial file restore.

Cloud/Google/Amazon, FTP, HTTP, SMB, NFS, HTTPS Support

The offline/nearline source files can be accessed via a number of methods.  One of the main access methods is via the cloud, including FTP and HTTP direct access.  Shared file systems like SMB/CIFS, mapped HTTP and NFS files are also accessed directly.  SAN or attached storage can be any OS available drive.  If using nearline or cloud based storage, the index files are optional.  They significantly speed up initial open, but restore speed is equally fast with or without them.

HTTP/RESTful API, Single or Multi Server Configs

Restore groups can be contained on one or more servers.  Each daemon process can run independently or as a group on a server.  The central server process exports an HTTP RESTful/AJAX interface that can be used from within a web browser, or be controlled by user API code in any programming language that supports HTTP get and XML.

Extra Functions

To make the system more complete, a number of accessory functions are also provided:

• Thumbnail generation
• Metadata extraction
• Closed Caption extraction
• Wave/Audio extraction

 

 Partial List of Supported Formats

• AVI - Uncompressed, h.264, MJPEG, Uncompressed, MPEG-2, DVHD/25/50
• Avid DS Gen - Uncompressed
• Cine - Raw bayer
• DNG/KRW/VRW/CDX - Raw bayer sequence of stills
• DPX/CIN/HDR/SGI/TIFF/PNG/PSD/TGA/BMP - Image sequences
• DVS - Uncompressed RGB or YCbCr
• GVK2 - Grass Valley K2 file groups
• GXF - SMPTE 360
• IHSS - Speed grade uncompressed
• KRW - Kinefinity raw bayer
• LXF - Harris MPEG-2, DVHD/25/50, AVCi-100
• MLV - Magic Lantern raw bayer
• MOV - ProRes, DVHD/25/50, AVCi, h.264, HEVC, most QuickTime codecs
• MP4 - h.264 (4:2:0, 4:2:2, 8/10/12 bit), HEVC  (4:2:0, 4:2:2, 8/10/12 bit), Sony XDCam
• MTS - h.264 camera captures
• MXF - OP1a, OP1b, OP-Atom, EVS, Uncompressed, AVC, XAVC, AVCi, DVHD/25/50, XDCam,
• MPEG-2, IMX, h.264, HEVC, Sony Raw, HDCam, F5/F55, Long-G, etc.
• R3D - RED camera files
• SEQ/SIV - Raw bayer camera files
• TR-01 - JPEG-2000 TS-01/Evertz transport streams
• TS - MPEG-1, MPEG-2, JPEG-2000, h.264, HEVC transport streams
• VCAP - Tektronix raw files
• YUV/RAW - raw uncompressed data

Please contact us for the most up to date list.

Net-X-Code API (includes PFR, Net-X-Convert, Net-X-Copy)

Net-X-Code API (pdf)

Other Drastic Products

While you are here, you may want to check out some of our other software:

DrasticScope	FlowCaster	MediaReactor	Net-X-Code	Net-X-Convert	NETXROUTER	Test Pattern Generator	videoQC

 

 

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