Systems that are used in News rooms environments can become very complex with multiple servers used to create a single operational Interplay with high reliability and availability. Media Composer systems are also made part of the Interplay environment and rely upon information from the Interplay Engine, Media Indexer and Look Up Server in order to locate content and create edits. The Interplay framework is made up of a number of services and applications that run on all systems within the Interplay workgroup. The Look Up server maintains a table of all computers and systems on the network to ensure content and features are delivered in a timely manner. It informs users on editing systems and the Interplay engine, where constant can be found for use or indeed it is available to use. This is also where the system is configured and managed from. The Media Indexers role is to track content on nominated Workspaces on the central storage system. The Interplay Engine houses a database that manages and tracks all content that exists on the system. MediaCentral works hand in hand with Avid Interplay, it also works with Avids MAM but lets not get bogged down in that right now so for those who are unfamiliar with Interplay here's a quick overview to help you understand where MediaCentral sits within the Interplay design.Īvid Interplay is Avid's Asset Management system and can be purchased as either Production Asset Manager (PAM) or as a wider Media Asset Manager (MAM) The most common Interplay is the PAM system and it is deployed as a number of servers (Physical or Virtual.)Įvery Interplay on the face of the planet is made up of an ISIS or NEXIS shared storage system at its heart, which is where all the video content is stored.

Ma圎dit went behind closed doors at Avid as project Morpheus and went through a rebirth into Central in 2012 and later being re-branded to MediaCentral. Most editing on an Interplay system, at the time, would be carried out on either Media Composer or NewsCutter, b ut the idea of being able to use a web interface through something like MAXEdit was too tempting to overlook. At the time of purchasing Max-T, Avid Interplay had been around for 3 years and offered limited editing through it's thin(ish) client 'Assist.' Assist was a great tool but it still needed installation and set up on qualified workstation and GFX card owing to the playback engine being used from Media Composer, therefore it made it quite expensive to deploy on larger sites.

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