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KRONOS DRIVE is a storage service with everything you need to manage files and metadata, share files, edit and transcode video, and deliver content to streaming platforms.

End-to-End Delivery Management

A cloud platform with every capability you need

Upload video files and edit them right in the cloud. Metadata management and the entire delivery flow run automatically. KRONOS DRIVE is packed with everything you need to make delivering to a wide range of streaming platforms easy. With KRONOS DRIVE, the workload that used to grow with every new delivery destination becomes dramatically more efficient.

Solving Your Challenges

The path to streaming platform delivery


1

Video Editing: Multiple outputs in one batch

Different sales models such as AVOD and SVOD require different ad-break edits, and rights clearances often mean producing multiple versions of a video. Once you create an editing preset, you can output edits tailored to each format in a single batch.
2

Catalog Management: Effortless metadata creation

Using catalog data imported as your metadata master, create mappings for each streaming platform and deliver metadata in a wide variety of formats with ease.
3

Package Delivery: When everything is ready

Package the delivery files each streaming platform requires — not just video files but caption files, thumbnail images, and metadata — and deliver them automatically once everything is in place.

Cut Operating Costs

Save the time and resources spent on delivery work

Chain together the capabilities KRONOS DRIVE provides to build a workflow, set a trigger to launch it, and every task runs automatically.

Automate every task with Workflow

Detect File Uploads

A file uploaded to KRONOS DRIVE acts as the trigger that starts the workflow.

Analyze / Generate Previews

Uploaded files are analyzed; if a problem is found you are notified, and if not, a preview is generated.

Edit and Transcode

Videos are edited according to your predefined rules and converted to the formats each streaming platform requires.

Transfer

Files are transferred to the specified delivery destination — including any Amazon S3 bucket.

File Sharing

Deliver large files such as video securely and reliably from the cloud. With download expiration dates, download count limits, password protection, and other security controls, you can move away from inefficient legacy practices like emailing password-protected zip files.
File requests are also supported: ask anyone to upload files via their email address, even if they do not have a KRONOS DRIVE account.

Live Recording and Video Editing

Record live inputs and delivered HLS streams into KRONOS DRIVE. Create rough cuts from the recorded footage and edit video right in the browser. By using the delivery stream itself as an editing source, you can create cuts and clips in real time.

Caption Editing and Conversion

Convert broadcast caption files such as ARIB STD-B24 and NAB T027-1996, as well as formats like Videotron Lambda, into WebVTT for streaming. Captions can then be edited easily right in the cloud, and you can define mappings for format-specific expressions such as gaiji (non-standard characters).
Conversion can be automated in combination with Workflow, so you can batch-convert your existing caption files into streaming-ready formats.

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