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Dynamo
Reliable · Flexible · Scalable
Dynamo is an enterprise-grade TV automation system, designed for cloud-native, hybrid and on-premise deployments. Whatever broadcast business you are running, it adapts to different system topologies — from IP-based services alongside more traditional delivery methods — and its channel-in-a-box architecture means new channels can be added very quickly, which is where the total cost of ownership actually moves.
Agile provisioning and deployment
The fastest path from planning to a running channel — on a VM in a private or public cloud with IP inputs and outputs, or on an in-house physical server. Same build either way.
A pure software pipeline
A legacy playout chain is a stack of hardware and software devices. Dynamo replaces it with software, and combined with MediaHive, Panorama+ and Shepherd it covers the whole chain from one vendor.
Disaster recovery for legacy automation
Interoperability with heterogeneous automation systems: automatic playlist import, media mover, and the ability to import third-party graphics templates — including Miranda and Grass Valley.
Capabilities
What Dynamo actually does
One system for the whole playout chain
Dynamo includes software tools for file and asset management, web-based schedule management, ingest, manual and automatic QC, metadata and EDL management, sub-clip export and conforming, a graphics template editor and an integrated advanced graphics engine with DVE.
It is built for traditional broadcasters, IPTV, cloud playout and web TV, and it manages anything from a single stand-alone channel to dozens of channels in the same system — unattended, 24/7.
Inputs and outputs that are virtual
Input and output are dynamically virtualised in the system and assigned in real time: SDI (SD / HD / 4K), NDI, IP and streaming over SRT, WebRTC, RTMP and UDP. The signal chain follows the schedule rather than the patch panel.
Simulcast output plays SDI and NDI or IP streaming — DVB TS with H.264 and H.265, over RTMP, SRT, UDP and HLS, plus SMPTE ST 2110, 2022-6 and 2022-7 — all at once, through the embedded Panorama+ engine.
The commercial side, not only the technical one
SCTE-35 signalling and ad insertion as an add-on, alternative playlist management for regional or rights-restricted variants, live event handling, subtitle playback, and loudness measurement with real-time normalisation.
A drag-and-drop scheduling web GUI moves items across different channels, with a bundled CG composer for graphics and DVE and a dedicated view for complex graphics scheduling.
Redundancy that is configured, not improvised
Multi-level redundancy with automatic synchronisation of playlists and media files between main and backup. Integrated with Shepherd, a supervisor gets a real-time graphical overview of the whole system; on fault detection Shepherd raises the alarm in the layout and sends Telegram and SNMP messages.
Monitoring aggregates everything from workflow state to infrastructure usage on one interface, with SNMP support and notification by email, Telegram and other messaging systems.
Storage and ingest, in the same product
Playback and ingest straight over network storage (NAS or SAN), automatic import from cloud storage such as Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive, an automatic media-file mover, and a multiformat real-time ingest tool covering MPEG-2, MXF, MOV, MP4, H.264 and H.265 with scheduled recording built in. Play-while-record is supported on specific formats.
In the interface
See it working
Dynamo running four channels in a live deployment, and the asset and metrics views behind them.
Feature list
Everything Dynamo ships with
Playout
- Multichannel, multiformat playout system
- Up to 4 HD channels per physical server, up to 1 4K HDR channel per server
- Multichannel web control panel
- Alternative playlist management
- Dynamic shareable resource allocation
- Live events and subtitle playback
- Back-to-back playback of files and internet streams
- Play-while-record on specific formats
- Automatic up/down scaling and aspect ratio conversion
Graphics
- Graphics engine with embedded editor — logos, tickers, crawls, digital clock, DVE
- In 4K, graphics only; DVE available as an additional plug-in
- Intuitive bundled CG composer for graphics and DVE
- Dedicated view for complex graphics scheduling
- Automatic import of Miranda / Grass Valley templates (animated oxa, still oxt, text oxa)
Ingest and storage
- Multiformat real-time ingest — MPEG-2, MXF, MOV, MP4, H.264, H.265
- Embedded scheduled recording
- Playback and ingest straight over network storage (NAS / SAN)
- Automatic import from Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive
- Automatic media file mover
- Manage multiple storage pools
Output
- Simulcast SDI and NDI or IP streaming
- DVB TS with H.264 and H.265 codecs
- RTMP, SRT, UDP and HLS protocols
- SMPTE ST 2110, 2022-6 and 2022-7
- Panorama+ embedded for simultaneous SDI, NDI, IP and stream out
- Audio shuffle
- Loudness measurement and real-time normalisation
Resilience and monitoring
- Multi-level redundancy with automatic synchronisation of playlists and media
- Shepherd integration with real-time graphical alarm layout
- SNMP protocol supported
- Email, Telegram and other messaging notifications
- Real-time collection of all workstation status data
- Monitors files, serial data, TCP/IP, devices and GPIO logic status
Platform and integration
- Cloud certified — Azure, AWS, Oracle, Tata and others
- Fully compatible with IaaS OpenStack
- API interface and efficient integration with third-party applications and databases
- Software drivers for A/V routers and other devices
- SCTE-35 and ad insertion add-on
- MediaHive embedded — sub-clip, EDL and metadata management
- Multi-tenant system
Specification
The numbers, in full
Need a signed-off configuration for a tender? Ask and we will send the full technical annex with the exact build for your channel count.
Request the technical annex| Capacity | |
|---|---|
| Density | Up to 4 HD channels per physical server; up to 1 4K HDR channel per server |
| Scale | One stand-alone channel to dozens in the same system, unattended 24/7 |
| Signal and transport | |
| Inputs and outputs | SDI (SD / HD / 4K), NDI, IP, SRT, WebRTC, RTMP, UDP — dynamically virtualised and assigned in real time |
| Simulcast | SDI, NDI, SMPTE ST 2110, ST 2022-6 and 2022-7, DVB TS (H.264 / H.265) over RTMP, SRT, UDP, HLS |
| Media | |
| Ingest formats | MPEG-2, MXF, MOV, MP4, H.264, H.265 |
| Audio | Audio shuffle, loudness measurement and real-time normalisation |
| Graphics | Logos, tickers, crawls, digital clock, DVE (DVE in 4K via plug-in) |
| Commercial | |
| Ad insertion | SCTE-35 and ad insertion add-on |
| Playlists | Alternative playlist management for regional and rights-restricted variants |
| Resilience | |
| Redundancy | Multi-level, with automatic synchronisation of playlists and media files |
| Monitoring | Shepherd integration, SNMP, email and Telegram alerting, GPIO and serial monitoring |
| Platform | |
| Architecture | Microservices, channel-in-a-box (Dynamo CiaB), pure software |
| Cloud | Certified on Microsoft Azure, AWS, Oracle Cloud and Tata Communications; IaaS OpenStack compatible |
| Control | Web GUI playlist manager with integrated video preview; full API |
| Embedded | MediaHive, Panorama+, Shepherd |
Deployment
On-premise
Runs on standard enterprise servers in your own plant. No proprietary hardware, no vendor-locked appliance, no forklift upgrade.
Hybrid
Keep the signal path local and move the elastic parts — transcoding, archive, disaster recovery — to the cloud, one workflow at a time.
Cloud
The same build, deployed on the major clouds. Identical interfaces, identical behaviour, identical support contract.
Integrations
It has to work with what you already run
Embedded
- MediaHive
- Panorama+
- Shepherd
Scheduling
- Third-party traffic systems
- Automatic playlist import
- Synaxis
Cloud
- Azure
- AWS
- Oracle
- Tata Communications
- OpenStack
Legacy and devices
- Miranda / Grass Valley graphics templates
- A/V router drivers
- GPIO and serial devices
- SNMP
Typical use cases — Traditional broadcasters · IPTV and OTT operators · Cloud playout providers · Web TV and pop-up channels · Disaster recovery for legacy automation
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See Dynamo on your own material
We run demos with your formats, your protocols and your constraints — not a canned dataset.