Boasting the flexibility of a usage based solution and the security of a dedicated on-site system, Pulsar Pay-Per-Use (PPU) makes the advanced QC functions of the acclaimed Pulsar automated file-based QC solution immediately available to facilities of all sizes. This is increasingly important as a growing number of broadcasters and content delivery companies demand that content suppliers of all sizes, big or small, QC all of their content prior to their delivery.
Small production and post-production organizations who need to have access to file-based QC tool but can’t afford to invest in a dedicated license, can now use Pulsar PPU. Pulsar PPU allows such organizations to access Pulsar QC capabilities without any CAPEX. Users can virtually deploy a working QC system within minutes.
Wide range of Checks
You can perform technically complicated checks such as Field Dominance, Cadence Digital Hits or Active Aspect Ratio with Pulsar. You can also make sure your media is in compliance with regulations and standards such as the EBU R128, CALM act or OP-59 recommendations. List of checks →
Pay-as-you-go
You no longer need to make upfront investment in purchasing a QC tool if that doesn’t fit into your budget or business model. Move from CAPEX to OPEX and align your investments with your revenues. With Pulsar, you have the flexibility to pay either by content hours or a monthly subscription.
Customer Stories
Many large and small organizations worldwide customers are already enjoying the Pulsar advantage, validating large volumes of content 24×7 as part of their production workflows.
Easy-to-Use
Designed for operators, Pulsar has an intuitive interface and simple configurable reports. With logical grouping of errors along with user-defined configurations, Pulsar ensures that you are not bogged down with a large number of unnecessary errors.
Secure and Efficient
If your content resides inside your facility, then you never have to move your content out of your facility for QC. Pulsar PPU is installed inside your facility and all the analysis functions are performed locally. With Pulsar PPU, you never have to worry about the security of your content or investing into additional network bandwidth for uploading the content. Analysis or re-analysis results are immediately available, saving you numerous hours.
Our Customers
Wide range of checks
Color Gamut
Flash Frames
Audio Loudness
EAS
Active Region
Photosensitive Epilepsy
Audio Peaks
Audio Test Tone
Cadence
Language ID
Audio Clipping
Audio Drops
Color Gamut
Active Region
Cadence
Flash Frames
Photosensitive Epilepsy
Language ID
Audio Loudness
Audio Peaks
Audio Clipping
EAS
Audio Test Tone
Audio Drops
For complete list of checks, download Pulsar brochure
Other Quality Control Solutions
We additionally offer the following QC solutions for Audio, Video, Captions & Subtitles for Cloud & On-premise applications:
Customers’ experience
Pulsar Editions
| Â | Professional | Standard | Basic | Pay-Per-Use |
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| No of simultaneous files | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Maximum cores | 32 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Verification Unit cluster | Yes | No | No | No |
| Watch Folders | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Web Service API | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Media Player * | * | * | * | * |
| Controller Plus * | * | No | No | No |
| DD/DD+ * | * | * | * | No |
| Dolby-E * | * | * | * | No |
| Nielsen watermark * | * | * | No | No |
| Loudness correction * | * | * | * | * |
| VC-1, WMA | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| JPEG-2000 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Fast JPEG-2000 | * | * | No | Yes |
| HEVC | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Adaptive Bitrate Formats | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Harding PSE * | * | * | * | * |
| IMF/DCP | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Image sequence | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| HDR | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Track Layout | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Audio Language Identification | * | * | * | No |
* Optional feature
Verification Unit Cluster: Ability to cluster multiple Verification Units together to process a larger number of files simultaneously.
Controller Plus: Ability to provide automatic fail-over redundancy for the Pulsar Controller.
Media Player: Media player linked with Pulsar reports for visual review.
Audio Language Identification: Auto-identification of audio language from audio media data.
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Perpetual license
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Ability to process four files at a time
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Can use up to 32 Cores
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Fastest Edition of Pulsar
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Ideal for high volume operations
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Perpetual license
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Ability to process one file at a time
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Can use up to 8 cores
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Ideal for normal operations
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Perpetual license
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Ability to process one file at a time
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Can use up to 4 cores
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Ideal for low content volume operations
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Usage-based pricing
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No permanent license
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Only solution of its kind in the market
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Ability to process one file at a time
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Capable of Harding PSE
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Ideal for low volume occasional use
Pulsar PPU pricing
By Content Hours
- Standard QC: Up to HD (1080 i/p) – $15 per content hour ($0.25 per minute) *
- Standard QC: Above HD – $21 per content hour ($0.35 per minute) *
- Loudness correction – $1.5 per content hour ($0.025 per minute)
- JPEG-2000 processing – $3 per content hour ($0.05 per minute)
- Harding PSE (SDR) – $1.5 per content minute **
- Harding PSE (HDR) – $2 per content minute **
- Charged on the basis of actual content duration
* A minimum of $3 will be charged for every file on which Standard QC is performed
** A minimum of $9 will be charged for every file that is analyzed for Harding PSE (which does include Standard QC as well)
Unlimited
- Standard QC: $500 per 30 days
- Loudness correction: $90 per 30 days
- JPEG-2000 processing: $100 per 30 days
- Charged for unlimited 30 days usage on ONE system
- Harding PSE (SDR) – $1.5 per content minute *
- Harding PSE (HDR) – $2 per content minute *
* A minimum of $6 for Harding PSE will be charged for every file analyzed
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