Description
mediaCARD Densu D-2 is a compact cost effective appliance with Panasonic built-in card readers that automates and improves the camera card ingest and transcode operations.
Enables offline editing workflows, ingesting the proxies to online storage and high-resolution to the nearline storage.
It features a solution with two independent nodes and a redundant power supply.
Each node performs two simultaneous card ingest operations.
Main Features
- Operation modes: manual, scheduled, automatic
- Ingest and/or Transcode the contents according the destination format
- Support for spanned clips (Panasonic P2, Panasonic GH5)
- Optional remote preview for media selection, sub-clipping and merge
- Flexible file renaming engine
- Enable edit while ingest
- Metadata preservation and enhancement
- Option for simultaneous proxy generation
- Optional integration with social media
- Optional integration with OTT
- Burnt-In Options: text, timecode, overlays (images and videos) and LUT
File Input – OnPrem
- Built in card reader for:
- P2
- AU
- Generic File Shares
- NextoDI NSB-25
- Panasonic CX350 HEVC
- Panasonic AU-EVA1 and GH5 Cameras
- Panasonic P2
- AJ-PCD 2, AJ-PCD 20/30/35, AJ-MPD1, AU-XPD1E, AU-XPD3EJ
- Sony XDCAM HD Disc: PDW-U1, PDW-U2
- DJI (Camera Drones)
- Network
- P2 Network
- VTR Decks
- Panasonic P2: AG HPG 20
- Sony XDCAM HD Disc: PDW 1500, PDW HD1500, PDW F70
- Storage
- Avid ISIS / Nexis
- Avid UnityTM MediaNetwork
- DDP – Dynamic Drive Pool
- Facilis TerraBlock
- Harmonic MediaGrid
- Editshare EFS
- NAS / SAS (SMB 2.0 and 3.0)
- Quantum StorNext
- ScaleLogic NX2 & ZX NAS Storage
- EMC Isilon
- QNAP
- Studio Network Solutions EVO
- Oracle Storage
- Netapp
File Output – OnPrem
- Avid ISIS / Nexis
- Avid UnityTM MediaNetwork
- DDP – Dynamic Drive Pool
- Facilis TerraBlock
- Harmonic MediaGrid
- Editshare EFS
- NAS / SAS (SMB 2.0 and 3.0)
- Quantum StorNext
- ScaleLogic NX2 & ZX NAS Storage
- EMC Isilon
- QNAP
- Studio Network Solutions EVO
- Oracle Storage
- Netapp
- FTP Servers (List on request)
- Generic File Shares
File Output – Cloud
- Consumer Cloud Storages
- Apple I Cloud Drive
- Dropbox
- Google Drive
- Microsoft One Drive
- We Transfer
- Multiple and Adaptive bitrates for the OTT *Optional
- Professional Cloud Storages
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Amazon S3 Glacier
- Microsoft Azure Storage
- Tencent
- Lucidlink Cloud NAS
- Google Cloud Storage
- IBM Cloud Object Storage
- Social Media *Optional
- Vimeo
- YouTube
Live Output
- Social Media *Optional
- Twitch
- Vimeo
- YouTube
- Multiple and Adaptive bitrates for the OTT *Optional
Output Formats
- DVCAM 25 Mbps
- DVCPRO 25/50 Mbps / DVCPRO HD 100 Mbps
- AVC-Intra 50 / 100 / 200 Mbps
- AVC Ultra (LGOP 6/12/25/50 Mbps)
Proxy Formats
- H.264 Proxy
- H.264 @ 500 Kbps Flash
- H.264 @ 1 / 1.5 Mbps Flash
- H.264 720 480p @ 8 / 10 Mbps Flash
- H.264 720p @ 15 / 20 / 25 Mbps Flash
- H.264 854 480p @ 8 / 10 Mbps Flash
- H.264 960 540p @ 3 Mbps Flash
- H.264 1080p @ 15 / 20 / 25 Mbps Flash
- H.264 SD @ 4 / 8 / 15 / 20 / 25 Mbps
- H.264 480p @ 0.5 – 2 Mbps High Profile (Live)
- H.264 360p @ 0.4 – 1 Mbps High Profile (Live)
- H.264 240p @ 0.3 – 0.7 Mbps High Profile (Live)
- H.264 Interplay Web (SD, 800 Kbps, and 2 Mbps)
OTT Formats
- H.264
- H.264 1080p 8 – 12 Mbps High Profile
- H.264 720p 5 – 7.5 Mbps High Profile
- H.264 480p 2.5 – 4 Mbps High Profile
- H.264 360p 1 – 1.5 Mbps High Profile
- H.264 1080p 3 – 9 Mbps High Profile (Live)
- H.264 720p 1.5 – 6 Mbps High Profile (Live)
- H.264 480p 0.5 – 2.0 Mbps High Profile (Live)
- H.264 360p 0.4 – 1.0 Mbps High Profile (Live)
- H.264 240p 0.3 – 0.7 Mbps High Profile (Live)
- H.265
- H.265/HEVC 10 Mbps LGOP
- H.265/HEVC 25 Mbps LGOP
- H.265/HEVC 50 Mbps LGOP
- H.265/HEVC 100 Mbps LGOP
- H.265/HEVC LGOP 4:2:2
Product Integrations
- Editing Sytems
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- AVID Media Composer
- AVID Media Central UX
- AVID Media Central Cloud UX
- Apple Final Cut Pro X
- Edius Pro 8
- Edius Workgroup 9
- BlackMagic DaVinci Resolve Studio
- Autodesk Flame
- Storage
- AVID ISIS Storage
- AVID Nexis Storage
- Avid UnityTM MediaNetwork
- Dynamic Drive Pool SAN Storage
- Facilis Terrablock
- Harmonic MediaGrid
- Quantum Storenext
- Scalelogic NX2 & ZX NAS Storage
- Editshare EFS
- EMC Isilon
- QNAP
- Studio Network Solutions EVO
- Oracle Storage
- Netapp
- Archive
- Archiware P5
- Xendata Archive Appliances
- Oracle Front Porch Digital DIVArchive
- MAM / PAM / DAM
- CatDV MAM
- CatDV PAM
- CatDV DAM
- eMAM Media Asset Management
- Telestream Masstech
- AVID Interplay
- AXLE MAM
- Editshare Flow
- MOG Vizzi
- Professional Cloud Storages
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Amazon EC2
- Amazon S3
- Amazon S3 Glacier
- Microsoft Azure Storage
- Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
- Tencent Cloud Storage
- Lucidlink Cloud NAS
- Google Cloud Storage
- IBM Cloud Object Storage
- Cameras
- Canon DSLR 5D
- Canon DSLR 7D
- CanonDSLR C300
- CanonDSLR C100
- ARRI Alexa XT (ARRIRAW)
- Panasonic AU-EVA1
- Panasonic GH5 Cameras
- Panasonic CX350 HEVC
- Ikegami Gfpack
- JVC AVC HD camera models
- LUMIX DC-S1H
- RED Digital Cinema
- GOPRO
- Card Readers
- Panasonic P2: AJ PCD 2, AJ PCD 20/30/35, AJ MPD1, AU-XPD1E, AU-XPD3EJ, AG HPG 20
- Sony XDCAM EX (SxS Cards): SBAC-US10/20/30, SBAC-UT100, MRW E-80, MRW E-90
- Sony Disc Reader: PDW-U1, PDW-U2
- Structures
- XAVC Structures
- VTR Decks
- XDCAM HD Disc: PDW 1500, PDW HD1500, PDW F70
- XDCAM Station: XDS 1000
- Transfer Accelaration Protocols
- File Catalyst Direct
- IBM Aspera File Transfer
- Consumer Cloud Storages
- Dropbox
- Google Drive
- Microsoft One Drive
- We Transfer
- Apple I Cloud Drive
- CDN’s
- Lumen
- Fastly
- Akamai Technologies
- Microsoft Azure
- Cloudflare
- Limelight Networks
- Amazon CloudFront
- BootstrapCDN
- StackPath
- KeyCDN
- Rackspace
- Alibaba Cloud Content Delivery Service
- CacheFly
- Verizon
- Social Media
- Twitch
- YouTube
- Vimeo
Connectivity


Card slots
4x Panasonic P2 and express P2
Power requirements
Dual 300W
Temperature specifications
Storage –40°C to 65°C (–40°F to 149°F); Continuous operation 10°C to 32°C (50°F to 89.6°F)
Size & weight
2RU; 245x484x89mm (D,W,H); ~13Kg
Packaging
580x380x250mm (D,W,H), ~14Kg
What’s in
2x C13 to C14 power cord