Bangkok-Based Spice Shop Chose DVS

Bangkok-based Spice Shop chose DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH when building its IT
infrastructure.

With its file-based 2K, 4K and S3D workflows, Spice Shop
is establishing itself as  a modern full-service agencies.

The DVS systems with their open interfaces are meeting the
studio’s requirements: two SpycerBox Flex and one SpycerBox Ultra are playing a
key role in delivering performance and flexibility in the post production
network, with the CLIPSTER DI workstation functioning as the centerpiece within
the workflow thanks to its real-time functions such as conforming, RAW data
processing and DCI Mastering.

With
SpycerBox from DVS, Spice Shop has opted for storage solutions that
offer real-time processing of uncompressed projects in parallel,
resulting in time savings for editors and colorists. Integrating
multiple SpycerBoxes instead of a monolithic storage system allows for
redundancy and modularity in the network. Spice Shop uses two SpycerBox Flex
for online storage, while the SpycerBox Ultra, as the near-line storage system,
offers the various workstations direct access to content. As a result,
larger projects are always available in one location thus providing Spice Shop
with flexibility. And thanks to its numerous interfaces,
SpycerBox also offers a range of ways to expand the infrastructure.

With its hardware platform as well as its specially developed hardware
accelerator, CLIPSTER handles both the decoding as well as demosaicing of raw
files in full quality at 4K 12-bit RGB mode in real time. CLIPSTER
even generates DCI Masters in 3D – allowing editors to check the quality of the
finished DCP directly using CLIPSTER.

DVS’s Spycer software is also proving itself to be the solution
for cross-platform data management at Spice Shop, with Spycer enabling them to
optimize their workflows with high-speed copying processes as well as searching
and editing functions for image material and its meta data.

Matthew
Szabo, Director of Operations at Spice Shop, said: "We are impressed by the DVS systems, their reliability and speed
make them the perfect basis for our workflows. As all products are continually
updated to keep pace with the latest market developments, we are equipped for
the future in the best way possible."

Eric
Augereau, Sales Director Region Asia Pacific at DVS, said: "Shop is setting new benchmarks in
digital post production. We are really pleased to be contributing to this
success with our creative solutions."