AS20
All-in-one intelligent storage unit.
20 hot-swappable SSD bays, compatible with REC-1026 and REG-1024, with built-in 4-channel real-time AI multi-modal analysis and open metadata standards for shared storage and fast cross-system media exchange in OB vans and studios.
Overview
The AS20 intelligent storage unit is a combined high-capacity storage and intelligent analysis device that complements the high-density recording units. It does everything the SS20 does — shared storage for the REC-1026, REG-1024, and MSV555, and plug-and-play media exchange on open specifications — and adds on-board AI: a single device analyses 4 channels in real time, writing recognition results into the material's metadata for post-production to read.
Challenge
Recorded footage arrives in post as hours of unlabelled picture. Tagging it later means decoding it a second time, and by then the fast turnaround the shoot was recorded for has already passed.
Untagged archives
Large volumes of recorded material slow shot retrieval to a manual scrub through the rushes.
Analysis after the fact
Running AI as a separate later pass means decoding the media again and waiting for the result.
Import and export overhead
Material shuttled through shared storage or removable media makes exchange slow and operational errors more likely.
Tags that do not travel
Recognition results stranded outside the media never reach the editor cutting it.
Solution
AS20 is the SS20's storage and exchange behaviour with an analysis engine inside it.
Key Features
- Real-time analysis — A single device supports 4 channels of AI real-time multi-modal analysis on live video and audio streams, at under 2 seconds average latency.
- What it recognises — Scene recognition, face recognition, speech recognition, entity extraction, and camera-motion recognition — the capability mix adjustable to available resources and user needs.
- Tags in the media — Recognition results are written into the material's metadata as embedded media tags, so post-production reads them directly for intelligent searching, cutting, and grading.
- Dual operation modes — Shared storage for simultaneous recording and playback with the REC-1026 and REG-1024 recorders, or removable SSDs for offline material exchange between independent systems.
- Plug-and-play exchange — Open specifications for disk information, file metadata, and clip tags let a drive move between independent systems and be recognised automatically.
- Capacity and connectivity — Up to 20 hot-swappable SSDs at 960 GB / 1.92 TB / 3.84 TB / 7.68 TB each, dual 25G QSFP28 media ports, multiple USB 3.0/2.0 ports for import and export, and RJ45 management with BS web file administration.
- Broadcast hardware — Redundant power and an optimized operating temperature range for OB van and studio deployment.
Scenarios
- Shared storage for multi-channel live recording — Receives footage directly from REC-1026 / REG-1024 recorders without extra file migration.
- Efficient offline media exchange — Hot-swappable SSDs carry recorded material between on-site recording equipment and studio post-production systems, with automatic file recognition on arrival.
- AI metadata for post-production — Live AI analysis of incoming streams generates rich metadata tags that speed up voice editing, scene matching, and intelligent clip selection in non-linear editing workflows.
Result
Footage reaches post already understood — tagged as it was stored, on a disk that can be unplugged and carried, so the first pass in the edit starts from a timeline that already knows what is in it.
Channels of real-time AI analysis per device.
Average latency from stream to written metadata tags.
Hot-swappable SSDs per unit, from 960 GB to 7.68 TB each.
Recognition capabilities — scene, face, speech, entity, shot movement.
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