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title: "SAMMA: Videotape Digitization for any Archive"
url: https://stacklist.com/card/2668d8cc-f544-406e-9942-0c74e1debe43
source_url: "https://graymeta.com/samma/"
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summary: "SAMMA (System for Automated Migration of Media Assets) is a scalable videotape digitization platform that converts tape or disk-based media into digital file formats for on-premises, cloud, or hybrid storage. The system offers configurations ranging from one to eight or more video ingest channels, featuring automated VTR control, signal integrity monitoring, encoding analytics, and simultaneous archival master and proxy creation."
tags: "samma, videotape-digitization, media-preservation, digital-archiving, video-ingest, scalable-encoding, media-migration"
key_entities: "SAMMA (technology), SAMMAcode (technology), SAMMAeye (technology), SAMMAstats (technology), AE2020 TBC (technology), Telestream Lightspeed Encoder (technology), CBS News (organization), Iris Play (technology), SAMMAprep (technology), 2026 NAB Project of the Year (event)"
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# SAMMA: Videotape Digitization for any Archive

SAMMA is the System for Automated Migration of Media Assets SAMMA is a scalable, easy-to-operate system that provides advanced digital conversion of videotape or disk-based media, to a digital file format and codec that can be stored on-premises, via cloud, or a hybrid storage model. Whether it’s one or two channels, maybe four or eight…or even 88, a SAMMA videotape digitization system scales to your needs and remains the best way to preserve then make your videotapes useful, even profitable as digital assets. See how the CBS News and Stations Archive leveraged a fully-automated SAMMA system to create the world’s largest automated archive and a 2026 NAB Project of the Year! Read more about the features and ease of use of SAMMA to create your digital archive from the videotapes you’ve stored and invested in. Download PDF Scalable to meet your needs and budget One video ingest Channel SAMMA Server system • Plug-and-play integrated solution with AE2020 TBC/frame sync/processor • SAMMAcode one-channel encoder • Automated VTR control • SAMMAeye™ for frame-level signal integrity monitoring • SAMMAstats™ for operator and encoding analytics • Simultaneous creation of an archival master and proxy with original timecode • SD-HD conversion & frame rate normalization Two Video Ingest channels SAMMA Server system • Plug-and-play integrated solution with (2) AE2020 TBC/frame sync/processor • SAMMAcode two-channel encoder • Automated VTR control • SAMMAeye™ for frame-level signal integrity monitoring • SAMMAstats™ for operator and encoding analytics • Simultaneous creation of an archival master and proxy with original timecode • SD-HD conversion & frame rate normalization Four Video Ingest Channels SAMMA Server system • Plug-and-play integrated solution with (4) AE2020 TBC/frame sync/processor • SAMMAcode four-channel encoder or • Option for Telestream VC-100 Lightspeed Encoder • Automated VTR control • SAMMAeye™ for frame-level signal integrity monitoring • SAMMAstats™ for operator and encoding analytics • Simultaneous creation of an archival master and proxy with original timecode • SD-HD conversion & frame rate normalization Eight Video Ingest Channels SAMMA Server system • Plug-and-play integrated solution with (8) AE2020 TBC/frame sync/processor • (2) SAMMAcode four-channel encoder or • Option for Telestream VC300 Lightspeed Encoder • Automated VTR control • SAMMAeye™ for frame-level signal integrity monitoring • SAMMAstats™ for operator and encoding analytics • Simultaneous creation of an archival master and proxy with original timecode • SD-HD conversion & frame rate normalization *All systems include a free 1-Year subscription license for Iris Play for video file review and QC. SAMMAprep Software is required and sold separately.