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765<\/h4>\n

different language audio packages automatically created<\/p>\n

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Weeks of work cut to<\/p>\n

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REAL TIME<\/h4>\n

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EVERY LANGUAGE<\/h4>\n

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Summary<\/h1>\n

With the explosion of streaming services that operate on a global footprint, the mastering pipeline has been stressed like never before. Each major movie or TV episode typically can have as many as 765 different language audio packages created from the US original, each of which needs to be quality checked, encoded and packaged for delivery. The process can take weeks and involves creative and technical teams working to make derivative versions which must preserve the original creative intent as much as possible.<\/p>\n

The \u201cCoda\u201d Automated Media Ecosystem is a new extensible software platform from Skywalker Sound that automates the creation of soundtrack versions and cuts the deliverable process down from weeks to faster-than real-time. The system has already been used on premium Disney+ releases such as The Mandalorian and Moon Knight.<\/p>\n

By automating the international and multi-format soundtrack processing from the highest original source mix format (often the Dolby Atmos mix), the automatically derived versions can be created with the same fidelity and attention to detail as the original language, improving the experience for all consumers in international markets. As the process is automated without the possibility of human error, the need to QC each pass is reduced, resulting in better results for consumers and considerable time and cost savings for content owners.<\/p>\n

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Background<\/h1>\n

Modern movies and TV shows are played on a huge variety of devices and environments \u2013 from multiplex theaters to home cinema systems and headphones on mobile devices \u2013 and the soundtrack must be mixed specifically for each combination of playback system, environment, and codec. The versioning process begins when the final creative sound mix has been signed off by the director. For a US motion picture release, this will usually be the US theatrical mix in an object-based surround format such as Dolby Atmos. Then the versioning process can start, which sometimes requires a team of sound mixers to translate the creative intent into different output formats for home media object-based audio, 5.1\/7.1 surround, stereo, and near-field mixes (for headphone and home entertainment uses). Each mix is completed for corresponding international versions, which often includes the added complication of mixing in different dubbed audio tracks for dialog. The large matrix of versions must also include descriptive audio and censored releases. Each newly mixed version must be QC\u2019d by another team and leveled appropriately for local market regulatory loudness requirements and with correct metadata for the package.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1: Each language deliverable package requires multiple steps of technical audio and adaptation tasks (including downmixing, loudness correction, editorial conforms, framerate conversions, home theater adaptation, and audio file formatting) by a mixer using specialist rooms and equipment, followed by encoding and packaging. The process can take 1-2 weeks.<\/h4>\n

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The entire process occurs during the finishing stages of post-production when final picture and sound are ostensibly locked. There is intense pressure to deliver, often with time and budget constraints imposed on the teams, which sometimes results in use of shortcuts. For example, international markets may be limited to stereo or surround mixes without object-based audio, or release in some markets may be delayed, with media not available \u2018day and date\u2019 in all formats\/markets simultaneously. These compromises are often necessary to meet deadlines and budgets, but can result in lower quality deliverables for some markets, devices or distribution technologies.<\/p>\n

The complex logistics of these final mastering steps requires moving multiple iterations of granular files around the world\u2014all with subtly nuanced differences involving versions and languages\u2014so that they come together in dozens of different deliverable packages. The complexity of this process increases the chance of human error, especially under the stress and constraints of producing content for today\u2019s global markets. In addition, each show has unique creative needs with different studio policies to contend with \u2013 the result is a succession of \u2018snowflake\u2019 workflows, different for every production.<\/p>\n

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Solution<\/h1>\n

Skywalker Sound developed new internal workflows and tools to cope with these challenges in its primary sound services business. That automated software solution, which made its own internal processes more efficient, has been matured and is now offered to the market as a separate product for others to implement at scale. The result of seven years of development, the \u2018Coda\u2019 automated software mastering system takes the complexity and manual attention out of producing mastered media packages and transforms a process that took teams of people weeks of work into an automated workflow that runs the entire process in hours.<\/p>\n

Coda takes the QC\u2019d master audio file, in the highest fidelity mix available, and runs a series of automated, simultaneous tasks to create all required deliverables from that master consistently in faster than runtime of the content \u2013 i.e. A 30 minute show can be processed, creating all versions in less than 30 minutes. The processes are optimized and GPU-accelerated so that it can be run multiple times if outputs must be regenerated to accommodate technical or artistic changes to the final source mix. This flexibility takes enormous pressure away from the delivery teams and gives creatives the time to make needed changes without compromising the team\u2019s ability to generate the full array of highest quality deliverables. All derived versions can retain the original mix (e.g., full object-based audio), avoiding quality gaps and the shortcuts that sometimes compromise previous versions in some markets.<\/p>\n

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Figure 2: By using Coda, Skywalker can initiate all the deliverables simultaneously. The Intelligent Workflow Creation Manager selects the correct sequence of automated tasks to deliver the correct media packages with all required adaptions for the specific market package.<\/h4>\n

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The system automation includes a new feature, dubbed Intelligent Workflow Creation, that calculates the optimum processing workflow chain for each job based on the preferred outputs and deliverables of each content owner, maintaining the flexibility to deliver multiple variable packages while removing the complexity of extensive manual process programming for each new show\/film. By examining the input files and the required output deliverables, Coda intelligently creates a unique and dynamic script to run workflow tasks in the optimum order to ensure the best quality deliverables for the requested outputs. At the end of the workflow, Coda deposits and delivers new assets programmatically to a host of destinations as defined by content owners. This allows for an automated media finishing pipeline from final sound mix to delivery to distribution, differentiated for each piece of content and the specific needs of each production.<\/p>\n

While the Coda system is impressive software automation, its true power lies in the intelligence built in for each audio processing task, developed and tuned by Skywalker Sound\u2019s unique talent pool over a nearly 50-year history of best practices and workflow innovation.<\/p>\n

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Architecture<\/h1>\n

The Coda platform is constructed as a series of containers incorporated in a Kubernetes cluster. Each container represents a module, whether it be processing, orchestration, file manipulation, or any necessary third-party library functionality. While the various containers serve distinct functions, they all communicate via a common API, defining internal Skywalker functions as well as intramural library functionality, allowing an orchestrator to submit job commands via payloads, as well as keep track of progress. <\/p>\n

The modular nature of the Coda platform (including the orchestrator itself) allows for seamless scaling upwards and downwards based on the volume of submitted jobs and processing required for the jobs. Similarly, as the Platform API and UI are also containerized, operator access and job submissions both scale as needed to meet demand.<\/p>\n

The intelligent orchestrator analyzes the operator\u2019s job submission dynamically to build a unique workflow of processing modules based on the declared source assets and desired output media. Once the workflow is constructed, the modules required in the workflow are spawned and given prescribed processing instructions and temporary storage locations. The modules and all associated resources are expunged when the operator job has completed successfully, with log entries from each process written to a persistent location for future reference and data analytics.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” admin_label=”Section” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ background_enable_color=”off” background_enable_image=”off” background_blend=”multiply” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”0px||20px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ make_equal=”on” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_css_main_element=”margin: auto;” pac_dcm_carousel_specific_module_num=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text ol_position=”outside” ul_item_indent_tablet=”” ul_item_indent_phone=”” ul_item_indent_last_edited=”on|phone” ol_item_indent_tablet=”” ol_item_indent_phone=”” ol_item_indent_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”Benefits” module_class=”bullet-list” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#56616C” text_font_size=”19px” ul_font=”||||||||” ol_font=”||||||||” header_font=”|700||on|||||” hover_enabled=”0″ text_font_size_tablet=”19px” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” header_font_size_tablet=”” header_font_size_phone=”21px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n

BENEFITS<\/h1>\n

As Coda reduces human involvement in the post-production and mastering process, the largest and most immediate benefits are time and cost savings \u2013 from potentially hundreds of hours of human work (some with high end talent) to zero, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars per production. In addition to the lower costs, Coda also gives teams days of extra time\u2014a critical resource especially at the end of production\u2014which can be used to speed up a release or iterate on the creative mixes themselves. Studios implementing Coda also save costs and time on QC (since derived versions are QC\u2019d upstream), reduce time and resources spent sending, finding and chasing deliveries of different versions of media, and decrease risks of errors introduced by these more manual and complex processes. These changes lower the stress of teams delivering the final outputs at the very end of production, a time when extra vendors and resources are thrown at projects to ensure delivery timelines at met, often resulting in budget overages. More importantly, creative time can be maximized by minimizing technical pipeline needs. Coda offers immediate and predictable results which can be scheduled and run without human intervention or oversight.<\/p>\n

Explicit Cost Savings:<\/p>\n