Link to EclipseSuite BD & HD

ImageCopy is a file transfer and conversion program designed to analyze, move, and protect images as they move through the manufacturing process. These functions are more important than ever for the large images required for BD and HD. Unlike CSS which was done during mastering, the AACS copy protection encryption used for Blu-ray and HD DVD is applied during premastering. ImageCopy handles the complete process efficiently and accurately – all in one simple step. It identifies critical format errors during the encryption process to ensure bad images are identified early in the process. And, when possible, ImageCopy fixes authoring problems that would make the master otherwise unusable. ImageCopy with AACS is an extremely fast and efficient encryption process that is simple to use and familiar to operators.

ImageAnalysis BD & HD

ImageAnalysis is an image scanning tool designed to quickly analyze a source master or replica for format errors. At the heart of the software is Eclipse’s format analysis engine. With hundreds of new rules specifically dedicated to the Blu-ray and HD DVD formats, ImageAnalysis is the tool of choice to identify issues before they become problems. Used by authoring houses and replicators alike, ImageAnalysis HD and ImageAnalysis BD will give you a comprehensive picture of the format compliance of master images or replicas. ImageAnalysis checks for UDF 2.5 file system compliance, CMF compliance, and AACS compliance. New rules are regularly added as new authoring errors and drive compatibility problems are discovered. ImageAnalysis is one of three programs that make up our EclipseSuite tool.

ImageVerify BD & HD

ImageVerify BD and ImageVerify HD allow you to compare AACS encrypted replicas to the original CMF source image or to the premastered encrypted image. In addition, you can verify to the ImageIntegrity signature created early in the process. Having such flexibility gives you the freedom to archive images at any of several steps in the process and later use them as a source for verification. When comparing to the original source image or signature, ImageVerify decrypts the replica. This important step ensures accuracy of the encryption and mastering processes.

EclipseSuite BD & HD Features

Certificate Management Utility

The AACS encryption used on Blu-ray and HD DVD poses significant challenges to replicators. AACS Encryption requires communication to the License Authority for each title. This disruption can cause several days of delay in processing images. In order to make this process as simple as possible Eclipse created the Certificate Management Utility. The CMU monitors and displays the status of all AACS images allowing the operator to know the status of pending jobs. Running in the background in premastering, it allows the operator to extract content certificates from images to send to the License Authority for signing, as well as reinsert the signed certificates back into the images. Most importantly, the CMU validates that the signed certificate matches the target image, making it impossible to incorrectly sign an image. The CMU can be fully automated so images can be signed automatically upon receipt of certificate with no operator intervention required.

ImageSignature

An important feature of ImageVerify BD and HD is the ability to compare a replica to a signature of the original source. Eclipse’s ImageSignature is created early in the process and provides a small, but statistically ensuring representation of the image. Only 16 bytes, a signature can be manually entered or quickly read from a network location without consuming the network bandwidth that a complete image comparison does. And because the ImageSignature stays with the image, it allows you to quickly track an image anywhere in the process.

ImageIntegrity