Frequently Asked Questions

A cloud-deployable, browser-accessible media QC platform that enables remote review, compliance validation, and collaboration for digital media workflows.

A cloud-deployable, browser-accessible media QC platform that enables Iris Anywhere QC supports full-featured QC workflows, whereas Iris Play is a precision media player for playback-only use—ideal for reference checks with SDI output and Dolby format decoding.

Broadcasters, OTT platforms, and archival institutions—for Dolby Vision verification, IMF validation, caption review, and asset migration.

Yes. It includes a free Admin Server to manage floating licenses, shared projects, environmental profiles, and centralized user access.

VPC/private cloud (AWS), hybrid, or on-premises setup using Iris QC Pro appliance specs.

• Dual Intel Xeon Gold CPUs (≥128 threads, 2.8GHz base / 3.6GHz turbo)

• ≥64GB DDR5 memory @ 4800MHz

• 512GB PCI-e v4 NVMe OS drive

• 2TB PCI-e v4 NVMe storage (Gen 5 preferred)

• NVIDIA RTX 4060Ti GPU

• Windows 11 Pro x64

Starting at c5n.9xl, with equivalent compute required for
Dolby Vision® 4K IMF workloads.

• OS: Windows 11 x64, macOS 11+

• Browsers: Chrome, Edge and Safari supported for Iris Play

• 8 CPU threads

• 2.0GHz base frequency

SDI playback is available only for desktop environments with compatible video cards.

Licenses are subscription-based and support floating user models for scalable deployment.

No. The Admin Server is included to manage licenses, users, and shared projects

All Iris Anywhere QC licensing is subscription-based.
Discounting for scale (license count) is accommodated.
You do not pay or have to track API usage, throughput etc. with GrayMeta.

• JPEG 2000
• Uncompressed
• PRORES
• DNXHD
• XDCAM
• IMX D10

• DV
• DVCPRO
• AVC-INTRA
• MPEG2
• MPEG4 / H264
• XAVC

• HEVC / H265

• FFV1
• Windows Media and more

• MXF
• MOV
• DPX
• IMF
• GXF
• AVI
• TIFF
• TS
• M2T
• M2TS
• MP4

• MKV
• WMV
• WMA

• 1024 input channels, 16 output channels
• PCM
• AAC
• AC3
• MP2
• MP3
• Other compressed formats

• EIA-608 (DTVCC Transport) text stream
• EIA-708 (DTVCC Transport) text stream
• Line 21 EIA-608
• Teletext
• TX3G
• European Broadcasting Union (.STL) external files
• Timed Text Markup Language (.ITT) external files
• D-Cinema Interop (.XML) external files
• Screen Electronics (.PAC) external files
• Distributed Exchange Format Profile (.DFXP) external files
• Subrip (.SRT) external files
• Comma Separated Values (.CSV) external files
• Scenario Closed Captions (.SCC) external files
• SAMI (.SMI) external files
• IMSC1 (.TTML) external files
• Unicode PAC (.FPC) external files
• WebVTT (.VTT) external files
• Cheetah (.CAP) external files
• Videotron Lambda (.CAP) external files
• Cavena (.890) external files
• SMPTE 428-7 external files
• Spruce STL external files
• Son external files

All global broadcast standards are supported for video and audio

Yes:

• Dolby Vision™

• Dolby Atmos™

• Dolby Digital Plus™

• Dolby E™

• Vectorscope
• Spectrascope
• Video Waveform
• Audio Waveform Monitor
• Audio Level Meters
• Audio Phase Meter
• Audio Mixer
• Loudness Waveform & Loudness Monitor
• Caption Viewers