Data-driven onboarding decisions: Kaster's 100-hour technical validation service
Built to lower the upfront investment risk of upgrading your media asset management (MAM). In two to three weeks, we run a trial on 100 hours of your real archive footage and deliver an accuracy and transcoding-performance report as the basis for your go/no-go decision before full deployment.
| Test Query | Matched Clips | AI Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| "outdoor rain shots" | 14 clips | 92% |
| "mayor interview clips" | 6 clips | 88% |
| "nighttime traffic accident" | 3 clips | 71% |
> Cloud transfer analysis: feature derivatives are only 2.1% of the original file
System status: [ PASS ] Ready for Stage 2 deployment
Validate first, then scale: every stage lowers risk before moving to the next
Sample metrics trial
What happens: 100 hours of representative archive footage is pulled for semantic search testing.
On-prem Edge Agent deployment
What happens: a lightweight node is configured on your existing NAS or server — no hardware purchase, no changes to your on-prem architecture.
Full metadata indexing
What happens: the original large files stay on-prem; only feature derivatives are uploaded to the cloud for analysis, so your business bandwidth is untouched.
Multi-platform distribution (optional)
What happens: once the index is built, FAST TV scheduling, EPG generation, and smart-TV listing can launch in parallel.
Timelines are illustrative and vary with archive size and your bandwidth conditions; each stage can be validated before you decide whether to proceed, keeping onboarding risk low.
Network compatibility
No firewall changes or VPN setup required during validation, keeping your on-prem security posture intact.
Controlled project budget
If validation results fall short of expectations, the project stops immediately with no further build-out cost.
Consultative technical engagement
A 15-minute architecture-only technical assessment, run directly by a senior engineer — no hard sell.