30/05/2026
In the normal world, when you buy an ingest server, you get an ingest server.
You ingest.
You export files.
Maybe you send them to post-production.
Simple. Useful. But limited.
In the real perfect world, you get something much more interesting.
With Riedel RiCapture, you can ingest multiple channels, stream while ingesting, and export clips at the same time.
But here is the part I love.
You are not only getting an ingest machine.
You are also getting a VDR Panel.
What does that mean?
It means you can see your recorded feeds, control them, play them back, use them for program delay scenarios, and work with them in a much more flexible way than with a traditional ingest-only system.
Think about it.
You are recording a concert with multiple cameras.
Normally, the ingest system just records the feeds and exports them later.
That’s it.
But with RiCapture and the VDR Panel, you can use the recorded material much more actively.
You can go back.
You can move forward.
You can play content back.
You can clip.
You can export.
You can organize material.
You can prepare content for post-production, broadcast, shows, concerts, events, or sports production.
This is where ingest starts becoming something bigger.
Not just recording.
Not just exporting.
Not just “send files to the client and goodbye.”
This becomes a real production tool.
For news, you can prepare interviews and important moments quickly.
For concerts, you can work with multiple camera feeds.
For shows, you can organize and reuse key moments.
For sports, you can prepare selected clips and play them out when needed.
Is it a full replay server in the classic slow-motion sports sense?
No.
And that is important to say clearly.
But can it behave like a very powerful basic replay-style and playout tool?
Absolutely.
You can go back, go forward, mark, clip, prepare, export, and play content back.
So in short, when you buy RiCapture, you are not only buying ingest.
You are buying:
An ingest machine.
A streaming and export tool.
A clipping tool.
A playout support tool.
And, in many cases, a very useful basic replay-style production helper.
That is the beauty of this system.
Simple to start. Serious in capability.
This is RiCapture.
This is Riedel.
This is the future of broadcast.
SimplyLive is Simply Flex. Simply Amazing.