Digital Media Transcoder System for repurposing digital media for broadcast production workflows and Video-on-Demand services. Designed to meet rapidly evolving market demands for delivering high-quality compressed video files for distribution over Digital Broadcast TV and IP networks. HERA 4000f is a carrier-grade appliance designed to be high-speed, flexible, configurable, customizable, scalable and upgradeable so that content owners, service operators, and content aggregators can deploy services organically.