Drastic Technologies® Adds Support For Professional Media Formats To QuickClip™ SD/HD Software
Toronto, ON. March 25, 2004
Drastic Technologies® today announced that uncompressed SD and HD versions of QuickClip™ software will now include native capture/playback support for uncompressed QuickTime™ MOV, Microsoft AVI, and Windows Media 9 WMV file formats. Support for these formats allows the user to capture directly to and play back from these formats as 8 bit or 10 YCbCr, 32 bit RGB and 10 bit RGB formats at high definition or standard definition resolutions.
“QuickClip™ software already offers a comprehensive toolset for digital media capture and playback. Including these additional formats further extends its flexibility and compatibility” says James Brooks, Development Manager DDR Technologies.
Although products such as MediaReactor™ allow seamless file transfer between a huge range of systems, there is still a time penalty inherent in every translation. By providing client native file formats, QuickClip's media can be directly accessed by the target applications. This provides a huge time savings and simplification of the creative process.
QuickClip™ software is available in two versions: QuickClip Pro™ and QuickClip VTR™. QuickClip Pro™ is the full-featured standalone software package for advanced capture, control and playback. QuickClip VTR™ offers a subset of the features of QuickClip Pro™ for applications not requiring controller support.
QuickClip™ software versions are available for uncompressed standard and high definition using YCbCr (8/10) or RGB (32/10) format, Motion JPEG, DV/MPEG-2, uncompressed standard and high definition video hardware. Information on supported hardware and QuickClip™ versions can be found on the Drastic® website.
Drastic Technologies® is leading edge developer of digital video solutions for the broadcast, sports playback, production, graphics and scientific communities. Drastic products include standalone software, SDKs, and digital disk recorders for clip control, VTR emulation, external device control, digital media playback and file conversion.
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Drastic Technologies® Releases MediaReactor™ Version 2, Adds Significant New Features
Toronto, ON. April 3, 2003
Drastic Technologies® today announced the release of MediaReactor™ Version 2, its innovative, professional quality media transcoding software. Significant new features include a new and improved interface, a modular software architecture allowing support for new formats to be added seamlessly and the ability to customize through options.
“The improved interface is focused on ease of operation for the user” says David Millar, Project Manager MediaReactor™. “For example, we have included a conversion wizard to aid in batch conversion.”
Millar adds that software plug-ins now add support for Windows Media, Real Video and MPEG formats and that the user can choose from specific option packages for the following systems: Avid, Uncompressed such as Pinnacle Targa 3000 & CineWave or VideoPump & Jaleo editing , Matrox, Motion JPEG such as Pinnacle Targa 2000, DigiSuite & Media 100 & Animation formats.
“With MediaReactor™, a user can professionally transcode media quickly and efficiently and share content between production equipment, editing facilities, graphics workstations and servers as well as publish to streaming media,” Millar explains.
MediaReactor™ packages are now available in 5 versions with 5 options based on specific workstation requirements. MediaReactor™ runs on industry standard Windows NT, 2000 and XP systems. MediaReactor™ Free, a limited download version, is available on the Drastic website. MediaReactor™ packages are priced from $99.95 US to $4,995 US.
Drastic Technologies® is a leading edge developer of digital video solutions for the broadcast, sports playback, production, graphics and scientific communities. Drastic® products include standalone software, SDKs, and digital disk recorders for clip control, VTR emulation, external device control, digital media playback and file conversion.
Drastic® Expands Support for Microsoft Windows Media 9 Series With Broadcast Quality Tools and Automatic Proxy Generation Capabilities
Toronto, Ontario April 7, 2003
Drastic Technologies® today announced further development of their digital video technology by expanding its support for Microsoft’s Windows Media 9 Series. Drastic’s VVW 5000™ and VVW 7000™ uncompressed 8 and 10 bit video servers now offer broadcast and production quality tools and automatic proxy generation. This means that at the same time that the VVWs are recording uncompressed media files, automatic proxy generation can simultaneously create compressed Windows Media Video 9 files, providing easy audio and video distribution to media professionals for remote reviewing and editing of digital dailies.
“With this expanded support for Windows Media 9 Series on our uncompressed 8 and 10 bit servers, we are giving our broadcast and production customers increased ability to utilize Microsoft’s extensive back end management tools to which we are directly connected,” explains James Brooks, Manager Development, Drastic Technologies®. “The availability of the proxy compressed files allows significant flexibility in the broadcast and production environment for review and editing purposes,” Brooks says.
“Using the industry-leading compression of Windows Media 9 Series, Drastic Technologies® is offering new tools that make it even easier for media professionals to review and edit digital dailies, or encode for final delivery via DVD or digital cinema,” said Jonathan Usher, director of the Windows Digital Media Division at Microsoft. “This enhanced support for Windows Media 9 Series demonstrates Drastic Technologies’ commitment to offering their customers the latest innovations in digital media.”
Drastic Technologies® is a developer of leading edge digital video solutions for the broadcast, sports playback, production, graphics and scientific communities. Drastic® products include standalone software, SDKs and digital disk recorders for clip control, VTR emulation, external device control, digital media playback management and media file conversion.
In addition to Microsoft’s Windows Media Series, Drastic’s VVW 5000™ and VVW 7000™ uncompressed 8 & 10 bit video servers also support the following:
• DTV standard definition, PAL or NTSC
• HDTV support (1080i,1080p,720p at standard frame rates)
• Uncompressed 8 and 10 bit video YCbCr and RGB
• Legacy Quick Time (MOV), Jaleo (JS), Avid DS-HD, AVI, RAW YUV
• 6 channel AES/EBU audio
• RP-188 timecode
• Video server capabilities via VDCP, Odetics and Sony protocols
• Batch digitize, lay back with EDL support
• MediaReactor translation support (AVI, MPG, OMF, Stills, Audio, etc)
• Network HTTP and TCP/IP control
• Standard NTFS disk and file support, locally or via SAN
Drastic Technologies® is a leading edge developer of digital video solutions for the broadcast, sports playback, production, graphics and scientific communities. Drastic® products include standalone software, SDKs, and digital disk recorders for clip control, VTR emulation, external device control, digital media playback and file conversion.
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