MediaReactor Workstation for Assimilate, Adobe, Apple and Avid

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mr_wks_logo MediaReactor Workstation is a direct plug-in version of Drastic's MediaReactor file translation system. Rather than having to use a separate translation step, the artist can work with incoming footage directly in their preferred creative software. MediaReactor Workstation is available on Windows (XP, Vista, 7 - 32/64) and MacIntosh OS-X Intel (10.5+). It provides plug-ins for Assimilate Scratch/Lab, Final Cut Pro 7, Avid Media Composer, Adobe products, QuickTime and DirectShow. Many other applications that utilize the QuickTime and DirectShow interfaces are also supported. There are MediaReactor Workstation versions from $295.00 US (plug-in specific versions) to $895.00 US (the full MediaReactor Workstation version).

Overview

Contemporary production work flows are able to access an ever-increasing choice of acquisition, production, mezzanine and output devices and formats. Unfortunately, the proprietary nature of these media tools often leads to time consuming and potentially lossy translations of content, simply to allow other creative tools to access them. MediaReactor Workstation was designed to alleviate this problem. MediaReactor Workstation provides access to the widest range of file formats of any single plug-in package. It specializes in high quality conversion on the fly, on everything from ancient OMF JPEG to the latest camera acquisition formats from Weisscam, Phantom and Arri. Coupled with its incredible range of file and codec support, MediaReactor Workstation provides a group of plug-ins that make the content directly compatible with most major editing and creative software on Mac and Windows systems.

Assimilate	Scratch	Windows/Mac
Assimilate	Scratch Lab	Windows/Mac
QuickTime	QuickTime player	Windows/Mac
QuickTime	QuickTime Apps	Windows/Mac
Adobe	Premiere (CS5, 5.5 & CS6.x)	Windows/Mac
	After Effects (CS5, 5.5 & CS6.x)	Windows/Mac
	Media Encoder (CS5, 5.5 & CS6.x)	Windows/Mac
Avid	Media Composer 5.5	Windows/Mac
Avid	Media Composer, News Cutter, Symphony 6.x	Windows/Mac

Apple	Final Cut Pro 7/Suite 3	Mac
	Motion	Mac
	Compressor	Mac
Microsoft	Media Player	Windows
Microsoft	DirectShow	Windows
DrasticPreview	DrasticPreview	Windows/Mac

MediaReactor Workstation provides support for the three major operating systems that have well defined plug-in systems (for Linux, please contract Drastic for available options). The primary plug-in interfaces on Mac OS-X, Windows 32 bit and Windows 64 are:

Assimilate Scratch and Scratch Lab SPA plug-in
Avid MediaComposer/Symphony/NewsCutter 6.x 64 bit AMA access plug-in
Avid MediaComposer/Symphony/NewsCutter 5.5 32 bit AMA access plug-in
Adobe file import and export plug-ins CS6 64 bit
Adobe file import and export plug-ins CS4/5 32 bit
Final Cut Pro 7 real time access and rendered file export

The Final Cut Pro 7 plug-in is OS-X specific, but Avid and Adobe are available on both platforms allowing seamless access to content with platform independence. Support of older editing products in MediaReactor Workstation allows access to the latest file formats without having to upgrade your editing software. Drastic is dedicated to supporting as many file formats as possible on all three major operating systems and supporting all major production tools that provide a plug-in interface.

+ - Live Event Editing in FCP7, Premiere and MediaComposer Click to collapse

MediaReactor Workstation also provides advanced edit-while-recording of live events directly in your favorite editing software, when coupled with a live event compatible recorder. To take advantage of this huge time saver, set up your compatible recording device (Drastic DDR, MediaNXS or 3rd party system like XOS Hurricane Replay), begin recording and load the various camera files directly into Media Composer, Premiere or Final Cut Pro 7. All material recorded at that point is immediately available for editing, and as new material is recorded it automatically becomes available on the editor. Simply edit as normal, building packages, melds, internet content or new packages during the game, rather than having to wait and work long after everyone else has gone home.

+ - Mac OS-X Click to collapse

MediaReactor's primary plug-ins under OS-X are Apple's QuickTime layer and Adobe's import and export plug-ins. MediaReactor Workstation connects to QuickTime at multiple levels. It provides codecs for encoding and decoding video frames, image importers and exporters, movie importers and exporters and low level data handlers. The result is that all QuickTime enabled applications can access media as easily as a native QuickTime movie including still formats like DPX, Cineon, ARI and DNG sequences. This includes metadata, multi-track audio, multi-track video, time code, closed captioning and other tracks. All supported formats, including IPB MPEG transport streams and series of stills (that would normally require conversion) are directly available for editing in Apple, Adobe and many other third party products.

+ - Windows 32 Click to collapse

MediaReactor Workstation supports all four primary Windows audio/video layers, which are: VFW (Video For Windows), DirectX/DirectShow, Apple QuickTime for Windows and Adobe import/export plug-ins for older Adobe products (CS5+ uses the Windows 64 version). QuickTime is the most standardized platform for media access on 32 bit Windows, and the MediaReactor Workstation connects to QuickTime on multiple levels. It provides codecs for encoding and decoding video frames, image importers, image exporters, movie importers, movie exporters and low level data handlers. The result is that all QuickTime enabled applications can access media as easily as native QuickTime movies including still formats like DPX, Cineon, ARI and DNG sequences. This includes metadata, multi-track audio, multi-track video, time code, closed captioning and other tracks. All supported formats, including IPB MPEG transport streams and series of stills (that would normally require conversion) are directly supported available for editing in Apple, Adobe, Avid and many other third party products.For some applications, DirectShow or VFW provide the easiest or only interface for MediaReactor to file import. DirectShow allows player applications like Windows Media Player to access all the available file formats seamlessly. MediaReactor Workstation 32 also supports Adobe Creative Suite applications that run under 32 bits, including CS4 and earlier and Avid MediaComposer/Symphony/NewsCutter 5.5.

+ - Windows 64 Click to collapse

The latest production tools tend to prefer operating as 64 bit applications. MediaReactor Workstation for Windows 64 provides interfaces to these applications. Assimilate Scratch and Scratch Lab are great examples of powerful programs running on Windows 64. Drastic provides the technology to Assimilate for their CSP plug in, and MediaReactor Workstation takes that interface to a whole new level. Providing a much wider set of file formats and codecs, MediaReactor Workstation allows Assimilate's software to access almost every production file type your work flow could need. The latest Adobe Creative Suite products, CS5 and CS5.5, are also native 64 bit applications. MediaReactor Workstation provides both import and export plug-ins for all of Adobe's Creative Suite tools. The plug-ins provide all the advanced media support and even improve on Adobe formats like MOV and MXF.The Windows 64 bit version of MediaReactor Workstation license also allows you to install and use the Windows 32 bit version, which is fully compatible and very useful, in Windows 64 (XP, Vista or 7).

+ - Supported File Formats Click to collapse

Support is Windows + Mac unless otherwise indicated

Extension	File Format	Codec	Read	Write
4224	4224	YCbCr 4:2:2:4	X	X
AIFF	Apple audio	16/20/24/32 bit stereo pairs	X	X
ARC	IFX Piranha	Audio/Video (YCbCr/RGB 8 only)	X
ARI	Arri	Raw 12 bit bayer	X
AVI	Windows	DVSD, DV25, DV50, DVHD, CineForm, CineForm3D, YCbCr 8 & 10 SD/HD, standard codecs	X	X
AVC, MTS	AVC-HD	MPEG-2 camera media	X
AVS	AVS	Video redirection (Windows only)	X
Audio: BWF, 8SVX, AU, AVR, GSM, HCOM, IFF, PCM, SF, SMP, SND, VOC, WVE	Audio files	44.1/48/96 kHz 16, 20, 24 and 32 bit	X
CINE	Phantom	Phantom 10, 12 and 14 bit bayer	X
DNG	CinemaDNG	10, 12 and 16 bit bayer	X	X
DPS	DPS	Compressed DPS files (Windows only)	X
DPX	Cineon	RGB 8, RGB 10, YCbCr 4:2:2	X	X
DPX	CineForm	CineForm, CineForm3D	X	X
DT3D	DT3D	XML 3D redirector	X
DV/DIF	DV/DIF	Raw DV files	X
DVS	DVS	Uncompressed YCbCr and RGB files	X
fhgDI, fhgDP, fhgAP	fhgDI, fhgDP, fhgAP	Weisscam digimag format	X
FLM	FLM	Adobe FilmStrip	X
FLV/SWV	FLV/SWV	Flash/Shockwave video	X
GEN	GEN	4:2:2 YCbCr (Avid DSHD)	X	X
GXF	GXF SMPTE 360	MPEG-2, DV25, DV50, DVHD	X
H264	h.264	4:2:0 SD/HD up to 80 mbits/sec	X
HDR	YUV	DV25, DV50, DVHD, AVCi100**, RGB, Uncompressed YCbCr 8 & 10 SD/HD	X	X
HDR	YUV	YCbCr10, YCbCr16, DPX RGB, DNxHD	X	X
HDV	HDV	MPEG-2 camera files	X
IHSS	Iridas	RGB	X
JS	Jaleo	4:2:2 YCbCr	X	X
LUMA RMY BMY	LUMA RMY BMY	Uncompressed YCbCr	X
MOV	QuickTime	DVSD, DV25, DV50, DVHD, AVCi100, DNxHD, CineForm, CineForm3D, RGBA, RGB-10 (DPX), YCbCr 8 & 10 SD/HD, standard codecs	X	X
MOV	QuickTime	ProRes, h264, AVCi, MPEG-2, XDCam	X	X
MPEG	MPEG-1	4:2:0 up to 15 mbits/sec	X	X
M2TS	M2TS	AVC-HD camera files (Canon, Panasonic, Sony)	X	X
MKV	MKV	Matroska audio video	X
MP1/MP2/MP3	MP1/MP2/MP3	MPEG audio	X
MPEG	MPEG-2	4:2:0/4:2:2 SD/HD up to 80 mbits/sec	X	X
MPEG	MPEG-4	4:2:0 up to 50 mbits/sec	X	X
MXF	Avid	DV25, DV50, DVHD, DNxHD, Uncompressed	X	X
MXF	Canon	C-100/300	X
MXF	Digital Cinema	DCI Unencrypted	X	X
MXF	EditCam	DV25, DV50, DVHD, DNxHD	X
MXF	Grass Valley	Grass Valley iCR	X	X
MXF	Harmonic	MPEG-2	X
MXF	JPEG-2000***	Grass Valley Infinity	X	X
MXF	OP1a/Omneon	DV25, DV50, DVHD, AVCi100**, Uncompressed	X	X
MXF	Panasonic-P2	DV25, DV50, DVHD, AVCi100**	X	X
MXF	Pinnacle	MPEG-2 SD/HD	X
MXF	Snell & Wilcox	MPEG-2, IMX	X
MXF	Sony	MPEG IMX	X	X
MXF	Sony	XDCamHD, XDCamEX 4:2:0/4:2:2	X
MXF	Sony	HDCam SR 4:2:2 and 4:4:4	X	X
MXF	Sony	F65 raw bayer	X
MXF	XAVC	XAVC HD and 4K	X
OGG	OGG	OGG audio video	X
OMF	OMF	DV25, JPEG, Meridien, AVBV, CamCutter	X	X
QNT	Quantel	Raw uncompressed YCbCr images	X	X
R3D	RED	Red camera files	X
RBG	RED BLU GRN	Uncompressed RGB	X
RMF	RMF	Canon C500 raw 10 bit bayer files	X
RTIN	RTINDEX	Real time replay of CBR and VBR records while still recording	X
RTV	RTV	Uncompressed Video Toaster files (Windows only)	X
TGA	Targa	RGB, RGBA (RLE Play Only)	X	X
TIFF	TIFF	RGB, RGBA	X	X
Stills	Series of stills	BMP, SGI, PSD, RAW, YUV10, YUV16, VSR, RAS, RAW, JP2, JPG - Series of stills (many others)	X	X
V210	V210	4:2:2 10 bit YCbCr image sequence	X	X
VC1	VC-1	WMV of raw wrapper	X
VOB	VOB	Unencrypted	X
VPB/QTL	Quantel	Quantel uncompressed YCbCr images	X
WAV	Wave audio	16/20/24/32 bit mono/stereo pairs/extensible	X	X
WEBM	WEBM	Youtube format	X
WMV/ASF	WMV/ASF	Unencrypted/DRM Free only	X
XAVC	XAVC HD/4K	X-AVC 264	X
Y4M	Y4M	YCbCr raw stream	X
YUV	YUV	4:2:2 and 4:2:0 YCbCr image sequence	X	X
Y U V	YUV	Multi file component YCbCr files	X

Note: AVCi & CineForm write file formats require an optional license.

Note: If the MediaReactor Workstation trial is installed on OS-X, you will have to re-install the CSP to get those formats back after the trial. In Windows the CSP and trial can co-exist.

+ - Application Specific Versions And Pricing Click to collapse

We now offer plug-in specific versions of MediaReactor Workstation installs as an economical solution to user work flows based on the plug-in: