Net-X-Convert & Proxy

IP Based File Conversion

Net-X-Convert provides a highly robust solution for large scale transcoding requirements. Transcode automatically to the widest range of industry standard formats, from the instant files are received, to multiple targets from collaboration and editing formats, through to full resolution delivery formats. Command line functionality provides a 'set it and forget it' approach to the ever increasing number of required formats used in file based content creation and delivery.

The cost effective Net-X-Proxy provides an expandable solution for the creation of proxy files, using the same command line structure.

Wide Industry Standard Support

All signal and file formats are supported with the same version. There are no restrictions in size, so all standard sizes are supported.

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Create and maintain media files for all of your applications and devices, without proprietary restrictions. Use the devices you prefer, the formats best suited to the application, and the workflow that best meets your requirements.

Features

Wide Conversion Support

Net-X-Convert and Net-X-Proxy showcase Drastic's 20+ years of expertise in file format support. Almost all broadcast and post production formats are supported, including the latest camera raw formats. Files are automatically stitched together to provide single clips that include multiple video, audio and metadata files. Time code, metadata and closed captioning are preserved, from the height resolution camera inputs to MP4/DASH and HLS outputs. Sources and target for conversion can be local drives, network shares, HTTP/FTP, Google Cloud, and Amazon S3 storage. The conversions can even be run in a cloud instance VM.

Wrapping, Clipping, Combining and Partial File Restore

When converting files with Net-X-Convert, the output file can be a direct re-wrap, without conversion, of any section of the original file. Sections may be defined by absolute time into the file or by the time code present in the files. Files may also be clipped to new file formats and compression types during the clipping process. EDL and EVS CSV lists can be used to create single output files from a variety of edits in a single pass. Partial file restore is also supported, either direct from source, or via a real time index file generated by Net-X-Code.

Extract and Combine/Embed

Various tracks may be exported from files, including video, audio, metadata and closed caption tracks. Metadata is generally transported in an Adobe XMP compatible wrapper. Audio can be extracted to AIFF or WAV for further processing. Closed captions work natively as MOV Text, MXF 436, MCC and SCC files, but many caption formats are supported including AAF, SubRip, SubStation Alpha, VTT, ITT, XML, CSV, Text and many more. Tracks may also be added to, or replace, output tracks when converting or clipping. Multiple outputs can be generated with different audio, metadata and closed caption tracks. Simple captions like SRT/VTT/SCC can be upconverted to MCC/SMPTE436 with full conversion, not just compatibility bytes.

Thumbnails and Preview

Net-X-Proxy/Net-X-Convert also support JPEG file extraction for thumbnails and preview. JPEG files can be extracted as a single file from any absolute or time code based point in the file. Also, a series of JPEG files can be extracted at a certain distance from each other to make a pop up thumbnail preview for a web player.

Direct Command Line and Enterprise REST APIs

Net-X-Convert can help you process existing file libraries or incoming files directly from your MAM software as a direct command line. For larger installation, Net-X-Convert combines with Net-X-Code to provide one or more distributed conversion servers that can be run via HTTP and the REST API.

Sharing Content and Collaboration

Net-X-Proxy can create low resolution (or proxy) streaming files to share with your team via local share, HTTP or dedicated MAM. Net-X-Proxy supports output to MP4, fragmented MP4, TS, M3U8/HLS and DASH formats, including multi bitrate outputs. As much metadata, time code and caption information as possible is maintained in each of the proxy formats. Metadata and closed caption tracks can also be extracted to add more information into your MAM. Net-X-Convert includes all of Net-X-Proxy's capabilities.

Application Compatibility and Conversion

Net-X-Convert provides transcoding to and from the industry's most popular software editing applications. Transcode files for Autodesk Smoke/Flame, Combustion, Assimilate Scratch, The Foundry Nuke, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Eyeon Fusion, Apple Shake, Motion, Final Cut Pro, and many more.

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File Formats

Content Source Support

The complete list of supported formats, codecs and metadata is too long to publish, but what follows is a rough guide to the kind of content sources supported by Net-X-Convert and Net-X-Proxy, from major software and hardware providers past and present.

Extension	File Format	Codec	Read	Proxy Write	Convert Write
3GP	3GP 26x	h 264, 263, 261	X
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
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
AVC, AVCHD, MTS	AVC-HD	MPEG-2 camera media	X
AVI	Windows	DVSD, DV25, DV50, DVHD, CineForm, CineForm3D, YCbCr 8 & 10 SD/HD, standard codecs	X		X
AVS	AVS	Video redirection (Windows only)	X
CDX	Codex	Codec raw bayer stills	X
CINE	Phantom	Phantom 10, 12 and 14 bit bayer	X
CRW	Canon	Canon camera raw stream	X
DASH	h.264	DASH Fragmented MP4 and Smooth Streaming	X	X	X
DNG	CinemaDNG	10, 12 and 16 bit bayer	X		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
EXR	OpenEXE	High dynamic range float stills	X
fhgDI, fhgDP, fhgAP	fhgDI, fhgDP, fhgAP	Weisscam digimag format	X
FLM	FLM	Adobe FilmStrip	X
FLV/SWV	FLV/SWV	Flash/Shockwave video h.263/264	X
GEN	GEN	4:2:2 YCbCr (Avid DSHD)	X		X
GV	XML/N0/T/I/A	Grass Valley disk record native (K2)	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	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
HLS	h.264	HLS TS MultiRate	X	X	X
IHSS	Iridas	RGB	X
ISMV ISMA	Smooth Streaming	h.264, AAC, WMV	X
JP2	JPEG-2000	Series of JPEG-2000 stills	X		X
JS	Jaleo/Mistika	Sgo native 4:2:2 YCbCr	X		X
KRW	Kinefinity	KineRAW Compressed Raw Stills and Stream	X
LUMA RMY BMY	LUMA RMY BMY	Uncompressed YCbCr	X
LXF	Leitch/Harris	DVSD, DV25, DV50, DVHD, AVCi50, AVCi100, MPEG-2, h.264	X
M3U8	HLS	h264, h265, TS or MP4	X	X	X
MKV	MKV	Matroska audio video, VPx, h.26x	X
MLV	Magic Lantern	Raw 14 bit bayer with PCM audio	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
MOV	Reference File	MOV reference file pointing at h264, ProRes, DV, AVCI	X
MP1/MP2/MP3	MP1/MP2/MP3	MPEG audio	X
MP4	AVC1,h.264	Apple h.264, h.264 AVC	X	X	X
MP4	HEVC, h.264	HEVC/265	X		X
MP4	XAVC-S	Sony XAVC-S HD/4K Cameras	X
MP4	MPEG-2	Sony/Canon camera	X
MPEG	MPEG-1	4:2:0 up to 15 mbits/sec	X		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
MTS, M2TS	M2TS	AVC-HD camera files	X		X
MXF	AS-02	AVCi, DNxHD*, DVHD, JPEG-2000	X
MXF	AS-11 DPP UK	AVCi100, IMX 50	X
MXF	Avid	DV25, DV50, DVHD, DNxHD*, Uncompressed	X		X
MXF	Canon	MPEG-2	X
MXF	Digital Cinema	DCI JPEG-2000 Unencrypted, Uncompressed Audio	X		X
MXF	EditCam	DV25, DV50, DVHD, DNxHD*	X
MXF	Grass Valley	Grass Valley iCR	X		X
MXF	Harmonic	MPEG-2	X
MXF	h.264/AVC	MPEG-2	X
MXF	IMF	IMF JPEG-2000 YCbCr, Uncompressed Audio	X		X
MXF	JPEG-2000***	Grass Valley Infinity	X		X
MXF	OP1a	AmberFin, EVS, MainConcept, MOG, OpenCube, Rovi	X
MXF	OP1a/Omneon	DV25, DV50, DVHD, AVCi100, Uncompressed	X		X
MXF	OP1b	Panasonic AVCi 4K	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	Sony	F5, F700 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
OMV	OMV	Uncompressed capture format	X
QNT	Quantel	Raw uncompressed YCbCr images	X		X
R3D	RED	Red camera files	X
RAW	ML/IOI	Magic Lantern RAW, IOIndustries RAW bayer	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
SEQ	Bayer	Raw camera seq bayer files	X
SIV	Bayer	Raw camera siv bayer files	X
Stills	Series of stills	BMP, SGI, PSD, RAW, YUV10, YUV16, VSR, RAS, RAW, JP2, JPG - Series of stills (many others)	X
TGA	Targa	RGB, RGBA (RLE Play Only)	X	X	X
TIFF	TIFF	RGB, RGBA	X	X	X
TR-01	TS J2K	JPEG-2000, AES3	X		X
TS	Transport stream	MPEG-2, h.264, h.265/HEVC, JPEG-2000, AAC, AC-3, AES3	X		X
V210	V210	4:2:2 10 bit YCbCr image sequence	X	X	X
VC1	VC-1	WMV of raw wrapper	X
VOB	VOB	Unencrypted	X
VPB/QTL	Quantel	Quantel uncompressed YCbCr images	X
VRW	Varicam Raw	Panasonic Varicam Raw	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	X-AVC HD/4K	X-AVC 264 in MXF	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

* CineForm and DNxHD 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.

API and Control

HTTP/REST API

Net-X-Code API

Command Line

NetXCopy -s <sourcefile> -t <targetfile> [-a <ackfile>] -p <profile> [-in <00:01:00:00> -out <00:02:00:00> -fg]

-s <sourcefile> -- The source file name and path
-t <targetfile> -- The target file name and path
-a <ackfile> -- The ACK file name and path. This is the XML acknowledgement file made after a copy
-p <profile> -- Profile to use. Current profiles include:

• copy – copy the whole file
• wrap – re wrap file or part of a file
• index – create an RTIndex for a file
• mp3-128kbps - Audio MP3 file
• mov-YCbCr8Bit – QuickTime MOV 8 bit uncompressed YCbCr file
• mov-dvcprohd - QuickTime MOV DVHD 100
• mp4-h264 - MP4 with h264, original size
• mxf-xdcam-720p - MXF Sony XDCam 720p
• mxf-dvcprohd-720p - MXF DVHD 720p
• mxf-xdcam-1080i - MXF Sony XDCam 1080i
• mxf-dvcprohd-1080i - MXF DVHD 1080i
• mxf-OP1a-MPEG - MXF OP1a MPEG (XDCam like, 16 audio channels)
• mxf-op1a-h264 - MXF h.264
• mxf-OP1a-HDF - MXF MPEG HDF
• mxf-as-11-sd-dpp - MXF DPP SD IMX
• mxf-as-11-hd-dpp - MXF DPP HD AVCi
• mov-proreshq - QuickTime MOV ProRes HQ
• mov-prores422 - QuickTime MOV ProRes 422
• mxf-as-11-sd-pal-dpp - MXF AS-11 SD PAL DPP
• mxf-as-11-sd-ntsc-dpp - MXF AS-11 SD NTSC DPP
• scaledown2000k - MP4 264 960x540, 2mbs
• scaledown500k - MP4 264 480x272, 0.5mbs
• hd1080-5000kbs - MP4 - HD 1080 with a target bitrate of 5 mbs
• hd720-2500kbs - MP4 - HD 720p with a target bitrate of 2.5 mbs
• hd360-1250kbs - MP4 - HD 360p with a target bitrate of 1.25 mbs
• h264-7500kbs - MP4 - Any resolution with a target bitrate of 7.5 mbs
• Proxy-h264-5000kbs - MP4 high quality proxy for web
• LBR-h264-10000kbs - Low bit rate, high quality local MP4
• mxf-OP1a-JPEG2K - Samma style JPEG2000 YCbCr
• mxf-AS-02-h264-10 - 10 bit 50 Mbs h.264 in AS-02 MXF
• DASH-MP4-Multibitrate - Multi bitrate MP4s with DASH files
• HLS-TS-Multibitrate - Multi bitrate TS streams with M3U8 files
• TS-TR-01-JPEG-2000 - TR-01 JPEG-2000 transport stream
• mxf-OP1a_HBR_50 - MXF OP1a h264 4:2:2 10 bit
• mp4-XAVC-S_4_2_0 - MP4 Sony XAVC-S 4:2:0
• mp4-XAVC-S_4_2_2 - MP4 Sony XAVC-S 4:2:2
-type mxf-op1a -- the exact file type to write, otherwise auto
• mxf-op1a – standard OP1a
• mxf-sonyhd – Sony XDCam compatible
• mxf-as02 – AS-02 spec MXF
• mp4-fmp4 – Fragmented MP4 (normal MP4 if not set)

-in <00:01:00:00> -- the starting point for the output file in time code or absolute position
-out <00:02:00:00> -- the ending point for the output file in time code or absolute position
-tcoffset <00:01:00:00> -- offset the time code during translation
-tc <01:00:00:00> -- replace time code during translation
-absin <200> -- the absolute (zero based) start time for the output file (overrides -in)
-absout <400> -- the absolute (zero based) end time, exclusive, for the output file (overrides -out)
-width <width> -- output width of the video (only for arbitrary codecs like H.264, HEVC and ProRes)
-height <height> -- output width of the video (only for arbitrary codecs like H.264, HEVC and ProRes)
-copy -- make a copy of the file section we need, instead of reading directly
-dest <folder> -- folder or folder and file name for the temp file when using copy
-cc <mcc/scc file> -- replacement closed caption file>
-afile <path-audio-file> -- replacement source audio track<s>
-v <path-video-file> -- replacement source video track
-uuid <uuid string> - override the UUID of the file with this one
-kilobitrate <kbit rate> - override the kilo bit rate
-h26xprofile <baseline/main/high/high10/high422/high444> override the profile type
-h26xlevel <51> override the level
-encodemode <0/1> 0 normal, 1 fastest
-gopsize <15> size of encoded GOP
-tempfolder – Temporary folder to store partial file
-alignment - Alignment value for any temporary partial files, for GetCopyInOutProfile
-fg -- force the GUI on
-fc -- force command line
NOTE: the parameters in [square brackets] are optional.

For JPEG picons
-pisrc <file-to-picon> -- source for the picon
-pidst <where-to-make-picon> -- target folder and name
-pisize <size> -- size of picon, 100%-10%
-piframe <frame-offset-into-file> -- frame to use to make the picon
-piskip <number-of-frames-to-skip> -- if set, make a picon of each frame at this interval for the whole file
-width <width> -- output width of the picon image
-height <height> -- output width of the picon image