Please note: this page provides information about legacy products (which may no longer exist), and is only here for reference.

For current Drastic products, please see the main site.

Drastic VVW Software Download

This area contains legacy material from previous Drastic Technologies websites. It is provided for reference only, and contains information, products and links that may no longer exist and which are no longer supported by Drastic.

The DrasticDDR version 3 software was the last version available for the VVW series of Digital Disk Recorders.  Many of those systems have been upgraded to the latest version 7 software.  For those that haven't, the final version of the software installers can still be made available.

Drastic's Version 2 and Version 3 software supported a wide variety of cards that are no longer supported.  In fact the hardware is no longer available, and systems to support the hardware have long since been considered obsolete.  If you require these software versions or more information, please contract This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

These are some of the web panels in use in 2005.  Contains the previous generation VVW DDRs and the early versions of many products still available today.

QuickClipDVI Software (Legacy)

QuickClipDVI software provides advanced DDR playback functionality directly from your computer's DVI output. QuickClipDVI supports: AVI, MOV, GEN, JS, DVS, TGA, DPX, Cineon, TIFF, YUV, v210, RAW and MPEG playback at resolutions up to 4096x3112. Standard SD, HD and Vesa rasters are supported at standard frame rates, as well as user definable custom raster and frame rates. QuickClipDVI will run on any Windows XP computer system, but fast Fibre, SCSI or SATA/PATA arrays are recommended as well as a high end NVIDIA (1000~4400FX, 5200/6800/7800) or ATI (9800/x800) graphics adapter. By default 2 channels of audio are supported; for 8 channel audio you will need a supported ASIO audio card. Please contact Drastic for best configuration.

DTReplay, DTReplay Live, HDReplay, BBReplay and Hurricane are slow motion replay systems developed by Drastic.  Originally developed for officiating and broadcast replay, Drastic partnered with XOS (since acquired by Catapult Sports) who handled HDReplay, BBReplay and Hurricane exclusively.

Bluefish444 HD/SD QuickClip Pro DDR Software Download (Legacy)

QuickClip software provides advanced DDR capture and playback functionality for your your Bluefish444 Fury, Lust, Vengeance HD or Wildblue, Deepblue, Envy SD card. It supports standard RS-422 serial communications, digital 422 extensions, Louth and Odetics protocol. It also controls external VTRs for frame accurate batch digitization, EDL import/export, variable speed and playlist playback.

Drastic's DDR technology has been used in a wide variety of SAN environments. This page includes documents on the three most widely successful customer configurations Drastic has found.

AJA Xena HD/SD QuickClip Pro DDR Software Download (Legacy)

QuickClip software provides advanced DDR capture and playback functionality for your AJA Xena HD or SD card. It supports standard RS-422 serial communications, digital 422 extensions, Louth and Odetics protocol. It also controls external VTRs for frame accurate batch digitization, EDL import/export, variable speed and playlist playback.

Many companies have claimed to have created a Digital Disk Recorder, or DDR, yet the term remains largely undefined. Drastic Technologies has been working with and creating nonlinear VTR and animation solutions for over ten years. Drastic's background in single frame animation, broadcast VTR control, MIDI systems and automation, audio post editing and traditional video editing systems have culminated in the design and implementation of the Titan Series DDRs. The following description serves as a guide to Drastic's interpretation of what constitutes a DDR. This synopsis is based on Drastic's experience in the markets it has been serving.

From 1998 to 2006 Drastic Technologies produced the VVW series of Digital Disk Recorders.  The 5000 (standard definition) and 7000 (high definition) were the most popular.  These are the brochures for those DDRs.

Drastic Technologies VVW Digital Video Disk Recorders

After pioneering digital video disk recorder technology with the successful VVCR line of products, Drastic Technologies has introduced its next generation digital media products, the VVW Series digital disk recorders, featuring QuickClip clip control and MediaReactor file conversion software. Once again, Drastic Technologies is poised to revolutionize the way digital video is acquired, managed and delivered in broadcast and post-production facilities.

Setting up the Antex SC-2000 for Analog or Digital (AES/EBU) inputs.

Drastic Legacy License Troubleshooting

Unfortunately, a number of years ago, Drastic purchased a copy protection system from Kenonics called CrypKey. This rather weak and buggy software has been a problem from the beginning and despite repeated releases from Kenonics, has not improved in the many years we have used it. The most difficult issue is reported by our software as the -103 "Network driver reply is bad". As Kenonics will no longer assist us in circumventing any bugs in their software, we have set up this page to help our customers work around Kenonics problems.

Please note: This page only refers to version 3.0 or earlier releases of QuickClip software and version 2.2 or earlier releases of MediaReactor software. All new versions will NOT be using the CrypKey copy protection software, for obvious reasons.

This is the very first version of the VVW interface.  It has been replaced by the more modern Net-X-Code Server HTML/Ajax, Web, and GUI interfaces.  These are here just for historical purposes.

Drastic Digital Disk Recorders that include more than one channel of HD or SD I/O (VVW 5002/3/4, VVW 7002, Typhon 2) may be used to combine some or all of the inputs and outputs into a single control channel. In this state only one channel appears to the RS-422, GUI or network control system, but when media is recorded or played, two or more channels of I/O are run locked together.  Please note:  This article has been superseded and it is here for reference only.

After pioneering digital video disk recorder technology with the successful VVCR line of products, Drastic Technologies released its next generation digital disk recorder, the VVW Series, featuring QuickClip capture/control/playback software and MediaReactor file transcoding. These robust devices have been installed around the world and satisfy a wide range of demanding applications in real world environments.

(Legacy Page) On supported hardware, Drastic software provides control of any up or down video conversion.  This can be set up in real time from the QuickClipXO, MediaNXS, VTRIF, DTReplay or dTouch interfaces.  The parameters and advanced settings in the configurations are provided below.

This area contains legacy material from previous Drastic Technologies websites. It is provided for reference only, and contains information, products and links that may no longer exist and which are no longer supported by Drastic.

Originally Drastic DDRs could be purchased with full featured software, or with a base software and a la carte options.  The original options were the Advanced File Format Option, the Network Control Option and the AutoProxy Option.  The functionality of these options has been integrated into Drastic's current line of products, and expanded on.