The NMOS Quick Connect utility is an in house application that we have developed to help solve NMOS connectivity issues in the field. It will be included in NetXScope, FlowCaster, and Net-X-Code Server software.

Here is a comprehensive list of ancillary (ANC) metadata types supported in DrasticScope, grouped by purpose and annotated with the relevant standard (e.g., SMPTE, ITU-R, ARIB, etc.)

The Drastic Test Pattern Generator can be used in conjunction with an install of HDRScope to provide a full featured audio video synchronization test. Test Pattern Generator sends a motion audio video sync pattern out and HDRScope receives the pattern along with its QR code and other details, and features an A/V Sync display that provides details on audio and video sync, and time in transit. Here is how to set up AV Sync testing.

When FlowCaster is installed in a DaVinci Resolve system, it adds a FlowCaster virtual SDI component that lets you send the output of Resolve via FlowCaster. This means you can output your timeline in any of the IP stream types supported by FlowCaster, including SRT, UDP, RTP, WebRTC, NDI, and ST-2110.

DrasticScope and FlowCaster support the AvVr3D ScopeDirect plugin for UnReal Engine, for virtual reality scene camera analysis and calibration. Select the plugin to send high quality audio and video directly to our waveform/vectorscope software for analysis, and to FlowCaster for remote sharing. Here is how to set up the plugin.

In Avid, scrubbing through the timeline is video-only by default, in order to provide faster, smoother operation. However, if you are using the FlowCaster OpenIO plugin to share the output of Media Composer, there will be cases where you will want to send the audio as well. Audio scrub can be enabled using a couple of methods, either temporarily, or as a setting that can be left enabled.

ST2110 is a family of standards for audio/video/data over IP format, that can clock to PTP and carry as many embedded essences as your network can handle. Drastic supports ST-2110 as an input for viewing and ingest, and as an output for distribution and delivery. This pages provides an overview of our ST-2110 related products, and offers information on ST-2110 in general.

The Drastic ScopeDirect Plugin is designed to be installed in a system with Adobe, Avid, OpenFX, Resolve, or UnReal Engine software. It will look at the video, audio, and ancillary data playing in the editor, and provide a range of waveform/vectorscope tools for setup, measurement, and calibration of levels.

In addition to an unparalleled range of vectorscope/waveform tools, 4KScope, HDRScope, and NetXScope also feature advanced multichannel audio meters, loudness meters, and surround sound audio monitoring and analysis. This article provides details.

If you want to run APIs or WebRTC connections externally, you can configure Apache to act as a reverse proxy using HTTPS on an external port (like 5000). and forward that traffic to an internal HTTP service running on a different port (like 15000). Here’s how to do it step by step:

Net-X -Code, videoQC, and Net-X-Copy provide a number of overlays you can superimpose on the video output. These can be enabled or disabled using various MediaCmd commands, which are detailed in this article.

There is a command line installer for Windows installs which can be used by system administrators, or by other programs calling the Setup program. Here are the details.

Drastic Technologies maintains an account for each of the users who have downloaded a free FlowCaster app from the Google store. This account retains very little actual contact information.

If you prefer to maintain a low profile online though, this account can be very easily deleted once you are done using it. Here is how.

Drastic supports Windows, macOS, and Linux in its product lines, depending on the product level and/or version. Here are details on which products support which operating systems.

FlowCaster can send the following IP stream types: SRT, RTP, UDP, RTMP, NDI, CDI, WebRTC, WHIP, RIST, HLS Live, BLS, and ST-2110. FlowCaster's VirtualCam output can also emulate a webcam so it can appear as a guest in meeting sites like Zoom and Teams. There are many ways to monitor and distribute these streams. This article describes some of the available monitoring solutions and their features.

Drastic Technologies' exclusive H/S Scope allows easy calibration of lighting or cameras to a standard DSC ChromaDuMonde chart. The H/S Scope lets you use chroma values to evaluate a light source's ability to render colors accurately based on the camera's electronic response to the color of the light source.

Flowcaster.live integration with Google Chrome - start, schedule, and invite participants to a new FlowCaster session from within your Google Calendar or Gmail! A lightweight download from the Chrome Store provides quick access to FlowCaster sessions integrated directly into the apps you use every day. Here are details:

Drastic Technologies has created two OpenFX plugins to view the output of Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve editors; the FlowCaster Remote Monitoring plugin, and the ScopeDirect Signal Analysis Tools plugin. FlowCaster provides a comprehensive set of collaboration, review and approval tools for editors, and can create and export session markers to/from Resolve. Drastic's 4KScope and HDRScope signal analysis tools are professional vectorscope/waveform/histogram scopes for audio and video signals.

Is your company already using GoTo for remote conferencing? Do you need to share high quality video in real time with your stakeholders? FlowCaster has added a VirtualCam setting that lets it show up as a webcam in meeting sites like GoTo. Here are details on how to set this up.

Is your company already using Meet.Google.com for remote conferencing? Do you need to share high quality video in real time with your stakeholders? FlowCaster has added a VirtualCam setting that lets it show up as a webcam in meeting sites like Meet.Google.com. Here are details on how to set this up.

Is your company already using Zoom for remote conferencing? Do you need to share high quality video in real time with your stakeholders? FlowCaster has added a VirtualCam setting that lets it show up as a webcam in meeting sites like Zoom. Here are details on how to set this up.

Is your company already using Microsoft Teams for remote conferencing? Do you need to share high quality video in real time with your stakeholders? FlowCaster has added a VirtualCam setting that lets it show up as a webcam in meeting sites like Microsoft Teams. Here are details on how to set this up.

Is your company already using Webex for remote conferencing? Do you need to share high quality video in real time with your stakeholders? FlowCaster has added a VirtualCam setting that lets it show up as a webcam in meeting sites like Webex. Here are details on how to set this up.

Drastic Technologies has provided tools and solutions for Adobe editor workflows for decades, and expands on this relationship with the release of the FlowCaster Live Review Panel. The panel is available for free, and displays your FlowCaster.live session in a dockable panel within Adobe creative software such as Premiere Pro. This page provides details on how to install and use the FlowCaster Live Review Panel.

videoQC can  analyze a video file, and produce PDF, CSV, XML, and HTML reports, along with marker files for editors, and proxy files for viewing. Here are details on the process.

Would you like to use Drastic software in a language other than English? We can provide you with an alternate language interface for most Drastic software. This page explains how.

Using FlowCaster with the www.flowcaster.live site may require some setup for your corporate firewall.  This is especially true if your system is running in a cloud environment like Amazon, Google or Azure.  By default these, and many other environments, completely lock down the internet access.  To use www.flowcaster.live, some standard ports must be opened up. 

Different IP video protocols require different firewall setups.  This article covers the most common ports / firewall access that different IP video protocols require.  

Asynchronous review lets anyone open a www.flowcaster.live session and add feedack via text, telestration, and emoji, and save the session to send off to the next stage of production.  It is similar to synchronous review, but only requires one person at a time, and may be done by each participant at any time.

The synchronous collaborative review workflow lets an operator select a proxy file/timeline from any network storage that is available to all participants and share it with a group of participants so their input and feedback can be saved for later review and implementation.

FlowCaster Live Event Review captures SDI or IP signals simultaneously as high quality MXF files and as time code matched proxy MP4s. This way the creative team can get started working right away with the proxy MP4s from anywhere in the world, and use the decisions to create deliverable assets as the stream is being captured.

Use FlowCaster on the www.flowcaster.live site for real time group review of edit sessions anywhere in the world, without rendering or uploading your media to a server!  FlowCaster.live receives audio/video/captions/time code from the editor's output in real time, while providing a shared area of talk, webcam, commenting, and collaborative drawing (telestration), all time code locked to your edit. 

A comparison of www.flowcaster.live's real time video collaboration tool with other tools in the industry.  FlowCaster.live is the only live edit review workflow that allows for instaneous feedback of edits, high quality over the sholder monitoring, deep integration into Adobe and Avid editors, along with a secure set of web based and local tools to allow time code locked, instantaneous review of all your video assets and sequences.

Drastic's NetXScope, HDRScope, and 4KScope products provide a ScopeDirect Transmitter for Adobe that allows users to monitor the main output directly from the Adobe creative software such as Premiere Pro without SDI/HDMI or IP Video being used to connect them.  You can take advantage of this feature to analyze the signal through the wide range of signal analysis tools. This article describes how to set up the ScopeDirect Transmitter output though our scopes.

Drastic's NetXScope, HDRScope, and 4KScope products provide a ScopeDirect OpenIO plugin for Avid that allows users to monitor the main output directly from Avid Media Composer software without SDI/HDMI or IP Video being used to connect them. You can take advantage of this feature to analyze the signal through the wide range of signal analysis tools. This article describes how to set up the ScopeDirect OpenIO plugin output though our scopes.

False Color display mode

Version 7 and greater of videoQC, and DrasticScope at the 4KScope, HDRScope, and NetXScope levels all include a false color display mode. False color mode looks at the IRE values in the signal, and assigns a color to each range. Here are details.

This article lists the locations where Drastic software components may be installed, in case the software needs to be removed manually.

Version 6 and greater of Net-X-Code and MediaReactor both support native editing while ingesting for MXF files in Adobe Premiere.  

Version 6 and greater of Net-X-Code and MediaReactor both support native editing while ingesting for MXF files in Final Cut Pro X.  

Most Drastic software is available on Linux x86_64 as well as Windows (32/64) and macOS (32/64).   This article outlines the minimum packages required to run Drastic software. Note: some of the external resources this article had referenced are no longer available, and their links have been removed. For the latest setup information, please contact Drastic.

Our partner TestVid, Inc. offers a full range of video clip sets designed for testing content creation devices and workflows.

One of the file format plugins (dtx_aWMFDirect.d1x) for Windows 32 and 64 relies on Microsoft Windows' media components.  With some versions of Windows, Microsoft does not include these components by default.  To fix this error, you can either delete the dtx_aWMFDirect.d1x and dt_WinMedia.d1x from the installation folder, which will disable WMV/ASF read/write, or install the missing components from Microsoft.  

Drastic signal analysis products support both command line parameters and keyboard control.  This command line parameters can be used to allow them to open automatically on startup in the mode and size required. The keyboard commands can be used to capture compressed and uncompressed frames directly from the incoming signal.

When using Media File Scanner, many sources will have directories and file names that exceed Windows' 260 character default limit.  If you are targetting an NTFS, or other Windows drive, you will need to enable long directory and file name paths in the Windows permissions.  This limit is to preserve compatibility with older, and MS-DOS, programs.  If you need that compatibility, you may want to target a NAS as the Media File Scanner output, which will support long directory/file names natively.

When using Drastic software on Windows, for some operations system settings must be altered to allow for the performance necessary for the workflow. This includes Net-X-Code Server, videoQC, sdiScope, 4KScope, HDRScope, FlowCaster and NetXScope.  By default, Windows is designed for multiple, low performance loads and UI experience.  The suggested changes allow Drastic software to get the required resources and performance required for consistent operation.

Avid tools support MPEG-4 using QuickTime as well as using MediaReactor Workstation. QuickTime cannot handle newer MP4 formats like XAVC-S and MPEG-2 from Sony and other manufacturers' cameras. MediaReactor can, but when adding them to Media Composer/NewsCutter/etc, you must specify which reader you want to use.  

FlowCaster creates an Open I/O board in Avid creative software like Media Composer.  As a virtual video board, it can send the same high quality audio, video and captions from a real or virtual machine to wherever you are doing your creative work for output on a 'third monitor'.  This article demonstrates configuring FlowCaster in Avid Media Composer.

FlowCaster creates a virtual I/O board as a transmitter for Adobe creative software like Premiere and After Effects.  As a virtual video board, it can send the same high quality audio, video and captions from a real or virtual machine to wherever you are doing your creative work for output on a 'third monitor'.  This article demonstrates configuring FlowCaster in Adobe creative software.