| | | | SAN Solutions ArtiSAN Metadata Controller Serves as Ideal Xserve® Replacement
SAN Solutions Inc., a leading manufacturer and integrator of high-performance storage and application solutions for media infrastructures, today announced that its signature ArtiSAN Metadata Controller (MDC) is a cost-effective, proven alternative to the recently discontinued Apple® Xserve® enterprise metadata controller platform. The ArtiSAN MDC allows broadcast and post-production facilities to centralize existing storage volumes and bring together all content into a shared environment, affording quick and easy access to media files.
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| | | | Matrox Adds Exciting New Workflow Features to Matrox MXO2 Product Line
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced the immediate availability of release 2.1 software for the Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices for Mac. Key features of this release include Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium support and a powerful new stand-alone software application, Matrox Vetura Capture.
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| | | | Softron Media Services Announces Step2e Collaboration
Developer of Broadcast Traffic Systems Integrates Applications into Softron’s next generation multi-channel play-out engine, OnTheAir Node.
Softron Media Services announced today that Step2e Broadcast GmbH & Co. KG of Passau Germany, a developer of software for the broadcast industry has integrated Step2e Broadcast with OnTheAir Node, Softron’s new client-server play-out engine.
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| | | | ToolsOnAir Introduces just:live from ToolsOnAir
just:live is designed to meet the fast-paced demands of live TV broadcast, including news, sports and talk shows. just:live manages your on-air videos and real-time graphics in any live situation as well as enabling playback of archive or replay footage during a live event.
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| | | | Softron Media Services Announces Immediate Availability of OnTheAir Node and OnTheAir Live
Softron Media Services Announces Immediate Availability of OnTheAir Node and OnTheAir Live.
OnTheAir Node is Softron's next generation playout and ingest engine for the Mac. It has been designed to be an inexpensive, reliable and customizable video server that has an open client-server architecture. OnTheAir Node can be controlled remotely over the network. One client computer in a control room can control multiple OnTheAir Node playout servers located in the machine room.
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| | | | Matrox Announces World’s First Four-Channel 3G SDI Cards for Mac
Matrox Video Products Group today announced the Matrox Multi input/output cards which bring a new level of channel density to Mac Pro and Apple Xserve systems. In a single PCIe slot, a Matrox Multi card provides up to four independent inputs or outputs with up to 16 embedded audio channels per SDI stream.
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| | | | Matrox MXO2 LE Now Shipping
Portable, Professional I/O for the Mac with Matrox MAX Technology for Faster Than Realtime H.264 Encoding
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that Matrox MXO2 LE, an HDMI, SDI, and analog I/O device for the Mac, is now available from authorized dealers worldwide. Matrox MXO2 LE streamlines editing with Apple Final Cut Studio on Mac Pros and MacBook Pros. It provides all the features of an I/O card in a sturdy, portable breakout box with professional audio and video connectivity.
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| | | | Matrox Releases Support for Snow Leopard
Drivers now available for Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices and Matrox CompressHD H.264 encoder card
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced support for Snow Leopard across its line of Mac I/O and H.264 encoding products including Matrox MXO2, Matrox MXO2 LE, Matrox MXO2 Rack, Matrox MXO2 Mini, and Matrox CompressHD.
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| | | | Matrox Announces Support for ToolsOnAir Just:In
Video Capture Application with the Matrox MXO2 I/O Device
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced support for ToolsOnAir’s Just:In video capture application with the Matrox MXO2 I/O device for the Mac. Just:In is an Apple QuickTime-based ingest solution that fits perfectly into the production process of any TV station, or post production studio.
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| | | | Matrox Announces Support for Softron’s Ingest and Playout Applications with Matrox MXO2 I/O Device
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced support for Softron Media Services’ MovieRecorder ingest application and OnTheAir Video playout application with the Matrox MXO2 I/O device for the Mac. Softron’s products provide all the functionality needed to run a TV station on a Mac. They are in use at news and sports broadcasters, educational institutions, religious broadcasters, and postproduction facilities around the world. Matrox MXO2 provides all the features of an I/O card and breakout box with the added advantage of portability. It can be easily moved among Mac Pros in the studio and taken on the road with a MacBook Pro.
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| | | | Matrox Releases Support for New Final Cut Studio
Drivers now available for Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices and Matrox CompressHD H.264 encoder card
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that release 1.6 for Matrox MXO2, Matrox MXO2 Rack, Matrox MXO2 Mini, and Matrox CompressHD is now available as a free download from the Matrox website to all registered users.
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| | | | Matrox Announces Matrox MXO2 LE
Portable, Professional I/O for the Mac with Matrox MAX Technology for Faster Than Realtime H.264 Encoding
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced Matrox MXO2 LE, an HDMI, SDI, and analog I/O device based on the award-winning Matrox MXO2 that streamlines editing with Apple Final Cut Studio on Mac Pros and MacBook Pros. Matrox MXO2 LE provides all the features of an I/O card in a sturdy, portable breakout box with professional audio and video connectivity.
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| | | | ToolsOnAir introduces realtime live graphic solution
ToolsOnAir continues to build on their commitment to deliver high-level broadcast solutions based on the Apple platform by presenting just:live at this year's IBC, a video and real time graphics player for any news, show or live event situation.
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| | | | Matrox CompressHD H.264 Accelerator Card for the Mac Now Shipping
Award-winning product offers faster than realtime high definition H.264 file creation for mobile devices, the web, and Blu-ray discs at a breakthrough price
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that Matrox CompressHD, the first implementation of Matrox MAX technology in an H.264 accelerator card for the Mac, is now shipping. Matrox MAX technology uses a dedicated hardware processor to accelerate the creation of H.264 files for mobile devices, the web and Blu-ray discs.
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| | | | Matrox Announces Integration of Matrox MAX Technology
Faster Than Realtime High Definition H.264 File Creation into Matrox MXO2 and Matrox MXO2 Rack I/O Devices for the Mac
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced versions of Matrox MXO2 and Matrox MXO2 Rack that will incorporate Matrox MAX technology for faster than realtime high definition H.264 file creation.
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| | | | Matrox Announces Matrox CompressHD for the Mac
Accelerator Card Provides Faster Than Realtime High Definition H.264 File Creation
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced Matrox CompressHD™, the first implementation of Matrox MAX™ technology in an H.264 accelerator card for the Mac, priced at just $495 US. Matrox MAX technology uses a dedicated hardware processor to accelerate the creation of H.264 files for mobile devices, the web and Blu-ray discs. By using specialized hardware acceleration, jobs are finished with amazing speed and system resources are liberated for other tasks.
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| | | | Softron Media Services Announces New Additions to OnTheAir Suite
Mac Based Professional Broadcasting Solutions Provides Client/Server Architecture and Modules for Multiple I/O and Control
Softron Media Services® will demonstrate several new modules that make up its OnTheAir Suite® of applications at its booth (SL08928) during NAB 2009 in Las Vegas, NV, USA on April 20, 2009.
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| | | | Apple Updates Xserve with Twice the Performance
Features Next Generation Architecture and Intel "Nehalem" Xeon Processors
Apple® today announced an updated Xserve® that delivers up to twice the performance of the previous system.* Using Intel "Nehalem" Xeon processors and a next generation system architecture, the 1U rack-optimized Xserve delivers up to an 89 percent improvement in performance per watt.** Xserve is available with up to two 2.93 GHz Intel Xeon processors and industry-leading storage options that include a low-power solid state drive (SSD) and up to 3TB of internal storage. Starting at $2,999, Xserve includes an unlimited client license for Mac OS® X Server version 10.5 Leopard®.
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| | | | Matrox Adds New Features to Matrox MXO2 I/O Devices for the Mac
 Highlights include scaling on capture, ProRes 422 720p capture on a MacBook Pro, and compatibility with Apple Xserve systems
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that release 1.3 for the Matrox MXO2 product line is now available as a free download from the Matrox website to all registered users. This release brings users a host of new productivity features and workflow enhancements. Highlights include the following:
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| | | | Matrox MXO2 Rack – Rackmountable I/O Device for the Mac – Now Shipping
 Matrox MXO2 Rack will be demonstrated at NAB 2009 in booth SL3814
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that Matrox MXO2 Rack, a new version of the award-winning Matrox MXO2 I/O device for the Mac, is now shipping. The 2RU-sized Matrox MXO2 Rack is designed for broadcast news operations, OB vans, and other environments where equipment must be rackmounted. It streamlines editing workflow with Apple Final Cut Studio on Mac Pros, MacBook Pros, and Apple Xserve systems, providing broadcast-quality input/output, monitoring, and up/down/cross conversion. Users can benefit from file-based workflows with support for XDCAM, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, and P2 without transcoding. In addition, they are not limited to using a single codec as with some other I/O devices on the market. In HD for example, Matrox MXO2 Rack supports a variety of codecs including ProRes, ProRes422 HQ, DVCPRO HD, and uncompressed 8- and 10-bit.
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| | | | Apple Introduces Xsan 2
Apple® today introduced Xsan® 2, the first major upgrade to its easy to use, high performance, enterprise class Storage Area Network (SAN) file system for Mac OS® X. Combining enhanced performance with Apple’s legendary ease of use, Xsan 2 makes it easier for first time users to set up and quickly deploy a SAN; introduces MultiSAN, allowing users on a single workstation to access multiple SANs at the same time; is fully integrated with Mac OS X Leopard™ and Mac OS X Server Leopard and is now qualified to work with third-party RAID storage.
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| | | | Apple Introduces New Xserve
Apple® today introduced the new Xserve®, a 1U rack-optimized server that is up to twice as fast as its predecessor* and includes an unlimited client license for Mac OS® X Server Leopard™.
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When choosing a camera for his debut feature, Anywhere, U.S.A., filmmaker Anthony (Chusy) Haney-Jardine selected Panasonic’s AG-HVX200 P2 HD camcorder, as “the project just might be seen somewhere.”
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| | | | News: Apple Announces Mac OS X Server Leopard
Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X Server version 10.5 Leopard will go on sale on Friday, October 26, at the same time as Mac OS X Leopard. Leopard Server extends Apple’s legendary ease of use, making it even easier to take advantage of the benefits of a server, and introduces Podcast Producer, the ideal way to automatically publish podcasts to iTunes® or the web.
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| | | | News: ATTO Technology
ATTO Technology, Inc., global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, will showcase its new ExpressSAS™ RAID adapters at the MacWorld Expo, Booth #S1243.
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| | | | News: Small Tree Communications Introduces Four-Port And Six-Port PCI Express Cards At Macworld Expo
Cards Provide High Port Density and Maximum Performance
Small Tree Communications, the high-speed interconnect leader for Apple Mac OS X, introduces three new PCI Express (PCIe) Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) cards for G5 Power Mac, Mac Pro and the new Intel-based Xserve systems at Macworld Expo (Booth N4014). The four-port copper PEG4 card, the six-port copper PEG6 card and the six-port copper or optical PEG6SFP card are available for sale and delivery today.
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| | | | News: Small Tree Adds Fast Storage-Over-Ethernet Products For Mac OS X Small And Medium Businesses
Low-cost, Striped and Shared Storage Based on SATA and Ethernet Technology
Small Tree Communications, the high-speed interconnect leader for Apple Mac OS X, has today significantly expanded its product portfolio with the addition of ATA-over-Ethernet (AoE) storage products. AoE is a standard technology based on a very simple specification that has been developed and tested well in the Linux marketplace. The new products come with a choice of pre-configured JBOD and RAID options and a Mac-like management GUI that allows them to plug-and-play out of the box.
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| | | | News: AMD Brings Next-Generation Graphics to the Apple
ATI Radeon® X1900 G5 Mac® Edition PCI Express Upgrade Combines Workstation-Class Creative Productivity and Cutting-Edge Game Performance
AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the ATI Radeon® X1900 G5 Mac® Edition, a next-generation graphics card that combines workstation-class creative productivity and cutting-edge 3D game performance. The ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition represents a high-performance PCI Express graphics upgrade card for the Power Mac G5 Quad and Power Mac G5 Dual. Upgrading to the ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac helps pro-application users maximize their creative potential with the powerful PCI Express-based Power Mac G5 Quad and Power Mac G5 Dual.
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| | | | News: New Server Rack for Apple
25U Server Rack for Noise Reduction Used to Introduce New Xserve Systems At Apple Developer Conference
GizMac Accessories LLC, designer and manufacturer of noise reduction server rack enclosures, previews their soon to be released 25U XRackPro2 server rack with Apple’s new Xserve line at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC).
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| | | | News: Apple Introduces Xserve with Quad 64-bit Xeon Processors
New Xserve is Over Five Times Faster Than its Predecessor
Apple® today announced the new Xserve®, a quad Xeon, 64-bit server featuring Mac OS® X Server Tiger on two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors running up to 3.0 GHz, resulting in performance that is over five times that of its predecessor.*
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| | | | News: ADIC Ships New StorNext FX Software for Xsan 1.3
Shortens Project Timelines, Provides Heterogeneous Support for Apple Xsan
Advanced Digital Information Corporation (NASDAQ: ADIC), the leader in Intelligent Storage™ solutions for the open systems market, announced today the introduction of the latest version of its StorNext® FX data management software. StorNext FX enables greater consolidation of workflow processes in Apple® environments, helping users save time and increase productivity by allowing them to share their Xsan™ storage area networks and Xserve® RAID systems with applications running on Linux, Windows, and UNIX platforms. The StorNext FX version 1.3 announced today offers compatibility with the recently released Xsan 1.3.
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| | | | News: Panasonic's HVX200 Becomes Go-To Camera For Toronto's Frameblender
Company Devises Innovative Archiving Solution for Growing Roster of HVX200 Projects
Toronto-based FrameBlender has put the versatility of its Panasonic AG-HVX200 to the test in the two months since it purchased the hand-held DVCPRO HD camcorder. The full-service production and post-production company has tapped the HVX200 to shoot insert elements for broadcast design, greenscreen footage for the short feature Chip, Scrape and Throw and, most notably, an orientation video and library material for Toronto’s University Health Network, one of the world’s largest medical research institutions.
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| | | | News: Apple features Solventdreams stop-motion film Disaster!
Los Angeles-based Solventdreams has garnered the attention of Apple Computer who is now featuring the work of Solventdreams in a three-page feature on the highly trafficked Apple website. Solventdreams is being featured following the completion of the company's claymation feature, "Disaster!," which is the first all-Macintosh stop-motion animation film. "Disaster!" was accomplished by the Solventdreams' post production studio in Silverlake using Power Mac G5s, Xserve RAIDs, Final Cut Pro, and Shake.
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| | | | News: Silverado Systems Xserve RAID Loaner Program
One of the biggest headaches in a SAN installation is "Where do I put all my existing data?" Data amounting to terabytes of graphics, audio, stock images and video, and project files simply cannot be stored efficiently on external firewire hard drives.
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| | | | News: Apple Updates Xserve RAID
Delivers up to 7TB of Storage at Industry Breakthrough Price of Just $1.86 per GB
Apple® today updated its Xserve® RAID storage system, a 3U high-availability, rack storage system to deliver a massive 7 terabytes (TB) of storage capacity at the industry’s most aggressive price of just $1.86 per GB.
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| | | | News: XRackPro2 Noise Reduction Enclosure Featured at Telluride Film Festival
GizMac Accessories Provides Rack Mount Cabinet for Apple Computer Xserve Equipment During Colorado Film Event
GizMac Accessories LLC, designer and manufacturer of innovative products for the Apple platform, provides a XRackPro2 rack mount noise reduction enclosure cabinet to be on display at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado.
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| | | | News: GizMac Accessories LLC Moves to Larger Facility
XRackPro2 and XtroVert Rack Mount Enclosure Sales Increase, Company Moves to New Expanded Location
GizMac Accessories LLC, designer and manufacturer of innovative products for the Apple platform, moves to a larger facility due to the increased demand for XRackPro2 and XtroVert rack mount enclosures for the Apple Xserve server computer and Xserve RAID storage systems.
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| | | | News: Apple Announces Shake 4
Biggest Shake Upgrade Ever Delivers 3D Compositing and Optical Flow Technologies
Apple® today announced Shake® 4, a major upgrade to the industry’s leading compositing software used by independent artists and visual effects facilities to create the world’s most celebrated visual effects for film and television. Shake 4 features 3D multi-plane compositing, cutting-edge optical flow image processing and unprecedented integration with Final Cut Pro 5.
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| | | | News: Apple Announces Mac OS X Server 'Tiger'
Shipping April 29 With Support for 64-bit Applications, iChat Server, Weblog Server & Xgrid
Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X Server version 10.4 “Tiger” will be available on Friday, April 29, at the same time as the Mac OS X version 10.4 “Tiger” desktop version. The next major release of Apple’s award-winning, UNIX-based server operating system, Tiger Server integrates over 100 leading open source projects and standards-based software applications with easy-to-use management tools that make it easy to deploy for Mac®, Windows and Linux clients.
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| | | | |  Articles and Tutorials: The Forbidden Kingdom: Jackie Chan. Jet Li. FCP.A Creative Cow Exclusive! DigitalFilm Trees Zed Saeed has helped create pioneering digital workflows built around FCP, custom-designed for large-scale productions. Their biggest challenge so far has come on The Forbidden Kingdom, an epic film partnering Jackie Chan and Jet Li for the first time -- with production and post in China, Korea, Australia, and multiple locations in the US. Heres a look at how they put it all together with FCP, Xserve, XML, Color, file-based workflows...and hard, hard work.Read Article Subscribe Cal Digit S2VRHDCreativeCOW's Bob Zelin tests a Cal Digit S2VRHD with a host card for a PCI-X computer, and a PCI-E computer. He used the incredible AJA Kona System Test, to evaluate the drive speeds. He was determined to 'break it.' Did he? No. He determined that...''If you want to do uncompressed HD, for a fraction of the price of an Apple Xserve RAID, or other hi end SCSI or Fibre Channel drive arrays, THIS IS YOUR BOX.'' Read the rest to find out why.Read Article Subscribemore articles » Podcasts:Episode #022 - February 16, 2006Episode 022 - Using Final Cut Studio in a Live Environment with Peter Wiggins, News with Ron Lindeboom, Sports Production Coverage, Apple Motion and Shake, Apple Xserve and Xsan, Red Giant's Film Fix, Adobe Lightroom Beta 2, iLife 06, Blackmagic DeckLink, WNBC's DT 4.4 and more creative tech news, interviews and reports - www.creativecow.netTune In Subscribemore podcasts »Related Tags | | | | |
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