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Server-Based Editing For Maximum Throughput
, 23 Avril 2008 -
At NAB a company called Maximum Throughput, known for its Sledgehammer
network storage arrays, showed a server-based workgroup editing solution
called MAXedit Server Edition that allows small broadcasters to
cost-effectively set-up multi-seat HD/SD editing workgroups. While the
software is no substitute for an Avid, Quantel or Thomson workgroup
solution—as Giovanni Tagliamonti, the company’s chief executive officer
will quickly tell you—it does allow someone to use standard laptops and
desktop PCs to handle frame-accurate editing of compressed or
uncompressed multi-resolution content.
Because the editing is executed solely on the server and not the local
workstation, editors can use inexpensive, standard equipped PCs or
laptops rather than expensive NLE workstations. And there is no need to
install or maintain a high-performance network because large files are
only accessed by editors remotely via their Web browsers.
Multiple compressed and uncompressed SD/HD formats are supported,
including the HDV, DVCPRO and MPEG-2 formats. And due to its
server-based design, MAXedit reduces congestion on Local Area Networks
(LANs), while still enabling real-time editing of HD/SD material.
With MAXedit Server Edition, several editors can work simultaneously
from a single server, but they never move large video files to and from
workstations over a LAN. The only data that moves between the clients
and the server is low-bitrate editing commands. Editors edit live
proxies of streaming media, which ensures frame-accurate, fluid editing
and complete creative control over the content.
At NAB, Maximum Throughput also introduced a hosted, subscription-based
online editing service that video professionals can access on demand
from any location via the Web, making it ideal for TV news crews on the
go. Called MAXedit Web Edition, the service leverages the company’s
servers in Boston, MA. and costs $100 per month. A demo at the show
revealed fast response and seamless editing and preview of effects in
real time. Very cool.
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