EditShare Updates Shared Storage, Archiving, Video Server and Broadcasting Solutions

EditShare
LLC
released EditShare
Shared
Storage
6.3,
Ark
2.3,
Flow
2.3
and Geevs
5.3.

They includes
features that simplify workflows and improve the user experience.

"We
continually look for ways to improve our products, and many of the
new features in this release have evolved directly from ongoing
dialogue with customers,"
says Andy Liebman, founder and CEO of EditShare. "Whether
they involve enhancements to user permissions, additional codec
support, or new backup and archive features, they are all designed to
increase productivity by making the workflow more efficient and
seamless."

Enhancements for
Shared Storage Version 6.3:

• Per-Media-Space
  Selection of OS X Network Protocols
  – By specifying the use of either the SMB or AFP protocol for
  mounting each media space on a space-by-space basis, administrators
  can pick the best network protocol for each application without the
  risk of mixing protocols on the same space. This allows users to
  leverage the power and performance of AFP for high data rate codecs
  and applications on OS X.

• Project Browser
  Compatibility for Adobe Premiere Pro in Windows
  – This matches the functionality for OS X-based Premiere projects. By
  using the Project Browser, multiple editors can open the same
  Premiere Pro project with the assurance that only one editor at a
  time will get r/w access to the project. Premiere editors can open a
  locked project in read-only mode in order to review it or copy
  project elements into their own project.

• Read-Only Access
  for Avid Style Spaces
  – You can limit users on Avid Style spaces to read-only access,
  extending the same grained user permissions available in other space
  types to this Avid workflow.

New Enhancements
for Flow Version 2.3:

• Enhanced Frame
  Rate, Raster, Codec, and Wrapper Support
  – Flow 2.3 improved the range of codec support for SDI Ingest,
  File-based Ingest, and Scanning functions. Support has been extended
  for progressive frame rates/rasters, including 1080p (23.98, 25,
  29.97) and 720p (23.98, 29.97, 60) in codecs and wrappers. Also
  included are support for QuickTime-wrapped DNxHD and AVC-Intra, as
  well as support for EditShare’s Universal Media Files now using the
  DNxHD codec. Flow has also extended its File-based Ingest support to
  recognize many additional cameras and devices.

• Asset Groups
  – The Flow Asset Groups tab gives administrators a way to grant users
  permission to browse and search for clips in Flow Browse. It allows
  specified users to browse clips from Media Spaces that have been
  deleted, so that they can bring material back to online storage from
  the archive. It allows a specified user to browse clips in Flow
  without granting them permission to mount the Media Space and access
  the high-resolution files.

New Enhancements
for Ark Version 2.3:

• Deletion From Ark
  Disk Via Flow Browse
  – Customers who have both Ark Disk and Flow can delete individual
  clips from their Ark Disk nearline storage. Using the Flow Browse
  interface, authorized users can search for clips based on any
  criteria, including how long a clip has resided on Ark Disk, or
  whether there is also a copy on Ark Tape, and then delete all
  matching clips with one click thereby freeing up nearline storage
  space.

• Storage to Ark
  Disk to Ark Tape Migration Workflow
  – Leveraging the ability to delete individual clips from Ark Disk, it
  is possible to institute ‘migration’ workflows where clips move down
  through different ‘tiers’ of storage. A clip might start out on
  EditShare storage, then be backed up to Ark Disk, and only deleted
  from Ark Disk or EditShare Storage after being backed up on Ark Tape.

• Ark Tape Backup
  Verification
  – This option provides checks to ensure that Ark backup/archive jobs
  have been written to LTO tapes.

Enhancements
for Geevs 5.3:

• Capture and
  Playout of QuickTime (.mov) Wrapped XDCAM-EX and XDCAM-HD Are Now
  Supported
  – At either 35 or 50 megabits, this provides a HD codec alternative
  for immediate exchange between QuickTime-based NLE’s and
  ingest/playout.

• Updates
  to Studio Multicam and Geevs Live User Interfaces
  – Based on user feedback, additional sorting, metadata and display
  features have been added to the Geevs Client applications.