Drastic Technologies MediaReactor Workstation

MediaReactor Workstation for Assimilate, NuCoda, Autodesk, Adobe, Apple and Avid

MediaReactor Workstation is a direct plugin version of Drastic’s MediaReactor file translation system for extensive file format support for editors.

MediaReactor plugins provide seamless access to content for key industry creative software, avoiding unnecessary transcoding steps, saving time and money. Use MediaReactor plugins to read and write to the software tools and devices you prefer.

Contemporary production workflows need to access an ever-increasing choice of acquisition, production, mezzanine and output devices and formats. Unfortunately, the proprietary nature of these media tools often leads to time consuming and potentially lossy translations of content, before other creative tools can access them. MediaReactor Workstation was designed to alleviate this problem. MediaReactor Workstation provides access to the widest range of file formats of any single plugin package. It specializes in high quality conversion on the fly, on everything from ancient OMF JPEG to the latest camera acquisition formats from Weisscam, Phantom, Sony and ARRI. Coupled with its incredible range of file and codec support, MediaReactor Workstation provides a group of plugins that make the content directly compatible with most major editing and creative software on macOS and Windows systems.

Adobe
Premiere - CC 2014 or greater	Windows/macOS
After Effects logo After Effects - CC 2014 or greater	Windows/macOS
Creative Cloud logo Media Encoder - CC 2014 or greater	Windows/macOS
videoQC
videoQC	Windows/macOS/Linux
Digital Vision
Nucoda	Windows
Autodesk
Flame	macOS/Linux
Smoke	macOS/Linux
Lustre	macOS/Linux
Avid
Media Composer	Windows/macOS
NewsCutter	Windows/macOS
Symphony	Windows/macOS
QuickTime
QuickTime player	Windows/macOS
QuickTime Apps	Windows/macOS
Microsoft
Media Player	Windows
DirectShow	Windows
Assimilate
Scratch/ScratchLab	Windows/macOS

MediaReactor Workstation provides support for the three major operating systems that have well defined plugin systems (for Linux, please contact Drastic for available options).  The primary plugin interfaces on macOS and Windows 64 are:

• Avid Media Composer/Symphony/NewsCutter 64 bit AMA link plugin
• Adobe file import and export PRM plugins CS5.5/6.x and Creative Cloud 2014 64 bit
• Adobe file import and export PRM plugins CS4/5 32 bit
• Assimilate SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab SPA plugin
• Digital Vision Nucoda
• Autodesk Flame, Smoke, and Lustre 2016/2017/2018/2019

 

Special Feature

Live Event Editing in Adobe

MediaReactor Workstation also provides advanced edit-while-recording of live events directly into Media Composer or Premiere, when coupled with a live event compatible recorder. To take advantage of this huge time saver, set up your compatible recording device (Net-X-Code Server, a Drastic DDR or 3rd party system like XOS Hurricane Replay), begin recording and load the various camera files directly into Media Composer or Premiere.  All material recorded at that point is immediately available for editing, and as new material is recorded it automatically becomes available on the editor. Simply edit as normal, building packages, melds, internet content or new packages during the game, rather than having to wait and work long after everyone else has gone home.

macOS

MediaReactor’s primary plugins under macOS are Autodesk’s Flame, Flint and Lustre direct API, Apple’s QuickTime layer and Adobe’s import and export plugins.  For more information on the Autodesk specific plugins, please see the Autodesk page.  MediaReactor Workstation connects to QuickTime at multiple levels.  It provides codecs for encoding and decoding video frames, image importers and exporters, movie importers and exporters and low level data handlers.  The result is that all QuickTime enabled applications can access media as easily as a native QuickTime movie including still formats like DPX, Cineon, ARI and DNG sequences.  This includes metadata, multi-track audio, multi-track video, time code, closed captioning and other tracks.  All supported formats, including IPB MPEG transport streams and series of stills (that would normally require conversion) are directly available for editing in Adobe and many other third party products.

Windows 32

Windows 64

Linux 64

The primary plugin for Linux is the direct Autodesk plugin for Flame, Flare and Lustre. This plugin set provides access to all of MediaReactor’s file format read support directly in Flame, Flare, Lustre and to any other connected Autodesk app via the Wiretap gateway. Read Raw camera files, broadcast files and even web compressed files in real time directly on the creative workstations, and/or engage in proxy or network based rendering via the gateway. The MediaReactor UI is directly incorporated in the Autodesk products for fine control of debayer with raw file formats, and the fastest, highest quality reading directly into your workflow. For more information and to download a trial plugin, see the MediaReactor Autodesk page.