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In Part 1 of Bob Turner's NAB Wrap-Up, he reports on the proliferation of web products, finds the hottest booth and the hottest platform, and discusses the DR2 release of the AAF Software Development Kit (and why it's so important).
Next month's issue is the VIDEOGRAPHY NAB Wrap-up issue and I plan to offer my annual statistical analysis then. This month, I will offer my first impressions of this year's show.
COPEing with Avid and Other NLE Manufacturers
There were far more web streaming products than I foresaw in my March "Crystal Ball" article. This was especially true with the NLE manufacturers and how they not only offered web-streaming outputs to their products, but also showed a trend toward remote client-approval capabilities.
Avid promoted the "COPE" concept: Create Once: Publish Everywhere. Discreet promoted their concept: "Create Once: Use Anywhere." The code-name for the content creation/web streaming technology being introduced by Discreet is neptune*. Pinnacle Systems' theme was "iCreate, iStore, iStream & iView:' Similar concepts were found at other manufacturers' booths, as well.
Media 100 took this concept of web video to the extreme. They shifted the entire company focus from that of nonlinear edit system manufacturing to a streaming media company. The booth focus was "Internet Streaming," showcasing products and services from the trio of recently acquired companies Terran Interactive (Media Cleaner Pro is the leading streaming video software manufacturer), Digital Origin, and Wired Inc. "Hidden" along the back wall on the outside of the booth were the three nonlinear editing solutions the company offers: Finish, Media 100, and EditDV.
One of the highlights of the Media 100 press conference was when they demonstrated the www.icanstream.com website, developed via a partnership with Canon USA, Beatnik, and Kensington Digital Fridge.com. The site allows you to download a free version of EditDV called FreeDV. The site also provides news, reviews and step-by-step instructions for shooting, editing, compressing, and streaming video on the Internet for everyone from the web-video beginner to the seasoned veteran. FreeDV is a real, useable consumer-editing package and not just a "demo version" or a software package with very limited functionality.
Many of you know how contentious the relations between Media 100 and Avid have been in times past. (I have written about...