READING, UK - (March 15, 2004) - Canopus Corporation, leaders in digital video technology, will unveil the Canopus Workflow and a new EDIUS solution at NAB 2005 in Las Vegas (booth #SL325). Canopus brings together its powerful real-time, mixed editing solutions and transcoding expertise with its LAN-based video distribution technology to provide video professionals with the ultimate workflow solution, so they can Create, Purpose and Deliver video content quickly and at the highest quality for broadcast, DVD, streaming and video-on-demand applications.
The complete networked Canopus Workflow will be demonstrated during the conference and includes a shared asset system; Canopus EDIUS HD/SD/HDV/DV real-time editing solutions; ProCoder Station, the new network-based encoding solution; and MediaEdge, an affordable video distribution system that delivers professional-level video over LAN-based networks.
Create
Canopus’s line of advanced real-time, mixed video editing solutions includes EDIUS HD, EDIUS SD, EDIUS SP for HDV and EDIUS NX for HDV. These solutions are powered by EDIUS Pro 3 nonlinear editing software to provide native editing and real-time processing of uncompressed SD, HD, HDV, DV, MPEG-2, and MPEG-1 formats. With its seamless real-time workflow, EDIUS Pro 3 lets professionals mix and share HD, SD, HDV, and DV assets, stored on the server or locally, and work with unlimited video, audio and effects layers, while providing real-time high-quality, full-resolution HD video output to an HD monitor for preview. EDIUS Pro 3 delivers increased quality and real-time performance through the company’s acclaimed variable-bitrate Canopus HQ codec.
Canopus will also demonstrate a new EDIUS solution with high-end features that video professionals in broadcast and studio environments require, including MXF (Material eXchange Format) support, multicam-editing mode, and nested sequence editing.
Purpose
ProCoder Station, a network-based encoding solution built on the company’s powerful ProCoder video encoding software, centralises and automates the complex and demanding load of encoding multiple and large projects to prepare content for delivery via DVD, streaming and video-on-demand. ProCoder Station automatically encodes single or multiple sources to any number of output formats simultaneously and delivers the converted files to a LAN folder or by FTP, while creative work continues on the production system. Major content providers and post-production facilities can integrate the system into their existing production workflow and reduce encoding costs.
Deliver
MediaEdge is an affordable video distribution system that uses the company's proven MPEG-1/2/4 compression technology to deliver professional-level video over LAN-based networks. By supporting video-on-demand, live broadcast, streaming media applications and pre-programmed playback across the enterprise, MediaEdge is an ideal solution for high-quality video distribution in retail stores, schools, corporations, airports, museums and theaters.
