|
Feature |
Standard |
Professional |
Workgroup |
Enterprise |
Browse |
| Import and
analyse any QuickTime-supported media files (incl. DV, MOV,
MPEG4, AVI, Flash, WAV, AIFF, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, GIF, PSD)1 |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
- |
| Import and
analyse Windows Media files (WMV, WMA, ASF)2 |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
- |
| Import clips
and sequences from OMFI files3 |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
- |
| Import and
export tab-separated text, simple batch lists, and CMX edit
decision lists |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes† |
| Import and
export Final Cut Pro XML files and FCP batch logs |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes† |
| Import and
export Avid ALE batch logs |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes† |
| Import other
'unknown' files to capture basic details of files such as Word
documents, spreadsheets, project files etc. |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
- |
| Extract and
display technical metadata (file format, codec, frame size,
duration, data rate, dropped frames, etc.) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes† |
| Extract and
display user metadata (timecode, Exif and ID3 tags, QuickTime
annotations, Windows Media properties, etc.) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes† |
| Enter log
notes, mark clips as good, create subclips, merge clips,
create or delete thumbnails. |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
- |
| Configurable
thumbnail or list views, with flexible grouping, sorting,
searching and filtering cababilities |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Unlimited
user-defined logging fields |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
- |
| Customisable
clip details panel |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Choice
between 'classic' and 'professional' (dark grey) colour
schemes |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Advanced
search and filter dialog, including regular expressions and
ability to save named filters |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Play media
for the clip (if available online), either windowed or full
screen |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Jog-shuttle
control of playback using standard JKL keys |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Timecode
calculator |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Media file
management (delete, move, copy), drag and drop import and
export |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Perform
automatic scene detection using DV info |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
- |
| Perform
automatic scene detection using visual analysis (with
configurable sensitivity) |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
- |
| Verbatim
Logger to transcribe dialog or manually log clips from a video
or audio file while it plays |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
- |
| Mark events
within a clip, jump to an event marker, and convert between
event markers and subclips |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Scan DV
tapes to create clip records for each scene4 |
yes* |
yes* |
yes* |
yes* |
- |
| Print
catalogs or selected clips, export HTML thumbnail indexes,
export to system clipboard, export still images |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Generate and
manage preview movies (low resolution proxies that are
automatically substituted based on tape and timecode if the
original media is offline) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes† |
| Customise
codec and quality settings for preview movies |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
- |
| Batch export
movies using any QuickTime-supported codec or exporter (incl.
QT MOV, MPEG-4, H264, DV Stream, iPod Movie, AVI etc.) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Add timecode
tracks to exported movies. Add date & time of recording (for
DV-based video) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Add
arbitrary text or subtitles to exported movies |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Create,
edit, play, and export sequences for simple cuts only editing |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Timezone and
camera clock adjustment to display either location or GMT
times and permit synchronisation of shots from different
cameras |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
- |
| Save
catalogs locally as standalone files (providing a cached copy
of all the metadata and log notes, even if the media files are
offline) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Save
catalogs to a central SQL database, permitting advanced
queries, and concurrent access and updates by multiple users |
- |
- |
yes |
yes |
- |
| Perform
complex queries against multiple catalogs simultaneously,
displaying a consolidated result set of matching clips |
- |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Compatible
with MySQL relational database |
- |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Compatible
with Oracle relational database |
- |
- |
- |
yes* |
yes* |
| Server
Control Panel to configure and display status of the database
and CatDV Server |
- |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Control and
log access to CatDV clip data (with configurable users, groups
and permissions) |
- |
- |
- |
yes |
yes |
| Tape library
management screen |
- |
- |
- |
yes |
yes |
| Store
preference settings centrally on the server and switch between
settings based on which production you are currently working
on |
- |
- |
- |
yes |
yes |
| Production
blogs and group documents |
- |
- |
- |
yes |
yes |
|
Watch folders to
automatically import, convert and publish files that appear in
specified drop boxes5 |
- |
- |
yes* |
yes* |
yes* |
