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If you work with digital evidence you know you need secure, reliable, flexible storage solutions. Regardless of which tools you use to process Digital & Multimedia Evidence (DME) or even which discipline(s) you specialize in, high-capacity reliable storage is a fundamental commonality and requirement. As each day passes law enforcement and government agencies struggle with […]
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ClearID® version 3.5.0 has been released to support installation into Adobe Photoshop 2021 (v22), and v3.5.0 is FREE to all customers in support as of 10/1/2020. Need to renew your ClearID® Support? We’ve made that as simple as possible too. Renew securely online via Credit Card or generate an instant online proposal for offline payment […]
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Avid’s Universal Media Engine (UME) was introduced in Media Composer 2019.6 in order to provide MXF Op1a support, and it has been regularly updated and improved since then. It is a game changer for MP4 and MOV file-based workflows: Improved performance, by the way, in most cases by multiple factors! Improved performance when Linking & […]
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Question – Can you play a clip at its native frame rate even though it doesn’t match the Avid project’s frame rate? Answer – Yes – If you AMA link to the media, that is what Avid Media Composer does by default. This is a question that comes up from time to time, and it […]
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In the lab or in the field, Omnivore™ includes the power of FFmpeg Convert to play & process any FFmpeg supported video file from any Windows PC with an available USB port. Omnivore™‘s ease of use, capabilities and portability make it a cost effective solution for both investigative and forensic video processing tasks, such as: […]
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As most know, when working on video we’re typically limited to 8-bit precision, as we’re outputting an 8-bits per channel video file compatible with most common players & platforms. While 10-bit & 12-bit video formats exist, they’re largely used for high-end post production due to the enormous file sizes and additional overhead. Bottom line, if […]
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Omnivore™ version 3.4 is now available for download! This update is (FREE to all Omnivore users In Support as of 05/01/2020) New Features & Updates Updated FFmpeg Convert to identify & process more file types. Improved Optimization process & Notifications: Improved notification for situations where optimization fails. Auto resets optimization values after failed optimization when […]
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Version 3.0 of our dTective® for Adobe® Premiere Pro BETA has been released, and includes several bug fixes and performance improvements. Didn’t Know About dTective® for Adobe® Premiere Pro? Are you a customer? If so, we strongly encourage you to sign-up for our “Insiders” List-serv Forum, where we announced the BETA release last Friday. dTective® […]
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It seems hard to believe, but Avid is currently supporting three (3) different long term release branches of Media Composer; 2018.x, 2019.x, and 2020.x. An entirely new streamlined interface was introduced with 2019.x less than a year ago, and just over a month ago they released 2020.x with several media & project management improvements/changes. All […]
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Adobe has leveraged GPU acceleration in their Mercury Playback Engine for playback & preview, but earlier this week they released the ability to leverage your GPU when exporting from Premiere Pro v14.2. Huge Time Savings for Many Encoding Tasks w/Proper Hardware & Settings! Our initial tests exporting H.264 & H.265 content saw encoding times that […]
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The Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE) recently released several documents for public comment, several related to digital multimedia evidence. A few of the DRAFTs currently open for public comment include: 2019-07-16 SWGDE Best Practice for Frame Timing Analysis of Video Stored in ISO Base Media File Formats 2019-07-16 SWGDE Best Practices for Digital […]
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February Newsletter & Updates including all the latest news on our software and hardware developments.
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