Features

Ingest into editing workflows

* Significant time savings for importing & exporting media
* Edit events and breaking news while they are being captured
* External encoding frees up your workstation for editing
* Smart encoding to Final Cut Pro project bin settings
* Drag and-drop support for EDLs and Final Cut Interchange files

Ingest into FlipFactory & Episode transcoding workflows

* Quickly transcode to virtually any format while media is being captured
* Simultaneously create high-res files for storage and low-res proxies
* Preserves important metadata throughout your transcoding workflow
* Batch ingest from EDLs to encode multiple clips from a single tape (FlipFactory only)

Ingest into DAMs and digital archives

* Streamline ingest into online libraries, digital asset management systems and archives
* Including Apple's Final Cut Server, North Plains' TeleScope DAM system, Microsoft's Interactive Media Manager and more

Controlling Pipeline

* A log & capture application allows import & export in various formats for use directly in Final Cut Pro, Episode and other applications
* A schedule record or playout application allows users to schedule pre-defined events (24x7), manually via start/stop and or programmatically through Pipeline’s automation API
* Administration Interface for Firmware upgrades, initial set-up & configuration
* Management features and tools coming in 2009