| Product Comparison Matrix |
| Features |
Standard |
Pro |
Workgroup |
Enterprise |
Browse |
| Import and analyse any QuickTime supported media file (1) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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| Import and analyse Windows Media files (2) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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| Import clips and sequences from OMFI files (3) |
----- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
----- |
| Customizable 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 |
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 scene (4) |
yes * |
yes* |
yes* |
yes* |
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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 ✝ |
| Customize codec and quality settings for preview movies |
----- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
----- |
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yes * |
yes * |
yes * |
* Optional feature, may require purchase of additional components
† Only export and display features are supported, no ingest or publishing to the server.
(1) Not all variants of Flash or AVI & supported, depending on your version of QuickTime
(2) Plus media playback & thumbnail creation with Flip4Mac under Mac OS X
(3) Plus media playback & thumbnail creation for DV25 & Motion JPEG OMFI files only
(4) Requires Live Capture Plus
(5) Requires CatDV Worker Node |