Digital Rapids Unveils New Features For Transcode Manager 2.0

Digital Rapids has previewed a wide range of new features and enhancements for the Digital Rapids Transcode Manager 2.0 automated, high-volume media transformation software and its underlying Kayak workflow platform.
Optional support for the x264 codec expands users' choices for encoding to the H.264 (AVC) compression standard, while an additional new optional component provides encoding to Panasonic's AVC-Intra format.
This AVC-Intra encoding ability also combines with new support for the AMWA AS-11 MXF application specification to enable the production of deliverables compliant with Digital Production Partnership (DPP) standards for the delivery of programming to UK broadcasters.
Digital Rapids has also demonstrated mixed-platform workflow support with ProRes encoding on the Mac OS X platform as part of a larger media process alongside Windows-based actions.
Select tasks within an individual workflow design can be distributed across disparate platforms, letting users spread the processing load between systems and leverage platform-specific advantages within a single workflow.
Also unveiled are the new Kayak Studio Scaler and Kayak Studio De-Interlacer. The Kayak Studio Scaler produces visual quality even while exceeding the performance of typical software scalers.
The Kayak Studio De-interlacer features inverse telecine with comprehensive cadence detection including robust handling of broken and mixed cadences. Both take advantage of the 16-bit precision of Kayak's robust processing pipeline.
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