CatDV Pro X 8.0b19

CatDV Pro X 8.0b19 is a useful tool which adds many features of particular interest to production houses and professional users over and above CatDV's core features.

Major Features:

1. Import and analyze any QuickTimesupported media files (incl. DV, MOV, MPEG4, AVI, Flash, WAV, AIFF, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, GIF, PSD)1  
2. Import and analyse Windows Media files (WMV, WMA, ASF)2  
3. Import clips and sequences from OMFI files3    
4. Import and export tabseparated text, simple batch lists, and CMX edit decision lists  
5. Import and export Final Cut Pro XML files and FCP batch logs    
6. Import and export Avid ALE batch logs    
7. Import other 'unknown' files to capture basic details of files such as Word documents, spreadsheets, project files etc.    
8. Extract and display technical metadata (file format, codec, frame size, duration, data rate, dropped frames, etc.)  
9. Extract and display user metadata (timecode, Exif and ID3 tags, QuickTime annotations, Windows Media properties, etc.)  
10. Enter log notes, mark clips as good, create subclips, merge clips, create or delete thumbnails.  
11. Configurable thumbnail or list views, with flexible grouping, sorting, searching and filtering cababilities    
12. Unlimited userdefined logging fields    
13. Customizable clip details panel      
14. Choice between 'classic' and 'professional' (dark grey) colour schemes      
15. Advanced search and filter dialog, including regular expressions and ability to save named filters  
16. Play media for the clip (if available online), either windowed or full screen    
17. Jogshuttle control of playback using standard JKL keys      
18. Timecode calculator    
19. Media file management (delete, move, copy), drag and drop import and export    
20. Perform automatic scene detection using DV info  
21. Perform automatic scene detection using visual analysis (with configurable sensitivity)    
22. Verbatim Logger to transcribe dialog or manually log clips from a video or audio file while it plays  
23. Mark events within a clip, jump to an event marker, and convert between event markers and subclips 
24. Scan DV tapes to create clip records for each scene4 
    
25. Print catalogs or selected clips, export HTML thumbnail indexes, export to system clipboard, export still images    
26. Generate and manage preview movies (low resolution proxies that are automatically substituted based on tape and timecode if the original media is offline)  
27. Customize codec and quality settings for preview movies    
28. Batch export movies using any QuickTimesupported codec or exporter (incl. QT MOV, MPEG4, H264, DV Stream, iPod Movie, AVI etc.)    
29. Add timecode tracks to exported movies. Add date & time of recording (for DVbased video)  
    
30. Add arbitrary text or subtitles to exported movies      
31. Create, edit, play, and export sequences for simple cuts only editing      
32. Timezone and camera clock adjustment to display either location or GMT times and permit synchronization of shots from different cameras    
33. Save catalogs locally as standalone files (providing a cached copy of all the metadata and log notes, even if the media files are offline)

Requirements:

• Macintosh (PowerPC or Intel) running Mac OS X 10.3 or later, or Windows PC running Windows XP or Vista
• 1024 MB of memory or more (for large catalogs with many thumbnails more memory may be needed)
• QuickTime 7.0 or later, including QuickTime for Java
• Java 1.4.2 or later