New Products by Front Porch Digital at NAB Show

Front Porch Digital revealed several new products at the 2009 NAB Show

DIVAsolo
Making its international debut at the 2009 NAB Show is Front Porch Digital’s DIVAsolo, the world’s first all-in-one migration path from legacy videotape to content storage management (CSM) and archiving on secure, high-density data tape. DIVAsolo is a compact, turnkey solution that joins three proven technologies: SAMMA Solo, which performs large-scale, real-time videotape migration to multiple essence formats; DIVAworks, which combines with a data-tape recorder Front Porch Digital’s flagship product, DIVArchive, for managing storage and security of digital files; and DIVAdirector, which enables the intuitive search, browse, and management of stored digital content from user desktops.

A reliable, scalable, and cost-effective system for migrating archives of all sizes, DIVAsolo at last enables content owners to rid themselves of the headaches associated with storing assets on videotape and to develop instead an infrastructure that preserves assets and makes them easy to access and repurpose. There is no other system like it.

DIVArchive 6.2

Protected by three U.S. patents and remaining the focus of continuous investment and innovation, DIVArchive has become the content storage management (CSM) application preferred by the world’s leading media companies. The newly released DIVArchive Version 6.2 continues to deliver powerful functionality to meet the evolving needs of global broadcasters. Key enhancements include a dynamic interface within the Apple Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Studio environments, including support for all features of the Final Cut Studio solution; dynamic configuration management; components running as protected OS-level services with automatic restart and advanced logging; improvements to nearline disk management including logging and error management; a damaged tape recovery utility; and added support for robotic library, data- tape drive, and timecode-based partial-restore formats.

DIVAdirector 4.0
DIVAdirector, Front Porch Digital’s distributed, Web-based content management application, meets global media enterprises’ most pressing media asset management (MAM) requirements. Fundamentally, DIVAdirector tracks assets in a storage system, allowing users to browse content in the form of automatically generated low-bit-rate proxies, to create frame-accurate shot lists, and to access a flexible asset metadata model using robust query tools.

Enhancements in DIVAdirector V4.0 include added keyframe and thumbnail support for visual content access, support for virtual assets including legacy database import with metadata field mapping, federated database functionality, full Unicode support, and an expanded metadata model with almost infinite extensibility.  

With its new features and improved functionality, DIVAdirector 4.0 can provide effective MAM for an operation relying on Front Porch’s DIVArchive content storage management (CSM) system. In addition, DIVAdirector can be actively linked to external databases to provide a comprehensive and consolidated view of all metadata from a single configurable and secure interface.