Canopus Boosts OEM Offerings with CWS-30 Mobile Editing Package
August 18, 2003
San Jose, CA - Canopus Corporation announced the CWS-30 OEM Pack, including Canopus Rextor nonlinear video editing software, two FireWire PCMCIA cards and an MP300 mobile drive.
The pack is designed for system integrators building professional mobile editing workstations. CWS-30 is designed to work in conjunction with other CWS series products, such as the CWS-100, or as a standalone solution for remote location production and broadcasting.
Meanwhile, Canopus also announced that it and DivXNetworks,Inc. have entered into a licensing agreement that will see Canopus include DivX Pro, the professional version of the popular DivX video technology, in its Canopus MTV line of personal recording solutions sold in Japan.
In addition, future versions of Canopus's highly acclaimed
professional video transcoding software tool, ProCoder, will support
DivX Pro, the companies described.
At the heart of the CWS-30 is Rextor, Canopus's powerful nonlinear editing software solution. In addition to render-free, real-time DV output of three video streams, Rextor offers professional features well-suited for broadcast applications, including sophisticated clip management with advanced search and store capabilities, real-time 2D/3D transitions, titling with motion speed control, and a comprehensive collection of video filters and keyers. Filters include YUV and RGB Color Correction with real-time vectorscope/waveform display. Rextor also lets editors create MPEG files for DVD, streaming video files, and
industry-standard EDLs for offline editing and project files compatible with
other Canopus CWS editing systems.
CWS-30 OEM Pack supports quick and efficient data transfer of footage from
the camera to the mobile editing workstation using the Sony DSR-DU1 DVCAM
video disk unit. The DSR-DU1 docks onto the rear of compatible camcorders
and records video and audio signals on its internal hard disk drive. Using
the IEEE 1394 i.LINK connector, these files can be directly transferred to
Rextor's bin window, so editors can begin editing without delay.
The CWS-30 OEM Pack also includes the CWS-MP300 external mobile video storage pack, which boasts five hours of DV storage capacity in a compact 2.5-inch enclosure. This hot-pluggable, FireWire storage pack delivers data transfer rates three times faster than standard DV for a date transfer rate of 11 MB/sec.
CWS-30 OEM Pack delivers optimum performance on any laptop meeting the
minimum specifications, which include Windows 2000 Professional
(recommended) or Windows XP Professional operating system, either a 2.0GHz
Intel Pentium 4 Processor or a 1.5GHz Intel Pentium processor, 512MB
of RAM, ATI graphics chipset, 32-bit 1024 x 768 pixel color display, 3.5"
floppy disk drive, 20GB hard disk drive, CD or DVD-ROM drive, 10/100BASE-TX
network capability, and two PCMCIA Type II card slots.
The CWS-30 OEM Pack is available now for $1999. Canopus is also offering the
CWS-30 SOFT Pack, a version of the OEM pack without the MP300 mobile drive. The CWS-30 SOFT Pack is priced at $1499.
For more information, visit
www.canopus.com
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