Drastic Technologies

Specialties

Software for capture, playback and converion of broadcast and post production signals and formats. Windows, Linux and OS-​X capture software to MXF, XDCam, MOV, MP4, AVI. DPX, and many others. Playback software for all major formats, time code, closed captions via DVI, SDI and HDMI. Conversion between post production file formats, HD-​SDI, 4K and RTP/​UDP/​RTSP networks streams. Waveform, vectorscope, PSNR/​MS-​SSIM, histogram and data views of all video formats. SDKs and APIs available for file reading, writing, serial control, preview and conversion.

History

Established in 1995.

Originally started in 1991 as a division of Forefront Graphics

Incorporated 1995

Major product lines have included

Digital Disk Recorders: VVCR/​VirtualVCR, VVW, Titan Series

File Translations software: MediaReactor

Network Translation and capture: Net-​X-​Code

HD-​SDI/​HDMI caption and playback: MediaNXS

Supplier of OEM technology to major video companies including: Microsoft, HP, Assimilate, Miranda, Vyvx, Matrox, Aja, NuCoda/​Digital Vision, NASA and many others.