Anyone Interested in a DV Rack like app for MAC?

Consider that DV Rack is $295, but to get HD you need to get a $200 add-on pack. So DV Rack for the HVX or for HDV would cost about $500; in that context Bena's product at $500 would certainly be priced competitively.

Dongles are horrible, by the way...
 
Just wanted everyone to know that I showed a Demo of what we have so far at the NY Bootcamp. I think everyone was happy with what they saw.

We are close, but we are still optimizing the software to make a 6 year old Powerbooks a viable platform, no promises that we will ultimately achieve this goal, but we are working hard to do so.

For all of you that missed the bootcamp here are some of the things I showed:

Full rez 480 and 720 video monitoring ( good for framing and Focus )
Vectorscope
Waveform
Histogram
RGB Parade

And if its Ok to quote Jarred "Wow, this is a lot further along than I expected!!!"

We do not have a shipping date but I can say we should have a product out in the next 6 months and that is a VERY conservative estimate ;')

More to come as we get closer.

Ben
 
$395 to $495 I see as a "no brainer", but pleasssssse NO dongle. It does more harm by creating ill-will than any $$$ you can re-coupe in sales. I have worked with dongled apps for years and they have created hours of endless frustration only to be resolved by going pirate to make things work that I have paid for.

The last thing I want on a shoot is a tool I depend on stopping to work because 1, I forgot the dongle, or 2, the USB port decides to get wonky and things start to work intermittently. If you make it dongleless the pros/advanced amateurs will pay for it.

The kids will pirate it unless an education version is available, but will mature and buy it if their career path takes them to the pro level.

I can't wait, sign me up!

--

Rob
 
bena-

the demo was very exciting at the nyc bootcamp. if we could avoid bringing the monitor for the client to watch (if necessary & no monitor for my docu work) but rely on your software for color accuracy and a software bluegun for setting up the image, i'd be there.

at a price point of $500 there would be some how would purchase and plenty others who would attempt to save the money. make it at a $375-ish pricepoint and even the hardcore doubters couldn't resist.

once again, good luck to u. we are all rooting (that is, all but serious magic!)

be well

rob katz
harvest film company
 
imgentertainment@mac said:
Keep it up Ben, How about some screen shots to wet our appetise
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I would love to post some picts, but it would be of no use. What I showed was more of a "hey look it all works" but without the final GUI.

So seeing it live was the proof that we are the real deal and we hope that anyone that was considering going to the other product on a new intel mac would wait for our product.

Trust me, I want this to be released as bad as you do.

Ben
 
SPZ said:
Bena, How About 1080p 25 and Pal formats? Are you supporting that for monitoring?
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I do not have a Pal HVX to test with at the moment.

Basically if Quick time supports the format, we should have no problem supporting it as well.

I was Kind of shocked that Apple did not announce the next QuickTime and FCP at NAB. My guess is that they are either waiting for the new Intel Towers or they need more time and will try to announce and deliver in a very short time frame. Unlike last year where they announced at NAB and we had to wait till Late August to get our hands on it.
 
We are currently working on the "color accuracy" as we speak. We found that the code was pretty CPU hungry, so we are going back and using alti-vec for this.

We plan on having the blue gun calibration too ;')

I am hoping to address the "lite" market as we understand there are people who do not shoot enough to warrant an expensive software purchase.

Ben

robfilms said:
bena-

the demo was very exciting at the nyc bootcamp. if we could avoid bringing the monitor for the client to watch (if necessary & no monitor for my docu work) but rely on your software for color accuracy and a software bluegun for setting up the image, i'd be there.

at a price point of $500 there would be some how would purchase and plenty others who would attempt to save the money. make it at a $375-ish pricepoint and even the hardcore doubters couldn't resist.

once again, good luck to u. we are all rooting (that is, all but serious magic!)

be well

rob katz
harvest film company
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What! YOu don't LOVE Dongles??!!!!

Well me neither!

I know there is nothing we can do to prevent someone somewhere from pirating our software if they really want it. Our hope is that people who will actually depend on our software to make their living will see it as another tool or accessory that they need and will pay for it.

Thats not to say that we are going to make it easy for someone to crack our software, but ultimately we will just have to see how the sales go.

Ben

dvInsight said:
$395 to $495 I see as a "no brainer", but pleasssssse NO dongle. It does more harm by creating ill-will than any $$$ you can re-coupe in sales. I have worked with dongled apps for years and they have created hours of endless frustration only to be resolved by going pirate to make things work that I have paid for.

The last thing I want on a shoot is a tool I depend on stopping to work because 1, I forgot the dongle, or 2, the USB port decides to get wonky and things start to work intermittently. If you make it dongleless the pros/advanced amateurs will pay for it.

The kids will pirate it unless an education version is available, but will mature and buy it if their career path takes them to the pro level.

I can't wait, sign me up!

--

Rob
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I will back up the non post of pics.. it was just a raw outline of the interface, more of a technology demo rather than a visual demo. Bena and Co have alot of work to do, but the scopes and preview portions already running impressed me from a proof of concept standpoint.
 
Jarred Land said:
oh and about the dongles.. i will never buy a program that requires dongles.
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I have six of them sitting in a mesh pencil holder next to my computer.

I only use two now.

However, I also don't like authorizations tied to computer IDs.
 
A quick update: Screen Calibration and zebra's are up and running now. A couple bugs to squish in the new code and some more GUI massaging. It is coming along very nicely and I can't wait to post the website so you all can see it for yourselves.

Ben
 
I will soon be able to beta test on both an older powerbook (you said 6 years old?), and a newer MacBook or MacBook Pro (haven't made my final desicion).
 
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