Avid Release Interplay

Now we’re getting into seriously cool shite. Avid, as you may know have been working on a showstopper. In post, we can do such cool stuff now with networked storage multi-seat edit & effects stations, but what lacks is integrated workflow systems. This is what I have been so excited about when I talk about how Electronic Farm extends their scheduling software into the machine room with Barn. Now, after previewing at NAB, Avid have released interplay. In the press release, the stats break down like this:

Avid Interplay Engine
The Avid Interplay Engine forms the backbone of the Interplay solution, working hand in hand with Avid Unity media networks and Avid archive solutions to provide access to active and archived media assets. It offers centralized, standards-based user administration, flexible storage allocation, and a rich, customizable database—all within an infrastructure built to deliver unmatched scalability, performance, and security.

Avid Interplay Access
The Avid Interplay Access user tool brings integrated media management, secure file check-out/check-in, and tight revision control to standard desktops and laptops on the network. A diverse range of team members can easily navigate project files such as clips, scripts, spreadsheets, graphics files, and more, in user- or group-customized views.
Options

Avid Interplay Assist
The optional Avid Interplay Assist user tool lets assistants, producers, managers, and interns review and play video, select shots, and add markers with comments using ordinary desktops and laptops on the network. Annotations and locators are automatically visible to editors, eliminating time-consuming information searches before work begins.
     
Avid Interplay Transcode
The Avid Interplay Transcode network service option automatically, transparently converts source media to whatever production format is needed to match the user’s resolution requirements and system capability—without the need to manually create, find, or link to the required format.

Avid Interplay Low-Res Encode
The optional Avid Interplay Low-Res Encode network service lets facilities capture low-resolution material from any tape or feed, and even dual-capture simultaneously with the high-res version. The result is a production process open to even more users and to innovative Interplay multi-resolution workflows.
     
Avid Interplay Archive
The Avid Interplay Archive network service option extends the Interplay environment to intelligent tracking of archived material, so editors can work with low-resolution proxies of archived media, archiving and restoring only the material needed—all from within the editing interface or automatically, using the Interplay Access tool.
     
Avid Interplay Transfer
The optional Avid Interplay Transfer network service lets you transfer media to and from another workgroup, send finished sequences to a playback device, or ingest media from an ingest device. No redundant files are created, and Interplay tracks where everything is at all times.