Looking for new asset management system/FCS successor

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Looking for new asset management system/FCS successor

Hi all,

I’ve been looking around for a new asset management and encoding platform for our editing enviroment consisting of 11 Mac Pro’s with a 64 TB raid 5 Xsan volume. We’re still running Final Cut server, tweaked in a way it can use compressor 4 codecs. So our codecs and stuff are stil up to date, the only problem is the hardware which is running for 6 years at the moment.

So I’m looking for a new asset management/ encoding platform, found some alternatives like CatDV, Telestream Vantage, MediaBeacon and Portfolio. I like CatDV because they have the final cut server migration tool but I was wondering what you guys think. The following actions are being mostly used in our enviroment now:

- Encoding

- Copy responses (using hot folders)

- Mail responses

- Uploads to FTP

Any of you out there experience with one of the earlier mentioned systems? Or working with something else that can fit to my needs? I woud love to hear!!

Thanks in advance,

Best regards,

Jan-David

Final Cut Pro 7, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Mac Pro 8-Core

Posted on Apr 3, 2013 3:07 AM

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May 1, 2013 1:33 PM in response to jan-david

Jan-David,

1) Have a look at Cantemo Portal which also has a Final Cut Server migration tool.

http://cantemo.com/index.html

André Aulich (moosystems) has built the FCSvr migration tool, and the integration with Archiware P5 Archive:

http://moosystems.com/products/moofs/

Check out the YouTube videos for FCP X and Premiere integration:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnjBbDajC6U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTawWFiIyTw

2) And you might also check out Axle Video:

http://www.axlevideo.com

This is on the lower end. It has fewer features, but it aims to be a simple MAM, not an Enterprise tool.

I don't think there is a Final Cut Server migration tool yet, but that might be coming soon.

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