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MOG Solutions Introduces Toboggan MediaTransfer to Revolutionise MXF Ingest into Avid Enviroments (13/8/2007)

MOG Solutions is pleased to announce the release of their new product, the Toboggan MediaTransfer, the first automated solution to support multiple media ingest devices to move MXF media into Avid(r) environments.

Avid Workgroup solutions support the acquisition and export of media assets using standard open integration points. Thanks to Avid's open solutions architecture, applications such as Toboggan MediaTransfer can be easily created to take advantage of media exchange and enhance customersâ workflows. Through the automation of the ingest process, Toboggan MediaTransfer eliminates the multiple steps that are required by a video editor to move all their MXF files into Avid environments. The user can also share their content for maximum productivity and ingest files in the background while editing in Avid video editors.

"MXF is today the de facto interchange format for creating a professional tapeless workflow in video productions. Avid was one of the first companies to realise this future and has fully adopted MXF. Toboggan MediaTransfer is a gateway for Avid to support any MXF file in the market", said Vitor Teixeira, VP of Product Development and Sales, "Toboggan MediaTransfer allows users to take full advantage of interchange with maximum productivity and is the perfect file-based ingest solution into Avid Storage workflows".

"Avid Technology is a firm advocate of open standards such as MXF," said Michael Tancock, Senior Product Manager Enterprise Solutions, Avid Technology Europe. "Avid Transfer Manager and Interplay Transfer are designed to support exchange of media and metadata with other third party systems. Toboggan MediaTransfer is an excellent example of MOG Solutions making good use of the open interfaces that Avid has developed to allow interchange of MXF media files."

Supporting all MXF camera manufacturersâ devices, like Panasonic P2, Sony XDCAM, Grass valley Infinity, Ikegami Editcam along with other MXF devices, Toboggan MediaTransfer offers its users a simple one-touch solution, with hot-folder and hot-swap modes that trigger the transfer process in a fully automated way. The user will be able to track the ingest process, either remotely or locally, using a web interface to check the progress and status of ingest. Acknowledging the importance of metadata, the Toboggan MediaTransfer will auto detect and import the metadata coming from the XDCAM, P2 and Infinity products.

This new product is available in a standalone and a workgroup version. The standalone version will allow ingesting media files in the background while the editor works on his files. The workgroup version provides a ingest station to move files into Avid MediaManager or Avid Interplay environments. Toboggan MediaTransfer is compatible with Avid Unity MediaNetwork, Avid Unity ISIS(r), Avid MediaManager, Avid Interplay, Avid Unity LANShare, Avid NewsCutter(r) and Avid Media Composer(r).

At IBC2007 MOG Solutions will be demonstrating Toboggan MediaTransfer on Hall 7 Stand 7.748.

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