Revolutionizing Networked Real-Time DPX Workflows

XDT, a developer of advanced software-based solutions for digital film, has announced Version 1.7 of its flagship Catapult Server software, including several groundbreaking enhancements to the revolutionary Catapult protocol.
v1.7 features include:

  • Support for high-speed WAN transfers and review including 256-bit AES encryption.
  • Flipstream with support for playlists with mixed resolution and format.
  • Updated C++ and C# SDK.
Redefining point-to-point frame data transfers and uncompressed frame review, Catapult Server is a software solution that delivers the same local throughput performance of storage arrays to connected systems utilizing standard networking infrastructure.

Erik Otto, Managing Director of XDT, states, “With Catapult Server now available as a standalone software product, customers have got the flexibility to front-end their SANs using an inexpensive Linux server to access media at SAN speeds from any copper-connected client. This significantly increases productivity when reviewing scanned frames for QC, pushing sequences to 2D/3D workstations and allowing for uncompressed review from any desktop without ‘abusing’ grading suites.”

He continues, “Extending the Catapult protocol to work with encrypted WAN transfers was the next logical step for us. Traditional workflows including standard FTP servers meant costly delays in slow network transfers from and to the actual FTP server. Using Catapult Servers on either side instead allows for fastest possible transfers from and to centralized storage systems with the option to QC incoming material on both the sending and receiving end. WAN throughput is maximized on even high-speed (1+Gbit) networks with high latency (200+ ms). Bandwidth management provides precise on-the-fly control of WAN utilization, allowing for dynamic adjustment of in-progress transfers.”