Imagine Products Announces PreRoll Post for Windows 11 January 2016
LTFS Archiving Application Makes LTO Tape Archiving Easier and More Efficient at an Unprecedented Price
INDIANAPOLIS Jan. 6, 2016 Imagine Products, creator of software utilities for backing up, viewing, sharing, transcoding, and archiving video assets, has released PreRoll Post for Windows . Used heavily in broadcast and postproduction, PreRoll Post now allows Windows users to create nonproprietary backups of any file or folder using the open-source Linear Tape File System (LTFS). The archiving application streamlines the process of placing any file types onto an LTO-7, LTO-6, or LTO-5 tape, or onto Sony's Optical Disc Archive (ODA), at a price that is far more affordable than that of any comparable tool.
Most people keep archives' on hard drives, which become less and less reliable the longer they sit on the shelf. PreRoll Post mitigates that problem by ensuring you can back up full-resolution media to local disk and to a long-term tape or cartridge in an easy and almost foolproof way, so archives are made correctly the first time, said Michelle Maddox, marketing director at Imagine Products. PreRoll Post for Windows is really a one-of-a-kind product for its price point. Anything comparable for Windows would cost thousands of dollars, versus just a few hundred dollars for PreRoll Post. Even better, it's compatible with our ShotPut Pro application for Windows, which has become the industry's de facto standard for offloading.
PreRoll Post relies on checksum technology to ensure the files on tape exactly match the originals. By storing the checksum values for each file, PreRoll Post also verifies files during restoration back to hard disk whenever they're retrieved. This process provides confidence that all copies of files match the originals.
Within the PreRoll Post application, the LTFS mounts a tape as a volume (like a hard disk) within Explorer, making it possible to write to and read from the tape as if it were a disk, without other proprietary software or formatting. PreRoll Post also makes it easy to search for and retrieve previously backed-up files. Drag-and-drop functionality for both archiving and retrieval allows users to drill down into folders on mounted or unmounted tapes/cartridges to locate the files or folders they seek eliminating the need to insert and search each tape individually until the correct file or folder is found. Instead, once they determine which tape or cartridge holds the file or folder they're after, users can simply insert that tape or cartridge and pull what they need.
For content creators or post houses that create LTO deliverables for Discovery Channel, PreRoll Post offers a Discovery Channel mode to ensure the LTO tapes meet the network's specifications for field, graphics, or program masters. In this mode, PreRoll Post automatically places files in the proper locations on the tape to meet Discovery Channel specs.
PreRoll Post is hardware-independent, meaning that it is compatible with any LTFS-compliant tape drive, including MagStor , mTape , UNITEX LT60 with USB 3.0, 1Beyond, or any desktop-connected LTO drive, as well as Sony's ODA. Simple installation instructions walk the user through setup for the appropriate drive. Users can customize settings, such as naming conventions and notifications via email/text, to ensure archiving consistency.
PreRoll Post for Windows is available for immediate download from www.imagineproducts.com. The cost is $499.
More information about Imagine Products and its line of software tools for digital video is available at www.imagineproducts.com.
About Imagine Products
Imagine Products Inc. develops innovative video workflow solutions that help film and media professionals back up, view, share, transcode, and archive their digital-video assets. Powerful, affordable, and easy to use, these specialized workflow applications have become invaluable tools for broadcasters, postproduction facilities, and others whose businesses rely on digital video. In business for more than 25 years, Imagine Products is based in Indianapolis, USA. More information is available at www.imagineproducts.com.
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Imagine Products Announces PreRoll Post for Windows 11 January 2016
