Focus Enhancements Proxsys PX1

Category

Production Media Server

Brief Description

A fully turnkey solution, the PX-1 Production Media Server from Focus Enhancements makes media asset management simple and cost-effective. Combining professional-grade server hardware with robust media management software, the PX-1 gives you the performance you need for a price you can afford—right out of the box.

Price

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Key Features

Instant Access to Media

Designed for fast performance, the PX-1 Production Media Server uses rich metadata to make it easy to find and retrieve media assets quickly. Low-resolution proxy video clips of your SD, HD, HDV, DV, and MPEG footage allow for quick preview, protect high-resolution media assets, and save network bandwidth.

Convenient Browser-Based Interface

Browser-based interface provides immediate access to audio, video, images, and text-based data from any location.

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1.	Access assets through an intuitive browser-based interface with user-friendly navigation.
2.	Manage multiple projects with unique and secure access rights.
3.	View proxy files in the integrated player.
4.	Search easily using timecode-based metadata

Focus Capture Suite

The PX-1 includes Focus Capture Suite, which enables you to import individual media files or entire folders containing media files—complete with video clips, audio clips, thumbnails, timecode, and metadata—and maintain the hierarchy that you've already established. Although the PX-1 preview function is designed for video, other files such as images and documents can also be stored on the PX-1, enabling you to store all related files in one system.

Focus Media Import

Focus Media Import makes it easy to import, manage, organize, and upload MXF-based content to the PX-1—all while preserving the Panasonic P2 MXF metadata structure. MXF-based content can be uploaded to a user-defined folder or project and the PX-1 will watch for incoming files, ensuring you know whenever footage is added. If you use the Focus FS-100, Focus Media Import enables you to seamlessly transfer video files from your FS-100 to the PX-1.

Camera and Custom-Defined Metadata

The PX-1 displays the metadata that your camera provides and allows you to add numerous custom fields. With its rich metadata capabilities, the PX-1 enables you to categorize, track, search, and find clips—with amazing speed.

Projects

The PX-1 uses projects to organize and store media and related files. When you import media, you can either create a new project or assign it to an existing project. Projects can also have subfolders, allowing you to organize files within a project. Media can be assigned to projects based on metadata. As a result, the same video clips can be shared by multiple projects for efficient storage.

Search Clips

With the PX-1 and its rich metadata capabilities, you'll no longer have to thumb through tapes and DVDs on your shelves, go through folders on your hard disks, or fast-forward through hours of footage trying to find the exact clip that you need—simply enter your search criteria, and the PX-1 will display the clips that meet your requirements. It's that simple. Search results are displayed in containers.

Preview

The PX-1 protects your footage and conserves network bandwidth by generating low-resolution proxy video clips for preview.

Protecting Your Assets

To keep your media assets secure, PX-1 enables you to assign access rights to projects by workgroup or individual user, ensuring that you maintain complete control over who can access your footage and files.

Storage

The PX-1 Production Media Server includes 1TB of internal storage and provides quick access to your digital media files over a network. If you need offline storage, the optional tape drive makes it easy to store your media assets on cartridges.

User Comments

"Our studio can't run without this product. Capturing tape and finding footage are huge wastes of time. The PX-1 allows us to focus on the creative editing process and find the footage we need when we need it."

Marty Collins
President, Digital Media Factory

More Information

Focus PX1 website

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