COCKPITCUBE® ESSENTIALS

CockpitCUBE® Essentials is the main application of CockpitCUBE®.

When you buy CockpitCUBE® Essentials you buy a software license to which all additional upgrade modules and future updates will uniquely refer.
CockpitCUBE® can be installed on any number of compatible computers (see hardware requirements) - for example on your studio rig, your test rig, your location rig, your demo rig and your backup rig.
To run your licensed copy you need a USB dongle (hardware license key) which is promptly delivered to you by VideoAssisTech upon purchase of the license.

VideoAssisTech is committed to constantly develop new upgrade modules according to its product strategy, technological improvements and customer's suggestions.
In time VideoAssisTech might also release free updates on single modules.

Although CockpitCube Essentials V2.0 is capable of managing only one Virtual DDR (Digital Disk Recorder), the CockpitCube V2.0 video engine can manage up to four totally independent Virtual DDRs, each one with the following features:

LIVE Mode: Monitoring of Live Audio/Video Input Feed; Grab of Live Video Frame(s); Display of Frame-Accurate Time-Of-Day or External (DV Embedded) Free-Run Time-Code; Operator’s Monitoring Live Stereo Audio Levels Adjustments (Volume/Balance/Mute); One-Click Start of Record or Playback.

RECORDING mode: Customizable Start-Of-Recording Behavior: Mute Operator’s Audio Output; Recording of Live Audio/Video Input Feed as Takes or Rehearsals with Automatic Numbering and Custom Naming; Grab of Live Video Frame(s); Mark of: Slate Point, Action Point, Cut Point, In Point, Out Point; Input of Take Custom Name, Notes and Take Status (4 Customizable Status Labels); Start of Next Take (Sequential Take Recording) with a complete new set of Slate Point, Action Point, Cut Point, In Point, Out Point, Name, Status and Notes; Display and Recording of Frame-Accurate Time-Of-Day, External (DV embedded) Free-Run or Frame Count Time-Code; Display of Frame-Accurate Recording Duration; Operator’s Monitoring Live Stereo Audio Levels Adjustments (Volume/Balance/Mute); Abort Recording/Rehearsal; Stop Recording/Rehearsal; Customizable End-of-Recording Behaviors: Stay in LIVE Mode then eventually Mute Operator’s Audio Output; Load the Newly Recorded Take (Switch to PLAY Mode) then eventually Go Immediately On-Line (Show Output to Director’s Monitor); Delay Free Director’s Live Video Output via DV Converter Box during Recording;

PLAY mode: Take Sequence Playback (complete sequence or each take/rehearsal separately); User Selectable Playback and Loop Boundaries: from First to Last Frame, from Action to Cut Frame, from In to Out frame; Play Forward, Play Backwards; Loop Forward, Loop Backwards; Pause; Single Frame Advance, Single Frame Back; Cue to: Slate Point, Action Point, Cut Point, In Point, Out Point; Edit/Mark of: Slate Point, Action Point, Cut Point, In Point, Out Point; Film-Style Off-Speed Playback (Forward and Reverse); Seek Bar with Single Click Cue and Marker Indexes; Frame-Accurate Recorded Time-Code Display (Time of Day, External Time-Code or Time Counter); Frame-Accurate Relative Time-Code Counter; Duration Counter (Depends on the Selected Loop Boundary); Picture Grab (works both in playback and in pause); Load of Grabbed Frames; One-Click Start of Record/Rehearsal; One-Click Switch to Live; One-Click Switch to On-Line to Playback to a Director’s Monitor (the Independent User/Director Live/Playback Switcher is available only if the proper DV conversion box is used); Search and Edit: Scene/Shot/Take/Rehearsal/Reference Video/Frames/Compositing Metadata (Status, Name, Notes, Time and Date, etc.); Operator’s Monitoring Playback Stereo Audio Levels Adjustments (Volume/Balance/Mute); On-Line Playback: Director’s Audio Mute.

GUI (Graphical user’s interface) Features: Resizable Video Window; Media Drive Status; Full Application Logging; OSD (On-Screen Display); Keyboard Shortcuts; Take’s List View or Thumbnail view;

Application configuration: Global Configuration Parameters (apply to all licensed DDR): DDR Friendly Name; DDR Color Code; Master Time-Code Source; Enable/Disable OSD; Frame Grab Save Path; DV Devices Availability and Status (any DV Device ever used is remembered); DV Device Friendly name(s); Media Drives Availability and Status (there is No Limit to the Number of Media Drives per Project); Media Drive Friendly Name(s);

DDR Configuration Parameters: Choice of I/O FireWire Device; Choice of Record Media Drive; Setting of Automatic Behaviors on Record Start, on Record Stop and on Play (On SPACEBAR loop and On Play switch to On-line).

GUI Configuration Parameters: Choice of Details to be Shown in the List View; Choice of Time-Measuring Units (Time-Code or Frames) Separately for the Video Window Time-Code Counters and the List View/Thumbnail View; Take Status Label and Color Code; Thumbnail Source Frame.

A Project Creation Wizard guides the user through the project creation process asking only the necessary parameters: Title, Final Projection Speed (24, 25, 30 FPS), Video Standard (PAL or NTSC), File Type (.AVI Type 1); Record Media Drive; I/O DV Device; First Scene and First Active Shot names; the Number of individual Steps depends on the Number of Licensed DDRs;

Database Explorer: Tree View with Scene/Shot Layout: Create, Rename, Delete Scenes and Shots; Automatic and Manual Selection of the Active Shot (Shot Selected for Recording); Rehearsals and Reference (Video, Frames, Compositing) Subfolders per Each Shot; One-Click Load of the Last Take Recorded;

Take List: User Configurable Detailed List View; Single Click Take Load; Double Click Take Load & Play; Sort Takes by any Available Detail Column; Thumbnail View at Scene and Shot level; Delete Takes; Move Takes; Insert Dummy Takes; Audio/Video Clip Files are Named after the Scene, the Shot and the Take for Quick file Identification; Import of Video Clips for Reference (must be DV coded .avi Files); .avi Type 2 files (generated by Adobe Premiere®, among others) are Converted to Type 1 on the Fly During Import; Export of Video Clips; Choice to Export .avi Type 1 or Type 2;

Project Management: Open/Close Project; Import/Export Project Database; Delete Project Database only or all Video Files as well; Backup/Restore Project and all Configuration Databases; One-Click Backup with Backup Reminder; Database Backup Location; Project-Related Parameters are saved in a Separate Project Database per each Project, therefore Projects can be Easily Exported to and Loaded Back from any Other CockpitCUBE® Unit; Configuration-Related Parameters can be Exported and Loaded back from any Other CockpitCUBE® Unit.

 

DISCLAIMER: software specifications and hardware requirement subject to change without notice.


System Requirements

PC with Windows XP SP2 (32bit) or Windows Vista (32bit); 1GB of RAM (minimum); 1280x800 Screen Resolution; Centrino Core 2 Duo CPU; 1 Firewire Controller; 1 Canopus ADVC110 or ADVC300 Converter Box

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