Martin Professional Maxedia 4.40 Now Available

The latest software release for Martin's Maxedia media server has new features.

Similar to lighting consoles, Maxedia now features a cuelist for automation. From simple drag-and-drop of cues through an intuitive user interface, cuelists are quickly built and ready to play back, the company says. Cuelists can be triggered manually, automatically using Wait and Follow time, or even using external timecode.

Complementary to the new cuelist is new time code input. MIDI and SMPTE time code can be used to synchronize one or multiple Maxedia systems together. Not only will cuelist cues be triggered at the right time by following external timecode but the actual video content of cues will also follow time code.

The Maxedia engine now supports up to eight HD SDI inputs simultaneously. Using the newly added MCC capture card, latency is kept as low as two frames per second, turning Maxedia into a super powerful video switcher, the company says. In addition to the high speed capture, the video input can make use of frame-blending for smooth 50/60HZ conversion, a unique feature of Maxedia. A choice of dual HD-SDI and dual DVI MCC capture cards is available from Martin Professional.

When using several video walls and creative LED video curtains there comes a time when breaking, scaling, rotating, and repositioning the engine output into sections is necessary. This task is reportedly made easier with the new video output remapper. A portion or the entire video content can be sliced and diced anywhere on the actual video output.

Keystoning, edge-blending and 3D warping are now available on both engines, which makes each server really act like two servers. 3D warping in combination with keystoning and edge-blending can be done over six video projectors using a single Maxedia Broadcast and up to three projectors on a Maxedia PRO and Compact.

A dozen new, high-quality effects and plugins have also been added. All the new effects allow for more control and better tools for the ultimate creative mind. Included are Framing borders, Chainer, Color Motion, Sepia, Advanced Chromakey and more.

The new Maxedia version 4.40 software can be downloaded at:

http://www.martin.com/service/showpage.asp?id=6767&tit=Maxedia+Broadcast%26%23153%3B&thisprod=maxediabroadcast.