Below is a list of the supported file formats for Drastic products that support file based workflows. These include: videoQC, Net-X-Code Server, MediaReactor, Net-X-Convert, and Net-X-Proxy.

Is your company already using Zoom for remote conferencing? Do you need to share high quality video in real time with your stakeholders? FlowCaster has added a VirtualCam setting that lets it show up as a webcam in meeting sites like Zoom. Here are details on how to set this up.

 This page provides Drastic documentation downloads, and links to access the demo download forms for our software products.

Is your company already using Microsoft Teams for remote conferencing? Do you need to share high quality video in real time with your stakeholders? FlowCaster has added a VirtualCam setting that lets it show up as a webcam in meeting sites like Microsoft Teams. Here are details on how to set this up.

Do you have questions about how to access specific features of Drastic software? You can check the product page, or view the documentation for an overview. Links are provided below.

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Software Products
DrasticScope DrasticScope provides a monolithic install for the various levels of waveform/vectorscope software. There are 5 levels of DrasticScope software, including a free version you can run without restrictions. The levels are enabled via licensing.
Version 8 documentation DrasticScope Product Page DrasticScope v8 Manual DrasticScope 3 Page Overview DrasticScope Levels sdiScope product page      SD/HD basic waveform/vectorscope 2 channel audio 4KScope product page      SD/HD/4K professional range of scopes, extra features HDRScope product page      SD/HD/4K/8K adds support for HDR/WCG workflows, A/V Sync analysis 2110Scope product page      SD/HD/4K/8K adds support for ST-2110, RTP, UDP, SRT, and RIST streams Legacy version 7 documentation sdiScope v7 Manual 4KScope v7 Manual HDRScope v7 Manual 2110Scope v7 Manual
FlowCaster FlowCaster software can take your local SDI/HDMI or Editor output and send it out via IP stream for review and collaboration. The FlowCaster.live online site provides a meeting room style collaboration environment with chat, webcam, telestration, whiteboard, etc., with sessions that include marker export to editors.
Version 8 documentation The FlowCaster Product page FlowCaster v8 Manual FlowCaster.live collaborative site FlowCaster.live Help Page FlowCaster 3 Page Overview Legacy version 7 documentation FlowCaster v7 Manual
MediaReactor Plugins MediaReactor provides a wide range of file format read and write plugins for editors. There are versions for Adobe, Avid, Resolve/OpenFX, Autodesk, and Assimilate editors.
Version 8 documentation The MediaReactor Workstation Product page MediaReactor 3 Page Overview MediaReactor Workstation v8 Manual MediaReactor Workstation Quick Start The MediaReactor Lite for Adobe Product page MediaReactor Lite for Adobe v8 Manual The MediaReactor Lite for Avid Product page MediaReactor Lite for Avid v8 Manual Legacy version 7 documentation MediaReactor Workstation v7 (legacy) Manual MediaReactor Lite for Adobe v7 (legacy) Manual MediaReactor Lite for Avid v7 (legacy) Manual MediaReactor Dolby Vision for Adobe (legacy) v7 Manual The MediaReactor Dolby Vision for Adobe Product page
Net-X-Code Server Net-X-Code Server provides multichannel, scalable ingest, transcoding, and delivery for the enterprise. It features videoQC reports, MediaReactor file read/write capabilities, ccConvert closed caption, and more.
The Net-X-Code Server Product page Net-X-Code Server v7 Manual Net-X-Code Server v8 Manual Net-X-Code RESTful HTTP API v7 The Media File Scanner Add On Product page Media File Scanner v7 Manual Net-X-Player Manual Net-X-Code Server 3 Page Overview
Test Pattern Generator Software test pattern generation with output to SDI/HDMI. Overlays included, options for 2110, A/V Sync, RTP/UDP/SRT/RIST, Visual Video Quality.
Test Pattern Generator product page Test Pattern Generator v8 manual
Net-X-Convert/Proxy Net-X-Convert v7 provides command line file format transcoding from and to MediaReactor's standard range of supported formats.
The Net-X-Convert/Net-X-Proxy Product page Net-X-Convert/Net-X-Proxy v7 Manual
videoQC videoQC v7 is a media player with various QC feature sets available at 4 levels enabled by licensing.
The videoQC Product page videoQC v7 Manual videoQC v6 REST/HTTP AP
NETXROUTER NETXROUTER is a 16x16 IP stream router for SRT/UDP/RTP/RIST streams. Transcoding on the fly, on-prem or cloud installs.
The NETXROUTER Product page NETXROUTER v7 Manual
ccConvert ccConvert is end of life at v7, but can be made available for fully qualified workflows. Going forward its features will be available in Net-X-Code Server.
The ccConvert Product page ccConvert v7 Manual ccExtract Command Line ccEmbed Command Line
SDKs
DTMediaRead SDK Read all of Drastic's supported formats in your application.
The DTMediaRead Product Page DTMediaRead SDK Manual
DTMediaWrite SDK Write all of Drastic's supported formats from your application.
DTMediaWrite Product Page DTMediaWrite SDK Manual
Utilities
DDRConfig Setup and configuration utility for version 8 software
DDRConfig v8 manual
DTStreamFileCreator Setup and configuration utility for S3/TAMS access in MediaReactor
DTStreamFileCreator manual
NMOS Quick Connect Quick connection utility for NMOS streams.
NMOS Quick Connect v8 Manual The NMOS Quick Connect Info Page
TimeTracker Setup and configuration utility to compare incoming time streams.
TimeTracker Manual

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Is your company already using Webex for remote conferencing? Do you need to share high quality video in real time with your stakeholders? FlowCaster has added a VirtualCam setting that lets it show up as a webcam in meeting sites like Webex. Here are details on how to set this up.

We have added direct support for Magewell USB devices in DrasticScope and other Drastic software.

This support provides a low cost solution to get 10 bit signals into DrasticScope, where you can then use Drastic's H/S Scope in 4KScope, HDRScope, and 2110Scope to calibrate cameras and lighting setups. Read on for more details.

Drastic Technologies has provided tools and solutions for Adobe editor workflows for decades, and expands on this relationship with the release of the FlowCaster Live Review UXP Panel. The panel is available for free, but it requires a licensed install of FlowCaster software to run. The UXP Panel replaces the CEP Panel for Adobe 2026+.

The NMOS Quick Connect utility is an in house application that we have developed to help solve NMOS connectivity issues in the field. It will be included in DrasticScope, FlowCaster, and Net-X-Code Server version 8 software. 

Drastic Technologies has provided tools and solutions for Adobe editor workflows for decades, and expands on this relationship with the release of the FlowCaster Live Review Panel. The panel is available for free, and displays your FlowCaster.live session in a dockable panel within Adobe creative software such as Premiere Pro. This page provides details on how to install and use the FlowCaster Live Review Panel.

Here is a comprehensive list of ancillary (ANC) metadata types supported in DrasticScope, grouped by purpose and annotated with the relevant standard (e.g., SMPTE, ITU-R, ARIB, etc.)

videoQC can  analyze a video file, and produce PDF, CSV, XML, and HTML reports, along with marker files for editors, and proxy files for viewing. Here are details on the process.

The Drastic Test Pattern Generator can be used in conjunction with an install of HDRScope to provide a full featured audio video synchronization test. Test Pattern Generator sends a motion audio video sync pattern out and HDRScope receives the pattern along with its QR code and other details, and features an A/V Sync display that provides details on audio and video sync, and time in transit. Here is how to set up A/V Sync testing.

Would you like to use Drastic software in a language other than English? We can provide you with an alternate language interface for most Drastic software. This page explains how.

When FlowCaster is installed in a DaVinci Resolve system, it adds a FlowCaster virtual SDI component that lets you send the output of Resolve via FlowCaster. This means you can output your timeline in any of the IP stream types supported by FlowCaster, including SRT, UDP, RTP, WebRTC, NDI, and ST-2110.

Using FlowCaster with the www.flowcaster.live site may require some setup for your corporate firewall. This is especially true if your system is running in a cloud environment like Amazon, Google or Azure. By default these, and many other environments, completely lock down the internet access. To use www.flowcaster.live, some standard ports must be opened up. 

DrasticScope and FlowCaster support the AvVr3D ScopeDirect plugin for UnReal Engine, for virtual reality scene camera analysis and calibration. Select the plugin to send high quality audio and video directly to our waveform/vectorscope software for analysis, and to FlowCaster for remote sharing. Here is how to set up the plugin.

Different IP video protocols require different firewall setups.  This article covers the most common ports / firewall access that different IP video protocols require.  

In Avid, scrubbing through the timeline is video-only by default, in order to provide faster, smoother operation. However, if you are using the FlowCaster OpenIO plugin to share the output of Media Composer, there will be cases where you will want to send the audio as well. Audio scrub can be enabled using a couple of methods, either temporarily, or as a setting that can be left enabled.

Asynchronous review lets anyone open a www.flowcaster.live session and add feedack via text, telestration, and emoji, and save the session to send off to the next stage of production.  It is similar to synchronous review, but only requires one person at a time, and may be done by each participant at any time.

The SMPTE family of 2110/2022 standards for audio/video/data over IP can clock to PTP and carry as many embedded essences as your network can handle. Drastic supports SMPTE protocols as an input for viewing and ingest, and as an output for distribution and delivery. This pages provides an overview of our elated products, along with information on the standards in general.

The synchronous collaborative review workflow lets an operator select a proxy file/timeline from any network storage that is available to all participants and share it with a group of participants so their input and feedback can be saved for later review and implementation.

The Drastic ScopeDirect Plugin is designed to be installed in a system with Adobe, Avid, OpenFX, Resolve, or UnReal Engine software. It will look at the video, audio, and ancillary data playing in the editor, and provide a range of waveform/vectorscope tools for setup, measurement, and calibration of levels.

FlowCaster Live Event Review uses Net-X-Code Server to ingest SDI or IP signals simultaneously as high quality MXF files and as time code matched proxy MP4s. This way the creative team can get started working right away with the proxy MP4s from anywhere in the world, and use the decisions to create deliverable assets as the stream is being captured.

In addition to an unparalleled range of vectorscope/waveform tools, 4KScope, HDRScope, and 2110Scope also feature advanced multichannel audio meters, loudness meters, and surround sound audio monitoring and analysis. This article provides details.

Use FlowCaster on the www.flowcaster.live site for real time group review of edit sessions anywhere in the world, without rendering or uploading your media to a server!  FlowCaster.live receives audio/video/captions/time code from the editor's output in real time, while providing a shared area of talk, webcam, commenting, and collaborative drawing (telestration), all time code locked to your edit. 

If you want to run APIs or WebRTC connections externally, you can configure Apache to act as a reverse proxy using HTTPS on an external port (like 5000). and forward that traffic to an internal HTTP service running on a different port (like 15000). Here’s how to do it step by step:

A comparison of www.flowcaster.live's real time video collaboration tool with other tools in the industry.  FlowCaster.live is the only live edit review workflow that allows for instaneous feedback of edits, high quality over the sholder monitoring, deep integration into Adobe and Avid editors, along with a secure set of web based and local tools to allow time code locked, instantaneous review of all your video assets and sequences.

Net-X -Code, videoQC, and Net-X-Copy provide a number of overlays you can superimpose on the video output. These can be enabled or disabled using various MediaCmd commands, which are detailed in this article.

Drastic's 2110Scope, HDRScope, and 4KScope products provide a ScopeDirect Transmitter for Adobe that allows users to monitor the main output directly from the Adobe creative software such as Premiere Pro without SDI/HDMI or IP Video being used to connect them.  You can take advantage of this feature to analyze the signal through the wide range of signal analysis tools. This article describes how to set up the ScopeDirect Transmitter output though our scopes.

There is a command line installer for Windows installs which can be used by system administrators, or by other programs calling the Setup program. Here are the details.

Drastic's 2110Scope, HDRScope, and 4KScope products provide a ScopeDirect OpenIO plugin for Avid that allows users to monitor the main output directly from Avid Media Composer software without SDI/HDMI or IP Video being used to connect them. You can take advantage of this feature to analyze the signal through the wide range of signal analysis tools. This article describes how to set up the ScopeDirect OpenIO plugin output though our scopes.

Drastic Technologies maintains an account for each of the users who have downloaded a free FlowCaster app from the Google store. This account retains very little actual contact information.

If you prefer to maintain a low profile online though, this account can be very easily deleted once you are done using it. Here is how.

False Color display mode

Version 7 and greater of videoQC, and DrasticScope at the 4KScope, HDRScope, and 2110Scope levels all include a false color display mode. False color mode looks at the IRE values in the signal, and assigns a color to each range. Here are details.

Drastic supports Windows, macOS, and Linux in its product lines, depending on the product level and/or version. Here are details on which products support which operating systems.

This article lists the locations where Drastic software components may be installed, in case the software needs to be removed manually.

FlowCaster can send the following IP stream types: SRT, RTP, UDP, RTMP, NDI, CDI, WebRTC, WHIP, RIST, OMT, HLS Live, BLS, and ST-2110. FlowCaster's VirtualCam output can also emulate a webcam so it can appear as a guest in meeting sites like Zoom and Teams. There are many ways to monitor and distribute these streams. This article describes some of the available monitoring solutions and their features.

Version 6 and greater of Net-X-Code and MediaReactor both support native editing while ingesting for MXF files in Final Cut Pro X.  

Drastic Technologies' exclusive H/S Scope allows easy calibration of lighting or cameras to a standard DSC ChromaDuMonde chart. The H/S Scope lets you use chroma values to evaluate a light source's ability to render colors accurately based on the camera's electronic response to the color of the light source.

Version 6 and greater of Net-X-Code and MediaReactor both support native editing while ingesting for MXF files in Adobe Premiere.  

Flowcaster.live integration with Google Chrome - start, schedule, and invite participants to a new FlowCaster session from within your Google Calendar or Gmail! A lightweight download from the Chrome Store provides quick access to FlowCaster sessions integrated directly into the apps you use every day. Here are details:

Most Drastic software is available on Linux x86_64 as well as Windows (32/64) and macOS (32/64).   This article outlines the minimum packages required to run Drastic software. Note: some of the external resources this article had referenced are no longer available, and their links have been removed. For the latest setup information, please contact Drastic.

Drastic Technologies has created two OpenFX plugins to view the output of Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve editors; the FlowCaster Remote Monitoring plugin, and the ScopeDirect Signal Analysis Tools plugin. FlowCaster provides a comprehensive set of collaboration, review and approval tools for editors, and can create and export session markers to/from Resolve. Drastic's 4KScope, HDRScope, and 2110Scope software provides professional vectorscope/waveform/histogram scopes for audio and video signals.

Our partner TestVid, Inc. offers a full range of video clip sets designed for testing content creation devices and workflows.

Is your company already using GoTo for remote conferencing? Do you need to share high quality video in real time with your stakeholders? FlowCaster has added a VirtualCam setting that lets it show up as a webcam in meeting sites like GoTo. Here are details on how to set this up.

One of the file format plugins (dtx_aWMFDirect.d1x) for Windows 32 and 64 relies on Microsoft Windows' media components.  With some versions of Windows, Microsoft does not include these components by default.  To fix this error, you can either delete the dtx_aWMFDirect.d1x and dt_WinMedia.d1x from the installation folder, which will disable WMV/ASF read/write, or install the missing components from Microsoft.  

Is your company already using Meet.Google.com for remote conferencing? Do you need to share high quality video in real time with your stakeholders? FlowCaster has added a VirtualCam setting that lets it show up as a webcam in meeting sites like Meet.Google.com. Here are details on how to set this up.

Drastic signal analysis products support both command line parameters and keyboard control.  This command line parameters can be used to allow them to open automatically on startup in the mode and size required. The keyboard commands can be used to capture compressed and uncompressed frames directly from the incoming signal.