MediaReactor Server
MediaReactor Server (legacy product) was designed to provide support for Drastic's entire range of formats and standards, including MediaReactor Workstation and some watch folder functionality. However, after a number of improvements, MediaReactor Server has been integrated into Net-X-Code Server, and the related transcoding products Net-X-Proxy, and Net-X-Convert. For more detailed and up to date information about Drastic's transcoding solutions, please see MediaReactor Workstation, Net-X-Convert/Proxy, or Net-X-Code Server.
MediaReactor Server
Scalable File Transcoding Solution
Note: MediaReactor Server is a legacy package and has been replaced with Net-X-Code Server.
MediaReactor Server was designed as a powerful tool for transcoding digital media files, with a wide range of file format support and features to enhance your workflow. For user directed transcoding activities a straightforward interface provides all the source and target parameters for immediate transcode. Project files maintain settings for recurring transcoding jobs. Multiple transcodes may be set to run in sequence. The transcode list is dynamic and time sensitive jobs may be promoted in the list for quicker access to the newly transcoded files.
Filters applied during the transcode let you create separate audio or video files, apply processing for interleave, blend, field order and more.
MediaReactor Workstation Features
MediaReactor Server also includes all the features of MediaReactor Workstation, and will run as a plugin to enable many formats to be used within the user's existing/preferred creative tools. Within Assimilate SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab, Adobe Premiere, After Effects and Media Composer, Avid Media Composer, Apple Final Cut Pro, Motion and Compressor, Microsoft Media Player and Direct Show, QuickTime Player and Apps, and videoQC, files will load and be available for use within these applications in real time, supported by MediaReactor's plugin architecture.
The MediaReactor Lite interface provides a streamlined GUI for user directed single transcodes. The user may select a source file, set up the type of file to be created and press the Convert button. Once a target file type has been created the project file can be saved to use for further similar transcodes.
MediaReactor Server also provides a watch folder transcoding setup, where a user specifies a folder and incoming files are transcoded as they arrive.
OEM and Branded Transcodes
MediaReactor Server also includes the SDK so you can build MediaReactor file transcoding into your application. The SDK is provided with no support, but if required a support package can be offered tailored to your development needs.
File Format Support Chart
| Extension | File Format | Codec | Read | Write |
| 3GP | 3GP 26x | h 264, 263, 261 | X | |
| 4224 | 4224 | YCbCr 4:2:2:4 | X | X |
| AIFF | Apple audio | 16/20/24/32 bit stereo pairs | X | X |
| ARC | IFX Piranha | Audio/Video (YCbCr/RGB 8 only) | X | |
| ARI | Arri | Raw 12 bit bayer | X | |
| Audio: BWF, 8SVX, AU, AVR, GSM, HCOM, IFF, PCM, SF, SMP, SND, VOC, WVE |
Audio files | 44.1/48/96 kHz 16, 20, 24 and 32 bit | X | |
| AVC, AVCHD, MTS | AVC-HD | MPEG-2 camera media | X | |
| AVI | Windows | DVSD, DV25, DV50, DVHD, CineForm*, CineForm3D*, YCbCr 8 & 10 SD/HD, standard codecs | X | X |
| AVS | AVS | Video redirection (Windows only) | X | |
| BRAW | Blackmagic BRAW | BRAW 12 bit, 3:1, 5:1, 8:1 and 12:1 | X | |
| CDX | Codex | Codec raw bayer stills | X | |
| CINE | Phantom | Phantom 10, 12 and 14 bit bayer | X | |
| CRW | Canon | Canon camera raw stream | X | |
| DASH | h.264, h.265 | DASH Fragmented MP4 and Smooth Streaming | X | X |
| DNG | CinemaDNG | 10, 12 and 16 bit bayer | X | X |
| DPX | Cineon | RGB 8, RGB 10, YCbCr 4:2:2 | X | X |
| DPX | CineForm | CineForm*, CineForm3D* | X | X |
| DT3D | DT3D | XML 3D redirector | X | |
| DV/DIF | DV/DIF | Raw DV files | X | |
| DVS | DVS | Uncompressed YCbCr and RGB files | X | |
| EXR | OpenEXE | High dynamic range float stills | X | |
| fhgDI, fhgDP, fhgAP | fhgDI, fhgDP, fhgAP | Weisscam digimag format | X | |
| FLM | FLM | Adobe FilmStrip | X | |
| FLV/SWV | FLV/SWV | Flash/Shockwave video h.263/264 | X | |
| GEN | GEN | 4:2:2 YCbCr (Avid DSHD) | X | X |
| GV | XML/N0/T/I/A | Grass Valley disk record native (K2) | X | |
| GXF | GXF SMPTE 360 | MPEG-2, DV25, DV50, DVHD | X | |
| H264 | h.264 | 4:2:0 SD/HD up to 80 mbits/sec | X | |
| HDR | YUV | DV25, DV50, DVHD, AVCi100, RGB, Uncompressed YCbCr 8 & 10 SD/HD | X | X |
| HDR | YUV | YCbCr10, YCbCr16, DPX RGB, DNxHD/DNxHR* | X | X |
| HDV | HDV | MPEG-2 camera files | X | |
| HLS | h.264, h.265 | Multi Rate Live Web Playback | X | X |
| IHSS | Iridas | RGB | X | |
| ISMV ISMA | Smooth Streaming | h.264, AAC, WMV | X | |
| JP2 | JPEG-2000 | Series of JPEG-2000 stills | X | X |
| JS | Jaleo/Mistika | Sgo native 4:2:2 YCbCr | X | X |
| KRW | Kinefinity | KineRAW Compressed Raw Stills and Stream | X | |
| LUMA RMY BMY | LUMA RMY BMY | Uncompressed YCbCr | X | |
| LXF | Leitch/Harris | DVSD, DV25, DV50, DVHD, AVCi50, AVCi100, MPEG-2, h.264 | X | |
| M3U8 | HLS | h.264, h.265, TS or MP4 | X | X |
| MKV | MKV | Matroska audio video, VPx, h.26x | X | |
| MLV | Magic Lantern | Raw 14 bit bayer with PCM audio | X | |
| MOV | QuickTime | DVSD, DV25, DV50, DVHD, AVCi100, DNxHD/DNxHR*, CineForm*, CineForm3D*, RGBA, RGB-10 (DPX), YCbCr 8 & 10 SD/HD, standard codecs | X | X |
| MOV | QuickTime | ProRes, h264, AVCi, MPEG-2, XDCam | X | X |
| MOV | Reference File | MOV reference file pointing at h264, ProRes, DV, AVCI | X | |
| MP1/MP2/MP3 | MP1/MP2/MP3 | MPEG audio | X | |
| MP4 | AVC1,h.264 | Apple h.264, h.264 AVC | X | X |
| MP4 | HEVC, h.264 | HEVC/265 | X | X |
| MP4 | XAVC-S | Sony XAVC-S HD/4K Cameras | X | X |
| MP4 | MPEG-2 | Sony/Canon camera | X | |
| MPEG | MPEG-1 | 4:2:0 up to 15 mbits/sec | X | X |
| MPEG | MPEG-2 | 4:2:0/4:2:2 SD/HD up to 80 mbits/sec | X | X |
| MPEG | MPEG-4 | 4:2:0 up to 50 mbits/sec | X | X |
| MTS, M2TS | M2TS | AVC-HD camera files | X | X |
| MXF | AS-02 | AVCi, DNxHD/DNxHR*, DVHD, JPEG-2000 | X | |
| MXF | AS-11 DPP UK | AVCi100, IMX 50 | X | |
| MXF | Avid | DV25, DV50, DVHD, DNxHD/DNxHR*, Uncompressed | X | X |
| MXF | Canon | MPEG-2 | X | |
| MXF | Digital Cinema | DCI JPEG-2000 Unencrypted, Uncompressed Audio | X | X |
| MXF | EditCam | DV25, DV50, DVHD, DNxHD/DNxHR* | X | |
| MXF | Grass Valley | Grass Valley iCR | X | X |
| MXF | Harmonic | MPEG-2 | X | |
| MXF | h.264/AVC | MPEG-2 | X | |
| MXF | IMF | IMF JPEG-2000 YCbCr, Uncompressed Audio | X | X |
| MXF | JPEG-2000*** | Grass Valley Infinity | X | X |
| MXF | OP1a | AmberFin, EVS, MainConcept, MOG, OpenCube, Rovi | X | |
| MXF | OP1a/Omneon | DV25, DV50, DVHD, AVCi100, Uncompressed | X | X |
| MXF | OP1b | Panasonic AVCi 4K | X | |
| MXF | Panasonic-P2 | DV25, DV50, DVHD, AVCi100 | X | X |
| MXF | Pinnacle | MPEG-2 SD/HD | X | |
| MXF | Snell & Wilcox | MPEG-2, IMX | X | |
| MXF | Sony | MPEG IMX | X | X |
| MXF | Sony | XDCamHD, XDCamEX 4:2:0/4:2:2 | X | |
| MXF | Sony | HDCam SR 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 | X | X |
| MXF | Sony | F65 raw bayer | X | |
| MXF | Sony | F5, F700 raw bayer | X | |
| MXF | XAVC | XAVC HD and 4K | X | |
| OGG | OGG | OGG audio video | X | |
| OMF | OMF | DV25, JPEG, Meridien, AVBV, CamCutter | X | X |
| OMV | OMV | Uncompressed capture format | X | |
| QNT | Quantel | Raw uncompressed YCbCr images | X | X |
| R3D | RED | Red camera files | X | |
| RAW | ML/IOI | Magic Lantern RAW, IOIndustries RAW bayer | X | |
| RBG | RED BLU GRN | Uncompressed RGB | X | |
| RMF | RMF | Canon C500 raw 10 bit bayer files | X | |
| RTIN | RTINDEX | Real time replay of CBR and VBR records while still recording | X | |
| RTV | RTV | Uncompressed Video Toaster files (Windows only) | X | |
| SEQ | Bayer | Raw camera seq bayer files | X | |
| SIV | Bayer | Raw camera siv bayer files | X | |
| Stills | Series of stills | BMP, SGI, PSD, RAW, YUV10, YUV16, VSR, RAS, RAW, JP2, JPG - Series of stills (many others) | X | |
| STREAM | Various | Web assets on S3, http, or https storage, in the formats supported by the product licensed | X | |
| TGA | Targa | RGB, RGBA (RLE Play Only) | X | X |
| TIFF | TIFF | RGB, RGBA | X | X |
| TR-01 | TS J2K | JPEG-2000, AES3 | X | X |
| TS | Transport stream | MPEG-2, h.264, h.265/HEVC, JPEG-2000, AAC, AC-3, AES3 | X | X |
| V210 | V210 | 4:2:2 10 bit YCbCr image sequence | X | X |
| VC1 | VC-1 | WMV of raw wrapper | X | |
| VOB | VOB | Unencrypted | X | |
| VPB/QTL | Quantel | Quantel uncompressed YCbCr images | X | |
| VRW | Varicam Raw | Panasonic Varicam Raw | X | |
| WAV | Wave audio | 16/20/24/32 bit mono/stereo pairs/extensible | X | X |
| WEBM | WEBM | Youtube format | X | |
| WMV/ASF | WMV/ASF | Unencrypted/DRM Free only | X | |
| XAVC | X-AVC HD/4K | X-AVC 264 in MXF | X | |
| Y4M | Y4M | YCbCr raw stream | X | |
| YUV | YUV | 4:2:2 and 4:2:0 YCbCr image sequence | X | X |
| Y U V | YUV | Multi file component YCbCr files | X |
*licensable formats
Note: If the MediaReactor Workstation trial is installed on macOS, you will have to re-install the CSP to get those formats back after the trial. In Windows the CSP and trial can co-exist.
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