Toolsonair Ready For Mac
Developed by FOX International Channels Benelux, 24Kitchen presently broadcasts terrestrially in the Netherlands, Portugal, Bulgaria, and Turkey, with numerous other territories slated to come online in 2013. The station also makes some programming available online, along with a wealth of resources covering everything from organic farming and nutrition to preparing a feast for several hundred of your closest friends. 'We started 24Kitchen to get people to think about healthy eating, using fresh products to prepare fresh meals,' explains Digital Content Manager Barry Kroon. 'We wanted to inspire people and show them that it's not much harder or more expensive to eat healthy than it is to open a can or stick something in the microwave.' 'We decided fm the beginning to go tapeless,' says Kroon.
Toolsonair Ready For Machine
'We only had about six weeks to design and build our editing facility, so it was great to be able to work with MacOS-based hardware and Blackmagic I/O cards - it made the setup easy.' Kroon says dependability was a major factor in choosing ToolsOnAir. 'We've been using the ToolsOnAir system pretty much non-stop since August 2011, and we've produced more than 400 hours of material with no problems.
That's important to us - we record five days a week, twenty days a month, and everything needs to just work.' As Kroon explains, the system has actually outperformed their expectations. 'When we started using LiveCut and just:in we calculated that we might need a second Mac Pro with the same configuration, either to divide the ingest workload, or to have a standby machine in case of failure. But after a week of testing it was clear that only one Mac Pro would be sufficient, and our back up unit was used elsewhere.' Support has also been excellent, he adds. 'On a couple of occasions we were implementing something new, and they've been great about helping us to configure graphics and other features.
Going forward, we're looking into implementing the social media interactivity that ToolsOnAir has been developing for just:live.' ToolsOnAir provides powerful, intuitive QuickTime-based applications designed to create a professional, fully functional broadcast production facility using Mac OS X and low-cost, off-the-shelf hardware components. The ToolsOnAir just: suite is designed with live broadcast production in mind, integrating video, audio and graphics, along with automation, asset management and multiple format capabilities. Full QuickTime and Final Cut compatibility eliminates time-intensive file conversion, and a powerful, intuitive GUI streamlines the workflow from ingest to playout.
Live:cut enables multicam-workflow for up to 16 cameras, dramatically reducing production time by eliminating many time-consuming production processes. Concept live:cut is designed to make the most of today’s multi-camera productions, dramatically reducing production time by eliminating many time-consuming production processes. From talk and game shows to soaps and sitcoms up to live concerts and event recordings, live:cut is a powerful solution for any multi-camera production. live:cut works by centralizing ingest, metadata, live logging, media management and workflow automation in a single, easy to use interface. Re-edits and post-production tasks can be immediately performed, even while still recording. Flexibility A single button starts and stops the recording process.
Notes, labels, markers and comments can easily be set during the recording. Live:cut creates a realtime vision mixer’s EDL, which is instantly processed into a multi-camera timeline in your NLE of choice and ready for fast turnaround post-production. Recorded takes are tracklayed, organized and sent to workstations or your MAM of choice for further processing. live:cut works with just:in to accommodate up to sixteen channels of multi-camera ingest. Additionally it integrates seamlessly with just:live to send selected takes directly to just:live’s multi-camera track for instant replay and playout. Available in flexible hardware setups, ToolsOnAir’s live:cut is the ideal low-cost, low-space and energy efficient solution for OB-vans and other on-location multi-camera setups.