DTMediaRead SDK

Overview

The DTMediaRead SDK components include the same extensive, robust file read capabilities available in our MediaReactor product line.  The interface allows your application to directly read and output a wide range of industry standard broadcast and production file formats. 

 

 Compatibility: 
 ossupport Windows 7 or greater, macOS 13 Ventura - macOS 14 Sonoma, CentOS/Red Hat 7.4-7.8    

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Customers (Selected OEM/Partners)

Filmworkz:  Nucoda, Phoenix

Assimilate:  SCRATCH, SCRATCH Lab, SCRATCH Play

Avid:  Media Composer, NewsCutter

Adobe:  Premiere, Media Encoder

Video Clarity: Video Clarity software and servers

 

Supported Formats


Supported Read File Formats


Extension

File Format

Codec

Read

3GP

3GP 26x

h 264, 263, 261

X

4224

4224

YCbCr 4:2:2:4

X

AIFF

Apple audio

16/20/24/32 bit stereo pairs

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

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

Codex raw bayer stills

X

CINE

Phantom

Phantom 10, 12 and 14 bit bayer

X

CRW

Canon

Canon camera raw stream

X

DASH

h.264

DASH Fragmented MP4 and Smooth Streaming

X

DNG

CinemaDNG

10, 12 and 16 bit bayer

X

DPX

Cineon

RGB 8, RGB 10, YCbCr 4:2:2

X

DPX

Cineon

10 bit

X

DPX

CineForm

CineForm*, CineForm3D*

X

DT3D

DT3D

XML 3D redirector

X

DV/DIF

DV/DIF

Raw DV files

X

DVS

DVS

Uncompressed YCbCr and RGB files

X

EXR

OpenEXR

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

FTIDX

Index file

HAC partial file restore for Pinnacle FT MPEG-ES I-frame only files

X

GEN

GEN

4:2:2 YCbCr (Avid DSHD)

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

HDR

YUV

YCbCr10, YCbCr16, DPX RGB, DNxHD*

X

HDV

HDV

MPEG-2 camera files

X

HLS

h.264

HLS TS MultiRate

X

IHSS

Iridas

RGB

X

ISMV ISMA

Smooth Streaming

h.264, AAC, WMV

X

JP2

JPEG-2000

Series of JPEG-2000 stills

X

JS

Jaleo/Mistika

Sgo native 4:2:2 YCbCr

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

h264, h265, TS or MP4

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, CineForm*, CineForm3D*, RGBA, RGB-10 (DPX), standard codecs

X

MOV

QuickTime

DNxHD/HR 36/145/220*

X

MOV

QuickTime

YCbCr 8 & 10 SD/HD

X

MOV

QuickTime

(FFMPEG) ProRes (ProRes, ProRes LT, ProRes HQ, ProRes Proxy), h264/AAC

X

MOV

Reference File

MOV reference file pointing at h264, ProRes, DV

X

MP1/MP2/MP3

MP1/MP2/MP3

MPEG audio

X

MP4

AVC1, h.264

Apple h.264, h.264 AVC

X

MP4

HEVC, h.265

HEVC/265

X

MP4

XAVC-S

Sony XAVC-S HD/4K Cameras

X

MP4

MPEG-2

Sony/Canon camera

X

MPEG

MPEG-1

4:2:0 up to 15 mbits/sec

X

MPEG

MPEG-2

4:2:0/4:2:2 SD/HD up to 80 mbits/sec

X

MPEG

MPEG-4

4:2:0 up to 50 mbits/sec

X

MTS, M2TS

M2TS

AVC-HD camera files

X

MXF

AS-02

AVCi, DNxHD*, DVHD

X

MXF

AS-02

JPEG-2000, MPEG-2

X

MXF

AS-11 DPP UK

AVCi100, IMX 50

X

MXF

Avid

DV25, DV50, DVHD, Uncompressed

X

MXF

Avid

Native DNxHD 36/145/220 (licensable)

X

MXF

Canon

MPEG-2

X

MXF

Digital Cinema

DCI JPEG-2000 Unencrypted, Uncompressed Audio

X

MXF

EditCam

DV25, DV50, DVHD, DNxHD (licensable)

X

MXF

Grass Valley

Grass Valley iCR

X

MXF

Harmonic

MPEG-2

X

MXF

h.264/AVC

MPEG-2

X

MXF

HDF

MPEG-2

X

MXF

IMF

IMF JPEG-2000 YCbCr, Uncompressed Audio

X

MXF

JPEG-2000

Grass Valley Infinity

X

MXF

MXF

JPEG-XS

X

MXF

OP1a

AmberFin, EVS, MainConcept, MOG, OpenCube, Rovi

X

MXF

OP1a/Omneon

DV25, DV50, DVHD, AVCi100, Uncompressed

X

MXF

OP1a

YCbCr 8 bit

X

MXF

OP1b

Panasonic AVCi 4K

X

MXF

Panasonic-P2

DV25, DV50, DVHD, AVCi100

X

MXF

Pinnacle

MPEG-2 SD/HD

X

MXF

Snell & Wilcox

MPEG-2, IMX

X

MXF

Sony

MPEG IMX

X

MXF

Sony

XDCamHD, XDCamEX 4:2:0/4:2:2

X

MXF

Sony

HDCam SR 4:2:2 and 4:4:4

X

MXF

Sony

F65 raw bayer

X

MXF

Sony

F5, F700 raw bayer

X

MXF

XAVC

XAVC HD and 4K

X

MXFIDX

Index file

HAC partial file restore for MXF

X

OGG

OGG

OGG audio video

X

OMF

OMF

DV25, JPEG, Meridien, AVBV, CamCutter

X

OMV

OMV

Uncompressed capture format

X

QNT

Quantel

Raw uncompressed YCbCr images

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

TIFF

TIFF

RGB, RGBA

X

TR-01

TS J2K

JPEG-2000, AES3

X

TS

TR-07

JPEG-XS

X

TS

Transport stream

MPEG-2, h.264, h.265/HEVC, JPEG-2000, AAC, AC-3, AES3

X

V210

V210

4:2:2 10 bit YCbCr image sequence

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

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

Y U V

YUV

Multi file component YCbCr files

X

 *licensable formats.

To test the read capabilities of this SDK, please see videoQC.

The DTMediaRead SDK is $3,000.00 US.

Per-install seat licenses are $495.00 US.

If both the DTMediaRead and DTMediaWrite SDKs are implemented in an application, per-install seat licenses for Read/Write are $1,100.00 US.

Are you considering integrating Drastic OEM capabilities into your application? We'd love to hear what you have in mind. Please contact us with details: info@drastictech.com


DTMediaRead SDK Documentation

Version 7 DTMediaRead

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Adobe, Inc. - Adobe, the Adobe logo, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Creative Cloud, Frame.io, and Iridas are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe in the United States and/or other countries.
Amberfin Limited - AMBERFIN is a trademark of Amberfin Limited.
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