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The MasonIP, our network-attached Broadcast and Industrial Video Decoder, is a master of video formats. People ask ‘How many formats can it play?’ CONTINUED »

Effective immediately, Wired has a new mailing address. Any correspondence or repairs should be sent here:

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2423-B Old Middlefield Way
Mountain View, CA 94043

Whether you author DVDs for a living, or analyze HD encoded video for archiving, the Mason IP will impress you with its superb playback and advanced features.

Designed as the ultimate proofing tool for checking HD encoded video or verifying DVD projects, the Mason IP plays your files from any available network volume, just as if it was already burned to a disc. CONTINUED »

A funny thing happened while we were developing the MasonIP. Since our goal was to create the ultimate proofing tool for video professionals, we reached out to many pros, seeking their input on what features and functions were most important to them. Invariably, when we would tell them about the Mason, we’d hear: “I’d love to have something like that in my home theatre too.”

We couldn’t agree more. In fact, while we’ve been working on the Mason, some of us at Wired have been using them at home too. Once you’ve had this kind of access to your video collection, you’ll never want to go back to swapping discs.
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We hear it all the time: ‘DVD Studio Pro comes with an MPEG encoder; why would I need a Wired MediaPress?’ The answer is simple: higher quality MPEG-2 encoding from your tape sources in realtime.

With the widespread availability of software MPEG encoders, some people assume that there’s no longer a need for a hardware encoder. But if you’re encoding from tapes, you’ll still get the best quality and fastest results with a MediaPress encoder in your Macintosh. With a software encoder, you need to capture the footage into your computer before you can use the software encoder. CONTINUED »

Finally, I have written up a brief technical description about our new DVD/MPEG player MasonIP. HERE is the link to the document. It describes in much more detail how the MasonIP connects up to your DVD authoring system or to your edit suite. It shows how MasonIP can be used in a test and evaluation environment for DVD’s or MPEG files. Email me any comments or questions - mark (at) wiredinc (dot) com
-Mark

We’ve been getting quite a few questions about how the Mason works, so we’ll try to answer the top questions here. CONTINUED »

Here’s the latest specifications for the MediaPress realtime MPEG encoders. CONTINUED »

The news reported today that the HD format war, between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, is leaving consumers confused. Huh? This is new news? For those of us developing DVD and HD products, the only opinion we have on the format war is “stupid stupid stupid.”
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