Aurora Video Systems Announces Release of RT Extreme Driver for Final Cut Pro 4

Aurora Video Systems today announced the release of a new softwaredriver that allows their IgniterX family of video capture and editingsolutions to support Final Cut Pro 4's RT Extreme engine, whichproduces render-free playback of effects in realtime, as well as avirtually unlimited number of video streams.

"Our new driver allows editors to take full advantage of RT Extreme,one of the most significant additions to the latest Final Cut Prorelease," says Aurora Video Systems CTO Tim McMahon. "The combinationof our driver with FCP 4 offers editors a new degree of flexibility andthe ability to take advantage of the feature set of FCP 4, includingsupport for up to seven realtime tracks, LiveType, perfectsynchronization and true implementations of 24 fps film support, andediting of the offline RT, DV, uncompressed 8-bit and uncompressed10-bit formats."

"I am very excited about the addition of Cinema Tools to the FCP 4application. This allows any film editor using FCP 4 to take advantageof the unique features of IgniterX's true film capability," says CEODarryl Hock of Aurora Video Systems. "With our industry-unique 24 fpscapability, with or without audio pull down and in both NTSC and PAL,the combination of IgniterX and FCP 4 is unrivaled".

"Once again we are very pleased to add powerful new functionality toour product line at no additional cost to our end users," states AuroraVideo Systems VP of Systems Engineering Mike Stroven. "With ourdedicated Macintosh-exclusive engineering team, we are committed tobroadening and extending our IgniterX product line to keep our loyalcustomer base happy."

With the highest quality variable-compression-rate video capture andplayback, Aurora's IgniterX is the true companion card for Final CutPro. The IgniterX product line offers leading data rates andunparalleled compression ratios while retaining unmatched image qualitywhen working offline. Full-screen effects can be applied in real timefor both offline and online editing environments. Each card supportsintegrated I/Os for all digital and analog online formats, so there isno need for editors to invest in external converters that can degradeimage quality.

Aurora Video Systems' software driver is available now from thecompany's website at www.auroravideosys.com.