QuVIS Partners With Paragon Software to License Innovative Cross-Platform Technology for Wraptor Digital Cinema Mastering Plug-In

October 2, 2008

Source: QuVIS

Paragon Software Group, the leader in Mac cross-platform technology, today announced that QuVIS, Inc., the leading provider of high fidelity motion imaging technology, has selected its Universal File System Driver (UFSD) technology to embed within their new Wraptor DCP (Digital Cinema Package) mastering plug-in for Apple Final Cut Studio.

Paragon's technology fulfills the high-performance requirements for creating a digital cinema content distribution hard drive according to the DCI (Digital Cinema Initiative) specifications by enabling a Mac with Wraptor and Final Cut Studio to:

-- Create a Linux ext2/3 File System partition on a USB2.0 external hard drive suitable for use as a DCI-compliant distribution hard drive.

-- Verify the integrity of the ext2/3 File System partition.

-- Write a clear-text (unencrypted) or AES-encrypted DCP, created using Wraptor, to the distribution hard drive using a file system format that is universally supported by all major digital cinema playback servers.

Wraptor is a software plug-in that adds the ability to create a professional-quality, DCI JPEG2000-encoded, AES-encrypted, MXF-wrapped, and distribution-ready Digital Cinema Package (DCP) directly from a Final Cut Studio project. Wraptor incorporates the same digital video mastering technology that has made QuVIS a Digital Cinema pioneer and recognized industry leader in image quality. Wraptor provides a low-cost solution for creating Digital Cinema content without sacrificing professional quality or interoperability.

Paragon's unique high-performance UFSD technology was specially developed by the company to provide full cross-platform access to volumes of all popular file systems (ext2/3, HFS+, NTFS, FAT32, etc.) under various platforms (Mac, Windows(R), Linux, etc.) when these file systems are not natively supported. Paragon's UFSD technology successfully bridges the gap between Mac, Linux and Windows operating systems, and has been embedded into Wraptor to allow Mac users to deliver DCPs on an industry standard distribution hard drive.

"Paragon is committed to using its 14+ years of partitioning experience to help remove the barriers between the Mac, Linux and Windows operating systems, and has a growing portfolio of products for Mac systems to do exactly that," noted Tom Fedro, president of Paragon Software Group - Americas. "This partnership with QuVIS further solidifies our credibility as the technology leader in a cross-platform environment."

"The Linux ext2/3 UFSD technology allows QuVIS to offer a complete turnkey Digital Cinema Mastering solution for Final Cut Studio that includes the ability to deliver content, in the form of a DCP, using the distribution file system format preferred by the industry," said Michael Paulson, QuVIS COO. "We are very pleased with the seamless integration of the Paragon and QuVIS technologies."

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