Mac upgrade
Release 1.7.6 of FORscene Load Mac has just been released. The main improvment over 1.6.12 is that you can now capture DV video files on the Mac through the firewire port without the need for any…
Read MoreNew server infrastructure
A new FORscene distributed server design has entered testing after nine months of development. Servers plugged in anywhere in the world are organically incorporated into the global system as it continues to run; if any server…
Read MoreWindows upgrade
FORscene Load PC v5.9 is available. It has the more efficient upload pioneered on the FORscene Linux boxes, and is the first version to work with Vista.
Read MoreStaff addition
Forbidden would like to welcome Paul back. During a short stint in the run up to Christmas, Paul will be working on FORscene Load Mac and other Apple related products.
Read MoreMac upgrade
FORscene users can upload video in a variety of ways: the high performance dedicated Linux box; the Windows and MacOS X software; and with web upload. FORscene Load Mac version 1.6.12, which compresses DV content around…
Read MoreNew servers
Forbidden is upgrading its FORscene infrastructure again, this time with the addition of two new servers to the internet backbone at Maidenhead. These add around 8,000 hours of video capacity for broadcast and professional FORscene customers.
Read MoreIncremental search
One of FORscene's more popular uses in broadcast post-production is for frame accurate video logging. FORscene's ability to search for videos which match particular metadata has now been supplemented by a new real time incremental search…
Read MoreCapacity upgrade
A recent server upgrade doubled the number of active broadcast customers FORscene can support. Now, a client side upgrade is being rolled out to FORscene Load Linux boxes around the world, doubling again the number of active users…
Read MoreNorth One / Channel 4
North One Television, one of the top UK Indies, has adopted FORscene for its NHS series for Channel 4. FORscene Load digitises their rushes to FORscene and Avid at the same time. FORscene is used for…
Read MoreVolume control
Today's FORscene upgrade adds independent volume control to each play window. This allows FORscene's review, logging and editing customers to adjust playback volume over a large dynamic range, including to well over 100%, allowing even the…
Read MoreBlackbird is best-of-breed
Jon Hanford - Group CTO, Deltatre