Softron Media Services specializes in providing powerful broadcast software solutions of unparalleled ease-of-use for Apple's Macintosh. To assure the greatest flexibility and openness, Softron uses no proprietary hardware or codecs. All our applications are AppleScriptable, run on standard, off the shelf Macintosh computers and offer easy integration with external devices.

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OnTheAir Video

OnTheAir Video, our flagship application, is a sophisticated playlist manager for use in broadcasting and for information kiosks and concert events. It has been designed with an open architecture - open to import and play out a wide variety of different formats in SD and HD and open to support several different video I/O cards and devices. Additionally, it is AppleScriptable and its playlists are in XML format allowing integration with existing automation system. Logos can be overlaid on all the clips in a playlist or on different clips in a playlist. OnTheAir Video is powerful, reliable and remarkably easy to use.

OnTheAir Video DV

OnTheAir Video DV is the DV version of OnTheAir Video. It will play the video through a FireWire Converter, so it can transform you MacBook Pro in a broadcasting station. It will however only play DV stream movies and will not overlay logo on the output.

OnTheAir CG

OnTheAir CG is a Character Generator application that can simultaneously work with a number of different animated graphics such as tickers, clocks, and animated image sequences as well as pictures and shapes. It can be integrated with OnTheAir Video or used in a standalone mode. Control of the application can be interactive (for example clicking on a button to start an animation) or done via playlists in OnTheAir Video.

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MovieRecorder

MovieRecorder captures video using a PCIExpress video card. It can record in any format that QuickTime supports (Apple