Latakoo Introduces Dalies Workflow Tool

Latakoo, a developer of software solutions for the broadcast production industry, has announced the release of its new Latakoo Dalies. Aimed at production companies, Dalies is a time and cost savings workflow tool that lets video professionals rapidly ingest video files from the shoot location to the Latakoo cloud for post editing. Latakoo Dalies has been optimized for teams using Avid Media Composer, creating a more rapid transfer of video files into Avid edit bins and saving post-production time for deadline work.

Latakoo Dalies builds on the company’s cloud-based platform by now enabling video crews to send lightweight proxy files to editors within minutes of a shoot. Proxy files are created and rapidly uploaded to secure Latakoo cloud accounts using the patented Latakoo compression and upload process for storage and sharing.

Associated metadata for files — including video card number, shoot date, camera ID, project number or a user customised field — can be collected for each group of transferred videos. Uploaded files are automatically downloaded by Latakoo HUB and placed inside a shared drive. Editors can then simply drag the group of files into the appropriate bin in Avid Media Composer. The files, along with associated metadata, automatically populate the Avid bin with accurate information.

Dalies has been created to support video ingest with or without the use of an asset manager. Employing Latakoo’s HUB product, Dalies complies with customers’ corporate firewalls and security standards, and can seamlessly integrate with asset managers, including those offered by Avid, Dalet, Grass Valley and Bitcentral systems.

“Production companies can save several days’ time by using Latakoo Dalies’ automated video workflow because it removes many onerous tasks, like driving or shipping a hard drive filled with the day’s video back to the post house for manual ingest,” said Paul Adrian, Latakoo CEO.

“We shortcut a long process by creating a proxy file on location and delivering it that same day through the internet to the post house where Latakoo atomizes the video for use in Avid Media Composer,” Adrian added. “Latakoo also creates Avid’s AAF files to deliver the accompanying metadata within minutes or seconds of the original transfer to our cloud.”