| Feature | Standard |
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| Import and analyse any QuickTime-supported media files (incl. DV, MOV, MPEG4, AVI, Flash, WAV, AIFF, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, GIF, PSD)1 | yes | yes | yes | yes | - |
| Import and analyse Windows Media files (WMV, WMA, ASF)2 | yes | yes | yes | yes | - |
| Import clips and sequences from OMFI files3 | - | yes | yes | yes | - |
| Import and export tab-separated text, simple batch lists, and CMX edit decision lists | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes† |
| Import and export Final Cut Pro XML files and FCP batch logs | - | yes | yes | yes | yes† |
| Import and export Avid ALE batch logs | - | yes | yes | yes | yes† |
| Import other 'unknown' files to capture basic details of files such as Word documents, spreadsheets, project files etc. | - | yes | yes | yes | - |
| Extract and display technical metadata (file format, codec, frame size, duration, data rate, dropped frames, etc.) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes† |
| Extract and display user metadata (timecode, Exif and ID3 tags, QuickTime annotations, Windows Media properties, etc.) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes† |
| Enter log notes, mark clips as good, create subclips, merge clips, create or delete thumbnails. | yes | yes | yes | yes | - |
| Configurable thumbnail or list views, with flexible grouping, sorting, searching and filtering cababilities | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Unlimited user-defined logging fields | - | yes | yes | yes | - |
| Customisable clip details panel | - | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Choice between 'classic' and 'professional' (dark grey) colour schemes | - | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Advanced search and filter dialog, including regular expressions and ability to save named filters | - | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Play media for the clip (if available online), either windowed or full screen | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Jog-shuttle control of playback using standard JKL keys | - | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Timecode calculator | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Media file management (delete, move, copy), drag and drop import and export | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Perform automatic scene detection using DV info | yes | yes | yes | yes | - |
| Perform automatic scene detection using visual analysis (with configurable sensitivity) | - | yes | yes | yes | - |
| Verbatim Logger to transcribe dialog or manually log clips from a video or audio file while it plays | - | yes | yes | yes | - |
| Mark events within a clip, jump to an event marker, and convert between event markers and subclips | - | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Scan DV tapes to create clip records for each scene4 | yes* | yes* | yes* | yes* | - |
| Print catalogs or selected clips, export HTML thumbnail indexes, export to system clipboard, export still images | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Generate and manage preview movies (low resolution proxies that are automatically substituted based on tape and timecode if the original media is offline) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes† |
| Customise codec and quality settings for preview movies | - | yes | yes | yes | - |
| Batch export movies using any QuickTime-supported codec or exporter (incl. QT MOV, MPEG-4, H264, DV Stream, iPod Movie, AVI etc.) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Add timecode tracks to exported movies. Add date & time of recording (for DV-based video) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Add arbitrary text or subtitles to exported movies | - | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Create, edit, play, and export sequences for simple cuts only editing | - | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Timezone and camera clock adjustment to display either location or GMT times and permit synchronisation of shots from different cameras | - | yes | yes | yes | - |
| Save catalogs locally as standalone files (providing a cached copy of all the metadata and log notes, even if the media files are offline) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Save catalogs to a central SQL database, permitting advanced queries, and concurrent access and updates by multiple users | - | - | yes | yes | - |
| Perform complex queries against multiple catalogs simultaneously, displaying a consolidated result set of matching clips | - | - | yes | yes | yes |
| Compatible with MySQL relational database | - | - | yes | yes | yes |
| Compatible with Oracle relational database | - | - | - | yes* | yes* |
| Server Control Panel to configure and display status of the database and CatDV Server | - | - | yes | yes | yes |
| Control and log access to CatDV clip data (with configurable users, groups and permissions) | - | - | - | yes | yes |
| Tape library management screen | - | - | - | yes | yes |
| Barcode scanner to read tape barcode labels and perform shelf inventories | - | - | - | yes* | yes* |
| Store preference settings centrally on the server and switch between settings based on which production you are currently working on | - | - | - | yes | yes |
| Production blogs and group documents | - | - | - | yes | yes |
| Watch folders to automatically import, convert and publish files that appear in specified drop boxes5 | - | - | yes* | yes* | yes* |
