MediaReactor Support

Drastic Technology MediaReactor is an import plugin for Wiretap Gateway, that allows the ingest of multiple file formats not currently supported by Autodesk products. Among others, the following formats are available:
  • Vision Research Phantom CineRAW (.cine)
  • Cinema DNG (AJA CION, Blackmagic cameras, etc) (.dng)
  • Canon C500 RAW (.rmf)
  • Canon Cinema Raw Light (CRM)
  • Panasonic Varicam RAW (.vraw)
  • Jpeg2000 (MXF)
  • XF-HEVC
The Format Specific options for MediaReactor are as follows:
  • Metadata (Tape Name, Timecode and Frame Rate options).
  • Clip Options (Clip name and Sequence Detection options).
  • Debayering (RAW formats options) Various Colour settings for RAW media decoding. The default option is set to use the File Header information.

MediaReactor supports many more file formats than those listed above; including Cineform DPX, Flash Video, HDV, Matroska (MKV), Mpeg 1/2/4, Avid DV25, DV50, HDV, Uncompressed (MXF), Windows Media, WebM and many more. However, only the formats listed above have been validated and are officially supported.

You must download and install the Drastic plugin, available here. Once installed, you can select MediaReactor from the File Format box in the MediaHub and browse to, and import the above file formats.

Note: After installing the MediaReactor plugin, you must restart the Wiretap Gateway, Stone&Wire and Flame.

For more information on Drastic, visit: www.drastic.tv.

Linux installation

Installation on Linux

  1. Exit Flame.
  2. Download the file to the Linux workstation. /usr/tmp is a good spot.
  3. Open a shell.
  4. Change directory to /usr/tmp. Type: cd /usr/tmp5. Unzip the file.Type: unzip SetupMRWS_Linux-x86_64_2016_Beta.zip and wait for the process to finish.
  5. You now need to find the unzipped file. Type: ls SetupMRWS_Linux. Look for the file that does not end with .zip. Note that name. In the following steps, we will use SetupMRWS_Linux-x86_64_5_0_154 as an example: you will need to change the name to reflect your situation.
  6. Change the file permissions. Type: chmod 777 SetupMRWS_Linux-x86_64_5_0_154.
  7. Launch the installer. Type: ./SetupMRWS_Linux-x86_64_5_0_154 8. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  8. Close the shell once the installation is complete.

Once the MediaReactor component is installed, you need to restart Wiretap Gateway, Wiretap Server, and Stone & Wire.

  1. In the shell, type: ServiceMonitor
  2. In the ServiceMonitor window, restart Wiretap Server and Stone+Wire (this also restarts the Wiretap Gateway).
    Note: For Lustre, only the Wiretap Gateway needs to be restarted. From the Editing / Browse menu, click Restart WTG.

Once all three services are green, you are good to go and relaunch Flame.

Uninstallation on Linux

  1. Exit Flame.
  2. Open a shell.
  3. Change directory the MediaReactor install directory. Type: cd /opt/mediareactor
  4. Launch the uninstaller. Type: ./uninstall
  5. Once MediaReactor is uninstalled, you must restart both Wiretap Gateway, Wiretap Server, and Stone+Wire. See the instructions above.
  6. Relaunch Flame.

Mac Installation

Installation on Mac OSX

  1. Exit Flame.
  2. Download the MediaReactor setup file, and unzip it.
  3. Launch the setup.
  4. Restart Wiretap Gateway, Wiretap Server, and Stone+Wire using the Service Monitor. It is found in Applications / Autodesk / [your_application] / Utilities.
  5. Restart Flame.

Uninstallation on Mac OSX

  1. Exit Flame.
  2. In the Finder, open Applications / MediaReactor.
  3. Launch "uninstall".
  4. Once the uninstall is done, you must Restart Wiretap Gateway, Wiretap Server, and Stone+Wire using the Service Monitor. It is found in Applications / Autodesk / [application] / Utilities.
  5. Restart Flame.
Note: You can install a new MediaReactor over an older version: you do not need to uninstall the older version beforehand.
Parent topic: Supported File Formats