Best Asset Management / Catalog Software?

[Burke Doeren]

What's the best video asset management / catalog software you've found so far?

I'm aiming to implement something that will allow me to access and edit metadata tags, scrub through .R3D (and other) clips, keep track of where assets exist, and search for clips / subjects even if they are on a drive that is not currently connected to the computer.

Any suggestions?

 

[Piero Sgarbi]

Hi,

I am currently looking into implementing a video asset management.

I was suggested and looking into CatDV suite, tho, it's a really expensive solution so was wondering if anyone has an alternative or any suggestion!

Thank you!

 

[Clark Dunbar]

check 'NeoFinder' -> mac based - manual and inexpensive.

http://www.cdfinder.de/en/news_files/introducing_neoFinder_6.html

 

[M.Halsell]

DAMs are a poorly served sector. Seems the few choices are top end propriety or a cheap, limited cataloguer. Assimilate's Scratch Web seems like a current solution with key features being video queing, metadata support and format agnostic.

Sadly The Foundry's Storm was a promising solution (RIP). Finalcut Pro Server wasnt too bad either. Both fitted the affordability criteria

 

[Rudy Lehfeldt-Ehlinger]

Axle is what im currently looking at... Only issue I see coming up is the file limit but thats 600K so should be good for most uses....

 

[Dominik Muench]

Probably not exactly what youre after but it certianly goes into that direction, made by our own forum genius Mikael:

http://mikasky.free.fr/foolcolor/foolcat/

 

[Adrian Weinbrecht]

check 'NeoFinder' -> mac based - manual and inexpensive.

http://www.cdfinder.de/en/news_files/introducing_neoFinder_6.html

+1 on this.

 

[Bob Gundu]

Check these guys out.
http://yoyotta.com

 

[Steve Sherrick]

Probably not exactly what youre after but it certianly goes into that direction, made by our own forum genius Mikael:

http://mikasky.free.fr/foolcolor/foolcat/

Great app, love it for cataloguing footage on set and delivering reports to producers but it doesn't fit the OP needs.

CatDV has a nucleus and then you build around it and depending on your needs that can get expensive. I own the basic program but have never taken full advantage of it.

Axle looks interesting. I need to explore this more in depth.

I'm currently looking for a solution myself, something that allows me to grab proxies at any moment and get all of my data organized and accessible in an easy way. I have a hybrid approach now and it's not super efficient.

So hoping this thread picks up some traction. I know a lot of post houses have custom designed systems or they customize some off the shelf systems to work better for their needs. But perhaps there is something out there that works well for a boutique shop and doesn't break the bank.

 

[Adrian Jebef]

I like Pomfort's Silverstack: http://pomfort.com/silverstack/

It's great for on-set media management but you can also use it as a catalog database by simply scanning media into SS.

 

[N_Villers]

+1 on silverstack and their support is great.

 

[Santos Ramos]

We use CatDV 6 server at work and it works great for HD footage and photos.
This software is so powerful and it has a lot customizations. I was thinking about getting the new CatDv 10 but I'm still looking.

Right now I'm using Lightroom to organize and add metadata to my videos files.

Does anyone know what cataloging software can export CSV files?

http://support.shutterstock.com/contributor/articles/kbat02/000006573?l=en_US&fs=RelatedArticle

 

[Terry VerHaar]

KeyFlow Pro is new and looks very interesting if you happen to use FCPX.

http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/art...sset-manager-with-final-cut-pro-x-integration

 

[Steve Strickler]

Does CATDV handle R3D files appropriately? Can't seem to find it listed with them.
Thx

 

[Michael Maes]

Does CATDV handle R3D files appropriately? Can't seem to find it listed with them.
Thx

Yes, but only their top-end version “Pegasus” does.
They’re about to release v12