Pro Media Tools 1.1 Beta 1 released - 64-bit, Edit Detector overhaul and more

We've just released Pro Media Tools 1.1 Beta 1, a public beta of a major update to our suite of tools for simplifying media management.

This is the first of several planned betas that we are using to help gather feedback about the future direction of the suite.

The major changes in this version include:

64-bit

The majority of the applications in the suite are now 64-bit. This means that they're better able to deal with large amounts of data, which is especially useful for Edit Detector.

Post Haste

Post Haste is now being bundled with Pro Media Tools. We plan to better integrate it with the tools in the suite in a future beta.

Edit Detector overhaul

Edit Detector has been given a major overhaul. It is now significantly faster and more accurate. It is more than twice as fast on my test machine at scanning SD media. We've also implemented a caching system so that it only needs to scan the frames once. Reopening an already-scanned file is instant.

The full changelog is as follows:

• 64-bit support
• New application: Post Haste
• Edit Detector - Significant speed boost
• Edit Detector - Greater accuracy
• Edit Detector - Now shows edit points in timecode values instead of frames
• Edit Detector - Frame information is now cached so you don't need to rescan when opening a file for the second time
• Batch Renamer - Support for regular expressions
• Batch Renamer - Flags up conflicting filenames with a warning icon
• Batch Renamer - Folders can now be renamed
• Render Watcher - UI overhaul
• Render Watcher - Support for Adobe Media Encoder
• QT Edit - Thumbnails in chapter view
• QT Edit - Support for importing markers from an FCPX XML project
• General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

This is a beta release designed for evaluation purposes. It is not intended for use in a production environment. If you require stability please use version 1.0.5 instead.

You can download the 1.1 beta here. 1.1 will be a free update for all existing customers.