Hippotizer's existing features, including its beat-detection engine and user-configurable real-time effects are further improved in version 2. Available in three models: Hippotizer Express, Hippotizer Stage and Hippotizer HD supporting resolutions up to 1920 x 1080, all models support live video input, with Stage and HD allowing multiple video inputs. All three models also support a wide variety of control options, including DMX, RS232, Artnet, MIDI, timecode or external controllers such as the Behringer BCF2000. In addition, Hippotizer Stage and Hippotizer HD can output pixel information as DMX data via ArtNet.
Version 2 also includes the Hippotizer Media Access Protocol (H-MAP), a new open standard protocol that allows lighting desks to dynamically obtain and display previews of media clips from Hippotizer.
Nigel Sadler of Scene Change comments: "Version 2 of Hippotizer continues the lead that Hippotizer has established over other media servers, offering new features that professionals working in the digital media field have been demanding while maintaining the speed, versatility and reliability that existing Hippotizer users have come to trust. In addition, because we are also producers of original and bespoke media content, we are in a position to be able to offer over 1500 media files with every unit."
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
