According to the company, the MatchBox features a distributed database and file transport architecture designed to increase the efficiency of the digital media workflow by taking advantage of local and networked computing bandwidth and resources.
The company has said that the MatchBox benefits collaborative workgroups by increasing productivity and lowering the cost of operations. The distributed database architecture identifies the number of MatchBoxes in each secure, peer to peer network – and takes advantage of the compute power from the number of units within the network – the more MatchBoxes in an organization’s network, the content is delivered and synchronized.
Using multiplexing technology, where each unit’s available unused bandwidth and idle computing power is combined with hosted bandwidth at Mavric Media’s secure server, content delivery outside the peer to peer network is dramatically accelerated. MatchBox maximizes productivity for creative teams that are disbursed in various locations – either scattered throughout a local area or in remote satellite offices, accommodating huge file sizes including uncompressed HD video segments.
The company claims that the MatchBox can ingest and output large amounts of content -including files up to 100Gb – directly from flash memory and other digital storage media as well as from video and still cameras, laptop or desktop computers, MP3 players and other portable devices. The MatchBox features built-in Gigabit Ethernet and Wifi or can connect through Firewire or any of the four high speed USB ports.
Content is automatically tagged using source embedded EXIF and ID3 metadata and deposited into a fully customizable database with auto generated thumbnails. For video files, two proxy files are auto-created for desktop viewing (flash) and display on mobile devices such as the iPhone (MP4). The MatchBox open API supports connectivity with third party applications for software add-ons.
Another feature of the MatchBox is the opt-in Mavric.TV worldwide content delivery network co-op. This Mavric Media managed internet portal is a cooperative distribution network for content producers who want to deliver programming to viewers. In a ‘co-op’ arrangement, MatchBox purchasers will optionally participate in a worldwide distribution network using the combined connection power of all MatchBoxes in the network to facilitate content distribution.
