Jahshaka Project releases Jahplayer 3
updated 10:30 am EDT, Mon April 23, 2007
Jahplayer 3 released
The Jahshaka Project today released Jahplayer 3 build 0.2.0, adding critical updates for improved stability while bringing the software closer to the final release stage. Jahplayer is designed as a professional media player with support for uncompressed video and image sequences at resolutions as high as 2KB and 4KB in real time. The software aims to provide a robust set of image analysis and asset management tools while allowing users to maintain or change the aspect ratio of source media on the fly. Jahplayer supports disk- or memory-based playback, and features variable frame rate control alongside RGBA color channel views. Jahplayer is available for download from the Jahshaka project website, and requires Mac OS X (specific system requirements were unavailable).
The media player offers A and B media playback channels with both A-and-B and A-or-B playback, full audio support, and real time hardware-based pan and zoom. The software also includes dynamic edit points that are stored in a database, as well as dynamic thumbnail generation and GPU-based visualization tools.
Jahplayer supports a variety of media formats which include AVI, MPEG, and QuickTime. The software offers image sequence management with support for JPEG, TIFF, TARGA, and the latest HDR formats including EXR and DPX. The player can downsize 4KB images to 1-2KB, and includes extensive encoding functionality for transcoding media to and from a variety of formats -- including output to DV, MPG, and FLV.
A dynamic Python-based user interface allows users to work at any resolution or screen size, and to toggle over to full screen mode with 16:9 HD support. The player's unique reel-based asset management system allows users to create and track multiple reels on the fly, and offers drag-and-drop support to load media into the timeline.
