Codex offers the unique and revolutionary Virtual File System.

What is it?

Our Virtual File System (VFS) delivers recorded material "on-demand" by network immediately to whoever needs it, and in the formats they need.

What does it do?

The VFS transcodes material recorded by Codex systems into a wide range of different file formats for post-production, viewing, and archival purposes. The VFS lets you completely customise the types and arrangement of files output.

How does it work?

This is the really clever bit! The VFS presents the available material as files, but none of the files actually exist until they are opened or copied. Hence the term "virtual". It's only when files are requested that the powerful processors at the heart of the Codex system spring into action to generate what you want on-demand, and on-the-fly. This ultimately means you get extremely efficient access to exactly the material you require, when you want it, without any unnecessary or additional processing.

Who is it for?

Perhaps the production needs full resolution material in a single directory - as DPX, WAV, and metadata XML files - for archival? No problem.

Or the director, producer and DP need half-scale MOV files, with a CDL LUT applied to view digital dailies? Done.

Maybe editorial team needs rapidly-generated Avid 3D DNxHD MXFs for easy editing of 3D stereoscopic material? Easy.

What does it deliver?

The VFS can output these file types: DPX, BMP, JPG, ARI, AVI, MOV, Avid MXF, Avid 3D MXF and WAV. Plus a variety of metadata XML files for different editing and colour correction systems.

The VFS also provides many additional options for these files, such as fixed or relative scaling, JPEG and DNxHD compression, and the addition of a slate frame at the beginning of shots which contains useful metadata information for editors and colourists.

VFS. All you have to do is ask.