Understanding DTE (Direct to Edit ) Technology

What is DTE™ Technology?
DTE, or Direct To Edit Technology, is the future of digital video for ENG, field production, the desktop, and the studio because it merges the steps of acquisition and capturing. Only DTE Technology converts the camera's DV output to any chosen native NLE file format, as it records to hard drives. With partner members including Ikegami and JVC Professional, DTE Technology is the ideal choice for professional DV disk recording.

Eliminate Capturing!
Capturing, or the task of transferring hours of footage from tape to disk, is a real time process that comes between acquisition and creation. Research shows that most editors spend about 25 hours per month just capturing. That is 37 workdays a year that are unproductive! With DTE Technology, edit-ready clips are recorded directly to internal or external FireWire disk drives as Native NLE file formats while they are shot!

Why Native File Formats?
Any video professional knows not all NLE systems use the same DV based file format. The unique ability of DTE Technology to record in NLE native file format such as DV OMF for Avid Express DV, QuickTime for Apple Final Cut and AVI 2 for Adobe Premiere, means footage is identical to the format your NLE captures in. This means clips can be used directly in the NLE's timeline without having to transfer or convert files before use. When connected to a Mac or PC-based DV NLE system, a drive with DTE recorded clips will appear on the desktop, and the clips can be dragged straight to the NLE's timeline. No capturing, no file transfer, no file conversion, no connection hassles. You'll be editing seconds after you have finished shooting.

DTE Technology File Formats?
FireStore series disk recorders feature seven different file formats and more are being added all the time. Any of the DTE based file formats can be selected on FireStore units. Current formats are