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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Avid Interplay (discontinued)

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/AAvid's Interplay media asset management solultion has been discontinued and replaced by MediaCentral, a collaborative and customizable media workflow and management platform.N/A

    CONTENTdm

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/ACONTENTdm is a DAM for libraries, from OCLC headquartered in Dublin, Ohio.N/A
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    Avid Interplay (discontinued)CONTENTdm
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    Avid Interplay (discontinued)CONTENTdm
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Avid Interplay (discontinued)CONTENTdm
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Avid Interplay (discontinued)CONTENTdm
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Avid Technology
    The Avid eco-system is extremely reliable. There are multiple pieces working together to transcode, index, and archive media. Needing minimal maintenance and upgrades. Avid support is extensive and can be reached 24/7 at any time of the year. I recommend this product to any production team that wants a long term, reliable asset manager
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    OCLC
    CONTENTdm is well-suited for smaller organizations as a simple solution to present a digital collection on the web. If your need is complex and requires digital preservation as part of the workflow, it may not be the best solution.
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    Pros
    Avid Technology
    • Quickly find video clips and view them right away
    • Keep projects organized
    • Can archive and restore media
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    OCLC
    • Constant URLs
    • User interface is good
    • Run by OCLC, not likely to disappear
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    Cons
    Avid Technology
    • The same media can be imported more than once by multiple users, creating duplicates. A way for the user to be prompted that this media already exists before the import.
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    OCLC
    • As a digital asset management system, one would expect the capability of managing preservation, which CONTENTdm lacks.
    • Lack of batch updating and other advanced metadata management capabilities.
    • The usage statistics does not work, and the company is not planning to fix it, at least based the interaction with tech support staff. Customers were referred to use Google Analytics.
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    Avid Technology
    Final Cut Server was a mess and wasn't really supported by Apple anymore when we were last using it. Avid has good support and we know they're going to be around and support their products. It's also just a better fit for our workflow in terms of producing content, as well as archival and storage solutions.
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    OCLC
    We selected CONTENTdm because it had a good reputation, was used by many institutions, provided a good product, and supplied feedback and monthly reports. We are wondering about DPLA and if that will be the next evolution or platform.
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    Return on Investment
    Avid Technology
    • Media can used as it's being ingested for quick turn arounds in live events.
    • Direct posting social media features within the app.
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    OCLC
    • It helped us to get started with our digital collections projects at a relatively low cost.
    • As our needs grew, it became apparent that we needed something more powerful, and that provides better workflows and better statistics and is able to handle the whole life cycle of digitation projects.
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