There are many ways in which REST developers can tackle error handling. Most REST services will send some kind of error condition structure which embeds an error message describing the error and some kind of code. This is a good start. However, for some REST services the HTTP status code is not well defined. In [...]

Next week the FileCatalyst Team will be heading to Las Vegas for the always entertaining and informative NAB Show. Bringing together approximately 100,000 digital media professionals the NAB Show is the essential industry event for creative inspiration and next-generation technologies to help breathe new life into content. The FileCatalyst Team will be at Booth SL13013 [...]

Last year, the FileCatalyst team was approached with an interesting proposition. A PhD researcher from the Anhalt University, Dmitry Kachan, wanted to test multiple transfer solutions from competing vendors as part of his work. He would take a copy of our software, run some tests to see how it performed under various network conditions, and [...]

The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) is an industry-funded non-profit partnership that advocates and promotes the many benefits associated with digital production for broadcast television in the UK. The partnership also leads the standardization of technical and metadata requirements within the UK broadcast industry aiming to simplify and optimize all stages of digital production distributed via [...]

Sending media files can be challenging: FTP is slow and unreliable, attachment size limits often prevent sending via email and shipping on physical storage solutions is costly and can take days to deliver. The issues associated with transferring media files including security, reliability, efficient workflow integration, and many others. But the overriding issue is the [...]

Coming up next week, FileCatalyst will be traveling across the pond to attend the UK essential broadcast and technology event: BVE 2013, in London from February 26 to 28. This show showcases a comprehensive selection of products, services and technologies for taking content from conception to consumption, showcasing technologies and services for the production, post [...]

Ever run into issues sending large media files via email? The answer is probably yes, especially if you work in a field which requires the transfer of large format video or audio files on a daily basis. While email is great for many types of workplace communications, file size limitations (usually around 10 to 25MB) [...]

Until now FileCatalyst users have been “jailed” in their home directory. This was designed as a security feature to prevent users from browsing the file system. Users could only access files that were found within their sandbox, regardless of the underlying operating system. The flip side to the security this feature was the tight restriction [...]

In FileCatalyst Workflow and Webmail, admins have the option to create group folders, allowing users to share files and transactions with each other. However, admins may not want all users in the group to have the same level of access to those files. Based on organizational roles and responsibilities, certain users may only be permitted [...]

Aberdeen's AberFast solution enables the quick sharing of files across the globe with their cloud-based file delivery and transcoding solution. Helping to give the digital delivery system its extra oomph in file transfer speed is an integration with FileCatalyst UDP-based technology. The partnership provides clients operating in the broadcast industry a one-stop solution to upload, [...]