\u2705 Create a MASV Portal (as needed), share its URL, and receive large files from various collaborators.<\/p>\n
\u2705\u00a0 Contribute to a Portal and download files without an account; save on access permissions and hours of admin work.<\/p>\n
\u2705\u00a0 MASV keeps a detailed log of every transfer and notifies you when a recipient begins a download.<\/p>\n
\u2705\u00a0 Only pay for what you download at $0.25\/GB and avoid any costs associated with installation and training.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It’s a mainstay on productions such as <\/span>The Vampire Diaries<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>The Walking Dead<\/span><\/i>, and numerous Marvel Studios feature films.<\/span><\/p>\n Acquired by Burbank, Calif.-based Smart Post in 2019, Smart Post Atlanta is now part of a larger organization that includes additional studios in Santa Monica and Vancouver.<\/span><\/p>\n A systems engineer for <\/span>Smart Post (and previously Crawford)<\/span> since 2015, Paul Long\u2019s job is to ensure everything functions from a technical perspective \u2014 from phones to workstations<\/a> to large file transfer<\/a> solutions. \u201cI tend to just make sure everything works.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Naturally, he was immediately drawn to MASV\u2019s ultra-reliable file delivery capabilities<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_cta title=”File Transfer for Production Teams” button_url=”https:\/\/app.massive.io\/en\/signup” button_text=”Try MASV” module_class=”starttrial” _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h5″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_font_size=”27px” header_line_height=”1.3em” background_color=”#202332″ background_color_gradient_start=”#3d72e7″ background_color_gradient_end=”#202332″ background_color_gradient_direction=”206deg” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_use_color_gradient=”on” button_bg_color_gradient_start=”#3d72e7″ button_bg_color_gradient_end=”#53a0fe” button_bg_color_gradient_direction=”293deg” button_border_width=”0px” button_border_radius=”50px” button_use_icon=”off” button_custom_padding=”10px|42px|10px|42px|true|true” custom_margin=”||20px||false|false” link_option_url=”https:\/\/app.massive.io\/en\/signup” border_width_top=”10px” border_color_top=”#3d72e7″ border_color_left=”#3d72e7″ box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”-13px” box_shadow_style_button=”preset1″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_custom_padding__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_custom_padding__hover=”|2em|||false|false” button_border_width__hover=”0px”]<\/p>\n Send and receive files between set, post-production, and broadcast teams.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.14.7″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”|411px||auto|false|false” custom_padding=”0px|141px||141px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text content_tablet=”<\/p>\n ” content_phone=”<\/p>\n ” content_last_edited=”off|desktop” module_id=”challenge” _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin_tablet=”||0px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||0px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”20px||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.7″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” header_line_height=”1.3em” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”25px||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Just a few years ago Crawford Media Services used a series of heavy-duty enterprise solutions for moving large files, including two on-premises Aspera<\/a> servers and at least two Signiant<\/a> spare servers.<\/span><\/p>\n But after a while the studio was unable to justify the expense of such a complex setup \u2014 especially after transitioning from <\/span>full post-production<\/a> (video editing, color, finishing, audio, etc.) <\/span>under Crawford Media Services, to solely audio work as Smart Post.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe cost of Aspera and Signiant is pretty high, especially when you realize we\u2019re using about one percent of what we used to \u2013 and we\u2019re still paying five figures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Smart Post wanted to:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAnd MASV really spoke to me because it\u2019s just so simple,\u201d he says. \u201cIf a client needs to send us something, it\u2019s just so easy to send them a link to our MASV Portal<\/a>. It just makes sense to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Smart Post brought MASV into its workflows several years ago, and at this point, Long says it has become a signature tool in the company\u2019s technical arsenal<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” background_color=”#f2f4f9″ custom_padding=”3%|3%|3%|3%|true|true” custom_padding_last_edited=”off|desktop” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n \ud83d\udca1 Related: <\/span><\/strong>Ears Don\u2019t Blink: The Role of a Sound Designer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_cta title=”Enterprise File Transfer (Without The Headache)” button_url=”https:\/\/app.massive.io\/en\/signup” button_text=”Try MASV” module_class=”starttrial” _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h5″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_font_size=”27px” header_line_height=”1.3em” background_color=”#202332″ background_color_gradient_start=”#3d72e7″ background_color_gradient_end=”#202332″ background_color_gradient_direction=”206deg” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_use_color_gradient=”on” button_bg_color_gradient_start=”#3d72e7″ button_bg_color_gradient_end=”#53a0fe” button_bg_color_gradient_direction=”293deg” button_border_width=”0px” button_border_radius=”50px” button_use_icon=”off” button_custom_padding=”10px|42px|10px|42px|true|true” custom_margin=”||20px||false|false” link_option_url=”https:\/\/app.massive.io\/en\/signup” border_width_top=”10px” border_color_top=”#3d72e7″ border_color_left=”#3d72e7″ box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”-13px” box_shadow_style_button=”preset1″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_custom_padding__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_custom_padding__hover=”|2em|||false|false” button_border_width__hover=”0px”]<\/p>\n High-performance file transfers without the cost and complexity of those other guys.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.14.7″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”|411px|0px|auto|false|false” custom_padding=”0px|141px|0px|141px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text content_tablet=”<\/p>\n ” content_phone=”<\/p>\n ” content_last_edited=”off|desktop” module_id=”solution” _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin_tablet=”||0px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||0px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”20px||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.7″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” header_line_height=”1.3em” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”25px||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Because Smart Post performs ADR work that requires playing dialogue cues for actors delivering replacement lines, the company still <\/span>works with large video files<\/a> on a daily basis<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n Indeed, mixer and sound designer Greg Crawford says Smart Post sometimes replaces every line of dialogue in a production.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019d be surprised how much dialogue is replaced in films and TV,\u201d he explains.<\/span><\/p>\n That means it\u2019s up to Smart Post to make those productions sound good.<\/span><\/p>\n The studio regularly deals with QuickTime video files<\/a> of up to 150 GBs along with separate audio files, usually around one GB.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Smart Post has an internal network for its production workflow segmented into multiple VLANs to handle all that content.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt all comes to one place, which keeps things very secure for us,\u201d Long says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Security is a requirement for doing business with most major film studios, which means MASV\u2019s secure file transfer<\/a> solution fits perfectly.<\/span><\/p>\n Smart Post has to be extra picky about the large file transfer solutions used by it and its partners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOur security requirements are very stringent. 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You open up the Portal and drag your file here. I mean, it really can’t be any simpler.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n MASV doesn\u2019t even require Smart Post Atlanta\u2019s partners to log in<\/span><\/strong> to send or receive a file.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWith other platforms, like Signiant and Aspera, I have to create a login for every user on every project. Just managing that took hours a week.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n MASV is also useful when employees are offsite at Smart Post Atlanta\u2019s <\/span>second location<\/span> set up at <\/span>Trilith Studios<\/span><\/a>, home of several Marvel films. \u201cI\u2019ll just MASV stuff to myself\u201d if content needs to move between locations, Long says. \u201cIt makes things so simple for us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Finally, Long says MASV\u2019s consistent fast speeds and reasonable cost are important additional benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMASV\u2019s speeds are always extremely consistent and are always among the highest of any of the other services that we use.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” background_color=”#f2f4f9″ custom_padding=”3%|3%|3%|3%|true|true” custom_padding_last_edited=”off|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n\n
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Who is Apache?<\/h2>\n
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MASV: Better File Transfer Right Out of the Box<\/h2>\n
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A Need to Reduce Complexity and Cost<\/h2>\n
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MASV – A Stable, Easy to Use, and Secure Solution<\/h2>\n
Smart Post’s Secure File Delivery Workflow<\/h3>\n
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