PixelStrings®
High-Performance Media Transformation, Built for the Business of Content.
PixelStrings® is Cinnafilm’s® powerful conversion platform for file based media. PixelStrings is trusted by the world’s leading studios, streamers, and broadcasters to transform their most valuable content. Whether you’re managing global content pipelines, a media archive or a small creative team, PixelStrings gives you the flexibility to work how you want and where you want.
What Can You Do with PixelStrings?
PixelStrings brings together Cinnafilm’s most advanced processing tools in one platform:
Pricing and Deployment Models
At Cinnafilm, we believe that the customer is the best person to decide how they want to work with our products. Whether it’s SaaS or running on your own infrastructure, with usage-based or subscription-based pricing, we offer PixelStrings in three different ways to suit your needs.
| PixelStrings FLEX | PixelStrings GO | PixelStrings PLUS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Customer infrastructure (physical/virtual/cloud) | Customer infrastructure (physical/virtual/cloud) | Hosted SaaS |
| Scalability | Supports multi-machine clustering | Single machine only | Up to 100 simultaneous jobs per account |
| License / Cost Model | Annual per-machine license | Annual subscription license + usage (for some features) | Annual subscription + usage |
| Best For | High-volume processing in the customer’s environment | Low volume, budget-sensitive processing in the customer's environment | Highly scalable SaaS / Opex operation |
| Available Tools | Transcode, Tachyon, Dark Energy, Skywalker Sound Tools, Tachyon Wormhole, Dark Energy Xenon | Transcode, Tachyon, Dark Energy, Skywalker Sound Tools | Transcode, Tachyon, Dark Energy, Skywalker Sound Tools, Tachyon Wormhole, Dark Energy Xenon |
| Rest API | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Browser-Based UI | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Storage | Bring Your Own | Bring Your Own | Managed Storage included. Connect to S3-compatible cloud storage |
| Technical Support |
Why Companies Choose PixelStrings
Cinnafilm has set the standard for video and audio processing for decades. Media companies around the world rely on our tools because we focus on doing one thing extremely well: helping you deliver content that looks and sounds exceptional.
- Proven reliability in high-pressure environments
- Quality that clears the strictest QC checks
- Flexible deployment to match your infrastructure
- Modular licensing that adapts as your needs change
- Support for today’s – and tomorrow’s – delivery formats
