Streamlining Broadcast Editing: Adobe Premiere Pro with EditShare and Helmut FX
How can broadcasters harness Adobe Premiere Pro’s flexibility without workflow chaos? In busy broadcast environments, Adobe’s openness and flexibility often lead to issues with shared assets going missing or offline, often disrupting deadlines. Helmut FX steps in as the project manager to structure Premiere Pro for broadcast teams. Combined with EditShare’s infrastructure, it delivers administrative control and creativity. Perfect for newsrooms working around the clock or sports productions demanding rapid turnarounds.
What Is Helmut FX, and How Does It Manage Premiere Pro?
Helmut FX centralizes Premiere Pro project tasks for teams. It automates creation, search, opening, editing, and archiving. Custom metadata filters make finding files instant. Role-based access lets admins set presets for users or groups, approving only vetted assets.
In broadcasts, Helmut FX adapts Premiere Pro’s open style to strict needs. It integrates with Active Directory for single sign-on and user groups. The Stream Debugger logs steps to pinpoint problems fast. Custom menus create workflows aligned to the news rhythm in a studio. Auto-backups with easy restores secure files in high-pressure scenarios. Hlemut also expands the ecosystem to other industry-standard applications, such as VizRT for graphics.
How Does EditShare’s EFS Provide Shared Video Storage and Collaborative Video Storage?
EditShare’s EFS offers high-speed shared video storage and collaborative video storage for media teams. Projects and media live in organized spaces on EFS, scaling to petabytes without lags.
What Role Does FLOW Play in Production Asset Management?
EditShare’s FLOW handles production asset management. Its Panel integrates into Premiere Pro, allowing editors to search, browse, and import clips without leaving the Adobe interface. FLOW eliminates file hunts; every user (subject to their granted permissions!) can access everything from a single library. FLOW’s API links straight to Helmut FX, enabling complete project workflows in large Adobe environments.
Helmut FX, FLOW, and EFS connect via APIs to orchestrate projects, users, mediaspaces, and assets. Helmut and FLOW maintain ongoing syncs, linking assets and metadata throughout the process. When starting a Premiere Pro project, Helmut automatically builds the mediaspace and matching FLOW location from templates. These templates can define storage paths, codecs, ingest/export rules, and essentials like scratch disks, frame rates, and bin structures for uniform outputs.
How Does FLOW Ingest Support Live News and Sports Workflows?
For news and sports, FLOW Ingest captures live feeds and routes them directly to editing. Ingest from baseband or NDI directing into Premiere Pro, minimizing delays. The growing timeline in Premiere Pro is perfect for breaking news or game highlights that need a fast turnaround
It connects to NRCS systems like Octopus. Reporters start stories from Octopus, syncing a project to FLOW for immediate Premiere Pro access. Editors import via the panel, cut footage, and export to playout. Octopus placeholders update with finals, streamlining from capture to air.
What Is the Value Proposition of Helmut FX, FLOW, and EFS Together?
This stack automates up to 20% of manual work, boosting creative time. Standardized setups and quick asset pulls accelerate news and sports edits for on-site or remote teams. A central dashboard searches projects, metadata, and sequences.
Efficiency Gains: Reduces errors and speeds collaboration.
Scalability: Handles growing teams and content volumes.
Security: Enforces access and backups for compliance.
For 24/7 broadcasts, it cuts delays, ramps up production speed, and expands easily. Broadcasters chasing peak efficiency get a setup tailored for the edit suite.
FAQ: Adobe Premiere Pro with EditShare and Helmut FX
Q: Does this integration keep editors in the Adobe UI?
A: Yes, FLOW’s Panel and Helmut FX ensure all asset management happens inside Premiere Pro.
Q: How does it support fast sports turnarounds?
A: Real-time ingest and auto-project setup cut edit times from hours to minutes.
Q: Is it compatible with NRCS like Octopus?
A: Fully, users in Octopus NRCS can automatically create projects in Editshare for end-to-end news flows.
A single missed frame or out-of-sync audio can disrupt your production schedule, increase costs, and damage your brand reputation. Which is why quality can’t be negotiable in your media workflow.
Whether you’re delivering corporate communications, streaming a live sports event, or producing binge-worthy content, your audience expects flawless results. A single technical glitch, like corrupted frames or the wrong color space, can erode trust and cost you money.
The challenge? Media teams are under tight deadlines, working with huge file sizes, and often spread across multiple locations. Manually checking every file is unrealistic. That’s why automated quality control (QC) is no longer optional, but essential.
With FLOW, EditShare makes quality control seamless, integrating powerful QC solutions directly into your workflow so every piece of media is checked, verified, and ready for delivery, without slowing you down.
Why Quality Control is Critical for Media Teams
Brand Reputation – Poor-quality content affects credibility and trust.
Compliance – Broadcasters, OTT platforms, and corporate networks have strict delivery specs.
Cost Savings – Catching issues early avoids costly rework, reshoots, or distribution delays.
When you build QC into your workflow, you protect your production pipeline and ensure your team focuses on creativity, not troubleshooting preventable errors.
The Role of QC in a Modern Media Workflow
Today’s workflows aren’t confined to a single edit suite or on-prem server. Teams work remotely, pulling content from shared storage, and delivering across multiple platforms.
Without a robust QC process:
Errors can slip through during ingest, transcoding, or distribution.
Remote teams may never catch problems until final delivery.
Archives risk being filled with faulty or incomplete assets.
That’s where FLOW Automation + QC integration steps in.
How FLOW Simplifies QC for Distributed Teams
FLOW connects your media asset management, automation tools, and QC checks into one cohesive system. Here’s how it works:
1. Automated QC Workflows
With FLOW Automation, you can:
Trigger QC tasks as soon as files land in your storage.
Run test plans that check for audio/video integrity, compliance, and format specs.
Automatically move passed files into approved folders and flag failed files for review.
2. Seamless Integration with Industry-Leading QC Tools
FLOW integrates with solutions like Interra Baton QC and QScan to deliver AI-driven quality checks without leaving your MAM environment. You’ll get:
Detailed PDF reports linked to your media assets.
Automated pass/fail indicators.
Complete visibility on QC status across all projects.
QC Analysis Markers per asset in FLOW (QScan Only)
3. Remote Access for Review & Approval
Using FLOW, your QC results, proxy previews, and reports are accessible from anywhere. This means:
Distributed teams can approve or flag assets in real time.
No more emailing large files or waiting for uploads.
Faster turnaround for time-sensitive projects.
Best Practices for QC in Media Workflows
Automate everything possible – QC should run in the background without slowing your team down.
Integrate QC at ingest – Catch issues before they cascade into your edit timeline.
Standardize QC templates – Define presets for different delivery platforms.
Combine QC with metadata tagging – Easier tracking for future audits or re-delivery.
Benefits of Using FLOW for QC
Traditional QC
QC with FLOW
Manual checks on local files
Automated QC on ingest
Limited visibility for remote teams
Full remote review via FLOW
Reports stored separately
Reports linked to media assets
Risk of missed deadlines
Faster, compliant delivery
FAQ: Quality Control in FLOW
Does FLOW handle QC natively?
FLOW integrates with top QC platforms like Interra Baton to automate and manage QC tasks within your workflow. *Subject to licenses
Can QC workflows run automatically?
Yes! With FLOW Automation, QC can run as soon as files are ingested, no manual triggers required.
How do remote teams access QC reports?
Through FLOW, users can log in and preview proxies from anywhere.
Does QC affect proxy workflows?
Not at all. QC runs on the original media, while FLOW continues generating proxies for remote editing.
Can FLOW QC help with compliance for OTT and broadcast?
Absolutely. Automated QC ensures your files meet platform specifications every time.
Ready to Build QC into Your Workflow?
Quality control doesn’t have to slow you down. With FLOW’s integrated QC capabilities, your media stays compliant, your teams stay productive, and your audience gets flawless content every time.
At EditShare, we’re all about shared storage for video teams, and we’re super excited to talk about DaVinci Resolve® 20, Blackmagic Design’s latest release that’s bursting with over 100 new features.
This update is like a turbo boost for editors, colorists, VFX artists, and audio folks, blending slick AI tools with intuitive features to make your workflow smoother from start to finish.
There’s so much to unpack, we can’t cover it all, but trust us, it’s a total game-changer for video editing, shared storage, and team collaboration.
AI Tools That Feel Like Magic
DaVinci Resolve® 20’s AI features are like having a creative sidekick.
AI IntelliScript takes your script and builds a timeline by matching audio to clips, picking the best takes for you.
Want to grab your audience’s attention? AI Animated Subtitles make words pop on screen as they’re spoken.
For multicam projects, AI Multicam SmartSwitch automatically selects camera angles based on who’s talking, using audio and lip-sync smarts.
And for audio? AI Audio Assistant balances dialogue, tweaks effects, and whips up a professional mix in seconds, perfect for fast-paced collaborative video storage environments.
Collaborate Anywhere, Anytime
DaVinci Resolve® 20’s Blackmagic Cloud integration makes shared video storage a breeze for teams across the globe. You can host project libraries, sync media, and work together in real time with editors, colorists, and more.
The new URL-based guest access for Presentations lets clients without accounts jump in to review, add notes, or chat instantly. For bigger teams, the Organizations app simplifies group management, storage access, and even Studio license rentals, ideal for scaling video editing storage solutions.
While Blackmagic Cloud has its place, EditShare EFS takes it to the next level with unbeatable performance, scalability, and security for your post-production shared storage needs.
Editing and Finishing Made Easy
The Cut and Edit pages now have a keyframe editor and voiceover palette that make tweaking a snap, plus safe trimming to avoid oops moments.
Colorists, you’ll love Chroma Warp for easy color tweaks and UltraNR for AI-powered noise reduction that keeps every detail crisp.
Fusion steps up with deep image compositing and multi-layer PSD support, while Fairlight brings 6-band EQ, AI panning, and Ambisonic surround for immersive sound. Smarter proxies with one-click switching and auto-generation mean lightning-fast edits on post-production shared storage.
EditShare + Resolve 20: Your Dream Team
What makes Resolve 20 even better? Our FLOW Production asset management platform. The DaVinci Resolve® panel is built right into FLOW, letting you tap into shared storage for video teams without missing a beat. Jump into projects, manage assets, and collaborate, all while using FLOW’s powerful review, approval, and metadata tools.
Plus, you can run the Resolve project server directly on an EditShare EFS node for rock-solid performance and scalability in multi-user setups. For those chasing top-tier quality, our new EditShare Ultimate NVMe system delivers a jaw-dropping 24 GB/s, letting Resolve users tackle uncompressed 8K workflows without a hitch.
Whether you’re rocking EditShare’s high-performance video editing shared storage or building a remote team, this combo brings unmatched efficiency to collaborative video storage.
If you’ve ever lost an afternoon hunting for that one clip buried across different drives, or wasted hours re-uploading media because no one could find the latest version, you’re not alone.
Modern production teams juggle thousands of media assets scattered across local storage, nearline systems, and the cloud. The result? Missed deadlines, duplicated work, and frustrated creatives.
The Solution: FLOW Core
FLOW Core is the backbone of your production asset management system, giving creative teams a centralized, searchable media asset management system that keeps everything organized and accessible, no matter where it’s stored.
From metadata tagging to proxy workflows, FLOW Core ensures your content is always accessible and ready for action by offering smart media management at scale, built for collaboration and speed.
Reduce time spent searching, sorting, or duplicating media.
Role-specific UI
FLOW Core is built for producers, loggers, editors, assistants, and media managers.
How FLOW Core Powers Video Teams
Centralized Media Library – A single, searchable hub for all your content.
Workflow Efficiency – Designed for role-based workflows with unlimited licenses.
Creative Freedom – Spend less time managing files and more time telling stories.
Add More FLOW Power as You Scale
FLOW Production Nodes – Speed up proxy generation and transcoding for multiple deliverables.
FLOW Automation – Design automated workflows to eliminate guesswork and repetitive tasks.
AI Integration – Use AI for transcription, speech-to-text, and searchable soundbites for faster edits.
Live Capture – Add FLOW Ingest capabilities for Live Capture of multiple live streams with Live Logging capabilities using the Logger tool
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is FLOW Core used for?
A: FLOW Core provides media asset management that centralizes your content across multiple storage tiers, enabling smart search, proxy workflows, and seamless collaboration.
Q: Does FLOW Core support hybrid workflows?
A: Yes, FLOW Core works across on-prem, nearline, cloud, and tape storage, making it ideal for hybrid and remote teams.
Q: How does FLOW Core integrate with video editing software?
A: FLOW Core includes panels for Adobe Premiere and DaVinci Resolve, allowing editors to import assets, subclips, and sequences directly from FLOW into their NLE.
Every production team, whether a small workgroup or a global facility, needs storage that keeps media safe and available. The kind of protection you need depends on scale. That’s why EditShare EFS uses two layers of redundancy:
RAID 6 inside each node for intra-drive-level protection in smaller setups
XOR parity distributes data and parity blocks across multiple nodes, enabling recovery from the complete failure of a single node
This approach ensures you get the right balance of efficiency, performance, and resilience at any size.
Protection for Small Teams: RAID 6
On a single node, EFS uses RAID 6. This means your system can survive two drive failures in that node without losing access to your media. For many small teams, that’s enough resilience to keep projects moving while drives are swapped out.
Protection for Large Teams: XOR Across Nodes
When you grow into three or more nodes, EFS adds cluster-level protection. This is where XOR parity comes in.
XOR (short for Exclusive OR) is the math behind parity. It works by comparing blocks of data across drives and recording a checksum. If one drive or even an entire node is lost, the system can rebuild the missing data by recalculating it from the remaining blocks.
In EFS, this means:
The cluster can tolerate the failure of a full node, in an EFS 310 deployment up to 16 drives, without taking your media offline.
Your system doesn’t lose a heartbeat, nor does it lose bandwidth, as we have calculated that level of protection into the bandwidth numbers we provide you.
Recovery is faster than with traditional RAID because data and parity are spread across multiple nodes, reducing stress on any single drive.
Why Not Mirroring?
Mirroring works by duplicating everything, which is simple but expensive, you lose half your storage capacity to redundancy. At the Petabyte scale, that cost adds up quickly. EFS gives you stronger protection without wasting space.
Bottom Line
For small systems, RAID 6 keeps your media safe at the drive level. As you scale, XOR parity across nodes takes protection further, guarding against node failures while maintaining performance and efficiency.
With EFS, you don’t have to rethink storage as you grow; resilience and linear bandwidth scale with you.
RAID 6 protects data at the drive level within a single node, allowing up to two drives to fail without data loss. XOR parity works at the cluster level, distributing data and parity across multiple nodes so that even if an entire node fails, media remains online and accessible.
If you’re a smaller team running a single EFS node, RAID 6 is usually enough. Once you scale to three or more nodes, XOR parity provides additional protection against full-node failures, which becomes critical at larger sizes.
No. EFS factors XOR parity into its bandwidth calculations. You get the published performance numbers with parity protection included, so your throughput stays consistent even under protection.
Traditional RAID puts stress on a limited number of drives during rebuilds, which can be slow. EFS spreads data and parity across multiple nodes, so recovery is faster and less taxing on any single drive.
Mirroring duplicates all data, which is simple but highly inefficient. It cuts usable capacity in half, which is costly at petabyte scale. EFS provides strong protection without wasting storage.
In a cluster with three or more nodes, the system stays online and maintains bandwidth. Media remains available, and the missing data is rebuilt automatically from parity.
Yes. As you add nodes, EFS automatically extends resilience and scales bandwidth. You don’t have to redesign your setup or rethink protection as your needs increase.
IBC 2025 was an incredible event, not only for EditShare, but for the entire media and entertainment industry. This year, we showcased innovations that are redefining what’s possible for creators working in a fast-paced, content-hungry world.
The industry is rapidly evolving. With growing demands for 4K, 8K, and file-per-frame workflows, and the continued shift to remote and distributed production, media teams need solutions that deliver speed, scalability, and security without compromise. At EditShare, we’re meeting those challenges head-on.
Our 2025.2.0 release is a major leap forward. Here’s what stood out at IBC:
Smarter Workflows with AI
We’ve embedded cutting-edge AI capabilities into FLOW, transforming content management and automation. These tools allow teams to organize, search, and process media faster than ever, freeing up time for creativity.
Global Collaboration Made Simple
The new ‘Send To Site’ feature in FLOW enables secure, high-speed media transfers across locations, perfect for hybrid and multi-site productions.
And with the MediaSilo + Louper.io integration for synchronized global content review, teams can collaborate in real time from anywhere in the world.
Next-Generation Storage Performance
We introduced high-performance NVMe storage solutions, including a brand-new 24-drive NVMe node, delivering unparalleled speed for demanding workflows.
Our expanded EFS storage family now offers cost-effective NVMe options and hybrid systems that blend HDD and NVMe, giving customers ultimate flexibility and performance.
Security and Reliability at the Core
Security remains a top priority. We’ve rolled out enhanced forensic watermarking and geo-restrictions, ensuring content is protected at every stage. Plus, our advanced disaster recovery tools provide peace of mind with robust data protection and restoration.
Seamless Creative Integrations
Finally, we unveiled new integrations, including a DaVinci Resolve panel, designed to keep editors in their flow while working on shared projects.
These advancements aren’t just about technology, but about empowering creators to work smarter, faster, and more securely, no matter where they are.
At EditShare, our mission is simple: to give media professionals the tools to thrive in a rapidly changing landscape. The excitement and feedback from IBC 2025 reaffirm that we’re on the right path.
If you didn’t get a chance to see these innovations in person, explore them now on our website. Together, let’s push the boundaries of what’s possible in media production.
Whether you’re working on a high-profile project, collaborating with a large team remotely, or need to impress your client, you need tools that make sharing content fast, secure, and insightful. That’s where MediaSilo, the industry-leading cloud-based video feedback tool, comes in.
MediaSilo helps teams streamline video review and approval workflows, organize projects, and ensure secure collaboration for post-production. Here are three powerful features that will save you time, keep your links updated, and give you the visibility you need to stay in control.
1. Use Distribution Lists for Faster Sharing
Do you often share video content with the same group of people? Instead of typing email addresses one by one, take advantage of MediaSilo’s distribution lists.
This feature allows you to save groups of users and non-users for quick sharing. Simply enter your recipients in the Share wizard and select “Save Distribution List.” Anytime you need to share files with that group, just select the list from your workspace.
2. Add or Remove Files from Sent Links (Without Resending)
Need to update a sent link with new files or remove outdated ones? MediaSilo makes it easy to organize video teams and reviewers online without creating a new link every time.
Here’s how to do it in three simple steps:
Navigate to any Project and open the left-side panel to access Sent Links.
Open the link you want to edit and view the files inside.
Drag new files from your Projects, remove files by clicking the “x” icon, or re-order files directly in this panel.
Pro Tip: Assets from a watermarked project cannot be added to a public share link. Learn more about the Insights panel in this short video.
3. Track Engagement with Viewer Progress Bars in Insights
Sharing is only half the job. Knowing what happens next is just as critical. With MediaSilo Insights, you can see exactly who viewed your link, what files they engaged with, and how much progress they’ve made.
Navigate to your Insights dashboard to access all engagement data in real time:
See individual viewer progress on each asset
Track activity across video review and approval software
Access geo-location maps and breakdowns by viewer or file
When someone says “I’ve seen it,” you’ll know for sure.
How MediaSilo Improves Your Sharing Workflow
Your Needs
Other Tools Give You…
MediaSilo Give You…
Fast, secure video sharing with repeat collaborators
Manual email entry every time you share
Distribution Lists to save and reuse recipient groups
Flexibility to update links without resending
Requires creating new links for every update
Editable links so you can add/remove files anytime
Insight into viewer engagement and approval progress
Limited analytics (basic view counts)
Media review workflow management with real-time activity tracking in Insights
With these features, MediaSilo isn’t just about sending files, it’s about managing the entire video collaboration and review process with clarity and control.
FAQs: MediaSilo Sharing and Insights
Q1: How does MediaSilo help with video review and approval workflows? MediaSilo simplifies video review and approval software processes by centralizing comments, approvals, and analytics in one platform. Teams can securely share, review, and track progress without juggling multiple tools.
Q2: Can I use MediaSilo for remote video collaboration?
Yes. MediaSilo is a cloud-based video feedback tool designed for remote teams. It enables secure collaboration for post-production, allowing stakeholders to review and approve assets from anywhere.
Q3: How do Insights improve media review workflow management?
Insights provide real-time data on viewer engagement, including who viewed, downloaded, or approved assets. This makes media review workflow management more efficient by reducing guesswork and improving accountability.
Q4: Is MediaSilo secure for client-facing projects?
Absolutely. MediaSilo offers enterprise-grade security, ensuring your projects remain protected while enabling organized video teams and reviewers online for smooth collaboration.
Q5: What makes MediaSilo the best choice for creative teams?
Unlike basic file-sharing tools, MediaSilo combines video review and approval software, collaboration tools, and workflow analytics into one platform, ideal for creative teams working on tight deadlines.
In creative production, sending work out for review is routine, but the activity that follows is what really drives a project forward. Because once you hit send, your next steps depend on a few key questions:
Did the right people review the content?
Which assets got the most attention?
Who downloaded, commented on, or approved which assets, and when?
Too often, this visibility is missing. You send the latest cut to your team, the deadline is days away, and every round of feedback matters. But hours pass, then days, and you still don’t know if anyone has looked at it.
Without answers, deadlines slip, assets sit untouched, and decisions get made without knowing if the right people have seen the right materials. Most review platforms don’t help much; they might show basic view counts, but not who viewed what, when, or for how long, and even that limited data is often scattered across multiple places.
When Visibility Breaks Down
This lack of visibility leads to:
Wasted time: Manually following up with reviewers just to confirm basic activity.
Missed opportunities: Not realizing a key stakeholder never opened the link before a deadline.
Reduced accountability: No clear audit trail of downloads, comments, or approvals tied to specific viewers and assets.
When these gaps compound, projects stall, feedback loops slow, and the team’s ability to make confident, data-informed decisions suffers. In high-stakes creative workflows, that’s not a risk you can afford.
How MediaSilo Solves This with Insights
At MediaSilo, we believe you should be able to see the full story of your share. Every view, comment, download, and approval is a chapter in that story, and it shouldn’t take multiple tools or guesswork to piece it together.
That’s why we built Insights: to give you a complete, real-time picture of activity, so you always know exactly how your content is being received.
The Ask
Other Platforms Give You…
MediaSilo Gives You…
I need a clear way to see all activity on my shared content, without having to manually search across multiple links and files to piece the information together.
Most platforms offer surface-level analytics, showing only total views without revealing exactly who engaged or what actions they took.
A centralized Insights dashboard that consolidates all engagement data in one place, with the ability to drill into asset histories and viewer actions for a complete view of activity.
I need to track all my shared content in one place, not just the links I’ve created.
In many tools, you can only see the shares you personally created, leaving administrators in the dark about other team activity.
Admin visibility into every link created in your workspace by any user, ensuring complete oversight across all projects.
I need a quick way to match viewers with the assets they’ve engaged with.
Without cross-referencing, it’s hard to tell which viewer saw which assets, especially when they’re spread across multiple links or presentations.
Easily switch between “Viewers” and “Assets”: click a viewer to see every asset they’ve engaged with, or click an asset to see everyone who’s viewed, downloaded, or approved it.
I want to know where an asset has been shared and how it’s performing across all links.
Many platforms can’t trace a single file across multiple share points, limiting performance insights.
Asset-centric reporting shows every share link containing that file, plus the full list of viewers and their engagement history.
With Insights, you can stop guessing and start knowing. In fast-moving workflows, a clear, actionable view into who did what, when – from views to downloads to approvals – is the difference between a smooth, confident delivery and a chaotic follow-up scramble.
Every share link becomes a measurable touchpoint. Instead of chasing updates, you’ll have:
A clear record of every viewer’s activity.
Instant visibility into asset performance across links.
Full workspace oversight for administrators.
The right video review and approval software should do more than collect comments; it should provide analytics across the entire feedback process. That data is what connects media review workflow management, giving teams the clarity they need to stay aligned and keep work moving.
MediaSilo’s Insights feature makes this possible by turning feedback into clear data on who engaged, how, and when – all in one place. With that visibility, you can cut down on guesswork, make faster decisions, and focus your time on the work that matters most.
1. What is MediaSilo Insights? MediaSilo Insights is a feature within our video review and approval software that gives you a real-time view of engagement across all your shared content. It shows who viewed, commented, downloaded, or approved your media, ensuring full transparency and accountability.
2. How does MediaSilo improve media review workflow management? By consolidating all engagement data in one dashboard, MediaSilo eliminates the need for manual tracking. You can see exactly which assets were reviewed, by whom, and when—streamlining your video review workflow and reducing delays.
3. Is MediaSilo secure for sharing sensitive post-production content? Yes. MediaSilo is built for secure collaboration for post-production, offering watermarking, expiring links, and enterprise-grade encryption to keep your media safe during the review process.
4. Can MediaSilo handle large, high-resolution video files? Absolutely. MediaSilo supports large files, making it ideal for creative teams working with 4K or even higher-resolution media. It’s designed for modern video workflows that demand both performance and security.
In our modern media landscape, production teams are pushed to create more content than ever, often from remote or unpredictable environments. Whether you’re producing breaking news, a documentary in the field, or a high-stakes sports broadcast, the expectation is the same: immediate access to footage, real-time collaboration, and secure off-site editing.
Unfortunately, traditional workflows can’t keep up. Media often has to return to base before editing can start, connections are slow and unreliable, and teams end up working in silos, delaying production and driving up costs.
That’s where EditShare comes in. Our production asset management system is designed for hybrid and fully remote teams, giving you the tools to move files, metadata, and projects between locations without friction.
Why Remote Video Workflows Fail, and How EditShare Fixes Them
For many media organizations, outdated post-production setups make remote editing almost impossible. Large files are difficult to transfer securely, collaboration tools are siloed, and metadata often gets lost in the process. EditShare’s approach solves these issues with integrated shared storage, MAM, and automation in a single ecosystem.
EditShare Tools That Power Remote and Hybrid Production
EditShare combines three powerful tools to deliver a remote video production workflow that just works:
FLOW Automation – intelligent workflow automation for media teams that speeds delivery from the field to the edit suite.
Together, they form a video asset management workflow that’s fast, secure, and built for collaboration.
Ultimate EFS Field Unit: Portable Shared Storage Anywhere
Think of the Ultimate EFS Field Unit as a mobile post-production hub. You can set it up in minutes, collaborate with multiple users on-site, and add metadata right after capture. It’s built to handle demanding formats and workflows wherever you’re working.
Why it matters: You don’t have to wait until you’re back in the office to start work. The footage is ready to view with proxies right away, so you can add metadata, tags, and markers. All available in a portable unit with tools you know and love at base, but available on the road.
Connecting to your shared storage from the field has never been easier. With ZeroTier VPN integration, you get a fast, secure link between your field unit and your main facility, without the complexity of traditional VPNs. That means remote video editing tools that let your team keep working, even from the middle of nowhere.
Why it matters: Enable secure, high-speed remote access allowing teams to collaborate seamlessly from anywhere as if they were on the same local network.
FLOW Automation: Workflow Automation for Media Teams
FLOW Automation is where the magic of customizable automated workflows for media teams comes to life. With its “Send to Site” feature, you can:
Send raw media, proxies, and metadata back to HQ
Include searchable tags, markers, and subclips
Trigger transfers with a watch folder, an event, or even a right-click
Why it matters: Editors at your main facility don’t have to wait for physical drives to arrive, they can start cutting as soon as the media is transferred with proxies and markers already in place. No waiting, no duplicated work. Learn more about FLOW’s intelligent automation tools.
Step-by-Step Remote Video Editing Workflow
Capture media in the field with the Ultimate EFS Field Unit.
Create proxies and metadata (markers, subclips, comments) on-site.
Connect securely using ZeroTier VPN.
Send assets to HQ with FLOW Automation’s “Send to Site.”
Begin editing instantly with all your metadata in place.
Why EditShare offers the Best Media Asset Management Software for Video Teams
Portable Shared Storage – Edit anytime, anywhere.
Powerful Automation – Eliminate manual steps.
Real-Time Collaboration – Keep remote and in-studio teams in sync.
Secure Remote Access – Protect your content without slowing you down.
Scalable Workflows – Ideal for indie shoots and enterprise-level production alike.
If you’re looking for a PAM for hybrid production teams that balances speed, security, and simplicity, EditShare is built for you. You can also explore our shared video storage solutions for even more flexibility.
From documentaries and news to sports and reality TV, EditShare empowers your team to work faster, safer, and smarter, no matter where your story takes you.
Ready to build your own killer remote workflow? Contact EditShare to learn how our tools can transform your remote and hybrid production workflows.
For media teams managing massive files, tight deadlines, and fast-paced collaborative workflows, generic file servers just don’t cut it. What you need is shared video storage designed specifically for video production and post workflows.
In this article, we’ll explore how media-optimized storage differs from standard IT storage, and why making the switch can be a game-changer for creative teams.
The Key Differences Between Generic and Media-Optimized Storage
1. Bandwidth Over IOPS: Why Consistent Throughput Matters
Generic Storage: IT systems like databases and email servers are built for high IOPS (Input Output Operations Per Second). That’s fine for tiny, frequent operations like processing emails or database requests, but it fails under the sustained demands of high-bitrate video playback.
Media Storage:Shared video storage is optimized for high-bandwidth, low-latency transfers. It ensures reliable performance even during multi-stream 4K or 8K editing, no frame drops, no playback freezes, just uncomplicated real-time editing. This is essential for collaborative editing for Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve workflows.
Why it matters: Scrubbing through 8K RAW footage during a live client session? You need throughput, not IOPS. Media storage delivers performance you can count on.
2. File Management Tools That Actually Work for Video
Generic Storage: File services like Google Drive or Dropbox lack the intelligence to handle media workflows. Version control is clunky. Metadata is manual. Integrations with creative tools? Limited or nonexistent.
Media Storage: Media storage platforms include production asset management tools that allow smart versioning, automated metadata tagging, and seamless integration with NLEs like Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid, and DaVinci Resolve.
Why it matters: With advanced video review and approval software built into the workflow, your team stops wasting time searching for files and starts focusing on creativity.
3. Scaling Without Downtime or Drama
Generic IT Storage: Scaling often means downtime, migrations, and complex reconfigurations, aka production nightmares.
Media Storage: Media storage for remote post production teams scales. Add new nodes, expand bandwidth, or enable remote collaboration all without interrupting ongoing projects.
Picture this: You’re in post on a global ad campaign. An editor scrubs through 8K timelines smoothly. Your colorist joins remotely to adjust the grade. The client reviews and approves clips in real time using your video review and approval software. Meanwhile, a new storage node is added overnight without downtime. That’s what the best shared storage for video editing teams enables.
Delays in post-production workflows can cost thousands per day in idle talent, missed deadlines, and rework. Investing in shared video storage prevents bottlenecks, protects your schedule, and supports real-time collaboration for every team member no matter where they are.
Why Media Teams Deserve Better
Media professionals shouldn’t have to wrestle with tech built for spreadsheets and PDFs. You need:
Shared video storage tailored to high-res workflows
