Special Edition
For the first time in over three years, To the Point is breaking its Friday rhythm to deliver some special news. After nearly two years of focused development, Lightpoint’s forensic video analysis software, vPrism, is launching… and you're getting priority access.
vPrism was designed by Lightpoint and developed by Videolabs, the team behind VLC (6+ billion downloads). Their engineering team brings deep expertise across playback, codecs, and core video infrastructure. The result is a tool built to match our workflows, backed by elite video engineering.
As our colleague Jarrod Carter recently wrote: “Video is designed to lie to you. You need to know how to meticulously interrogate it so the truth is revealed. Perry Mason style: smooth, affable, incisive, and relentless.”
That's our goal: to give the community a forensic-grade tool for deep, methodical examination of video evidence. One that provides reliable playback, frame-level timing, access to deep metadata, visualization of how encoders handle each macroblock, and a suite of processing tools. It’s built to support the creation of forensically sound exhibits, with every action captured in a complete, reversible history.
A big part of the decision to build vPrism was to create a solution that reflects how we believe the community should be treated. That means making things as frictionless as possible: transparent and reasonable pricing, easy purchasing, no contracts, Lightpoint-level support, and a floating license.
“vPrism feels like a tool that’s being developed by someone who actually does this kind of work as opposed to a software company trying to break into the space without really knowing what matters.”
On that note, we’ll be continuously developing. As shown here, several additions are already in progress, including speed calculations, pixel measurement, and PDF reporting. If there’s something else you’d like to see, just click the “Request a Feature” link on the product page.
So, that’s why we built vPrism and that’s my pitch! We’re limiting the initial release to 100 licenses so we can provide a high level of support and will expand availability from there.
Click the button below to see the program in action, read feedback from the initial test group, download a trial, or secure a license.
Thanks for your support over the years, it means everything to us.
Keep exploring,
Lou Peck
Lightpoint | JSForensics