A single PCI Express form factor board and packaged with a full version of the latest EDIUS editing software, HDSTORM allows you to work with HDMI inputs and outputs and has a Canopus HQ hardware codec built-in for optimized, CPU-free capture and export of files.

HDSTORM empowers you with constantly synched, full-resolution preview of effects and content directly from the EDIUS timeline. The power of having the Canopus HQ codec on-board means you won’t be restricted by CPU speeds or workstation limitations when ingesting or creating high-quality Canopus HQ AVI files for editing. Keeping the compression processing separate from your CPU brings new reliability and system performance to the editing and effects creation environment.

Working as a perfect combination of software and hardware, HDSTORM can handle any mix of HD and SD video content; unlimited video, audio, title, and graphics layers; and any combination of real-time effects.

If you are still making the transition to an all-digital, high-definition workflow, you can purchase the optional HDSTORM Bay (see opposite) at any time, to add a comprehensive set of analog inputs and outputs.
The HDSTORM Bay is included as standard with the full HDSTORM Plus package.

Onboard Canopus HQ Codec Chip – Capture and Encode with the Best
Already a prominent part of the EDIUS software legacy, the Canopus HQ codec offers supreme visual quality without the excessive hard disk storage costs normally associated with HD video ingest. With HDSTORM, you can be assured that the HD video content you output from your HD sources will be perfectly preserved, ready for you to either edit, author to DVD or Blu-ray, or store for later usage. Because the input quality is so clean, subsequent conversions to other distribution formats—such as mobile phones or the Web—are cleaner too.

Minimum System Requirements
HDSTORM is capable of editing both SD and HD content in real time, however the system requirements for real-time HD editing are significantly higher than for SD editing. The requirements shown here are for real-time HD editing.

Key Features:-

• HDMI input/output for connectivity with HDMI devices and real-time monitoring from the included EDIUS editing software
  
• Works with many different native video formats, including DV, HDV, AVCHD, uncompressed, and more
  
• Real-time SD/HD resolution, aspect ratio and frame rate conversion and output, including 16:9 to 4:3 and NTSC to PAL
  
• Real-time SD/HD effects, keyers, transitions and titles
  
• Supports newer file-based formats, including Infinity JPEG 2000, XDCAM and XDCAM EX, P2 (DVCPRO and AVC-Intra), and GFCAM
  
• Onboard Canopus HQ hardware encoder for fast, high-quality capture and export of video to Canopus HQ AVI files
  
• Bay option for HD/SD analog component, S-Video, and composite input/output (included as standard with HDSTORM Plus)
  
• Compatible with Windows® XP and Windows Vista

• HDSTORM (HQX-E1) PCI Express x1 bus card
  
• EDIUS software installation disc set (DVD-ROM)
  
• EDIUS USB dongle
  
• EDIUS QuickStart guide
  
• Hardware setup manual

• 5.25-inch HDSTORM Bay
  
• HDSTORM Bay connector cable
  
• 2 x miniDIN to RCA converter cables (S-Video to composite)

HD and SD Video Capture for Archival and Distribution
Grass Valley Pegasus is a high-quality video capture system comprised of PCI Express hardware and software. Capable of accepting input from a variety of standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) sources, including PC graphics, and featuring a Canopus HQ hardware codec chip, Pegasus lets you preview, capture and store footage in pristine quality – perfect for archiving or delivering out via SD and HD mediums.

The Demo Video Creator's Dream Come True
At last, there is an affordable, easy-to-use solution for capturing video for use in demonstration and training videos. Pegasus' inputs include S-Video, YUV and RGB analogue and HDMI*, making it ready for today's range of video game consoles. With the included converter cable, you can also capture VGA output – ideal for creating tutorials of your software. But it doesn't end there, as Pegasus can also capture external two-channel analogue audio, and up to eight channels of embedded audio via HDMI.

And since Pegasus is a hardware-based image capture solution, there’s no need to worry about system specifications allowing for realtime, full frame rate, high resolution video capture.

Onboard Canopus HQ Codec Chip – Capture with the Best
Already a prominent part of Grass Valley's EDIUS line of NLE solutions, the Canopus HQ codec offers supreme visual quality without the excessive hard disk storage costs normally associated with HD video ingest. With Pegasus, you can be assured that the HD video content you output from your HD sources will be perfectly preserved, ready for you to either edit, author to DVD, Blu-ray or HD DVD, or store for later usage. Because the input quality is so clean, subsequent conversions to other distribution formats – such as mobile phones or the Web – are cleaner too.

Pegasus includes the Canopus Codec Pack for you to incorporate your captured Canopus HQ AVI files into any Windows®-based video application.

Key Features:

• High-quality capture of standard- and high-definition (SD and HD) video using an onboard Canopus HQ hardware encoding chip
  
• Capture up to 1920x1080/60i, 50i(**), and 1280x720/60p, 50p video
  
• Capture PC display signals up to 1280x1024 without downscaling
  
• Capture via HDMI(*), DVI†;, S-Video, YUV, and RGB component inputs
  
• HQ recorder to capture software via three modes:
  • Auto capture (when an input signal is detected)
    
  • Manual capture
    
  • Scheduled capture
• Includes Canopus codec pack for import of Canopus HQ AVI files in Windows-based video applications
  
• Software development kit (SDK) for software engineers to create custom solutions based on Pegasus technology

Create Portable and DVD-ready Video - Blazingly Fast!

Engineered with hardware-based MPEG encoding technology, and designed with a PCI Express form factor, FireCoder generates MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 files at blistering, faster-than-realtime speeds.

FireCoder is as versatile, as it is speedy! Use FireCoder to:

• Capture video from DV and HDV cameras
  
• Edit MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, including native HDV
  
• Author and burn DVDs
  
• Convert video into files compatible with Apple iPod® and Sony PSP™
  
• Export video projects from Grass Valley EDIUS and Adobe® Premiere® Pro 1.x NLE software

• Speed - Create MPEG-2 files for DVDs and MPEG-4 files for portable media devices much faster - often more than twice the speed of realtime in most cases.
  
• Productivity - Free up your CPU for other work, while your video is being encoded

• MPEG-2/MPEG-4 encoding hardware technology, incorporated into a high-speed PCI Express design
  
• Faster-than-realtime MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 video file creation
  
• IEEE 1394 OHCI FireWire input for DV and HDV capture
  
• Cut, stitch and trim MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and HDV video
  
• Video format conversion software, supporting Windows Media®, DivX®, DV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and more
  
• DVD authoring, "Watch" folder and batch conversion support
  
• Timeline export plug-ins for Grass Valley EDIUS, Adobe Premiere 6.5 and Adobe Premiere Pro 1.x

MVRD4000 is a hardware-based, high-quality MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 encoding/decoding solution. Featuring software for capture and playback, MVRD4000 also includes a software development kit for programmers to create

Key Features:-

• With realtime MPEG-4 encoding capabilities, MVRD4000 can produce high-quality video streams with reduced file sizes, making them ideal for delivery over networks, email attachments and for optimum storage on hard disk drives and optical media. MVRD4000 also supports Main Profile at Main Level (MP@ML) MPEG-2 encoding. When using MP@ML, the MVRD4000 delivers the high-quality video and audio MPEG-2 output required by today's video professionals for DVD authoring. In addition, MVRD4000's variable bitrate capability is one of the most effective techniques used to maintain video quality while reducing file size. With composite and S-Video inputs, MVRD4000 is scalable up to full-D1 resolution with NTSC and PAL format support.
  
• The capture and playback application MPEGPit is included with MVRD4000. MPEGPit is provided to monitor basic operation of the MVRD4000 board and to create MPEG files, such as content files, for Canopus MediaEdge2. MVRD4000 also features an SDK for developers to create custom applications that use MVRD4000 to encode and decode MPEG video
  
• The realtime analog-to-MPEG capture capability of MVRD4000 also makes it an ideal companion to the Canopus MediaEdge2, a LAN-based client / server video distribution system. When combined with MediaEdge2, MVRD4000 provides realtime MPEG encoding and live stream network broadcast of high-quality MPEG-4 video.

MVRD2200V stands alone as a professional high-quality MPEG-1and MPEG-2 encoder with the ability to filter, stabilise and enhance analog source video prior to MPEG encoding. Powerful pre-filtering features in MVRD2200V include advanced 3D Y/C separation to reduce colour noise and improve image quality, 3D digital noise reduction to eliminate noise in the analog video signal, a line time base corrector (LTBC) to correct any video images that jitter, as well as digital frame synchronisation and auto gain controls

Key Features:-

• MVRD2200V is the successor to the Canopus Amber board and features additional analog video signal filtering, cleaning and stabilisation technology. Supporting realtime, hardware-based MPEG encoding and software-based MPEG decoding, MVRD2200V also includes an updated SDK, providing full board function control and backwards-compatibility for Amber and MediaEdge SDK-based applications.
  
• MVRD2200V supports both Main Profile at Main Level (MP@ML) MPEG-2 and I-frame-only encoding. When using MP@ML, the MVRD2200V delivers the high-quality video and audio MPEG-2 output required by today's video professionals. MP@ML features true IBP frame format, which provides the highest-quality video at the lowest bandwidth. In addition, MVRD2200V's variable bitrate capability (from 1Mbps to 15Mbps) is one of the most effective techniques used to maintain video quality while reducing file size. With composite and S-Video inputs, MVRD2200V is scalable up to full-D1 resolution with NTSC and PAL format support.
  
• The software utilities included with MVRD2200V are MPEG Station, capture and playback application, and a DV AVI-to-MPEG file conversion utility. MPEG Station provides full resolution overlay for previewing footage during capture and features a detailed selection of encoding quality settings for users to adjust to meet their requirements.
  
• MVRD2200V's software also features an Adobe® Premiere® Pro timeline export plug-in for fast, high-quality encoding directly from the timeline and an SDK for program developers to create custom software that may utilise the hardware for a specific task. Applications developed in the past with the MVRD2200V's predecessor, Amber, have included recording of medical procedures and security camera surveillance.
  
• The realtime analog-to-MPEG capture capability of MVRD2200V also makes it an ideal companion to the Canopus MediaEdge system. When combined with MediaEdge, a LAN-based client/server video distribution system, MVRD2200V provides realtime MPEG encoding and live stream network broadcast of high-quality MPEG-2 video

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