FIRECODER BluAccelerated Blu-ray Encoding and More| List Price: | $599.00 | | Our Price: | $494.99 |
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Manufacturer Part Number: 603064 DESCRIPTION
Based on the PCI Express form factor, the FIRECODER® Blu board provides accelerated encoding of Blu-ray compatible video sourced from any number of video applications, including our own EDIUS® nonlinear editing software. You can then output its results directly to a Blu-ray compatible file for additional authoring. The FIRECODER Blu board also lets you transcode between H.264 and MPEG-2 formats: it supports 1080i and 720p as well as native 24p Blu-ray formats. It supports up- and downconversion of standard- and high-definition (SD and HD) sources. And it encodes HD source material 2X faster than real-time—and SD source materials 4-5X faster than real-time. The board also includes our FIRECODER WRITER software, a collection of basic Blu-ray and DVD authoring tools. Among other capabilities, these tools let you create chapters from Canopus® HQ source files (see specifications). Key Features - Transcodes AVCHD to MPEG-2 (transport stream and program stream) and MPEG-2 to H.264 (transport stream)
- 2 times faster than real-time encoding of HD Blu-ray compatible video
- 4-5 times faster than real-time encoding of SD Blu-ray compatible video
- Direct writing to Blu-ray disc
- Supports 1080i and 720p as well as native 24p Blu-ray
- Up- and down-conversion of SD and HD sources
- Included FIRECODER WRITER software provides basic Blu-ray and DVD authoring tools including creation of titles and chapters from Canopus DV, Canopus HQ (avi), HDV (m2t) and MPEG-2 PS (mpg, m2p) source files
- Encodes or transcodes files created by Grass Valley EDIUS nonlinear editing software (not included)
Top 10 reasons to buy FIRECODER Blu - http://www.grassvalley.com/docs/Top_Reasons/professional/firecoder_blu/PRV-4059M-3_FIRECODER_Blu_TopReasons.pdf SPECIFICATIONS
- Bus Interface
- PCI Express Rev. 1.1 x1 lane
- Input Formats (FIRECODER WRITER)
- Canopus DV
- Canopus HQ
- H.264 (AVCHD compatible)
- MPEG-2 transport stream (TS)
- MPEG-2 program stream (PS) (HDV Compatible)
- Output Formats (FIRECODER WRITER)
- BD-R/BD-RE writing: H.264, MPEG-4 AVC
- DVD writing: MPEG-2
- File output: H.264 (MPEG-2 TS), MPEG-2 PS, MPEG-2 TS (HDV)
- Power Requirements
- +12V: 1.75A, +3.3V: 0.15A
- Physical Dimensions
- 111.15 x 167.65 mm (4.375 x 6.600 in.) (HxW)
- Regulatory Compliance
INCLUDED ITEMS
- FIRECODER Blu (HMX-C1) PCI Express x1 bus card
- FIRECODER WRITER v1.11 installation CD-ROM
- User Manual
REQUIREMENTS
- PC/AT compatible machine with an Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz or higher
- 1 GB RAM (2 GB or more recommended)
- One free PCI Express x1 (Rev. 1.1) bus slot
- 500 MB or more space required for software installation
- Drive with serial ATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 rpm drive or faster for capturing
- A graphics card with 1024x768 dpi resolution 32 bit or higher color (must support DirectX 9.0c)
- CD-ROM drive is required for software installation
- Supported Operating Systems
- Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional (SP2 or later, 32-bit)
- Windows Vista (SP1 or later, 32-bit or 64-bit), including the following operating systems:
- Windows Vista Home Basic
- Windows Vista Home Premium
- Windows Vista Business
- Windows Vista Ultimate
- Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit versions – Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate editions.
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