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EDIUS Neo 2 and FIRECODER Blu Bundle

EDIUS Neo 2 bundled with FIRECODER Blu, the Blu-ray encoding accelerator card from Grass Valley!

List Price: $749.00
Our Price: $574.99

EDIUS Neo 2 and FIRECODER Blu Bundle

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Video Encoder Hardware
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GRVN5700007
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Grass Valley
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EDIUS Neo 2

Featuring a basic, entry-level range of tools and features, our EDIUS® Neo 2 software is ideal for those new to video editing. Yet, it also provides powerful nonlinear editing features common to all EDIUS solutions, such as real-time, multi-track, mixed-format HD/SD editing, chroma keying, titling, and both Blu-ray Disc and DVD authoring.

DESCRIPTION
Built on the same highly-acclaimed technology as our EDIUS Pro application, EDIUS Neo 2 software offers native editing of various formats including AVCHD, HDV, DV, Windows Media, and QuickTime—and provides a seamless, real-time workflow that supports mixing all formats within the same timeline. And you can upgrade it to the full-featured EDIUS editing software at any time.

EDIUS Neo 2 runs on a laptop as well as a workstation system and can input/output video from any OHCI FireWire-compatible hardware. If you need HDMI and audio monitoring or Blu-ray Disc acceleration support, take a look at the EDIUS Neo 2 HDSPARK™ and EDIUS Neo 2 FIRECODER® Blu packages.

EDIUS Neo 2 – Affordable NLE
Featuring a basic, entry-level range of tools and features, EDIUS Neo 2 software is perfect for those new to video editing. Yet it also provides powerful nonlinear editing features common to all EDIUS solutions, such as real-time, multi-track, mixed-format HD/SD editing, chroma keying, titling, and Blu-ray Disc and DVD authoring.

Exceptional Mixed-Format Editing
Featuring unrivaled real-time video transcoding technology, EDIUS Neo 2 software performs conversion between different HD and SD resolutions, aspect ratios, and frame rates—all in real-time. You can edit 1080i on a 4:3 SD timeline, use NTSC together with PAL, or combine them all into a 720/24p project without wasting a single moment on conversion or rendering. EDIUS Neo 2 software also features real-time playback and DV output of all effects, keyers, transitions, and titles.

Unsurpassed Image Quality and Performance
EDIUS Neo 2 software features the revolutionary Canopus HQ Codec. Designed with scalable technology, this innovative codec offers the highest image quality and performance available on any HD editing platform. It not only provides superior luma and chroma sampling of HD video, but also features an adjustable bit rate for increased video quality when capturing and encoding on high-performance systems.

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Key Features

  • Real-time, mixed-format, SD/HD editing, including DV, HDV, AVCHD, MPEG-2, Windows Media, and QuickTime video
  • Fast, flexible user interface, including unlimited video, audio, title, and graphics tracks
  • Real-time editing and conversion of different SD/HD aspect ratios, such as 16:9 and 4:3
  • Real-time editing and conversion of different frame rates, such as 60i, 50i, and 24p
  • Real-time editing and conversion of different resolutions, such as 1920x1080, 1440x1080, 1280x720, and 720x480
  • Real-time SD/HD effects, keyers, transitions, and titles, including new GPUfx (GPU-accelerated transitions)
  • Real-time, render-free DV output directly from the timeline
  • Nested timeline sequences
  • High-speed MPEG-2 and HDV import and export using multi-core and multiple CPU technology
  • Segment encoding (smart rendering) export for MPEG-2 and HDV
  • Direct to Blu-ray Disc and DVD timeline export with menus
  • Quick Titler software, for real-time titling, including rolls and crawls
  • AVCHD converter software for converting AVCHD clips to Canopus HQ codec
  • Upgradeable to higher-end EDIUS software


EDIUS Neo 2

REQUIREMENTS

  • Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz CPU or faster (Intel Core 2 Duo processors recommended for HD/HDV editing; hyper-threading supported)
  • 512 MB RAM (1 GB RAM recommended)
  • 300 MB free disk space for the application
  • DVD-ROM drive for software installation (Blu-ray Disc or DVD drive is required for Blu-ray Disc or DVD burning)
  • Windows 7 32 and 64-Bit, Windows Vista 32 and 64-bit (Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Home Premium/Basic), Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2 or later)
  • DirectX 9.0c or later
  • Graphics card with support for PixelShader Model 3.0 or later and 32-bit color display at a 1024x768 resolution (256 MB of graphics memory is required when editing in HD resolution)
  • ATA100/7200 RPM or faster hard disk recommended RAID 0 is required for HD editing
  • Sound card

Note: External video decks/cameras may require either an available FireWire (IEEE 1394) port or USB 2.0 port for connectivity.

FIRECODER Blu

Based on the PCI Express form factor, our 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 disc or to a Blu-ray compatible file for additional authoring.

DESCRIPTION
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 materials 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.

Features

  • Faster than real-time encoding of Blu-ray compatible video
  • HD source materials: 2X faster than real-time
  • SD source materials 4-5X faster than real-time
  • Direct writing to Blu-ray disk or output to file for additional authoring
  • Transcodes between H.264and HDV-compatible MPEG-2 formats
  • Supports 1080i and 720p as well as native 24p Blu-ray formats
  • Upand downconversion of standardand high-definition (SD and HD) sources
  • Bundled FIRECODER WRITER software provides basic Blu-ray and DVD authoring tools including creation of chapters from these source files:
  • Canpous HQ/Canopus DV
  • MPEG-2 transport stream
  • MPEG-2 program stream (HDV compatible)
  • H.264 (AVCHD compatible)
  • Encodes files created by EDIUS 5 nonlinear editing software*

* Future release

SPECIFICATIONS

  • Bus Interface: PCI Express Rev. 1.1 x1 lane
  • Input Formats (FIRECODER WRITER)
    • Canpous HQ/Canopus DV
    • MPEG-2 transport stream
    • MPEG-2 program stream (HDV compatible)
    • H.264 (AVCHD 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 transport stream), MPEG-2 program stream, MPEG-2 transport stream (HDV)
  • Supported Encoding Resolutions (Hardware)
    • DVD/Blu-ray creation
      • 1920x1080/59.94i, 23.98p, 50i *, **
      • 1440x1080/59.94i, 23.98p, 50i *, **
      • 1280x1080/59.94i, 23.98p, 50i *, **
      • 720x480/59.94i
      • 720x576/50i
    • HDV file output
      • 1920x1080/59.94i, 50i
      • 1440x1080/59.94i, 50i
      • 1280x1080/59.94i, 50i
      • 720x480/59.94i
      • 720x576/50i
  • 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: CE, FCC CLASS B, C-Tick
  • Service and Support
    • Limited warranty
    • Access to the Product-related Downloads section for FIRECODER Blu, when you register your product in an active Canopus User Account

* Clips will be downcoverted when outputting to DVD
** 23.98p only supports Blu-ray

INCLUDED ITEMS

  • FIRECODER Blu (HMX-C1) PCI Express x1 bus card
  • FIRECODER WRITER 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)
  • BD-R/RW and/or DVD+/-R/RW drive (USB or serial ATA), for Blu-ray and DVD creation
  • 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 1024×768 dpi resolution 32 bit or higher color (must support DirectX 9.0c)
  • CD-ROM drive is required for software installation
  • 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
 

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