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Canopus / Grass Valley Accelerated Blu-ray Encoder and More FIRECODERBLU

  • PCI-Express x1 Interface
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Brand Canopus / Grass Valley
Model FIRECODERBLU
Details
Type Professional Video Devices
Others BD-R/RW and/or DVD+/-R/RW drive (USB or serial ATA), for Blu-ray and DVD creation
CD-ROM drive is required for software installation
500 MB or more space required for software installation
Drive with serial ATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 rpm drive or faster for capturing
System
Interface PCI-Express x1
Specifications 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
Processor Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz or higher - PC/AT compatible machine
Graphics Card A graphics card with 1024×768 dpi resolution 32 bit or higher color (must support DirectX 9.0c)
Memory 1 GB RAM (2 GB or more recommended)
Available Slot One free PCI Express x1 (Rev. 1.1) bus slot
Operating Systems Supported Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional (SP2 or later, 32-bit)
Windows Vista Home Basic \ Home Premium \ Business \ Ultimate (SP1 or later, 32- or 64-bit)
Video
Video Encoding 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

* Clips will be downcoverted when outputting to DVD
** 23.98p only supports Blu-ray
Video Format 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)
Features
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.264- and HDV-compatible MPEG-2 formats

Supports 1080i and 720p as well as native 24p Blu-ray formats

Up- and downconversion of standard- and 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 (EDIUS 5 is not included)
Package Contents
Package Contents FIRECODER Blu (HMX-C1) PCI Express x1 bus card
FIRECODER WRITER installation CD-ROM
User Manual
Additional Information
First Listed on Newegg July 20, 2009

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