Specifications

What's In The Box

Hardware
  • Avid Nitris DX — High-performance analog and digital I/O interface
  • PCIe Host Interface Board — Connects Nitris DX to your computer

Avid Software

  • Media Composer - Edit SD and HD video
  • EDL Manager - Export timecode metadata
  • FilmScribe - Export film metadata
  • Interplay Transfer (standalone version) - Transfer media and metadata to Interplay
  • Log Exchange - Convert shot logs into ALE files
  • MediaLog - Manage logging and metadata
  • MetaFuze - Convert RED, DPX, and other formats (Windows only)
  • MetaSync Manager - Create objects for interactive programming

Production Suite*

  • Avid DVD by Sonic
    Author professional DVDs and Blu-ray Discs quickly and easily, with complete control over the entire process with Avid DVD by Sonic 6, which works with Windows-based systems (including 64-bit Windows Vista). Easily export chapter points and thumbnails from the timeline using exclusive MetaSync technology, author and burn discs with advanced controls, produce multi-language titles, generate and import subtitle tracks, create interactive slideshows, and much more. Learn more about Sonic professional DVD products on the Sonic website.
  • Avid FX
    Easily create dazzling 2D and 3D composites, titles, animation, and effects with Avid FX 5.8, a powerful collection of creative tools designed by Boris FX. This latest version sports a new interface and offers new 16-bit color, clone paint tool, image brushes, motion path and key tools, vector trace, optical stabilization, subtitle generator, and more. Get started fast with 1,500 customizable templates, or design your own titles and graphics using text, drawing, styles, and animation tools. And create stunning effects with over 115 filters, including Wire Removal, Grain Match, Light Zoom, and more. For more details, visit the Boris FX website.
  • Boris Continuum Complete
    Create the look you want with nearly 200 filters at your fingertips - including 15 new filters - using the new Boris Continuum Complete 6. This latest version offers significant performance gains and enhancements, so you can create dramatic effects quickly and easily. Use the Extruded Text, Extruded Spline, Layer Deformer, Cartoon Look, Lightning, and other new filters to create compelling visuals. Get new custom animated presets in XML format and a single-click custom preset navigation tool. And discover new enhancements in the built-in Motion Tracker. For complete details, visit the Boris Continuum Complete website.
  • SmartSound Sonicfire Pro
    Create music soundtracks for your films, TV shows, commercials, and other video effortlessly with SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 5. Choose from a variety of loops and pre-recorded soundtracks and then customize the music to fit your scene. With the latest version, you can match beats to video, insert a stinger, alter the tempo and pitch, fine-tune searches with Sensory Searching, search for music by simply tapping a tempo, and get new spotting tools. For complete details, visit the SmartSound Sonicfire Pro website.
  • Sorenson Squeeze
    Optimize and deliver content in a create-once-publish-anywhere world. With Sorenson Squeeze 5, you can optimize content in a variety of formats (including HD, DVD, MPEG-2, MPEG-4/H.264, Flash, and 3GPP) for web or DVD delivery, author DVDs and Blu-ray Discs on Windows, and burn discs on a PC and now Macs too. This latest version lets you work faster with simultaneous multi-file encoding, new and improved codecs, audience presets, a new plug-in architecture, and new filters (including Watermark, Hue and Saturation, Sharpen, Audio Duration, and Audio Volume). Achieve the highest quality audio with AC-3 compatibility and 5.1 and 7.1 surround support. Perform simple encoding tasks in three easy steps or batch process files for more complex jobs. For complete details, visit the Sorenson Squeeze website.

Additional Items and Documentation

  • Basics Guide
  • Advanced Effects Guide
  • Avid Resource Guide
  • Quick Start Guide

* Media Composer Academic includes Avid DVD by Sonic, but no other products in the Production Suite.

Hardware Connectivity

Host Connections
  • Computer: PCIe
  • Serial Machine Control: RS-422

Nitris DX Video Connections

  • Digital Video: SDI I/O (SD, HD)
  • Analog Video: Component I/O (YCbCr: SD, HD), S-Video I/O (SD), Composite I/O (SD)

Nitris DX Audio Connections

  • Digital Audio: 8 channels of AES/EBU I/O (on DB25 connector), 8 channels of embedded SD-SDI audio I/O, 16 channels of embedded HD-SDI audio I/O, 8 channels of optical ADAT I/O, 2 channels of optical S/PDIF I/O
  • Analog Audio: 4 channels of balanced XLR I/O, 2 channels of RCA audio input, 2 channels of 1/4" TRS output, stereo headphone output (1/4” TRS)

Nitris DX Monitoring and Sync

  • Monitoring: HDMI output (all rates supported, including full 1920 x 1080 HD)
  • Timecode and Sync: LTC (XLR I/O), Reference Sync (Black and Burst or HD TriLevel input, combined connector), Reference Sync loop-through, Word Clock (output only)

프로젝트 포맷

NTSC

  • 23.976p
  • 24p
  • 30i

PAL

  • 24p
  • 25i
  • 25p

HD - 720

  • 720p/23.976
  • 720p/25
  • 720p/29.97
  • 720p/50
  • 720p/59.94

HD - 1080

  • 1080p/23.976
  • 1080p/24
  • 1080p/25
  • 1080p/29.97 (Symphony only)
  • 1080i/59.94
  • 1080i/50

 

네이티브 코덱 지원

Avid DNxHD
  • 모든 DNxHD 포맷 (자세한 사항은 DNxHD 기술 백서 참조)

Avid 압축 SD 해상도

  • AVR (재생 전용)
  • 15:1s, 4:1s, 2:1s
  • 20:1, 10:1, 3:1, 2:1
  • 35:1p, 28:1p, 14:1p, 3:1p, 2:1p
  • 4:1m, 10:1m, 3:1m(p), 8:1m(p)

Avid 프록시 포맷

  • Interplay MPEG-2 프록시, MPEG-4 프록시, 720p H.264 프록시 (트랜스코드 서비스 전용)

DV

  • DV25 / DVCAM(25Mb/s): 4:1:1 NTSC, 4:1:1 PAL, 4:2:0 PAL, 24p
  • DV50(50Mb/s)

HDV

  • JVC HDV (19Mb/s) – 720p
  • Sony HDV (25Mb/s) 1080 24p/25/50i/59.94i
  • Canon HDV 1080 24p/50i / 59.94i
  • 네이티브 프로젝트 포맷: 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/23.976 (24p 자료 지원), 720p/25, 720p/29.97, 720p/50, 720p59.94
  • IEEE-1394 캡처, 편집, 재생, 타임코드를 제외한 파일 내보내기(24p 자료의 경우 내보내기 미지원)

Ikegami GFCAM

  • GFCAM 50Mb/s
  • GFCAM50Mb/s

Microsoft VC-1

  • VC-1 (Intel Mac에서 편집/재생만 지원)

Panasonic DVCPRO(SD)

  • DVCPRO – 25Mb/s
  • DVCPRO50 – 50Mb/s

Panasonic DVCPRO HD

  • DVCPRO HD – 100Mb/s
  • AVC-Intra (베이스밴드에서 HD-SDI에 대한 인코딩 미지원)
  • 네이티브 프로젝트 포맷: 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/59.94, 720p/50, 720p/25, 720p/23.976

Sony XDCAM(SD)

  • DV – 25Mb/s
  • IMX30 – 30Mb/s
  • IMX40 – 40Mb/s
  • IMX50 – 50Mb/s

Sony XDCAM EX

  • MPEG – 25Mb/s CBR
  • MPEG – 35Mb/s VBR

Sony XDCAM HD

  • MPEG – 18Mb/s VBR
  • MPEG – 25Mb/s VBR
  • MPEG – 25Mb/s CBR
  • MPEG – 35Mb/s VBR
  • MPEG – 50Mb/s CBR
  • MPEG-4 프록시

파일 기반 지원

AMA (Avid Media Access)

AMA를 통해 XDCAM HD용 풀 네이티브 엔드-투-엔드 지원과 더불어 P2, XDCAM-HD/EX 및 GFCAM용 풀 네이티브 지원 (메타데이터 통합 및 카드/디스크 지원 포함)을 사용할 수 있어 촬영에서 편집까지 테이프리스 방식의 신속한 워크플로우를 구현할 수 있습니다.

Sony XDCAM EX / XDCAM HD

  • 나열된 모든 SD HD 데이터 레이트의 네이티브 편집 (네이티브 코덱 지원 참조)

Panasonic P2

  • 나열된 모든 HD 포맷의 네이티브 DVCPRO HD 편집 (네이티브 코덱 지원 참조)

Ikegami GFCAM

  • GFCAM 자료 및 메타데이터에 대한 완벽한 네이티브 직접 액세스 지원
  • 나열된 모든 포맷의 네이티브 GFCAM  편집 (네이티브 코덱 지원 참조)
  • GFPAK 카드 또는 디스크 드라이브에서 직접 GFCAM 미디어 편집
  • 완료된 프로그램을 GFCAM 미디어에 재기록

비압축된 SD 및 HD

SD

  • 1:1 인터레이스드 8-비트
  • 1:1 인터레이스드 10-비트
  • 1:1 프로그레시브 8-비트

HD

  • 1:1 8비트 (Media Composer 소프트웨어 전용 버전의 경우 캡처 불가)
  • 1:1 10비트 (Media Composer 소프트웨어 전용 버전의 경우 캡처 불가)

연결

호스트 기반

  • PCI-E (오디오/비디오 I/O)
  • RS-422 (시리얼 머신 콘트롤)
  • 사운드카드 오디오 인풋
  • 사운드카드 오디오 아웃풋
  • 그래픽 카드 아웃풋 (전체 화면 비디오 재생)