Avid NewsCutter

Nitris DX

High-performance SD and HD broadcast news editing system

What's in the box

System

Avid NewsCutter Nitris DX is sold as a turnkey solution only.

  • HP Z400 workstation
    • Single Quad Core Intel Xeon 3.00 GHz processor
    • 320GB SATA 7200 RPM system drive
    • 6GB system memory
    • Nvidia Quadro FX3800 1GB PCIe graphics card
    • Microsoft Windows Vista Business 64
    • HP FireWire IEEE 1394a 3 Port PCI card
  • Avid Nitris DX hardware
    • Avid Nitris DX — High-performance analog and digital I/O interface
    • PCIe Host Interface Board — Connects Nitris DX to your computer
  • Keycaps labels
  • Basics Guide

Avid Software

  • NewsCutter— 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.

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
  • 30i

PAL

  • 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 
  • 1080i/59.94
  • 1080i/50

     

    네이티브 코덱 지원

    Avid DNxHD 
    • Avid DNxHD 포맷 전체 (상세 정보는 Avid 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 소스 지원), 720p/25, 720p/29.97, 720p/50, 720p59.94 
    • 타임코드 없이 IEEE-1394경유 캡처, 편집, 재생 및 파일 내보내기 가능 (24p 소스는 내보내기 불가)

    Ikegami GFCAM

    • GFCAM 50Mb/s 
    • GFCAM 100Mb/s

    Microsoft VC-1

    • VC-1 (Intel Mac의 경우 편집/재생만 가능)

    Panasonic DVCPRO (SD)

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

    Panasonic DVCPRO HD 및 AVC-I

    • DVCPRO HD – 100Mb/s 
    • AVC-Intra (HD-SDI 경유 시 베이스밴드 인코딩 미지원) 
    • 네이티브 프로젝트 포맷: 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/59.94, 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)
    • AMA가 제공하는 완벽한 네이티브 XDCAM HD 입출력 지원 및 통합 P2, XDCAM-HD/EX, GFCAM 포맷 네이티브 지원 (메타데이터 통합 및 카드/디스크 지원 포함)을 기반으로 촬영에서 편집까지 가장 빠른 테이프리스 워크플로우를 구현할 수 있습니다.

    Sony XDCAM / XDCAM HD

    • XDCAM 미디어 및 메타데이터에 대한 통합 네이티브 직접 액세스 지원 
    • 모든 상용 SD/HD 데이터 레이트의 네이티브 편집 (네이티브 코덱 지원 참조) 
    • IEEE-1394 경유 FAM (File Access Mode) 기반 불러오기 
    • 이더넷을 통한 FTP 클라이언트 기반 인제스트
    • XDCAM 미디어로의 프로그램 완성본 인제스트, 송출 및 재저장

    Sony XDCAM EX

    • 모든 상용 SD/HD 데이터 레이트의 네이티브 편집 (네이티브 코덱 지원 참조)
    • Sony Clip Browser 어플리케이션이 내보낸 MXF 파일 불러오기

    Panasonic P2

    • P2 미디어 및 메타데이터에 대한 통합 네이티브 직접 액세스
    • 모든 상용 HD 포맷의 네이티브 편집 (네이티브 코덱 지원 참조) 
    • 카드 또는 디스크 드라이브로부터 P2 미디어 직접 편집 

    P2 Store 지원  

    • P2 미디어 IEEE-1394로의 프로그램 완성본 재저장

    비압축 SD 및 HD

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

    HD

    • 1:1 8-비트 (캡처 미지원) 
    • 1:1 10-비트 (캡처 미지원)