The Revolutionary Grass Valley Products at DVGear
Grass Valley Desktop and Professional Solutions
Grass Valley makes products designed to fit the needs of many different types of users — from Event Videographers to Business and Industrial Filmakers to Post Production and Broadcast Professionals. To learn which Grass Valley products comprise the solutions that are right for you, please select the category that best fits your professional profile.
Broadcast
You work in a television studio or station or, perhaps, out in the field, generating remote content. Your profession requires that you be available to meet the demands of 24/7 scheduling, It’s critical for your tools to meet these rigorous demands, as well, delivering the highest levels of image quality.
Post
Whether you’re producing a television commercial or a movie trailer, preparing content for HD broadcast, Internet transmission or DVD, you need flexible tools that deliver high quality results at top speed.
Videographer
As an independent or small business operator, you have to be adept at all aspects of your craft. You may be providing your clients with commemorations of special events, training films or product promotions, in any of a wide variety of formats. Because your business is very competitive, you need to keep current with the latest trends. So your tools have to be current too — but they must also be affordable, efficient, reliable and easy-to-learn and use.
Seamless Realtime Workflow Handles Any Mix of HD/SD
Let the groundbreaking Grass Valley EDIUS NX Express take you to the world of high definition video production. Use any mix of HD and SD video content; work with unlimited video, audio, title and graphics layers and any combination of realtime effects; and, most importantly, preview your work in progress in high-quality, full resolution — in realtime — on the type of video monitor on which it is intended to be displayed — even HDTV.
Many of the HDV editing systems currently available compromise video quality in order to provide realtime editing functionality. Grass Valley EDIUS NX Express delivers genuine realtime HD resolution editing including full quality, full frame rate HD output — to an HD video monitor — from the timeline. Two important workflow benefits are derived from a genuine realtime HDV editing system like EDIUS NX Express:
1. No rendering is required to preview edited sequences; results are displayed instantaneously — on HD video monitors.
2. The original video and audio data can be preserved at every step of the editing process. You can always be assured that the format you start with is exactly what will be delivered. This eliminates any guesswork when applying the multitude of realtime effects featured with the system.
EDIUS NX Express: Key Features
* Realtime mixed format editing of HD, HDV, DV, MPEG-2, uncompressed and lossless video with Grass Valley EDIUS Pro editing software
* Realtime HD/SD resolution conversion and output
* Realtime aspect ratio conversion and output, including 16:9-4:3
* Realtime frame rate conversion and output, including NTSC-PAL
* Realtime HD/SD effects, keyers, transitions and titles
* High-quality Canopus-engineered video codecs, including the award-winning Canopus HQ codec
* High-speed, hardware-based SD MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 timeline export
* High-quality analog and digital inputs/outputs for DV, S-Video, composite video and unbalanced audio
* Hardware-based video overlay design for accelerated HD/SD editing
* Realtime, full resolution, full quality component HD and SD video output
* Filtering and noise reduction technology for analog input
* Bidirectional analog/DV conversion (ADVC technology), available from within any Windows-based NLE software
* Direct-to-DVD timeline export and authoring
* Optional* support available for Infinity™ JPEG 2000, XDCAM, DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO HD, P2 and VariCam
* Future-proof codec and performance scalability
* Video output plug-ins for Adobe® After Effects®, Adobe Photoshop®, NewTek® LightWave 3D® and more
* 64-bit PCI-X version available: Ask your Dealer or Canopus Representative for details
* 1-year limited warranty on hardware; 90-day limited warranty on software
Technical Specifications
Video Formats (Capture)
* Canopus DV - 720×480/59.94i (NTSC), 720×576/50i (PAL)
* YUY2 (Uncompressed) - 720×486/59.94i (NTSC), 720×576/50i (PAL)
* Canopus Lossless - 720×486/59.94i (NTSC), 720×576/50i (PAL)
* HDV/Canopus HQ - 1080/59.94i, 1080/50i, 1080/30p, 1080/25p, 1080/24p, 720/60p, 720/50p, 720/30p, 720/25p, 720/24p, 720×480/60p, 720×576/25p, 720×576/50p
Video Formats (Output)
* DV/DVCAM - 720×480/59.94i (NTSC), 720×576/50i (PAL)
* HDV - 1080/59.94i, 1080/50i, 1080/30p, 1080/25p, 1080/24p, 720/60p, 720/50p, 720/30p, 720/25p, 720/24p, 720×480/60p, 720×576/25p, 720×576/50p
* S-Video, composite - 720×480/59.94i (NTSC), 720×576/50i (PAL)
* BNC component - 1080/59.94i, 1080/50i, 720/30p, 720/25p, 720/24p over 30p, 720×480/59.94i (NTSC), 720×576/50i (PAL)
Digital Video Input/Output
* 1 x 4-pin FireWire
* 1 x 6-pin FireWire
Analog Video Input/Output
* 1 x S-Video and composite combined (7-pin miniDIN) input
* 1 x S-Video and composite combined (7-pin miniDIN) output
* 1 x component (BNC Y, Pb, Pr) output
Analog Audio Input/Output
* 1 x stereo (3.5mm, unbalanced) input
* 1 x stereo (3.5mm, unbalanced) output
* 1 x stereo (RCA, unbalanced) output
MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Export Video Resolutions
* MPEG-2: 720×480, 720×576, 704×480, 640×480, 480×480, 352×480, 352×576, 352×240, 352×288, 320×480, 320×240, 176×120
* MPEG-4: 720×480, 720×576, 704×480, 640×480, 480×480, 352×480, 352×576, 352×240, 320×240, 176×120
MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Export Video Frame Rate
* MPEG-2: 29.97fps (NTSC), 25fps (PAL)
* MPEG-4: 15fps (NTSC), 30fps (NTSC), 25fps (PAL)
MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Export Video Compression
* MPEG-2: (ISO/IEC 13818-2) Main Profile @ Main Level (I, B, P frames) I-frame support only
* MPEG-4: (ISO/IEC 14496-14)
MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Export Video Bitrate
* MPEG-2: 128kbps - 15Mbps
* MPEG-4: 32kbps - 8Mbps
* Variable (one-pass) and Constant Bitrate support
MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Export Audio Sampling Rates
* MPEG-2: 32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz
* MPEG-4: 24kHz, 48kHz
MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Export Audio Compression
* MPEG-2: MPEG-1 Layer 2
* MPEG-4: AAC
MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Export Audio Bitrates
* MPEG-2: 96 to 384kbps
* MPEG-4: 32, 48, 64, 96, 128, 144, 182, 224, 256, 288kbp
EDIUS SP
An Outstanding Realtime Editing System for Analog, DV and HDV
Grass Valley EDIUS SP is the most advanced professional nonlinear editing system in its class. Boasting hardware-based editing acceleration and high-quality video input and output circuitry, EDIUS SP interfaces with professional and consumer video equipment including HDV, DV and all analog cameras and decks.
Like Grass Valley EDIUS NX Express, EDIUS SP incorporates Grass Valley EDIUS NLE software and offers true realtime editing and full quality, full resolution output of HD and SD material captured from HDV and DV decks. Additionally, EDIUS SP is designed to seamlessly integrate into existing studio environments, featuring support for professional video equipment, with component video and XLR balanced audio I/O, as well as frame-accurate RS-422 VTR control and external reference sync input connections.
A 19-inch 1U breakout box is also available as an option for EDIUS SP systems (sold separately).
EDIUS SP: Key Features
* Realtime mixed format editing of HD, HDV, DV, MPEG-2, uncompressed SD and lossless video with Grass Valley EDIUS Broadcast editing software
* Realtime HD/SD resolution conversion and output
* Realtime aspect ratio conversion and output, including 16:9-4:3
* Realtime frame rate conversion and output, including NTSC-PAL
* Realtime HD/SD effects, keyers, transitions and titles
* High-quality Canopus-engineered video codecs, including the award-winning Canopus HQ codec
* Extensive analog and digital video equipment inputs/outputs, including RS-422 control and external reference sync input
* VTR control via AV/C-RS-422 conversion*
* Hardware-based video overlay design for accelerated HD/SD editing
* Realtime, full resolution, full quality component HD and SD video output
* Filtering and noise reduction technology for analog input
* Bidirectional analog/DV conversion from any Windows NLE*
* Direct-to-DVD timeline export and authoring
* High-speed HDV timeline export, built for Dual Core CPU technology
* Complete video support for Infinity™ JPEG 2000, DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO HD, P2, VariCam and XDCAM cameras and decks
* Future-proof codec and performance scalability
* Video output plug-ins for Adobe® After Effects®, Adobe Photoshop®, NewTek® LightWave 3D® and more
* 1-year limited warranty on hardware; 90-day limited warranty on software
* Compatible with all popular Windows® NLE applications that support OHCI including Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Xpress® DV, Sony Vegas® and more
EDIUS SP Technical Specifications:
Video Formats (Capture)
* Canopus DV - 720×480/59.94i (NTSC), 720×576/50i (PAL)
* YUY2 (Uncompressed) - 720×486/59.94i (NTSC), 720×576/50i (PAL)
* Canopus Lossless - 720×486/59.94i (NTSC), 720×576/50i (PAL)
* HDV/Canopus HQ - 1080/59.94i, 1080/50i, 1080/30p, 1080/25p, 1080/24p, 720/60, 720/50p,720/30p, 720/25p, 720/24p, 720×480/60p, 720×576/25p, 720×576/50p
* DVCPRO HD - 1440×1080/50i, 1440×1080/25p over 50i, 1280×1080/59.94i, 1280×1080/60i, 1280×1080/50i, 1280×720/59.94p, 1280×720/50p, 1280×1080/23.98p over 59.94i, 1280×1080/23.98pA over 59.94i, 920×720/59.94p, 920×720/29.97p, 960×720/50p, 960×720/25p over 50p, 960×720/50p over 60p, 960×720/25p over 60p, 960×720/23.98p over 59.94p, 960×720/24p over 60p, 720×480/59.94i, 720×576/50i
Video Formats (Output)
* DV/DVCAM - 720×480/59.94i (NTSC), 720×576/50i (PAL)
* HDV - 1080/59.94i, 1080/50i, 1080/30p, 1080/25p, 1080/24p, 720/60p, 720/50p, 720/30p, 720/25p, 720/24p, 720×480/60p, 720×576/25p, 720×576/50p
* DVCPRO HD - 1440×1080/50i, 1440×1080/25p over 50i, 1280×1080/59.94i, 1280×1080/60i, 1280×1080/50i, 1280×720/59.94p, 1280×720/50p, 1280×1080/23.98p over 59.94i, 1280×1080/23.98pA over 59.94i, 920×720/59.94p, 920×720/29.97p, 960×720/50p, 960×720/25p over 50p, 960×720/50p over 60p, 960×720/25p over 60p, 960×720/23.98p over 59.94p, 960×720/24p over 60p, 720×480/59.94i, 720×576/50i
* S-Video, composite - 720×480/59.94i (NTSC), 720×576/50i (PAL)
* BNC component - 1080/59.94i, 1080/50i, 720/30p, 720/25p, 720/24p over 30p, 720×480/59.94i (NTSC), 720×576/50i (PAL)
Digital Video Input/Output
* 1 x 4-pin FireWire
Analog Video Input
* 1 x component (BNC Y, Pb, Pr)
* 1 x S-Video (4-pin miniDIN)
* 1 x composite (BNC)
* 1 x Ref input (BNC)
Analog Video Output
* 2 x component (BNC Y, Pb, Pr)
* 1 x S-Video (4-pin miniDIN)
* 1 x composite (BNC)
Analog Audio Input
* 2 x XLR-3-31 female (1-gnd 2-hot 3-cold, balanced)
* 1 x stereo (RCA, unbalanced)
Analog Audio Output
* 2 x XLR-3-32 male (1-gnd 2-hot 3-cold, balanced)
* 2 x stereo (RCA) (unbalanced)
Device Control
* 9-pin D-sub RS-422A
* IEEE 1394 FireWire
Written by Jonathan Holbrook
http://www.dvgear.com
DVGear's Manager of Operations is Jonathan Holbrook who is also the founder of award-winning production company, Tall Taurus Media. Holbrook is a recipient of the bronze Telly Award for a commercial produced for Catholic Comm. Services of Western Washington; Best Feature at the NW Projections Film Festival and Official Selection at the NY International Independent Film Festival for the film Customer 152. Being a multimedia producer himself, Holbrook has an advantage knowing what the DVGear clients are looking for and will be able to find the perfect fit for their needs. After all, creative minds think alike!
