Grass Valley EDIUS NX Express

Video Formats (Capture)

• Canopus DV—720x480/59.94i (NTSC), 720x576/50i (PAL)
• YUY2 (Uncompressed)—720x486/59.94i (NTSC), 720x576/50i (PAL)
• Canopus Lossless—720x486/59.94i (NTSC), 720x576/50i (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, 720x480/60p, 720x576/25p, 720x576/50p

Video Formats (Output)

• DV/DVCAM—720x480/59.94i (NTSC), 720x576/50i (PAL)
• HDV—1080/59.94i, 1080/50i, 1080/30p, 1080/25p, 1080/24p, 720/60p, 720/50p, 720/30p, 720/25p, 720/24p, 720x480/60p, 720x576/25p, 720x576/50p
• S-video, composite—720x480/59.94i (NTSC), 720x576/50i (PAL)
• BNC component—1080/59.94i, 1080/50i, 720/30p, 720/25p, 720/24p over 30p, 720x480/59.94i (NTSC), 720x576/50i (PAL)

Digital Video Input/Output

• 1 x 4-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394)
• 1 x 6-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394)

Analog Video Input/Output

• 1 x S-video and composite combined (7-pin mini DIN) input
• 1 x S-video and composite combined (7-pin mini DIN) output
• 1 x component (BNC Y, Pb, Pr) output

Analog Audio Input/Output

• 1 x stereo (3.5 mm, unbalanced) input
• 1 x stereo (3.5 mm, unbalanced) output
• 1 x stereo (RCA, unbalanced) output

Minimum System Requirements

• CPU
  • Intel or AMD 2.4 GHz or higher (Intel Pentium D Class 3.0 GHz or higher is recommended)
  • SSE2 and SSE3 instruction set supported
• Bus Slots
  • PCIe main board (NHX-E2): 1 PCI Express x1 (PCI Express Spec. Revision 1.0a)
  • PCIe HD component output board: 1 PCI Express x1 (PCI Express Spec. Revision 1.0a)
• Memory
  • 512 MB RAM (1 GB or more recommended for HD resolution editing)
• 800 MB or more space required for software installation
• Drive with ATA100/7,200 rpm or faster capable of sustaining at least 20 MB/s data transfer:
  • Available hard disk space should be twice the size of the file to be edited
  • A RAID stripe set of two or more hard disk drives is required for multiple HD stream output
• A graphics card with at least 256 MB of graphics memory (512 MB recommended) with support for Direct3D 9.0c or later, and PixelShader Model 3.0 or later is required (PixelShader Model 4.0 or later recommended)*
• Sound card with WDM driver support required
• DVD-ROM drive is required for software installation. For writing onto DVD or Blu-ray disc, a compatible drive is required.
• Free USB port (1.1 or higher) is required for security key
• Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional (SP3 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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