High-quality Video Equipment Connectivity and Synchronization
Grass Valley EDIUS SP inputs and outputs provide connectivity to an expansive range of analog and digital video equipment. Featuring HDV and DV I/O, component analog video I/O, balanced audio I/O, component HD video output, RS-422 I/O and an external reference sync input, EDIUS SP can integrate into any existing studio environment.

Complete HDV Editing
The ability to view compositions accurately, while editing HDV, is critical. Only an HD monitor can faithfully display HDV output modes including 1080i and 720p. EDIUS SP features component HD video output for full-quality, full-resolution, realtime monitor output of 720p, 1080p and 1080i HD video. Additionally, the HD component output module features unbalanced stereo RCA audio output connectors and incorporates audio processing circuitry to ensure perfect audio and video synchronization during playback.

EDIUS SP includes capture support for HDV cameras and decks including Sony's HDR-FX1 camera. EDIUS SP provides direct capture support from HDV devices such as Sony's HDR-FX1, either using the native HDV MPEG-2 transport stream format or the Canopus HQ codec.

EDIUS SP also includes an export-to-tape utility for edited sequences, and supports full device control options for Sony, Canon and JVC HDV devices.

Hardware-based Video Overlay for HD and SD Editing
Unlike OHCI-based editing systems, EDIUS SP processes video overlay using hardware. Video overlay data is written to the graphics card using Direct Memory Access (DMA). This means a lesser load is placed on the CPU during editing and realtime playback, and results in better realtime performance using the same CPU.

Hardware-based Line Scaling for HD Component Output
When using EDIUS SP, hardware-based line scaling is used to convert the native 1440x1080 resolution of HDV and HQ to 1920x1080, for full-resolution HD component output. With other editing systems, line scaling is handled by the CPU, which adds additional load and ultimately restricts realtime editing performance.

Full Frame Rate, Full Resolution Output in Realtime, to HDTV

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Onboard Canopus Hardware DV Codec
EDIUS SP features an onboard hardware DV codec, which provides high-quality video streams on demand with unmatched flexibility. Software-based DV rendering with OHCI hardware utilizes valuable CPU power, thus limiting the realtime effects and multi-track capabilities available to the editor. EDIUS SP relieves the CPU from handling the processor-intensive task of rendering a DV output stream.

The innovative hardware and device control driver design in EDIUS SP allows frame-accurate capture and output to DV devices not achievable using OHCI cards. EDIUS SP circuitry stabilizes the DV signal for smooth control while the device control driver is designed and customized to control many different types of DV device. Frame-accurate control means EDIUS SP can output video back to an exact location on DV tape, for perfect insert recording.

When working with DV, EDIUS SP hardware handles the digital video data and PCM audio data for each video frame as one data block. The consistent data block handling at every stage of EDIUS SP processing (including the ring buffer on the main memory, the data buffer on the board memory, and the codec module on the board) ensures video and audio stay in sync throughout the capturing, editing and output process.

Realtime High-quality Analog Capture and Output
EDIUS SP analog inputs can capture video to the high-quality Canopus codecs including Canopus Lossless and Canopus HQ, as well as DV, SD uncompressed, MPEG-2 and DVCPRO 50.

EDIUS SP analog outputs always provide high-quality uncompressed YUV 4:2:2 video while editing or designing in EDIUS Broadcast, Adobe® Premiere® Pro, Adobe After Effects® and Adobe Photoshop®.

Realtime Bidirectional Analog/DV Conversion and Capture
EDIUS SP hardware can perform bidirectional conversion between analog and DV, from within any Windows-based NLE that supports OHCI. This means that applications such as Avid® Xpress® DV, Vegas® and Adobe® Premiere® Pro can capture and output DV using the EDIUS SP analog video I/O. EDIUS SP features the same technology found in the highly-acclaimed series of ADVC products from Canopus, offering the very best in picture quality preservation and A/V synchronization.

EDIUS SP also features AV/C-RS-422 control conversion, to provide control of analog VTRs from within any NLE application, as though they were a DV device.

Advanced Analog Video Input Enhancement Technology
EDIUS SP features onboard analog filtering technology to improve the quality of analog footage during capture. Digital 3D Y/C Separation separates the Y/C (S-Video) signal to RGB using chronological information between signals. Digital 3D Noise Reduction eliminates noise from the analog video signal by detecting noise based on the characteristics of the video being input. Other filtering options include 2D Y and 2D C Noise Reduction, Black/White Gain Adjust and both Horizontal and Vertical Outline Enhancement.

The 2D Y and C noise reduction filters reduce noise based on either the Y input signal or C input signal. Black Gain Adjust raises the gain level within the black range of the Y input signal, making black colors clearer, with more contrast. The White Gain filter lowers the gain level in the white range of the Y input signal, darkening white colors, with more contrast.

The Horizontal Outline Enhancement filter adds an edge to the Y input signal, to emphasize horizontal edges, while the Vertical Outline filter detects vertical edges from the Y input signal and emphasizes them.

EDIUS SP Video Output Plug-ins
EDIUS SP hardware can also be used from within several popular applications. These plug-ins allow you to preview your compositions directly on a video monitor in full, uncompressed 4:2:2 YUV quality, a feature that is especially important when applying color treatments.

• Adobe® After Effects®
• Adobe Photoshop®
• Alias® Maya®
• Bauhaus Mirage™
• NewTek® LightWave 3D®
• discreet® 3ds max®
• discreet combustion®

EDIUS SP Typical System Diagram