- 2 or 4 SD/HD channels
- All channels are bidirectional
- 2 or 4 bidirectional HD/SD-SDI record/play channels
BNC, 75Ω
- SD SDI: SMPTE 259M, ITU R601, 525/625 line component, 10-bit
- HD-SDI: SMPTE 292M, 10-bit
SD:
- DV, DVCAM, DV25, DV50
- MPEG-2@ML 4:2:0, I-Frame & Long GOP 2-15 Mb/s
- MPEG-2 @ML 4:2:2, I-Frame & Long GOP 4-50 Mb/s
HD:
- MPEG-2@HL 4:2:0, I-Frame & Long GOP 12-100 Mb/s
- MPEG-2 @HL 4:2:2, I-Frame & Long GOP 20-100 Mb/s
- XDCAM HD (18, 25, 35 Mb/s)
- XDCAM HD 4:2:2 (50 Mb/s)
- XDCAM EX
- DVCPRO HD
- AVC-Intra 50/100 (optional)
- H.264/AVCHD playback (optional)
- 4 or 8 streams (licensed through AppCenter Pro and AppCenter Elite)
- Each stream includes 1 video and up to 8 audio tracks for recording
- Any audio tracks can be selected when streaming
Compression:
- Video: MPEG-4 part 10
- Audio: AAC
- Multicam (up to 4 channels)
- Super slo-mo (1 or 2 channels)
- 3D (up to 4 channels)
- Video+key (up to 4 channels)
- Scrub audio support (±2X)
- Audio click elimination
- Agile playback of clips with different supported audio formats
- Audio tagging and audio mapping (with K2 AppCenter Pro)
- Audio mix effects (PCM only)
- Cross fade between tracks
- Fade up/down
- Dual redundant 600W maximum, 400W typical
- Auto-sensing, hot-swap
- 100-240 VAC, 50-60 Hz
- SDI monitor out w/timecode burn-in
- VGA multiviewer – w/definable text overlay for above displays including channel name, clip name, transport status, play speed, audio meters, and other status
- Any supported format can be played seamlessly back-to-back
- Output can be delayed at pixel resolution within a range of one frame
- Freeze mode: frame or field
- Off-speed play: line interpolation provides jitter free slow-motion playback in both directions
- Dissolves between two video tracks on same channel
- Fade up/down to matte color (default is black)
- Max duration per transition: user selectable
Operating temperature: 10° to +40°C (50° to 104°F)
Non-operating temperature: -40° to +60°C (-40° to 140°F)
Operating relative humidity: 20% to 80% from -5° to +45°C (23° to 113°F)
Non-operating relative humidity: 10% to 80% from -30° to +60°C (-22° to 140°F)
12 in, 12 out: 25-pin D connector (DB25)
Height: 9 cm (3.5 in.) – 2 RU
Width: 44.5 cm (17.5 in.)
Depth: 61.6 cm (24.5 in.)
Weight: 24 kg (53 lbs.) maximum
- Redundant power supplies (hot-swappable)
- Redundant cooling
Up/Down/Cross Conversion and Aspect Ratio
- 525↔1080i, 525↔720p, 625↔1080i, 625↔720p
- 720p↔1080i cross conversion
- AFD support for 4:3↔16:9 aspect ratio conversion with format specified on a channel basis with clip-by-clip override capability
- Bar, half-bar, crop, and stretch options configurable via UI, AMP protocol, or K2.net
- Less than one frame delay
- No re-timing applied
- Record or play up to 16 tracks per channel
- 32 audio tracks per clip stored on disk
16 tracks embedded, per video channel
- NTSC/PAL black composite analog
- Two BNC, 75Ω passive loop through
- Burst frequency lock: PAL, +10 Hz at subcarrier NTSC, +20 Hz at subcarrier
- Tri-Level sync conforms to SMPTE 296M-2001 for 1280x720P systems and SMPTE 274M-2008 for 1920x1080
- LTC SMPTE 12M, one per channel
- One mini-XLR per input and one mini- XLR with input and output
- 1 kΩ input, 50Ω output impedance
- One VITC reader/writer per video:
- Lines 10-21 on 525 configurations, lines 6-23 on 625 configurations
- Ancillary timecode
Interconnects:
- Four RS-422 serial ports
- 100/1000Base-T Ethernet port
Protocols:
- BVW (RS-422) (w/o insert edit)
- VDCP (RS-422)
- AMP (RS-422 and Ethernet)
- K2.net native API
MXF Op1a, GXF (SMPTE 360M), AVI, and QuickTime
- 8 input and 8 output tracks (4 AES pairs) audio
- DB25 pin connector (optional) – Yamaha AES D-sub pin out (CD8AES & MY8AE)
- Input: 48 kHz, 16-, or 24-bit digital audio PCM
- Sample rate conversion on inputs (32 kHz to 96 kHz) to 48 kHz
- Output: 48 kHz clock derived from video reference, 16- or 24-bit
- Compliant with SD-SMPTE 259M, HD-SMPTE 292M
- Compressed audio types: AC-3 and Dolby E pass-through
- Audio delay adjustable ±200 ms relative to output video
Grass Valley NetCentral® SNMP-based remote facility-monitoring software
UL 60950, FCC Class A, EMC Class A, CE, C-Tick, CSA 60950, IEC 950, EN 60950
- Power cords (2)
- LTC cables (4)
- Quick Start guide
- USB stick with documentation and recovery image
| Format Data Drives |
DVCPRO 25 |
DVCPRO 50
AVC-INTRA 50 |
DVCPRO HD
AVC-INTRA 100 |
IMX 30 |
XDCAM HD 35 |
XDCAM HD 50 |
| 600 GB RAID-1 (6/6) |
240 |
120 |
60 |
207 |
183 |
132 |
| 600 GB RAID-0 (12/0) |
480 |
240 |
120 |
414 |
366 |
264 |
RAID-1 = 6 data drives and 6 parity drives. RAID-0 = 12 data drives
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April 29, 2013
San Francisco, Calif., April 29, 2013 — Yomiuri TV, a major broadcaster in the Kansai region of Japan, has selected Grass Valley® to replace its entire tape-based linear editing workflow, including content management and archive systems, and send to playout, with a new file-based solution.
San Francisco, Calif., April 8, 2013 — Pepsi Center—home to the Denver Nuggets (NBA), Colorado Avalanche (NHL), and Colorado Mammoth (NLL)—has selected Grass Valley® to equip its new HD control room with an end-to-end live production solution that includes LDX Series™ cameras, GV STRATUS® nonlinear production tools, a Karrera® video production switcher, K2 Dyno® Replay Systems, K2 Summit® 3G servers, Trinix® and Concerto™ routing switchers, and an assortment of support equipment to feed the arena's center-hung HD LED panel, ribbon boards, and monitors.
