User manual GRASS VALLEY STORM 3G ELITE DATASHEET

[. . . ] product data sheet STORM 3G Elite t h e M o s t c o M p r e h e n s i v e, M o s t c o M pl e t e s i g n a l i n t e r fac e ava i l a b l e t o day storM 3g elite is a 2 ru rackmountable multi-i/o device, providing complete connectivity and hd/sd hardware for real-time, same frame, downconversion with realtime, full-quality, full-resolution 3g 10-bit hd-sdi, sd-sdi, dv, and hd/ sd analog output from the timeline with edius 6 included. STORM 3GTM Elite consists of a breakout box with a PCIe 4X I/F card for desktop connection (4X mode: up to 1080p50/60) as well as an Express 34 card (1X mode: up to 1080i) for laptop connection. [. . . ] Another four pairs of XLR balanced audio are also available, with a stereo pair each of balanced AND unbalanced audio monitor out. A switchable line/mic (switchable phantom power) is also available for a dedicated voice-over input. The uniqueness of STORM 3G Elite continues with control/sync. STORM 3G Elite has two RS-422 interfaces, one for controlling a VTR as master, another for control of a slave. Linear timecode I/O, reference in/through/out interfaces (which accept both bi-sync and tri-sync level), and a locking power connector round out the rest of the interfaces. KEY FEATURES · HD/SD-SDI input and output with embedded audio and timecode · HDMI input and output for fullresolution, real-time monitoring from the included EDIUS NLE software · Embedded HDMI audio input and output for high-quality audio monitoring · Video and audio output stays perfectly in sync, with editing windows for accurate editing and trimming · Reference input supports bi-level or tri-level sync · RS-422 master and slave machinecontrol support · Edit any mix of SD and HD resolution video content together in real time · Works with many different native video formats, including DV, HDV, AVCHD, uncompressed, and more · Real-time SD/HD resolution, aspectratio and frame-rate conversion and output, including 16:9-to-4:3 and NTSC-to-PAL · Supports newer file-based formats, including InfinityTM JPEG 2000, XDCAM and XDCAM EX, P2 (DVCPRO and AVC-Intra), and GFCam · Compatible with Windows XP (32bit), Windows Vista (32/64-bit) and Windows 7 (32/64-bit) operating systems www. grassvalley. com product data sheet SpEciFicATiOnS Bus Interface PCI Express Rev. 1. 1 x4 lane ExpressCard/34 Video Input Connector 3G-SDI: · Video: SMPTE-292M, SMPTE-259M-C · Audio: SMPTE-299M, SMPTE-272M-A Analog Component (BNC: Y/Pb/Pr) Analog Composite (BNC) Timecode: VITC Packet (HD), D-VITC (SD) HDMI 1 port (HDCP not supported): · Video: YCbCr4:2:2 or RGB4:4:4 (8/10-bit) · Audio: LPCM 8-channel (24bit/48 kHz) Reference Input BNC: Black Burst or Tri-Level Sync Machine Control 9-pin D-Sub: RS-422A x 2 (Master/Slave) Video Formats (Input/Output) (3G-SDI) · · · · · · 1920x1080p50/59. 94 1920x1080i50/59. 94 1920x1080psF23. 98/24/25/29. 97 1280x720p50/59. 94 720x486i59. 94 720x576i50 Power Requirements +12V: 1. 6A, +3. 3V: 0. 5A Physical Dimensions 2 RU Regulatory Compliance CE, FCC CLASS B, C-Tick Video Formats (Input/Output) (HDMI) · · · · · · · 1920x1080p50/59. 94 1920x1080i50/59. 94 1280x720p50/59. 94 720x480i59. 94 720x576i50 720x480p59. 94 720x576p50 Audio Formats LPCM 48 kHz/24-bit Minimum System Requirements · Any Intel Core 2 or Core iX CPU. Intel or AMD single core CPU with a 3 GHz processor speed or faster (multiple CPUs and/or multi-core CPUs are recommended). SSE2 and SSE3 instruction set supported · 1 GB RAM (2 GB or more recommended) · One free PCI Express x1 bus slot · 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 Audio Output Connectors · HDMI LPCM 8-channel · HD/SD-SDI embedded audio 8-channel · AES/EBU digital audio 8-channel · Balanced analog audio 4-channel · Balanced analog audio monitor 2-channel · Unbalanced analog audio monitor 2-channel · 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. [. . . ] Specifications subject to change without notice. [. . . ]