| Supported Project Formats |
NTSC: 23.976p, 24p, 30i
PAL: 24p, 25i, 25p
HD: 720p23.976, 720p25, 720p29.97, 720p50, 720p59.94, 1080p23.976, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080i59.94, 1080i50 |
| Native Codec Support 1 |
AVCHD: All frame rates supported by Media Composer
Avid DNxHD 444: All DNxHD 444 formats
Avid DNxHD: All DNxHD formats
Avid compressed SD resolutions: AVR (playback only), 15:1s, 4:1s, 2:1s, 20:1, 10:1, 3:1, 2:1, 35:1p, 28:1p, 14:1p, 3:1p, 2:1p, 4:1m, 10:1m, 3:1m(p), 8:1m(p)
Avid proxy formats: Interplay MPEG-2 proxy, MPEG-4 proxy, 720p H.264 proxy (transcode service only) |
| Native Codec Support 2 |
Panasonic DVCPRO: DVCPRO (25 Mb/s), DVCPRO 50 (50 Mb/s)
Panasonic DVCPRO HD: DVCPRO HD (100 Mb/s), AVC Intra (no encode from baseband over HD-DI), native project formats: 1080i59.94, 1080i50, 720p59.94, 720p50, 720p25, 720p23.976
QuickTime: ProRes encode (Mac only) and decode; most QuickTime-compatible movies (playback performance dependent on codec, frame size and hardware configuration); full metadata support
RED: R3D (frame sizes scaled to HD), RED EPIC, RLX support |
| File-Based Support 1 |
Canon XF: Full native direct access to Canon XF media and metadata; native editing of all listed formats (see "Native Codec Support")
Ikegami GFCAM: Full native direct access to GFCAM material and metadata; native GFCAM editing of all listed formats (see "Native Codec Support"); direct edit of GFCAM media from GFPAK cards or disk drive
MXF: Full native direct access to MXF media and metadata; native editing of all formats |
| File-Based Support 2 |
Panasonic P2: Full native direct access to P2 media and metadata; native DVCPRO HD and AVC Intra editing of all listed HD formats; direct edit of P2 media from cards or disk drive; support for P2 Store; write-back of finished program to P2 media (Windows only)
QuickTime: Full native direct access to QuickTime media and metadata; full native ProRes encode (Mac only) and decode support; native editing of all listed formats (see "Native Codec Support"); direct edit of QuickTime movie files |
| File-Based Support 3 |
RED: Full native direct access to RED (.R3D) media and metadata (frame size scaled to HD); full native direct access to RED EPIC (5K/4.5K/3K2K RAW, 1080p RGB and 720p RGB) material; native editing of all listed formats (see "Native Codec Support"); direct edit of RED (.R3D) files from a RED-FLASH card or RED-DRIVE |
| File-Based Support 4 |
Sony HDCAM SR Lite: Full native direct access to HDCAM SR Lite media and metadata; native editing of all listed HD data rates (see "Native Codec Support")
Sony XDCAM / XDCAM EX / XDCAM HD: Full native direct access to XDCAM media and metadata; native editing of all listed SD and HD data rates; full ancillary data support; import via File Access Mode (FAM) over IEEE 1394; ingest via FTP client over Ethernet; ingest, playout and write-back of finished program to XDCAM media |
| Uncompressed HD and SD Video |
SD: 1:1 interlaced 8-bit, 1:1 interlaced 10-bit, 1:1 progressive 8-bit, 1:1 progressive 10-bit
HD: 1:1 8-bit, 1:1 10-bit, YUV 4:2:2, RGB 4:4:4 (via dual-link HD-SDI) |
| Windows Requirements |
Windows
Computer: Avid-qualified Windows-based computer or laptop
OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz processor or faster
Memory: 4GB of RAM (6+ GB of RAM recommended for Windows 7 and Windows Vista)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA Quadro FX family (FX 560 or higher)
Internal Hard Drive: Minimum 80GB 7200 rpm hard disk |
| Mac Requirements |
Mac
Computer: Avid-qualified Mac-based computer or laptop
OS: Mac OS X Lion (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Dual or Intel Dual Core 2.66 GHz Xeon processor or faster, or Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz processor or faster (laptops)
Memory: 4GB of RAM (6+ GB of RAM recommended)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce family or ATI Radeon family (as supported by Apple)
Internal Hard Drive: Minimum 80GB 7200 rpm hard disk |
| Other Requirements |
Additional
QuickTime: Avid has tested and qualified Apple QuickTime X for Mac users and QuickTime 7.6.9 for Windows users
Windows Media Player: Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 is required to export certain formats and to work with VC-1 material |
