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Review Summary
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)
Canon XF:
50 Mb/s, 4:2:2
DV:
DV25 / DVCAM (25 Mb/s): 4:1:1 NTSC, 4:1:1 PAL, 4:2:0 PAL, 24p
DV50 (50 Mb/s)
HDV:
JVC HDV (19 Mb/s) 720p
Sony HDV (25 Mb/s) 1080 at 24p/25/50i/59.94i
Canon HDV 1080 at 24p/50i/59.94i
Native project formats: 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/23.976 (with support for 24p material), 720p/25, 720p/29.97, 720p/50, 720/59.94
Capture over IEEE-1394, edit, playback, export to file without timecode
Ikegami GFCAM:
GFCAM 50 Mb/s
GFCAM 100 Mb/s
JVC ProHD:
Microsoft VC-1: VC-1 (edit/playback on Intel Macs only)
Panasonic AVC-Intra
Panasonic DVCPRO (SD):
DVCPRO 25 Mb/s
DVCPRO50 50 Mb/s
Panasonic DVCPRO HD:
DVCPRO HD 100 Mb/s
AVC-Intra (baseband capture over HD-SDI requires AVC-Intra encoding module with Avid Nitris DX-sold separately)
Native project formats: 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/59.94, 720p/50, 720p/25, 720p/23.976
ProRes:
ProRes encode (Mac only) and decode
Full metadata support
Sony XDCAM (SD):
DV 25 Mb/s
IMX30 30 Mb/s
IMX40 40 Mb/s
IMX50 50 Mb/s
Full ancillary data support through AMA
Sony XDCAM EX:
MPEG 25 Mb/s CBR
MPEG 35 Mb/s VBR
Full ancillary data support through AMA
Sony XDCAM HD:
MPEG 18 Mb/s VBR
MPEG 25 Mb/s VBR
MPEG 25 Mb/s CBR
MPEG 35 Mb/s VBR
MPEG 50 Mb/s CBR
MPEG-4 Proxies
Full ancillary data support through AMA
Audio:
RTAS (Real-Time AudioSuite)
AudioSuite
Video:
AMA (Avid Media Access)
AVX 2 (Avid Video Extension)
SD:
1:1 interlaced 8/10-bit
1:1 progressive 8/10-bit
HD:
1:1 8/10-bit
YUV 4:2:2
RGB 4:4:4 (via dual link HDSDI)
ARRI ALEXA MXF:
AVCHD:
Full native direct access to AVCHD media and metadata
Native editing of all listed formats
Canon XF:
Full native direct access to Canon XF media and metadata
Native editing of all listed formats (see "Native Codec Support")
Ikegami GFCAM:
Supports MXFand OP-Atom Wrapper
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
JVC ProHD:
MXF:
Full native direct access to MXF media and metadata
Native editing of all formats
Panasonic P2:
Supports MXF and OP-Atom Wrapper 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 (including Canon 5D and 7D media)
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
RED:
Full native direct access to RED (.R3D) media and metadata (frame size scaled to HD)
Full native direct access to RED ONE, EPIC, SCARLET-X (5K/4.5K/3K2K RAW, 1080p RGB and 720p RGB) material
Native editing of all listed formats
Direct edit of RED (.R3D) files from a RED-FLASH card or RED-DRIVE
Sony HDCAM SR / HDCAM SR Lite / HDCAM SR-SQ:
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 / HD420:
Supports MXF and OP-1A Wrappers for all but XDCAM EX; XDCAM EX supports MP4 wrapper
Full native direct access to XDCAM media and metadata
Support for optical media and SxS cards
Native editing of all listed SD and HD data rates (see "Native Codec Support")
Full ancillary data support
Import via File Access Mode (FAM) over IEEE-1394
Ingest via FTP client over Ethernet
Play-out and Write-back of finished program to XDCAM media
Avid-qualified Windows- or Mac-based computer.
Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64-bit), Windows 8 Professional or Enterprise (64-bit)
Mac OS X Lion and Mountain Lion (64-bit).
Intel Quad Core i7 or Quad Core Xeon processor
4 GB RAM minimum (6+ GB recommended)
8 GB RAM minimum required to support Interplay Sphere, background transcoding and Dynamic Media Folders
16+ GB RAM recommended to support full-frame stereoscopic 3D, simultaneous background transcoding, Dynamic Media Folders, FrameFlex 4 K workflows, Raw format AMA plug-ins, Long GOP media editing and other high-performance workflows
Mac:
NVIDIA GeForce family (recommended), Intel HD4000, or ATI Radeon family (as supported by Apple)
Windows:
NVIDIA Quadro FX family3 (Q600 or higher recommended), Intel HD400
Minimum 250 GB, 7,200 rpm SATA drive or 128 GB SSD
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
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