GRASS VALLEY FIRECODER BLU Datasheet

FIRECODER Blu
acc el e r at e d B lu - r ay e n c o d i n g
a n d M o r e
h.264/Mpeg-2 hardware transcoder
board that provides high-speed
encoding of video files for use in dVd
and Blu-ray disc production.
FIRECODER Blu is a single PCI
®
Express form factor board that provides
accelerated encoding of Blu-ray
compatible video sourced from video
applications such as Grass Valley
EDIUS nonlinear editing software.
®
Output may be directly to a Blu-ray
disc or to a Blu-ray compatible file
for additional authoring. Additionally,
FIRECODER Blu transcodes between
KEY FEATURES
• Transcodes AVCHD to MPEG-2
(transport stream and program
stream) and MPEG-2 to H.264
(transport stream)
• 2 times faster than real-time encoding
of HD Blu-ray compatible video
• 4-5 times faster than real-time
encoding of SD Blu-ray compatible
video
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AVCHD- and HDV-compatible MPEG-2
formats. It supports 1080i and 720p, as
well as native 24p Blu-ray.
The included FIRECODER WRITER
™
software provides basic Blu-ray and DVD
authoring tools including creation of titles
and chapters from Canopus
HDV (m2t) and MPEG-2 PS (mpg, m2p)
source files.
• Direct writing to Blu-ray disc
• Supports 1080i and 720p as well as
native 24p Blu-ray
• Up- and down-conversion of SD and
HD sources
product data sheet
FIRECODER Blu provides high-speed
encoding of video files for use in DVD
(four to five times faster than real-time
encoding) and Blu-ray disc production
(twice as fast as real-time encoding).
FIRECODER Blu also supports up- and
® HQ (avi), down-conversion of SD and HD sources.
• Included FIRECODER WRITER
software provides basic Blu-ray
and DVD authoring tools including
creation of titles and chapters from
Canopus DV, Canopus HQ (avi), HDV
(m2t) and MPEG-2 PS (mpg, m2p)
source files
• Encodes or transcodes files created
by Grass Valley EDIUS nonlinear
editing software (not included)