MOTU V4HD User Manual page 14

The V4HD is housed in a rugged aluminum alloy
chassis with a standard 19-inch, two-space, rack-
mountable form factor. Included rack mounting
brackets can easily be removed for convenient
desktop operation.
The V4HD is designed to streamline your video
production workflow, with unified control over all
your video gear from the convenience of your
computer desktop.
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS
HD/SD FireWire video interface — provides
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HD and SD capture and playback for any current-
generation FireWire equipped computer.
Plug-and-play connectivity via FireWire 400 or
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800 — connects to either a desktop tower or a
portable laptop.
Supports Apple Final Cut Pro (Mac) and Adobe
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Premiere Pro (Windows).
Captures and plays all standard HD and SD
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formats up to and including 1080p30 (720p, 1080i,
1080p and 1080PsF).
Full-raster Apple ProRes workflow — supports
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full-raster capture and playback (1920 x 1080 and
1280 x 720) in Apple's ProRes 422 HD codec in
both standard and HQ modes. Work with ProRes
clips pixel for pixel in full 10-bit 4:2:2 resolution.
Hardware-accelerated DVCPro capture/
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playback — provides hardware-accelerated
capture and playback of industry standard
DVCProHD/P2, DVCPro50 and DVCPro25 video
streams to/from Final Cut Pro.
Pristine HD quality and efficient editing —
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ProRes and DVCProHD formats provide 10-bit
4:2:2 broadcast quality color and CPU-efficient,
intra-frame native editing.
Captures and plays uncompressed SD — 8-bit or
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10-bit NTSC or PAL.
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HDMI monitoring — connect a large-format
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HD plasma, reference LCD, consumer DLP or
other flatscreen for flexible and affordable "pixel for
pixel" HD monitoring.
Broadcast quality hardware-based real time
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SD-to-HD up-convert — capture SD while
working in HD; monitor HD when working in SD.
Broadcast quality hardware-based real time
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HD-to-SD down-convert — capture HD while
working in SD; monitor SD when working in HD.
Hardware-accelerated 2:3 or 2:3:3:2 pull-down
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insertion and removal — go between film and
NTSC rates in real time, with no rendering
required.
Comprehensive up/down conversion formatting
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— anamorphic, pillar box, letterbox, 14:9
pillarbox, 14:9 letterbox and full screen.
Simultaneous HD/SD operation — connect
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multiple HD and SD sources and destinations
simultaneously. Switch HD/SD sources on the fly
while converting to multiple HD/SD destinations.
All outputs are "hot", regardless of source format.
Two rack space form factor with dedicated
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connectors — no cable swapping or gangly,
inconvenient breakout cables.
Stand-alone operation — converts and
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distributes selected input source to all supported
output formats with SD-to-HD up-convert,
HD-to-SD down-convert and pull-down
insertion/removal.
VIDEO I/O
1 x HD-SDI in and out (4:2:2 10-bit) on
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independent BNC connectors
1 x SD-SDI in and out (4:2:2 10-bit) on
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independent BNC connectors
1 x extra HD-SDI output connector
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1 x extra SD-SDI output connector
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A B O U T T H E V 4 H D