Grass Valley EDIUS Broadcast is designed to meet the requirements of higher-end broadcast and post-production environments, including support for newer, non-tape forms of video recording and storage.

Incorporating all of the realtime editing capabilities and features included with
Grass Valley EDIUS Pro NLE software, EDIUS Broadcast also provides additional support for industry-standard equipment and formats:

• Grass Valley™ Infinity™ JPEG 2000
• Panasonic DVCPRO® 50 and DVCPRO HD
• Panasonic DVCPRO P2
• Panasonic AVC-Intra*
• Panasonic VariCam®
• Sony XDCAM™

* Also requires the AVC-Intra plug-in for EDIUS Broadcast, available separately

NLE Systems: EDIUS Broadcast Software + Realtime Editing Hardware
Grass Valley EDIUS SP and Grass Valley EDIUS Edit Stations are NLE systems built around and include EDIUS Broadcast software, in addition to the hardware that characterizes each. EDIUS Broadcast software directly supports OHCI FireWire, providing video input/output. EDIUS Broadcast also supports the Canopus DVStorm series and DVRaptor RT2 series of editing hardware, which offer accelerated realtime DV editing and analog connectivity.

Grass Valley EDIUS Broadcast: Key Features

• Realtime, mixed format HD/SD editing, including DV, HDV, HD, MPEG-2 and uncompressed SD video
• Complete support for Infinity JPEG 2000, DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO HD, P2, VariCam and XDCAM cameras and decks
• Fast, flexible user interface, including unlimited video, audio, title and graphics tracks
• Realtime editing and conversion of different HD/SD aspect ratios, such as 16:9 and 4:3
• Realtime editing and conversion of different frame rates, such as 60i, 50i and 24p
• Realtime editing and conversion of different resolutions, such as 1440x1080, 1280x720 and 720x480
• Realtime HD/SD effects, keyers, transitions and titles
• Realtime, render-free DV output directly from the timeline
• Multicam editing of up to eight different sources simultaneously
• Nested timeline sequences
• High-speed HDV timeline export, built for Dual Core CPU technology
• High-quality, multi-format video exporting with ProCoder Express for EDIUS
• Direct-to-DVD timeline export and authoring
• Inscriber® TitleMotion™ Pro for EDIUS
   

Grass Valley EDIUS Broadcast: Features Close- Up

Built for Broadcast and Post-Production Environments
Grass Valley EDIUS Broadcast software includes all the features and functionality of Grass Valley EDIUS Pro NLE software. The additional industry-standard equipment and format support features* that are included in the EDIUS Broadcast are described below. For more information on the core EDIUS Pro software, visit the EDIUS Pro product page.

*Note that these features are also available as an upgrade option for EDIUS Pro at an additional cost. See the EDIUS Pro Options page for details.

Infinity™ JPEG 2000 Support
EDIUS Broadcast allows you to work with the new Infinity JPEG 2000 codec, as featured with the line of Infinity solutions from Grass Valley. You can choose to capture and edit the content in its native format, or convert to the Canopus HQ codec for increased realtime productivity.

DVCPRO 50 and DVCPRO HD Support
Capture, edit and export with Panasonic DVCPRO 50 and DVCPRO HD material. Developed in collaboration with Panasonic, the Canopus DVCPRO HD codec provides EDIUS Broadcast with high-quality HD video with full native DVCPRO HD (SMPTE 370M) compliance. EDIUS Broadcast supports direct HD lossless capture and print–to-tape functions with the Panasonic DVCPRO HD VTRs, such as the AJ-HD1200A, in native 1080/60i/50i via any IEEE 1394 OHCI FireWire controller.

Panasonic P2 Support
Increase productivity by directly editing footage stored on Panasonic P2 media with EDIUS Broadcast. With Panasonic P2 support in EDIUS Broadcast, editors have instant access to footage, bypassing the time-consuming capture/import step necessary with other digital video formats. Import DVCPRO 25, DVCPRO 50 and DVCPRO HD P2 clips stored on single or multiple cards, edit without needing to copy footage to disk and export back to P2 media for ultimate editing efficiency. EDIUS P2 support offers native editing of all 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, and 24p content, as recorded with the latest Panasonic cameras.

EDIUS Broadcast can also support the new AVC-Intra codec featured in newer Panasonic P2 cameras and decks. Edit the content in its native format, or convert to DVCPRO HD for enhanced realtime editing performance – the choice is yours.

Note: The AVC-Intra plug-in for EDIUS Broadcast is available separately as an option.

Supported Hardware

• Panasonic AJ-HPX3000G camera
• Panasonic AJ-HPX2000 camera
• Panasonic AJ-PCD10 P2 drive
• Panasonic AJ-SPD850 P2 deck
• Panasonic AJ-SPX800 P2 camera
• Panasonic AJ-HVX200 camera
• Panasonic AJ-PCS060G drive

Panasonic VariCam Support
Edit film-style HD footage within EDIUS Broadcast. The Panasonic VariCam format provides 720p 24fps and variable frame rate capture for film-like feel and detailed fast/slow motion effects. With built-in VariCam support, the EDIUS timeline can import VariCam footage for editing in its native format. Edited VariCam sequences can be exported back to a DVCPRO HD deck, or output to another format for use within other environments.

Supported Hardware

• Panasonic AJ-HD1200A Player/Recorder
• Panasonic AJ-HDC27F VariCam camera
• Panasonic AJ-HDC27H VariCam camera

Sony XDCAM Support
Digitally copy and edit footage from Sony XDCAM equipment. By digitally copying footage over a network or IEEE 1394 FireWire connection, there is zero quality loss during the capture process and footage can be ready to edit quickly without the traditional waiting of realtime capture. After editing, write DVCAM footage back to the XDCAM camcorder or deck for a seamless XDCAM workflow, or export the EDIUS timeline to another format for use in other processes.

Supported Hardware

• Sony PDW-D1 XDCAM Drive Unit
• Sony PDW-1500 XDCAM Recorder
• Sony PDW-510 XDCAM Camcorder
• Sony PDW-530 XDCAM Camcorder
• Sony PDW-V1 XDCAM Mobile Deck

Grass Valley EDIUS Broadcast: Specifications

Package Contents:

• EDIUS Broadcast installation DVD-ROM
• TitleMotion Pro installation CD-ROM
• USB security dongle
• EDIUS installation guide
• EDIUS hardware setting guide
• EDIUS user guide
• EDIUS Broadcast user guide

Minimum System Requirements:

• Intel® Pentium® 4 3.0GHz CPU or faster (Intel Xeon® 2.8GHz dual processors recommended for HD/HDV editing, Hyper-Threading supported)
• 512MB RAM (1GB RAM recommended)
• 800MB free disk space for the application
• Windows® XP Home or Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2 or later)
• DirectX 9.0 or later
• Graphics card with hardware-based DirectDraw overlay and 32-bit color display at a 1024x768 resolution (128MB of graphics memory is required when editing in HD resolution)
• ATA100/5400rpm or faster hard disk recommended (Ultra SCSI 160 or better is required for playing two or more uncompressed video streams
• One free USB port (1.1 or higher) port for software protection key
• Soundcard

Note: External video decks/cameras may require either a free IEEE 1394 FireWire port or USB 2.0 port for connectivity.

EDIUS Broadcast: Service and Support:

• 90-day limited warranty
• Access to the Product-related Downloads section for EDIUS Broadcast software, when you register your product in an active Canopus User Account