Nonlinear Editing Plus Accelerated Blu-ray Encoding

While featuring a basic, entry-level range of tools and features, Grass Valley EDIUS Neo 2 FIRECODER Blu still provides powerful nonlinear editing features found in all Grass Valley EDIUS solutions; such as real-time, multi-track, mixed format HD/SD editing, chroma keying, titling, and both Blu-ray Disc and DVD authoring.

Based on the PCI Express form factor, the FIRECODER Blu board provides accelerated encoding of Blu-ray compatible video sourced from the included EDIUS Neo 2 nonlinear editing software. Results can be output directly to a Blu-ray Disc or to a Blu-ray compatible file for additional authoring.

The FIRECODER Blu board also transcodes between H.264 and MPEG-2 formats; it supports 1080i and 720p as well as native 24p Blu-ray formats. It supports up/down conversion of SD and HD sources. And it encodes HD source materials 2X faster than real time and SD source materials 4-5X faster than real time.

See EDIUS Neo 2 for more information. For information on how to upgrade the software in this product to include real time AVCHD editing capability, see EDIUS Neo 2 Booster for more information.

Real-time, mixed-format HD/SD editing, including DV, HDV, AVCHD, MPEG-2, Windows Media, and QuickTime video

Fast, flexible user interface, including unlimited video, audio, title, and graphics tracks

Real-time editing and conversion of different HD/SD aspect ratios, such as 16:9 and 4:3

Real-time editing and conversion of different frame rates, such as 60i, 50i, and 24p

Real-time editing and conversion of different resolutions, such as 1920x1080, 1440x1080, 1280x720, and 720x480

Real-time HD/SD effects, keyers, transitions, and titles

Real-time 3D GPU FX

Real-time, render-free DV output directly from the timeline

New layout tool

Nested timeline sequences

High-speed MPEG-2 and HDV import and export using multi-core and multiple CPU technology

Segment encoding (smart rendering) export for MPEG-2 and HDV

Direct to Blu-ray Disc and DVD timeline export with menus

Accelerated output of timeline to Blu-ray with included FIRECODER Blu board

Quick Titler software for real-time titling, including rolls and crawls

AVCHD converter software for converting AVCHD clips to Canopus HQ codec

Windows XP (32-bit) and Windows Vista (32-bit/64-bit) support

Upgrade to EDIUS available

Upgrade to EDIUS Neo 2 Booster available