Canopus ( Grass Valley) PEGASUS SD/ HD board

NEW ( UPCOMING) Pegasus HD/ SD Video Capture Card. The Grass Valley™ Pegasus HD/ SD Video Capture board for content archiving and distribution offers an affordable way to capture high-resolution, full frame rate video in real time. Comprised of PCI Express hardware and software— featuring a Canopus® HQ hardware codec chip— the Pegasus board lets you preview, capture, and store footage in pristine quality. Supporting many SD and HD formats as well as PC graphics, the Pegasus harwdare' s inputs include S-Video, YUV and RGB analog, and HDMI, making it ready for today' s range of video game consoles. You can also capture VGA output with its converter cable— ideal for creating software tutorials. It can alos capture external two-channel analog audio and up to eight channels of embedded audio via HDMI ( supports HDMI version 1.0. HDMI 1.1-1.3, HDCP not supported) . Key Features : High-quality capture of standard- and high-definition ( SD and HD) video using an onboard Canopus® HQ hardware encoding chip Capture up to 1920x1080/ 60i, 50i* * , and 1280x720/ 60p, 50p video Capture PC display signals up to 1280x1024 without downscaling Capture via HDMI* , DVI* * * , S-Video, YUV, and RGB component inputs HQ recorder to capture software via three modes: Auto capture ( when an input signal is detected) Manual capture Scheduled capture Includes Canopus codec pack for import of Canopus HQ AVI files in Windows-based video applications Software development kit ( SDK) for software engineers to create custom solutions based on Pegasus technology Specifications : Digital Video Input : 1 x HDMI type A ( Ver1.1 HDCP not supported) Analog Video Input : 1 x 7-pin miniDIN ( analog Y, Pb, Pr component) 1 x 4-pin miniDIN ( S-Video, composite video) 1 x 9-pin miniDIN ( analog RGB) Analog Audio Input : 1 x stereo mini jack Analog Audio Output : 1 x 4-pin connector for internal PC connection ( AUX) Supported Input Resolutions : HDMI 1920x1080/ 59.94, 60i 1920x1080/ 50i 1280x720/ 59.94, 60p 1280x720/ 50p 720 x480/ 59.94, 60p 720x576/ 50p 720x480/ 59.94, 60i 720x576/ 50i 640x480/ 59.94, 60p DVI 1280x1024/ 60p 1024x768/ 60p 800x600/ 60p 640x480/ 60p Analog RGB 1280x1024/ 60p 1024x768/ 60p 800x600/ 60p 640x480/ 60p Analog Component 1920x1080/ 59.94i 1920x1080/ 50i 1280x720/ 59.94p 1280x720/ 50p 720x48 0/ 59.94p 720x576/ 50p 720x486/ 59.94i 720x576/ 50i S-Video, Composite Video 720x486/ 59.94i 720x576/ 50i Digital Video Input 1 x HDMI type A ( Ver1.1 HDCP not supported) Video Capture File Format : AVI ( Canopus HQ, LPCM) Video Capture Resolution : 1920x1080 1440x1080 ( 1920 3/ 4) 1280x1080 ( 1920 2/ 3) 1280x1024 1280x720 960x720 ( 1280 3/ 4) 1024x768 800x600 720x576 720x486 720x480 640x480 Audio Capture : Line In, Monitor Out6 Stereo @ 24-bit, 48 kHz HDMI Input2, 7 LPCM 2-8 ch. @ 24-bit 32-/ 44.1-/ 48 kHz Minimum System Requirements : Intel Pentium 4 2.80 GHz CPU or faster ( AMD CPU also supported) 1 GB RAM ( 2 GB RAM recommended) 40 MB free disk space for the drivers and application software ATA 3 GB/ s, 7200 rpm or faster hard disk for video capture ( if capturing graphics output from the same PC, a second physical hard disk drive is recommended) DirectX 9.0 or later Graphics card with support for PixelShader Model 2.0 ( i.e. DX9-based) or hardware-based DirectDraw overlay, and 32-bit color display at a 1024x768 resolution One free PCI Express bus slot Internal 4-Pin audio input connector for audio preview Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional ( SP2 or later, 32-bit) Windows Vista ( SP1 or later, 32-bit) , including the following operating systems: Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Ultimate http: / / www.grassvalley.com/ products/ pegasus