Seamless Realtime Workflow Handles Any Mix of HD/SD
Let the groundbreaking Thomson Grass Valley EDIUS NX Express take you to the world of high definition video production. Use any mix of HD and SD video content; work with unlimited video, audio, title and graphics layers and any combination of realtime effects; and, most importantly, preview your work in progress in high-quality, full resolution — in realtime — on the type of video monitor on which it is intended to be displayed — even HDTV.

Many of the HDV editing systems currently available compromise video quality in order to provide realtime editing functionality. Thomson Grass Valley EDIUS NX Express delivers genuine realtime HD resolution editing including full quality, full frame rate HD output — to an HD video monitor — from the timeline. Two important workflow benefits are derived from a genuine realtime HDV editing system like EDIUS NX Express:

1. No rendering is required to preview edited sequences; results are displayed instantaneously — on HD video monitors.
2. The original video and audio data can be preserved at every step of the editing process. You can always be assured that the format you start with is exactly what will be delivered. This eliminates any guesswork when applying the multitude of realtime effects featured with the system.

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EDIUS NX Express: Key Features

• Realtime mixed format editing of HD, HDV, DV, MPEG-2 (program / elementary), uncompressed and lossless video with Thomson Grass Valley EDIUS Pro editing software
• Realtime HD/SD resolution conversion and output
• Realtime aspect ratio conversion and output, including 16:9-4:3
• Realtime frame rate conversion and output, including NTSC-PAL
• Realtime HD/SD effects, keyers, transitions and titles
• High-quality Canopus-engineered video codecs, including the award-winning Canopus HQ codec
• High-speed, hardware-based SD MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 timeline export
• High-quality analog and digital inputs/outputs for DV, S-Video, composite video and unbalanced audio
• Hardware-based video overlay design for accelerated HD/SD editing
• Realtime, full resolution, full quality component HD and SD video output
• Filtering and noise reduction technology for analog input
• Bidirectional analog/DV conversion (ADVC technology), available from within any Windows-based NLE software
• Direct-to-DVD timeline export and authoring
• Optional* support available for Infinity™ JPEG 2000, XDCAM, XDCAM EX, DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO HD, P2 and VariCam
• Future-proof codec and performance scalability
• Video output plug-ins for Adobe® After Effects®, Adobe Photoshop®, NewTek® LightWave 3D® and more
• 64-bit PCI-X version available: Ask your Dealer or Canopus Representative for details

* Requires the EDIUS Broadcast upgrade — see Options.

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EDIUS NX Express: Specifications

Package Contents:

• EDIUS NX Express (NHX-E2) PCI Express x1 bus card
• HD/SD component output and SD MPEG-2/MPEG-4 encoder PCI Express x1 bus card
• 1 x FireWire cable (4-pin – 4-pin)
• 1 x board connection cable
• EDIUS software installation DVD-ROM
  (includes bonus utilities and sample content)
• EDIUS Pro USB dongle
• EDIUS Pro user manual

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Technical Specifications
Video Formats (Capture)

• Canopus DV - 720x480/59.94i (NTSC), 720x576/50i (PAL)
• YUY2 (Uncompressed) - 720x486/59.94i (NTSC), 720x576/50i (PAL)
• Canopus Lossless - 720x486/59.94i (NTSC), 720x576/50i (PAL)
• HDV/Canopus HQ - 1080/59.94i, 1080/50i, 1080/30p, 1080/25p, 1080/24p, 720/60p, 720/50p, 720/30p, 720/25p, 720/24p, 720x480/60p, 720x576/25p, 720x576/50p

Video Formats (Output)

• DV/DVCAM - 720x480/59.94i (NTSC), 720x576/50i (PAL)
• HDV - 1080/59.94i, 1080/50i, 1080/30p, 1080/25p, 1080/24p, 720/60p, 720/50p, 720/30p, 720/25p, 720/24p, 720x480/60p, 720x576/25p, 720x576/50p
• S-Video, composite - 720x480/59.94i (NTSC), 720x576/50i (PAL)
• BNC component - 1080/59.94i, 1080/50i, 720/30p, 720/25p, 720/24p over 30p, 720x480/59.94i (NTSC), 720x576/50i (PAL)

Digital Video Input/Output

• 1 x 4-pin FireWire
• 1 x 6-pin FireWire

Analog Video Input/Output

• 1 x S-Video and composite combined (7-pin miniDIN) input
• 1 x S-Video and composite combined (7-pin miniDIN) output
• 1 x component (BNC Y, Pb, Pr) output

Analog Audio Input/Output

• 1 x stereo (3.5mm, unbalanced) input
• 1 x stereo (3.5mm, unbalanced) output
• 1 x stereo (RCA, unbalanced) output

MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Export Video Resolutions

• MPEG-2: 720x480, 720x576, 704x480, 640x480, 480x480, 352x480, 352x576, 352x240, 352x288, 320x480, 320x240, 176x120
• MPEG-4: 720x480, 720x576, 704x480, 640x480, 480x480, 352x480, 352x576, 352x240, 320x240, 176x120

MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Export Video Frame Rate

• MPEG-2: 29.97fps (NTSC), 25fps (PAL)
• MPEG-4: 15fps (NTSC), 30fps (NTSC), 25fps (PAL)

MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Export Video Compression

• MPEG-2: (ISO/IEC 13818-2) Main Profile @ Main Level (I, B, P frames) I-frame support only
• MPEG-4: (ISO/IEC 14496-14)

MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Export Video Bitrate

• MPEG-2: 128kbps - 15Mbps
• MPEG-4: 32kbps - 8Mbps
• Variable (one-pass) and Constant Bitrate support

MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Export Audio Sampling Rates

• MPEG-2: 32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz
• MPEG-4: 24kHz, 48kHz

MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Export Audio Compression

• MPEG-2: MPEG-1 Layer 2
• MPEG-4: AAC

MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Export Audio Bitrates

• MPEG-2: 96 to 384kbps
• MPEG-4: 32, 48, 64, 96, 128, 144, 182, 224, 256, 288kbps

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Minimum System Requirements
EDIUS NX Express is capable of editing both SD and HD content in realtime, however the system requirements for realtime HD editing are significantly higher than for SD editing. The requirements shown here are for realtime HD editing. For a guide on system requirements for realtime SD editing, refer to the specifications for EDIUS DVX.

• Intel® Pentium® D 3.0GHz or higher (Multi-processor and Hyper-threading technology supported)
• 1GB RAM
• Two free PCI Express x1 slots
• 800MB free disk space
• DVD-ROM drive for software installation
• ATA100/7200rpm or faster hard disk, capable of sustaining at least 20MB/sec data transfer. A RAID stripe set of two or more hard disk drives is required for multiple HD stream output
• Graphics card with 128MB of graphics memory, 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 5.25-inch mounting bay
• Windows® XP Home or Windows® XP Professional (Service Pack 2 or later)
• DirectX 9.0 or later
• One free USB (1.1 or higher) port for security key
• Soundcard

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Service and Support

• Limited warranty
• Access to the Product-related Downloads section for EDIUS NX Express, when you register your product in an active Canopus User Account