FIRECODER BLU is an H.264/MPEG2 compatible hardware transcoder board which provides high speed encoding of video files for use in Blu-ray authoring. FIRECODER Blu may also be used to transcode between H.264 and MPEG2 files. It supports up and down conversion of SD and HD sources and supports native 24p Blu-ray authoring. Output may be written directly to Blu-ray disc or stored as a file. Provides 4-5x faster than real-time encoding. A single PCI Express x1 form factor board, FIRECODER Blu provides accelerated encoding of Blu-ray compatible video sourced from any number of video applications including our own EDIUS non-linear editing software. Output may be directly to a Blu-ray disc or to a Blu-ray compatible file for additional authoring. Additionally, FIRECODER Blu transcodes between AVCHD and HDV compatible MPEG2 formats. It supports 1080i and 720p as well as native 24p Blu-ray.

Input formats: Canopus HQ, MPEG2 TS, MPEG2 PS (HDV Compatible), H.264 (AVCHD Compatible)

Output formats (files): H.264(M2TS), MPEG2 PS, MPEG2 TS (HDV)

Output formats (direct to disc):BD-R/BD-RE: H.264, MPEG4AVC

DVD: MPEG2

Compatible with Windows XP SP2 (32 bit), Windows Vista SP1 (32 bit / 64 bit)

Included FIRECODER WRITER - software provides basic Blu-ray and DVD authoring tools including creation of titles and chapters from Canopus HQ(avi), HDV(m2t) and MPEG2 PS(mpg, m2p) source files.

A single PCI Express x4 form factor board, FIRECODER Intra provides for 2-3x faster than real-time encoding to AVC Intra 50/100 from the EDIUS timeline.

Supported export formats: • AVC-Intra 1920x1080(100Mbps), AVC-Intra 1440x1080(50Mbps) • Frame rates: 59.94i, 50i, 29.97p, 25p, 23.98p • AVC-Intra 1280x720(100Mbps), AVC-Intra 960x720(50Mbps) • 59.94p, 50p, 29.97p, 25p, 23.98p

Compatible with Windows XP SP2 (32 bit), Windows Vista SP1 (32 bit / 64 bit)

Available December 2008.

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