Avid Nitris DX hardware

• Avid Nitris DX — High-performance analog and digital I/O interface
• PCIe Host Interface Board — Connects Nitris DX to your computer

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Basics Guide

Avid Software

• NewsCutter— Edit SD and HD video
• EDL Manager — Export timecode metadata
• FilmScribe — Export film metadata
• Interplay Transfer (standalone version) — Transfer media and metadata to Interplay
• Log Exchange — Convert shot logs into ALE files
• MediaLog — Manage logging and metadata
• MetaFuze — Convert RED, DPX, and other formats (Windows only)

Production Suite

• Avid DVD by Sonic
  Author professional DVDs and Blu-ray Discs quickly and easily, with complete control over the entire process with Avid DVD by Sonic 6, which works with Windows-based systems (including 64-bit Windows Vista). Author and burn discs with advanced controls, produce multi-language titles, generate and import subtitle tracks, create interactive slideshows, and much more. Learn more about Sonic professional DVD products on the Sonic website.
• Avid FX
  Easily create dazzling 2D and 3D composites, titles, animation, and effects with Avid FX 5.8, a powerful collection of creative tools designed by Boris FX. This latest version sports a new interface and offers new 16-bit color, clone paint tool, image brushes, motion path and key tools, vector trace, optical stabilization, subtitle generator, and more. Get started fast with 1,500 customizable templates, or design your own titles and graphics using text, drawing, styles, and animation tools. And create stunning effects with over 115 filters, including Wire Removal, Grain Match, Light Zoom, and more. For more details, visit the Boris FX website.
• Boris Continuum Complete
  Create the look you want with nearly 200 filters at your fingertips — including 15 new filters — using the new Boris Continuum Complete 6. This latest version offers significant performance gains and enhancements, so you can create dramatic effects quickly and easily. Use the Extruded Text, Extruded Spline, Layer Deformer, Cartoon Look, Lightning, and other new filters to create compelling visuals. Get new custom animated presets in XML format and a single-click custom preset navigation tool. And discover new enhancements in the built-in Motion Tracker. For complete details, visit the Boris Continuum Complete website.
• SmartSound Sonicfire Pro
  Create music soundtracks for your films, TV shows, commercials, and other video effortlessly with SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 5. Choose from a variety of loops and pre-recorded soundtracks and then customize the music to fit your scene. With the latest version, you can match beats to video, insert a stinger, alter the tempo and pitch, fine-tune searches with Sensory Searching, search for music by simply tapping a tempo, and get new spotting tools. For complete details, visit the SmartSound Sonicfire Pro website.
• Sorenson Squeeze
  Optimize and deliver content in a create-once-publish-anywhere world. With Sorenson Squeeze 5, you can optimize content in a variety of formats (including HD, DVD, MPEG-2, MPEG-4/H.264, Flash, and 3GPP) for web or DVD delivery, author DVDs and Blu-ray Discs on Windows, and burn discs on a PC and now Macs too. This latest version lets you work faster with simultaneous multi-file encoding, new and improved codecs, audience presets, a new plug-in architecture, and new filters (including Watermark, Hue and Saturation, Sharpen, Audio Duration, and Audio Volume). Achieve the highest quality audio with AC-3 compatibility and 5.1 and 7.1 surround support. Perform simple encoding tasks in three easy steps or batch process files for more complex jobs. For complete details, visit the Sorenson Squeeze website.

Nitris DX Audio Connections

• Digital Audio: 8 channels of AES/EBU I/O (on DB25 connector), 8 channels of embedded SD-SDI audio I/O, 16 channels of embedded HD-SDI audio I/O, 8 channels of optical ADAT I/O, 2 channels of optical S/PDIF I/O
• Analog Audio: 4 channels of balanced XLR I/O, 2 channels of RCA audio input, 2 channels of 1/4" TRS output, stereo headphone output (1/4” TRS)

Nitris DX Monitoring and Sync

• Monitoring: HDMI output (all rates supported, including full 1920 x 1080 HD)
• Timecode and Sync: LTC (XLR I/O), Reference Sync (Black and Burst or HD TriLevel input, combined connector), Reference Sync loop-through, Word Clock (output only)

HD - 720

• 720p/23.976
• 720p/25
• 720p/29.97
• 720p/50
• 720p/59.94

HD - 1080

• 1080p/23.976
• 1080p/24
• 1080p/25 
• 1080i/59.94
• 1080i/50

DV

• DV25 / DVCAM (25 Mb/s): 4:1:1 NTSC, 4:1:1 PAL, 4:2:0 PAL, 24p
• DV50 (50 Mb/s)

HDV

• JVC HDV (19Mb/s) – 720p
• Sony HDV (25Mb/s) 1080@24p/25/50i/59.94i
• Canon HDV 1080 at 24p/50i / 59.94i
• Native project formats: 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/23.976 (with support for 24p material), 720p/25, 720p/29.97, 720p/50, 720p59.94
• Capture over IEEE-1394, edit, playback, export to file without timecode (export not for 24p material)

Ikegami GFCAM

• GFCAM 50 Mb/s
• GFCAM 100 Mb/s

VC-1 (edit/playback on Intel Macs only)

Panasonic DVCPRO (SD)

• DVCPRO – 25 Mb/s
• DVCPRO50 – 50 Mb/s

Panasonic DVCPRO HD & AVC-I

• DVCPRO HD – 100 Mb/s
• AVC-Intra (no encode from baseband over HD-SDI)
• Native project formats: 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/59.94, 720p/25, 720p/23.976

QuickTime

• ProRes
• Most QuickTime-compatible movies (playback performance dependent on codec, frame size, and hardware configuration)
• Full metadata support

RED

• R3D (frame sizes scaled to HD)
• RLX support
• Full metadata support

Sony HDCAM SR Lite

• 220 Mb/s

Sony XDCAM EX

• MPEG – 25 Mb/s CBR
• MPEG – 35 Mb/s VBR

Sony XDCAM HD

• MPEG – 18 Mb/s VBR
• MPEG – 25 Mb/s VBR
• MPEG – 25 Mb/s CBR
• MPEG – 35 Mb/s VBR
• MPEG – 50 Mb/s CBR
• MPEG-4 Proxies

Sony XDCAM EX

• Native editing of all listed SD and HD data rates (see Native Codec Support)
• Import of MXF files, as exported by Sony Clip Browser application

Sony HDCAM SR Lite

• Full native direct access to HDCAM SR Lite media and metadata
• Native editing of all listed HD data rates (see “Native codec support,” above) 

Panasonic P2 and P2 HD

• Full native direct access to P2 Media and metadata
• Native DVCPRO HD editing of all listed HD formats (see “Native codec support,” above)
• Direct edit of P2 media from cards or disk drive
• Support for P2 Store
• Write-back of finished program to P2 media IEEE-1394

Ikegami GFCAM

• Full native direct access to GFCAM material and metadata
• Native GFCAM editing of all listed formats (see “Native codec support,” above)
• Direct edit of GFCAM media from GFPAK cards or disk drive

QuickTime

• Full native direct access to QuickTime media and metadata
• Native editing of all listed formats (see “Native codec support,” above)
• Direct edit of QuickTime movie files

 RED

• Full native direct access to RED (.R3D) media and metadata (frame size scaled to HD)
• Native editing of all listed formats (see “Native codec support,” above)
• Direct edit of RED (.R3D) files from a RED-FLASH card or RED-DRIVE