What's in the box

Software

• Avid Symphony
• Avid MediaLog
• Avid Log Exchange
• Avid FilmScribe
• Avid EDL Manager
• Avid MetaSync Manager
• Avid MetaFuze (Windows; Mac via VMware)
• Avid Interplay Transfer (standalone version)

Third-party bundled software

• Avid DVD by Sonic - Industry-leading DVD authoring (Windows only)
• Boris Continuum Complete - Comprehensive library of video filters and transitions
• Sorenson Squeeze - Multimedia export with customizable compression templates
• SmartSound Sonicfire Pro - Automated music track creation
• Avid FX - 2D & 3D compositing, titles, animation and effects

Hardware

• Host workstation (Apple MacPro or HP Z800 - see system requirements for details) 
• Avid Nitris DX
• PCIe Host Interface Board
• Keycaps labels

Documentation

• Basics Guide
• Advanced Effects Guide
• Avid Resource Guide

Platform support

Qualified operating systems

• Mac OS X 10.5.5 (Leopard) on Intel hardware
• Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (32 bit)
• Microsoft Windows Vista Business SP1 (64 bit)
• Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 (64 bit)

Supported hardware platforms

For detailed Mac and Windows hardware support information, visit the system requirements page.

Miscellaneous

• QuickTime 7.6
• Microsoft Windows Media Player 11

Project formats

NTSC

• 23.976p
• 24p
• 30i

PAL

• 24p
• 25i
• 25p

HD - 720

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

HD - 1080

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

Native codec support

DV

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

HDV

• HDV (25Mb/s)
• 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)

Sony XDCAM (SD)

• DV - 25 Mb/s
• IMX30 - 30 Mb/s
• IMX40 - 40 Mb/s
• IMX50 - 50 Mb/s

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

• MPEG - 25 Mb/s
• MPEG - 35 Mb/s

Panasonic DVCPRO (SD)

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

Panasonic DVCPRO HD

• DVCPRO HD - 100 Mb/s
• AVC-I (no render)
• Native project formats: 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/60, 720p/25, 720p/23.976

Microsoft VC-1

VC-1 (Mac-Intel: edit/playback only)

File-based support

Avid Media Access (AMA)

Avid Media Access provides full native end to end workflow for XDCAM HD and full native support including metadata integration and card/disc support for P2 and XDCAM-HD/EX formats.

Sony XDCAM EX / XDCAM HD

• Full native direct access to XDCAM Media and metadata
• Native editing of all listed SD and HD data rates (see above)
• Import via File Access Mode (FAM) over IEEE-1394
• Ingest via FTP client over Ethernet
• Ingest, Playout and Write-back of finished program to XDCAM media

Panasonic P2

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

Avid DNxHD

• All DNxHD formats
• Refer to the DNxHD whitepaper for details

Compressed SD resolutions

• AVR (playback only)
• 15:1s, 4:1s, 2:1s
• 20:1, 10:1, 3:1, 2:1
• 35:1p, 28:1p, 14:1p, 3:1p, 2:1p
• 4:1m, 10:1m, 3:1m(p), 8:1m(p)

Uncompressed SD and HD

SD

• 1:1 interlaced 8-bit
  
• 1:1 interlaced 10-bit
  
• 1:1 progressive 8-bit

HD

• 1:1 8-bit
  
• 1:1 10-bit

Connectivity

Host-based

• PCI-E (audio/video I/O)
• RS-422 (serial machine control)

Avid Nitris DX

• SD SDI I/O
  
• HD SDI I/O
• HDMI output
  
• SD YCbCr Component I/O
  
• HD YCbCr Component I/O
  
• SD S-Video I/O
  
• SD Composite I/O
  
• Reference Sync Black&Burst and HD TriLevel input (combined connector)
  
• Reference Sync loop-through
  
• 8 channels AES/EBU digital audio I/O (on DB25 connector)
  
• 8 channels SD-SDI embedded digital audio I/O
  
• 16 channels HD-SDI embedded digital audio input
  
• 16 channels HD-SDI embedded digital audio output
  
• 2 channels optical S/PDIF digital audio I/O
  
• 8 channels optical ADAT digital audio I/O
  
• 4 channels XLR analog audio I/O
  
• 2 channels RCA analog audio input
  
• 2 channels 1/4¨ TRS audio output
  
• Headphone stereo 1/4¨ TRS output
  
• LTC XLR I/O
  
• Wordclock output