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CineWave Classic RT PCI Capture Card - Uncompressed Real-Time Video Editing Solution for Final Cut Pro - Accelerator Card for Mac Based Motion Graphics Workstation
Mfr # 141104000• B&H PICWC

Our Price: $ 1,495.00
Availability: In Stock
This Item Includes

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TARGA Cine Engine (PCI card)

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CineAcquire

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CineOffline

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GeeThree Stealth Serial Port

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Pipeline Digital RS-422 Device Control Cable

Required/Recommended Accessories
The item(s) listed below are recommended to enhance the use of the selected item above.

Breakout Boxes


Pinnacle
Pro Digital Breakout Box for T3000/Cinewave

136730001
B&H# PIBOBD

Price: 495.00

Cables & Adapters


Comprehensive
3-BNC Male to 3-BNC Male Component Cable - 10 ft

3BP-3BP-10HR
B&H# COC3B3B10

Price: 37.99

Product Information

CineWave Classic RT! The Perfect Uncompressed Solution!
Designed with the future in mind, CineWave Classic is a software and hardware based solution seamlessly working together to deliver unprecedented quality and flexibility on the Mac OS X Jaguar equipped Power Mac G4. CineWave, the first and most effective comprehensive uncompressed solution, which works on the award winning Final Cut Pro editing software. CineWave consists of the TARGA Cine Engine, CineAccquire Cine Offline and Keyspan USB Twin Serial Adapter. With the best quality tools for Unlimited Layering* - Effects - Advanced Non-Linear Editing - Motion Tracking** - Paint and Compositing, your creative opportunities are endless.

CineWave Classic RT now includes over twenty real-time uncompressed effects at no extra charge when used with Apple's Final Cut Pro. This is more RT effects than any other uncompressed or DV Final Cut Pro based solution on the market.

Use CineOffline to edit lower-resolution modes with reduced data rates, for more flexible offline/online workflows in both SD and HD. The TARGA Cine codecs are best of breed with both 8-bit and 16-bit YUV and 8-bit RGBA codecs. Cinewave Classic RT is uniquely suited for broadcast designers, graphic artist or video editors who already own Final Cut Pro or Commotion Pro and are looking to create graphic intensive intros, outros, IDs, and promos.

CineWave has two digital tether ports for connecting to a family of SD and HD breakout boxes for flexible I/O options. With just one system, you can do everything from create a DV film, master DVDs, to output uncompressed SD or HD resolution footage. Upgrading to Cinewave RT™ or Cinewave HD™ is as easy as attaching a new breakout box or loading new software.The scalable architecture allows you the flexibility that you need all on the same base system.

*Layering, Effects and Editing are based on the Optional Final Cut Pro
**Motion Graphics, Paint and Compositing only with optional Commotion Pro

Features

• In Brief

High precision processing 4:2:2 or 4:4:4:4 - Industrial-strength digital video editing with Final Cut Pro - Over 20 RT Effects - Integrated Compositing, Effects, and Paint with Commotion Pro - Native QuickTime - Realtime 3:2 pulldown for converting 24fps to 30fps - Selectable aspect ratio; 4:3 or 16:9 - Selectable frame rate; 24/25/30 - Uncompressed Standard Definition; ITU-R.601, NTSC/PAL

• New In Version 4.0

4.0 new features includes: Awesome New space saving High Quality offline support. support for real-time capture from both SD and HD sources and industry leading frame rates (23.976, 24, 25 and 29.97) into popular high quality offline formats Photo-JPEG and DV (4:3 and 16:9) as well as Cineoffline

Over 20 RT Effects

Real-Time Effects
Cross Dissolve - Cross Iris - Diamond Iris - Rectangle Iris - Point Iris - Oval Iris - Star Iris - Push Slide - V Wipe - Center Wipe - Clock Wipe - Edge Wipe - Inset Wipe

Image Control
Brightness and Contrast - Color Balance - Sepia - Tint

Color Correction
Color Corrector 2-Way

• TARGA Cine Codec

The TARGA Cine™ codecs offer true 8- and 16-bit YUV and 8-bit RGBA support. You can even edit with the TARGA Cine software codec on a computer that does not have a TARGA Cine Engine.

• CineAcquire

All Cinewave solutions include the new, robust CineAcquire™ application and plug-in module for Commotion Pro and After Effects. CineAcquire allows you to quickly and easily do everything from grab a frame to batch capture with complete RS-422 deck and device control in NTSC/PAL and widely used HD* formats.

• Native QuickTime

QuickTime® native from start to finish. CineWave easily integrates with a variety of QuickTime native applications including Commotion Pro, After Effects, combustion,and Pro Tools.

• QuickTime video-out

QuickTime video-out support for NTSC/PAL and HD* is provided on demand through the standard QuickTime Movie Player or in Commotion Pro, After Effects, or combustion through their native QuickTime viewer or RAM preview. You can even simultaneously play out to tape up to four 10-bit uncompressed SD streams or two 10-bit uncompressed SD streams and one uncompressed HD* stream, using CineWave's standard dual Digital Tethers™.

* Requires the optional CineWave HD breakout box

• CineOffline

Cinewave also works in both offline and online modes. Use CineOffline™ and/or Final Cut Pro's OfflineRT to edit at reduced data rates, for more flexible offline/online workflows in both SD and HD.

• Multi Resolution Timeline

Use uncompressed full resolution clips for complex composite/effects shots and lower resolution clips for straight cuts, in the same timeline without rendering. When you are finished, you can always conform and output the highest quality for the entire project.

• Multi Format

Cinewave Classic provides numerous capabilities for acquisition, post-production, and delivery in many formats, including: DV, DigiBeta, uncompressed 601, PAL, NTSC, 4:3, 16:9, and Web. You always have the option to upgrade to Cinewave RT or Cinewave HD without changing the underlying system configuration.

Specifications
General
64-bit PCI board with 2 Digital Tether port connections
HUB-3 video processing engine for 8/16 bit YUV or 8-bit RGBA
128 MB of on-board SDRAM Memory
Power Consumption 4.7-Watts Max
FCC Class A and CE
Connectors 2 HD 36-pin Digital Tether™ Female Receptacles
Color Tables
Color Correction Tables; 256 x 15 bits for each primery
Video Processor
Video resizer; 2D sub-pixel filter
Video compositor; 1024 levels
Color Space converter ; 10-bit transparent
Supported Clock Rates
SD; 27MHz Clock frequency - HD; 74.176MHz Clock frequency - HD; 74.250MHz Clock frequency
Data Rates per Hour
SD 601
YUV 4:2:2 8-bit: NTSC/Pal; 70GB
YUV 4:2:2 16-bit: NTSC; 141 GB - Pal; 139GB
RGBA 4:4:4 8-bit: NTSC; 141 GB - Pal; 139GB

HD
1080i/30; 417GB
1080i/25; 348GB
1080p/24; 334GB
720p/60; 371GB

System Requirements
Power Mac G4 450 MHz and above*
* The system boot drive should be an Ultra ATA drive
CiniWave fan assembly
Memory
Minimum:
512MB

Recommended:
1 GB

Display Cards
ATI Nexus 128 and the ATI Radeon 7000 are approved as secondary graphics cards.

Other display cards may not support video overlay on the desktop.
* The NVIDIA GeForce2 TwinView graphic card may result in dropped frames with extended playback, when both ports of the display card are is use.

Software Versions
TARGA Cine Engine drivers version 3.0.1 - FCP 3.0.4 - QuickTime (QT) version 6.1 or later - Mac OS 10.2.4
SCSI Controllers & Cables
The ATTO UL3D or the Adaptec 39160 dual channel SCSI controllers

Ultra 160 certified cables and terminators. (One of each per channel.)

Array Configuration
Recommended array configuration for SD is 2 drives per Channel for a total 4 drives per array. The minimum array configuration for HD or RT is 4 drives per channel, for a total of 8 drives per array.

drives should always be equal on both channels of the SCSI controller in order to achieve balanced performance (e.g. 1+1, 2+2, etc.).

Striping Software
SoftRAID 2.2.2 striping software is preferred
Atto Express Raid versions 2.3.2 and above is qualified
Breakout Box
Choice of Analog, Pro Digtal, Pro Analog digital and HD.
You can connect two breakout boxes simultaneously
RAID Arrays and Enclosures
Pinnacle has tested and qualified the following configurations:

SD & RT
Jems Data Vault - Medea VideoRaid RTR, RTRX, RT Array - Rorke MaxArray 8-bay Tower - LaCie TX 12000 JBOD

HD
Jems Data Vault Array - Medea VideoRaid RTRX or RT* Array - Rorke MaxArray 8-bay Tower - LaCie TX 12000 JBOD

* HD and RT standard definition playback and recording with the Medea VideoRaid RT is dependent upon two volumes being striped together as one single, dual-channel volume.