With the M|62 Bundle from Softron, you can enjoy all of the features of MovieRecorder 4 and OnTheAir Video Express in a certified hardware and software package designed for Mac Pro workstations. The bundle includes one Sonnet Echo Express SEL Thunderbolt 2 Expansion Chassis housed with a Deltacast HD-SDI video card (DELTA-hd-elp-d 62) with six inputs and two outputs. Six licenses of MovieRecorder (one for each input channel) and two licenses of OnTheAir Video Express (one for each output channel) are included on a single USB dongle. The video card uses DIN 1.0/2.3 connectors, so for interfacing with cameras and video equipment that use standard BNC connectors, eight 1' BNC female to DIN 1.0/2.3 SDI cables are included. For connecting the external chassis to your Mac Pro, one 5' black Thunderbolt cable is also included.
MovieRecorder 4 is a video ingest software that supports up to six streams of 1080p video in this M|62 Bundle configuration. It can be used for direct-to-edit capture or you can set it up for scheduled recordings or even 24/7 operation. It can also be configured for live streaming or direct upload to a remote FTP server. You can choose from a number of poplar codecs, including H.264, DNxHD, and ProRes for editing in virtually any NLE software, including Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Avid Media Composer. Thanks to the Deltacast DELTA-hd-elp-d 62, 4 x HD/SD, 2 x 2K, and 1 x 4K signals can be recorded. Additionally, a cloud-based backup can even be made while streaming.
In conjunction with the Deltacast video card, OnTheAir Video Express lets you playout 2 x HD/SD and 1 x 2K signals. Softron uses its own playout engine called Smart Playout Engine, which allows mixing multiple codecs and resolutions in the same playlist without installing any additional software, and features an Automatic Resize tool that will efficiently scale frame sizes to Fill, Pan-and-Scan, or Letterbox. The standard playout file type is QuickTime (.mov), but you can also select Transport Stream (.ts), MXF (.MXF), and others. Supported video codecs include most i-frame and long-GOP codecs, including Apple ProRes, Avid NDxHD, AVC-Intra, and XDCAM.
- Record 6 HD video channels at once over a single Thunderbolt port
- Playout 2 HD video channels
- Compact Sonnet Echo Express SEL Thunderbolt 2 Expansion Chassis
- Low-profile Deltacast DELTA-hd-elp-d 62 video card
- Manual or scheduled recordings
- Timer to automatically stop recording a manual recording after a given time
- Direct link from OnTheAir Video or OnTheAir Node (no video input required to ingest from these applications playing on the same Mac)
- Looped recording i.e. it records permanently on the same file and goes back to the beginning when it reaches the end of the file for TimeShifting playout for example
- Encode to multiple destinations using different codecs using easy presets.
- Support for 4K recording (quad-link HD-SDI)
- MXF and QuickTime file support
- H.264 support
- Record Closed Captioning CEA-708 to a QuickTime CC track. (Requires the CC option; only with HD sources)
- Frame-accurate file switch for 24/7 recording
- Remote Control with a REST API
- Using Classic (set a recording duration and the duration is updated at the end of the recording) or Segmented files (files just grow over time)
- Compatible with most editing application (including Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere)
- Schedule weekly recordings
- Daily recordings
- Each schedule item can have its own destination/file name
- Support for adaptive streaming; encodes to multiple bit-rates and formats
- Automatic upload to FTP or Amazon S3
- Integration with JWPlayer for Flash compatibility