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Bluefish444 Epoch | Neutron LP

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Bluefish444 Epoch | Neutron LP
Key Features
  • Low-Profile Half-Length 4-Lane PCIe Card
  • 3 x HD/SD-SDI I/O + HDMI Monitor Output
  • Up to DCI 2K/60 Resolution
  • Assignable Reference Input
The Bluefish444 Epoch | Neutron LP features three bidirectional HD/SD-SDI connectors supporting up to DCI 2K/60 resolution video input and output with extremely low latency of sub on field or frame. It has an HDMI output for simultaneous local monitoring. Additionally, one of the three SDI ports can be set up as a reference input instead of a video signal input/output.
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Bluefish444 Neutron LP Overview

The Bluefish444 Epoch | Neutron LP features three bidirectional HD/SD-SDI connectors supporting up to DCI 2K/60 resolution video input and output with extremely low latency of sub on field or frame. It has an HDMI output for simultaneous local monitoring. Additionally, one of the three SDI ports can be set up as a reference input instead of a video signal input/output.

The Neutron LP is an internal low-profile half-height, half-length 4-lane PCIe card compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. But, it can also be installed in optional Thunderbolt enclosures from Sonnet and other brands, for alternate multimedia workflow options including integration with a second PCIe card such as a PCIe-based SSD drive or RAID controller. Included with the card is a free download of the Bluefish444 IngeSTore acquisition software and Bluefish444 cross-platform SDK.

Other features of the card include embedded audio support, high-performance bypass relays, 4 x 4 x 33-bit color matrix, 12-bit video signal path, hardware downstream keyer, full-duplex DMA data transfer, and 256MB of onboard memory.

The Epoch | Neutron LP can be used for broadcast graphics, post-production, and live events, and digital intermediate, mobile-production, QC, video-over-IP, and streaming workflows among many others.

Key Features
  • Low-profile, half-length 4-lane PCIe, Gen 1 card (8- and 16-lane compatible)
  • Three independent and simultaneous bidirectional HD/SD-SDI BNC connectors
  • Up to DCI 2K/60 resolution playout or capture via dual-link HD-SDI
  • Simultaneous HDMI monitoring output
  • One of the three bidirectional BNC connectors can be set to function as a reference input instead of passing a standard video signal
  • Compatible with Mac, Windows, and Linux
  • High-performance bypass relays
  • 4 x 4 x 33-bit color matrix
  • 12-bit video signal path
  • Audio sample-rate converters
  • MR2 master routing resource
  • Input stream integrity management
  • Full-duplex DMA data transfer
  • 256MB onboard memory
  • Hardware downstream keyer
  • 16 channels of embedded SDI I/O audio
  • Dolby Digital pass-through SDI
Operating Modes
  • One SDI input + one SDI output
  • Two SDI inputs
  • Two SDI outputs
Low Latency
The Epoch | Neutron LP provides access to captured fields or frames to onboard card memory even before the whole field or frame is complete, thereby reducing the latency to sub on field or frame. During a capture or playout, each process can occur at less than or equal to 1 field for interlaced modes, and less than 1 frame for progressive modes.
Low-Latency Video Keyer
Low-latency hardware video keyer allows video layers to be combined in hardware with microseconds of delay. This allows animated logos, captions, tickers, and more to be keyed over live video feeds at full 12-bit precision and with minimum input to output delay. The keyer can also function as an image premultiplier to assist in previewing images with alpha data.
12-Bit Processing Pipeline
Allows 8-, 10-, and 12-bit SDI video signals to be produced from 8-, 10-, 12-, and 16-bit pixel formats, providing the highest image quality available from your source material.
RGB / YUV
Fully programmable 4 x 4 x 33-bit color matrix provides the highest quality colorspace conversions, reduces colorspace conversion errors, and ensures the highest quality color accuracy during capture, monitoring, and mastering.
Thunderbolt Expansion Compatibility
The Epoch | Neutron LP is compatible with Sonnet, One Stop Systems Magma, Netstor, and AKiTiO Thunderbolt expansion enclosures for multichannel mobile production.
Pixel Formats
2VUY, YUVS, BV8, V210, AYUV_4224, AYUV_4444, YV12, I420, ARGB, BGRA, RGB24, Cineon, DPX, RGB48, and custom formats.
IngeSTore Multi-Channel Capture Tool (Included)
  • Provided as a free download
  • Capture up to 4 channels of video
  • Wide range of broadcast, post production, archival, and streaming codec options
  • Records direct to shared storage, including Avid shared storage
  • Growing file support with Edit-While-Record in Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid MediaComposer
  • REST API for remote control
  • RS-422 controller
Software Compatibility
Adobe Creative Cloud, Assimilate SCRATCH, Avid, Avmeda, Brainstorm, BTi, CasparCG,ChryonHego, ClassX, Dataton, Drastic Technologies 4kScope and videoQC, DVBControl, Etere, Foundry Nuke, Libero Systems, Marquise Technologies MIST and ICE, Masterplay, Media 5, Media-Alliance, Medialooks, Metus, MOG, NewTek, NVerzion, Resolume, Ross Video, Streamstar, Telestream Wirecast, TouchDesigner, Unity, Unreal Engine, Unreal StreamingTechnologies, Vizrt Viz Engine and Viz Arena, vMix, VRI, x-dream-media, Zinemath zLense, and more.

Bluefish444 Neutron LP Specs

Video I/O
Input/Output
3x BNC (HD-SDI)
Audio I/O
No
Other I/O
Output
1x HDMI 1.4A
Latency
SDI Input/Output: 1 Frame
Format Support
Video Resolution
SDI Input
2048 x 1080p at 23.98/24/25/29.97/30/48/50/59.94/60 fps
2048 x 1080PsF at 23.98/24/25/29.97/30/48/50/59.94/60 fps
1920 x 1080p at 23.98/24/25/29.97/30/48/50/59.94/60 fps
1920 x 1080PsF at 23.98/24/25/29.97/30/48/50/59.94/60 fps
1920 x 1080i at 25/29.97/30 fps
1280 x 720 at 23.98/24/25/29.97/30/50/59.94/60 fps
720 x 576i at 25 fps
720 x 480i at 29.97 fps
HDMI Output
1920 x 1080p
SDI Output
2048 x 1080p at 23.98/24/25/29.97/30/48/50/59.94/60 fps
2048 x 1080PsF at 23.98/24/25/29.97/30/48/50/59.94/60 fps
1920 x 1080p at 23.98/24/25/29.97/30/48/50/59.94/60 fps
1920 x 1080PsF at 23.98/24/25/29.97/30/48/50/59.94/60 fps
1920 x 1080i at 25/29.97/30 fps
1280 x 720 at 23.98/24/25/29.97/30/50/59.94/60 fps
720 x 576i at 25 fps
720 x 480i at 29.97 fps
Embedded Audio
SDI: 16-Channel
HDMI
Reclocking
No
Standards
Video Standard Compliance
SMPTE: 292M/295M/372M
Broadcast System Compatibility
NTSC, PAL
OS Compatibility
macOS 10.8 or Later
Windows 7 or Later
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2012 R2
CentOS
Ubuntu
General
Certifications
C-Tick, CE, FCC, ISO9001, RoHS
Dimensions
7.28 x 4.72" / 185 x 120 mm
Weight
6.35 oz / 180 g
Packaging Info
Package Weight
0.7 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
9.2 x 5.5 x 2.5"

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