The Avid Nitris DX/ AVC-Intra External Hardware Accelerator & Input/Output Unit works with Avid's Media Composer 7, Symphony, and NewsCutter. It is more than just an input/output device, as not only does it perform real-time encoding to AVC-Intra, it also provides hardware acceleration to your system when handling files encoded as AVC-Intra, HDV, DVCPro25 and XDCAM EX. This frees up your system's CPU and GPU resources for other tasks including playback and effects rendering.
The Nitris DX features SD/HD SDI, SD/HD component, composite, and S-Video I/O connectors. It also features HDMI out for monitoring. It supports ref sync in/out, Longitudinal Timecode (LTC), and Wordclock for digital audio sync. Optional expansion boards allow you to add full frame 3D (stereoscopic) functionality with AVC-Intra or you can add an optional board for DNxHD support.
- Dual Link support, RGB capture, composite, and S-Video I/O.
- Supports ADAT, XLR, 1/4", RCA analog, AES, S/PDIF.
- All outputs are always active, for simultaneous synchronized audio and video on all connections.
- Input audio pass-through mixing allows you to monitor the input audio without affecting the capture into Media Composer.
- Cross-convert between 720 and 1080 formats
Down-convert or up-convert between HD and SD formats. - Nitris DX allows you to capture and output ancillary data, such as closed captioning and AFD.
- 24-frame SD workflow with Advanced Audio pull-down support for multiple audio sample rates with high-quality sample rate conversion on digital inputs.
- Sync to different video and digital audio clocks, including Black Burst, Tri-level, AES, and S/PDIF.
- Clock your audio output to a digital router while capturing video.
- The Nitris DX unit features two internal slots for compression/decompression (Codec) cards. It ships with one slot filled with the AVC-Intra card, and one slot available for an optional card.
- Installing an available AVC-Intra card allows the Nitris DX to offer real-time, full frame stereoscopic (3D) support, with simultaneous left and right eye input, output and monitoring.
- Installing an optional DNxHD card allows your Nitris DX to encode, decode, and accelerate both DNxHD and AVC-Intra.
- The unit is scalable, which allows it to support future formats, protocols, connectivity, and emerging technologies.