Native Codec Support | Avid DNxHD 444 All DNxHD 444 Formats Avid DNxHD All DNxHD formats Avid 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) Avid Proxy Formats Interplay MPEG-2 proxy, MPEG-4 proxy, 720p H.264 proxy (transcode service only) Canon XF 50 Mb/s, 4:2:2 DV DV25 / DVCAM (25 Mb/s): 4:1:1 NTSC, 4:1:1 PAL, 4:2:0 PAL, 24p DV50 (50 Mb/s) HDV JVC HDV (19 Mb/s) 720p Sony HDV (25 Mb/s) 1080 @ 24p/25/50i/59.94i Canon HDV 1080 at 24p/50i/59.94i Native project formats: 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/23.976 (with support for 24p material), 720p/25, 720p/29.97, 720p/50, 720/59.94 Capture over IEEE-1394, edit, playback, export to file without timecode Ikegami GFCAM GFCAM 50 Mb/s GFCAM 100 Mb/s JVC ProHD Microsoft VC-1: VC-1 (edit/playback on Intel Macs only) Panasonic AVC-Intra Panasonic DVCPRO (SD) DVCPRO 25 Mb/s DVCPRO50 50 Mb/s Panasonic DVCPRO HD DVCPRO HD 100 Mb/s AVC-Intra (baseband capture over HD-SDI requires AVC-Intra encoding module with Avid Nitris DX-sold separately) Native project formats: 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/59.94, 720p/50, 720p/25, 720p/23.976 ProRes ProRes encode (Mac only) and decode Full metadata support Sony XDCAM (SD) DV 25 Mb/s IMX30 30 Mb/s IMX40 40 Mb/s IMX50 50 Mb/s Full ancillary data support through AMA Sony XDCAM EX MPEG 25 Mb/s CBR MPEG 35 Mb/s VBR Full ancillary data support through AMA 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 Full ancillary data support through AMA |
Supported A/V Plug-In Formats | Audio RTAS (Real-Time AudioSuite) AudioSuite Video AMA (Avid Media Access) AVX 2 (Avid Video Extension) |
Uncompressed SD and HD Video | SD 1:1 interlaced 8/10-bit 1:1 progressive 8/10-bit HD 1:1 8/10-bit YUV 4:2:2 RGB 4:4:4 (via dual link HDSDI) |
File-Based Support | ARRI ALEXA MXF AVCHD Full native direct access to AVCHD media and metadata Native editing of all listed formats Canon XF Full native direct access to Canon XF media and metadata Native editing of all listed formats (see "Native codec support") Ikegami GFCAM Full native direct access to GFCAM material and metadata Native GFCAM editing of all listed formats (see "Native codec support") Direct edit of GFCAM media from GFPAK cards or disk drive JVC ProHD MXF Full native direct access to MXF media and metadata Native editing of all formats Panasonic P2 Full native direct access to P2 media and metadata Native DVCPRO HD and AVC-Intra editing of all listed HD formats Direct edit of P2 media from cards or disk drive Support for P2 Store Write-back of finished program to P2 media (Windows only) QuickTime Full native direct access to QuickTime media and metadata (including Canon 5D and 7D media) Full native ProRes encode (Mac only) and decode support Native editing of all listed formats (see "Native codec support") Direct edit of QuickTime movie files RED Full native direct access to RED (.R3D) media and metadata (frame size scaled to HD) Full native direct access to RED ONE, EPIC, SCARLET-X (5K/4.5K/3K2K RAW, 1080p RGB, and 720p RGB) material Native editing of all listed formats Direct edit of RED (.R3D) files from a RED-FLASH card or RED-DRIVE Sony HDCAM SR Lite Full native direct access to HDCAM SR Lite media and metadata Native editing of all listed HD data rates (see "Native codec support") Sony XDCAM / XDCAM EX / XDCAM HD Full native direct access to XDCAM media and metadata Support for optical media and SxS cards Native editing of all listed SD and HD data rates (see "Native codec support") Full ancillary data support Import via File Access Mode (FAM) over IEEE-1394 Ingest via FTP client over Ethernet Play-out and Write-back of finished program to XDCAM media |
Supported Project Formats | NTSC 23.976p/24p/30i PAL 24p/25i/25p HD 720p 23.976/25/29.97/50/59.94 1080p 23.976/24,/25/29.97 1080i 59.94/50 |
Computer | Avid-qualified Windows- or Mac-based computer. Note: video on laptops is limited to 1 stream of uncompressed SD video, except for Windows-based Intel Core i7 laptops (Quad Core with Hyper-Threading) with eSATA storage, which can play multiple streams. |
Operating System | Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64-bit), Windows 8 Professional or Enterprise (64-bit) Mac OS X Lion and Mountain Lion (64-bit). Note: Avid does not supply support for non-Avid-qualified systems |
Processor | Intel Quad Core i7 or Quad Core Xeon processor |
Memory | 4 GB RAM minimum (6+ GB recommended) 8 GB RAM minimum required to support Interplay Sphere, background transcoding, and Dynamic Media Folders 16+ GB RAM recommended to support full-frame stereoscopic 3D, simultaneous background transcoding, Dynamic Media Folders, FrameFlex 4 K workflows, Raw format AMA plug-ins, Long GOP media editing, and other high-performance workflows |
Graphics Card | Mac NVIDIA GeForce family (recommended), Intel HD4000, or ATI Radeon family (as supported by Apple) Windows NVIDIA Quadro FX family3 (Q600 or higher recommended), Intel HD4000 |
Internal Hard Drive | Minimum 250 GB, 7,200 rpm SATA drive or 128 GB SSD |
Compatibility | QuickTime: Avid has tested and qualified Apple QuickTime X for Mac users and QuickTime 7.6.9 for Windows users Windows Media Player: Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 is required to export certain formats and to work with VC-1 material |
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