The Pre-Eminent Broadcast Quality HD/SD Editing System

When Canopus set out to design the best HD editing system ever, its engineering team set challenging objectives. The system had to be of the highest quality, yet affordable — a fraction of the cost of current high-end HD editing systems. It needed to provide realtime, multilayer HD editing and effects processing with the scalable functionality for which Canopus is renowned. As current video content is still largely SD, support for editing both SD and HD simultaneously was essential. EDIUS HD is the result of our efforts — a professional realtime HD/SD online content creation system for broadcast studios built with a combination of innovative hardware and software yielding realtime capabilities that are unrivaled by NLE systems costing ten times the price.

Overview

The proprietary Canopus elements within EDIUS HD systems are comprised of three key components: EDIUS Broadcast NLE software; the innovative, high-quality Canopus software video codecs including Canopus HQ, Canopus HD, Canopus Lossless and SD uncompressed; and the RX-E1 input/output hardware card with its companion HD-SDI I/O module. The EDIUS HD hardware may optionally be configured into the HDBX1000, a convenient, 3U rack-mountable multi-I/O processor unit.

If you want the top-of-the-line quality of the EDIUS HD system but you’re not quite ready for HD, you don’t have to limit your options with a conventional SD-only system. Get EDIUS SD now and upgrade to EDIUS HD (for an additional cost) at any time.

Features

Seamless realtime SD/HD mixed format editing with EDIUS Broadcast editing software
High-quality video codecs: Canopus® Lossless, SD uncompressed, Canopus HD (DVCPRO® HD, SMPTE compliant), Canopus HQ, DVCPRO 50, DV25, MPEG-2/MPEG-1
Canopus RX-E1 SDI input/output board
Realtime, full quality, full resolution HD-SDI and SD-SDI output from the timeline
SDI connectivity to all broadcast HD and SD VTRs
Frame-accurate RS-422 VTR control and external reference sync input
SDI embedded audio and embedded TC support
Delivered within robust, high-performance turnkey workstation configurations
Optional external video processor unit with extensive input/output
High-speed HDV timeline export, built for Dual Core CPU technology
Complete I/O support for DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO HD, P2, VariCam and XDCAM cameras and decks
Scalable, future-proof hardware and video codec design for unrestricted realtime capabilities and long product life
3-year limited warranty on Canopus hardware (only); 90-day limited warranty on software

Technical Specifications:

EDIUS HD is only available as a complete turnkey workstation through Canopus Authorized System Integrators. Specifications of CPU and other third-party components may vary at the discretion of the System Integrator.

Video Format
Data Compression

HD: Canopus HD codec (1/7 compression, SMPTE-370M compliant), Canopus HQ codec
SD: Uncompressed YUV
DV: Canopus DV codec (1/5 compression)

Supported I/O Formats

HD: 1920x1080/59.94i, 1920x1080/60i, 1920x1080/50i
SD: 720x486 NTSC, 720x576 PAL (ITU-R601)

Internal Signal Processing

4:2:2 10-bit input
4:2:2 8-bit internal

Input/Output Signal Format

HD: HD-SDI 10-bit (SMPTE-252M compliant)
SD: SDI 10-bit (SMTPE 259M-C compliant)
DV: IEEE 1394a

Audio Format

Embedded Audio - SMPTE299M/272M-A compliant

RX-E1
Input/Output Connectors

1 x BNC HD-SDI/SDI input
2 x BNC HD-SDI/SDI output
1 x BNC HD REF input (Tri-level Sync)
1 x BNC SD REF input (Black Burst)

Device Control

9-pin D-sub RS-422A
IEEE 1394 FireWire

Accessories / Options

Adobe Premiere Pro