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Blackmagic H264 Pro Recorder

Code: NMA/VIDPROREC
 NO LONGER AVAILABLE

H.264 Pro Recorder

Capture from broadcast decks to SD and HD H.264 files!

Now it's easy to distribute your client's H.264 video files to websites, YouTube, iPhone and even iPad! Blackmagic Design's H.264 Pro Recorder handles capture from all popular video formats so you can encode directly from professional broadcast decks!

Maximum Flexibility!

It’s the perfect low cost way to capture from professional SD and HD broadcast decks directly into H.264 files! With new ways of delivering content to consumers, now it's easy to capture old or new programming content into the same file format used on the web, iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, YouTube and more! Capture directly from SDI, HDMI and component analog video with embedded SDI, HDMI and balanced analog audio inputs. Plus you get RS-422 deck control and Media Express software for Mac and Windows!

Professional Encoding

H.264 Pro Recorder is for the industry professional who needs professional encoding from SDI, HDMI, analog component / composite and balanced audio! H.264 Pro Recorder includes Blackmagic Design's powerful Media Express software for frame accurate capturing and encoding on Mac and Windows!

Preserve Archive Footage

Old videotapes are delicate and have a limited life. Not only are fragile, old videotapes deteriorating, finding decks that still work and can play them back is getting even harder! Encoding video to digital H.264 files is the only way to preserve valuable footage! Use H.264 to archive old programming, news footage and other materials that might be on old videotape formats, before the tapes deteriorate and the content is lost forever. With H.264 Pro Recorder, your files are digital, so your content will never deteriorate and can be preserved forever!

Highest Quality Video Capture

H.264 Pro Recorder allows you to select between SDI, HDMI and analog component video inputs. You can choose to record audio from the SDI, HDMI or stereo balanced analog audio input jacks. The SDI and HDMI input connections automatically switch between all formats so you can connect H.264 Pro Recorder directly to devices such as HDCAM, Digital Betacam, Betacam SP decks, DVD players and more!

Media Express Software Included!

Blackmagic Media Express is included free with H.264 Pro Recorder. Media Express features an attractive easy to use interface that lets you batch capture your H.264 files. You can even create your own playlist from captured files. Media Express also supports CMX EDL import and frame accurate deck control via RS-422, so you can fully automate batch capture of multiple H.264 files! Media Express is fast, accurate, easy to use and works on both Mac OS X and Windows!

Specifications

Connections SDI Video Input:
1 x 12 bit SD/HD switchable

Analog Video Input:
1 x Component YUV on 3 BNCs switchable to S-Video or Composite

Component supports HD and SD

HDMI Video Input:
1 x HDMI type A connector

SDI Audio Input:
2 Channels from embedded SDI audio

Analog Audio Input:
2 Channels of professional balanced analog audio with standard 1/4" jack connections

HDMI Audio Input:
2 Channels from embedded HDMI audio

Device Control:
Sony compatible RS422 deck control port

Computer Interface:
USB 2.0 high speed (480 Mb/s)
Standards HD Format Support: 720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60, 1080PsF23.98, 1080p23.98, 1080PsF24, 1080p24, 1080PsF25, 1080p25, 1080PsF29.97, 1080p29.97, 1080PsF30, 1080p30, 1080i50, 1080p50, 1080i59.94, 1080p59.94, 1080i60, and 1080p60

SD Format Support: 625/25 PAL, 525/29.97 NTSC and 480p

SDI Compliance: SMPTE 259M and 292

Multiple Rate Support: SDI, HDMI and component analog video connections are switchable between standard definition and high definition. SDI switches between 270 Mb/s standard definition SDI, 1.5 Gb/s HD-SDI and 3 Gb/s HD-SDI

Video Sampling: 4:2:2

Color Precision: 12 bit

Color Space: 4:2:2 YUV

Audio Sampling: Television standard sample rate of 48 kHz and 24 bit

HDMI Color Precision: 12 bit

Copy Protection: For legal reasons HDMI input is unable to capture from copy protected HDMI sources. Always confirm copyright ownership before capture or distribution of content.
Firmware Firmware upgrade via USB
Installation Connect unit to the computer's USB 2.0 port, install Blackmagic H.264 Pro Recorder software and run Media Express