Sony® Blu-code (BAE-VX1000)
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Powerful Features
- Strict BD format compliance - The Blu-code Encoder (BAE-VX1000) is a strictly compliant Blu-ray encoder that supports all features and parameters in the BD Specification. All profiles and levels are supported for H.264/AVC and MPEG-2 compression, along with all Blu-ray features including primary and secondary streams, slide shows, multi-angle and closed captioning.
- Advanced CABAC algorithm - The Blu-code Encoder uses the more advanced CABAC (Content Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding) algorithm for AVC encoding, and carefully designed presets remove the complexity of encoding, resulting in superb picture quality with minimal user intervention.
- Innovative design - The innovative multi-threaded design allows simultaneous capture and encoding of separate streams on either a single workstation or license-free distributed processing system.
- H.264/AVC and MPEG-2 support - Create H.264/AVC or MPEG-2 High Definition video streams that are compatible with BD-ROM and BD-R/RE formats. MPEG-2 Standard Definition video streams for the DVD format can also be created.
- Blu-ray Disc compliance - The Blu-ray Disc specification is strict and complex, and the Blu-code Encoder ensures that encoded streams fully adhere to this criteria. In addition, full access to all MPEG-2 and H.264/AVC Codec parameters are permitted within the specification without any risk of encoding files out of compliance. The user is protected from selecting invalid parameters, guaranteeing that all encoded files will pass verification.
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Three modes of H.264/AVC encoding, scalable configuration - The Blu-code Encoder provides three real-time H.264/AVC encoding quality modes that are optimized to run on a scalable system configuration, ranging from a single workstation to a license-free distributed processing system:
- Express Mode: Real-time H.264/AVC encoding with a single workstation.
- Speed Mode: Real-time H.264/AVC encoding with a distributed encoding system (three encoding PCs), to balance picture quality and encoding time.
- Quality Mode: Real-time H.264/AVC encoding with a distributed encoding system (four encoding PCs) for the highest picture quality.
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High-Speed MPEG-2 Encoding - The Blu-code Encoder provides two faster-than-real-time MPEG-2 encoding quality modes on a single workstation. Performance speeds can be further improved with a license-free distributed processing system:
- Speed Mode: .6x faster than real time with a single workstation
- Quality Mode: .7x faster real time with a single workstation
- Slide Show Encoder - Encode both time-based (synchronous audio) and browsable (asynchronous audio) slide shows from BMP, TIFF, PNG, JPEG files.
- Multi-angle Encoding - Exact I-frame/IDR-frame insertion is used to minimize angle change delay during playback. Choose from Single Angle, Seamless Change Multi-angle, and Non-Seamless Change Multi-angle.
- Buffer Optimization - Encoded streams are fully optimized for the Hypothetical Reference Decode (HRD in the BD specification) to properly maintain buffer management in BD players.
- Closed Captioning - BD-ROM compliant Closed Captioning files can be inserted into the encoded video stream.
- XML Architecture - The Blu-code Encoder provides management of batch capture and batch encoding lists, project data, and the import and export encode parameters via XML file structure. In addition, chapter mark insertion based on timecode values is supported with popular authoring application through an XML Schema.
- Superb Picture Quality - The sophisticated encoding algorithm of the Blu-code Encoder makes it easy to obtain superb picture quality. Use the system defaults for exceptional results, or fine-tune encoding parameters to the individual content.
- Automatic Encoding Pre-sets - With preset encoding parameters based on the source file content, simply select from the source content categories and the system calculates the proper settings: Film, Anime, or CG; Dynamic or Static; Dark or Bright; and Grain Noise.
- Preset Scaling List - For H.264/AVC encoding, you can select from 6 preset scaling lists. Choose from Flat, Dither Noise reduction, Vertical or Horizontal Dither Noise, and Progressive or Interlaced Grain Preservation. In addition, up to 20 new scaling lists can also be defined by the user and imported and exported from one system to another.
- Auto Customize Function - To shorten your encoding time, the Blu-code Encoder can automatically detect regions within a file that are difficult to encode, and then perform up to 5 encodes using user-defined bit rates. When two-pass encoding of the entire file is complete, the multiple versions can be reviewed and the most suitable one based on its picture quality and disc size can be selected.
- Auto De-blocking Filter - During H.264/AVC encoding, a de-blocking filter can automatically be set with the appropriate value to any region where it is necessary. The offset value of a de-blocking filter can also be set manually by adjusting alpha and beta coefficients independently.
- Frame-by-Frame Customization - The value of each encoding parameter can be adjusted frame-by-frame to provide the best picture quality with two-pass VBR encoding. Using a customize/review window, check the picture quality with H.264/AVC and MPEG-2 decoder, and easily change the value of each parameter.
- Segment Encoding - After customization, re-encoding can be done to a selected range. The optimum picture quality can be obtained in the shortest time because re-encoding of the entire title is not required.
- Scene Change Detection - Automatic or manual detection of scene changes for encoding optimization. In manual mode, scene change locations can be identified by timecode so that GOP structure can begin at division points
Workflow Efficiency
- Capture and Pre-process Simultaneously - The Blu-code Encoder has a capture utility that can capture 8- or 10-bit YUV 4:2:2 uncompressed AVI files and up to 8 channels of uncompressed WAV audio files via HD-SDI. Pre-processing of scene changes, 2:3 pull-down patterns, weight prediction (QP weighting), and fade-in and fade-out detection are executed during capture. On a distributed rendering system, slices are automatically assigned to each render node, and encoding can begin immediately after capture without further pre-processing (please note that this feature requires the Black Magic Decklink HD card which is not included).
- Pull-down Detection - Auto-detection of 2:3 pull down patterns of incoming video can be set by pattern difficulty (Weak, Normal, Hard), with threshold adjustment for each. Pull-down patterns can also be manually assigned and broken patterns corrected. Existing patterns can be imported and six existing patterns can be edited.
- Batch Processing - Encode multiple projects in a batch list for overnight processing applications. In addition, during Roll Encode mode, separate captured media files can be concatenated into one finished file after encoding. Along with encoding, the capture and pre-process functions can also be set as a batch process.
- Stream Replacement - After encoding, replace a selected region of the encoded stream with a re-encoded file. This greatly reduces the amount of re-encoding required for difficult-to-encode scenes.
- Fast Two-pass VBR Encoding - In fast two-pass VBR mode, the Blu-code Encoder doesn’t encode during the first pass; rather, it calculates the bit assign using Sony's unique measuring algorithm. This reduces the necessary first-pass time by half compared to normal two-pass VBR.
- Multi-threaded Application - Blu-code has been designed as multi-threaded application, allowing multiple functions to be performed simultaneously. For example, one file can be captured while another file is being preprocessed or encoded.
- Distributed Processing - For greater processing performance, the Blu-code Encoder offers the ability to scale the system configuration to include additional encoding processors. Unlimited render nodes can be attached through a SAN with no additional software licenses required.
- Real-time Decoder - The Blu-code Encoder can decode H.264/AVC and MPEG-2 elementary streams. This eliminates the need to multiplex and create a BD-R/RE disc, or convert to decodable file format such as AVI. The decoder provides simple VTR-like operation, and can also decode divided H.264/AVC and MPEG-2 streams without finalization to minimize the required storage size. In addition, quality checking is simplified with the ability to switch between decoded playback of encoded stream and source uncompressed file.
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