CineVision^®

Video codec support

• AVC (H.264) Main/High Profiles, Levels 3, 3.1, 3.2, 4, and 4.1
• VC-1 Advanced Profile, Levels 2 and 3
• MPEG-2 Main Profile, Main and High levels

Audio codec support

• DTS Master Audio Suite (standalone application)

Encoding modes

• One- and two-pass bit rate-controlled VBR
• One-pass CBR

Pre-processing and Mastering tools

• DVO Grain – Film grain filtering and management
• DVO Aperture – Aperture (sharpness) correction
• DVO Regrain – Add grain to material
• DVO Brickwall – Advanced low-pass filtering
• DVO Alias – Filtering for out-of-band frequencies in interlaced material
• DVO Dust – Dust and scratch removal
• Full resolution preview
• Instantly recallable preset editors for all parameters

Encoding Tools

• Full preset editors giving complete parameter access for AVC, VC-1 and MPEG-2
• Informative parameter change logs for preset editors
• Detailed encode progress display, including current speed and expected completion time
• Batch encoding – queue multiple encoding sessions in a batch
• Express Session Creation – instantly generate new sessions from separate source files using the current session as a template
• Multi-input source sessions – encode a single movie from multiple captured files
• Embedding of source timecode in encoded files
• Import chapter points directly from CSV or Sonic StreamData files
• Flexible chapter timecode entry based from zero or any given source timecode reference

Movie timeline

• Bit rate track
• Decoder buffer fill rate graph
• Frame by frame picture structure track (I, P and B)
• Custom entry point location track
• PSNR track
• Quantization track
• Audio Playback track
• Windowed and GOP averaging views for all tracks
• Target Bit Budget™ with MB used/remaining display
• Source timecode/movie timecode display modes
• Mean bit rate displays for movie and segments

Video preview

• HD-SDI playback of source and movie (requires Nvidia Quadro FX SDI GPU)
• Instant toggle between source and encoded movie preview
• Sync mode playback – slave encoded movie transport to source transport for instant comparison
• QC Loop mode – Automatic alternating replay of a selected section of the source and movie
• Varispeed playback for source and movie files
• Audio playback (PCM files)
• Transport controls for source and encoded file

Advanced Segment-based editing and re-encoding

• Edit in-point, out-point and segment duration fields
• Segment edit tab with parameter values
• Absolute and relative bit rate editing via simple click-drag control
• Access to wide number of key encoding parameters
• DVO mastering tools available for segment changes
• Mark new I-frames during segment editing
• Multiple-take segment management
• ExpressQC™ – Auto segment marking based on quality metric (PSNR)

Parameter legalization tools

• Blu-ray Disc primary
• Blu-ray Disc secondary
• DVD-Video
• HD DVD standard/advanced main
• HD DVD advanced sub
• HD DVD Main and Blu-ray Disc Primary combined legalization

Video resolution support

• 1920 x 1080
• 1440 x 1080
• 1280 x 1080
• 1280 x 720
• 960 x 1080
• 720 x 576
• 720 x 480
• 704 x 576
• 704 x 480
• 544 x 576
• 544 x 480
• 480 x 576
• 480 x 480
• 352 x 576
• 352 x 480
• 352 x 288
• 352 x 240

Frame rate support

• 59.94
• 50
• 29.97
• 25
• 24
• 23.98
• 3:2 pull-down insertion

Supported input formats

• QT files (.qt and .mov)
• AVI files (.avi)
• DPX image sequences (RGB 10 bit)
• Planar YUV files (.yuv)
• WAV (standalone DTS Master Audio Suite Application)
• Chapter Point List
• CSV
• StreamData™

Export formats

• StreamData™
• Uncompressed AVI from encoded movie
• Segments text list

• Quick Look
• Features
• Specifications
• Requirements
• Screenshots
• DVO Plug-ins and Filters
• High Definition Authoring Alliance

• CineVision FAQs
• Blu-ray Disc Production White Paper
• Encoding for Blu-ray Disc

• Technical Specifications

• CineVision Datasheet
• CineVision Configuration Guide

• CineVision SD
• Sonic Scenarist

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