Realtime HD-SDI/HDV Conversion is Here!
The Thomson Grass Valley ADVC-HDM1 converter, engineered by Canopus,
brings the world-renowned ADVC lineup into the high definition world,
providing editors with high-quality bidirectional conversion between
HD-SDI and HDV, complete with embedded audio. ADVC-HDM1 not only
lets you easily and instantly convert HD-SDI output to HDV and
ingest HDV material into HD-SDI systems for archiving, but it can
also encode HD MPEG-2 transport streams up to a full 1920x1080
resolution, using any one choice of eight different bitrate settings
that best suits your workflow. And as always with an ADVC product,
you’re assured of platform-agnostic support, whether using a
Windows- or Mac OS-based NLE application, NTSC or PAL video, or a
camera, deck, or video editing board.
ADVC-HDM1: Key Features
Converts HD-SDI to HDV with embedded audio
Converts HDV to HD-SDI with embedded audio
Encode MPEG-2 transport streams with a choice of eight
different bitrate settings, from 11Mbps to 40Mbps
Supports HD video resolutions up to and including 1920x1080
Input external timecode when encoding HDV
Control HD-SDI decks via HDV and vice versa, with AV/C-RS422
device control conversion
Simple, two-button control for encoding/decoding and timecode
mode via the front panel