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Pegasus HD/SD Board
The Grass Valley™ Pegasus HD/SD Video Capture board for content archiving and
distribution offers an affordable way to capture high-resolution, full frame
rate video in real time. Comprised of PCI Express hardware and
software—featuring a Canopus® HQ hardware codec chip—the Pegasus board lets you
preview, capture, and store footage in pristine quality.
Supporting many SD and HD formats as well as PC graphics, the Pegasus harwdare's
inputs include S-Video, YUV and RGB analog, and HDMI, making it ready for
today's range of video game consoles. You can also capture VGA output with its
converter cable—ideal for creating software tutorials. It can alos capture
external two-channel analog audio and up to eight channels of embedded audio via
HDMI (supports HDMI version 1.0. HDMI 1.1-1.3, HDCP not supported).
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KEY FEATURES |
- High-quality capture of standard- and
high-definition (SD and HD) video using an onboard Canopus® HQ hardware
encoding chip
- Capture up to 1920x1080/60i, 50i**, and
1280x720/60p, 50p video
- Capture PC display signals up to
1280x1024 without downscaling
- Capture via HDMI*, DVI***, S-Video, YUV,
and RGB component inputs
- HQ recorder to capture software via three
modes:
Auto capture (when an input signal is detected)
Manual capture
Scheduled capture
- Includes Canopus codec pack for import of
Canopus HQ AVI files in Windows-based video applications
- Software development kit (SDK) for
software engineers to create custom solutions based on Pegasus technology
*HDMI support for 1.0 (HDMI 1.1-1.3, HDCP not supported)
**1080p capture not supported
***DVI capture requires HDMI-DVI converter, sold separately
Note: Video that contains copy control, such as copy-once, copy-never, or
Macrovision cannot be captured
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SPECIFICATIONS |
Digital Video Input
1 x HDMI type A (Ver1.1 HDCP not supported)
Analog Video Input
1 x 7-pin miniDIN (analog Y, Pb, Pr component)
1 x 4-pin miniDIN (S-Video, composite video)
1 x 9-pin miniDIN (analog RGB)
Analog Audio Input
1 x stereo mini jack
Analog Audio Output
1 x 4-pin connector for internal PC connection (AUX)
Supported Input Resolutions1
HDMI2
1920x1080/59.94,60i
1920x1080/50i
1280x720/59.94,60p
1280x720/50p
720x480/59.94,60p
720x576/50p
720x480/59.94,60i
720x576/50i
640x480/59.94,60p
DVI2,3
1280x1024/60p4
1024x768/60p
800x600/60p
640x480/60p
Analog RGB
1280x1024/60p4
1024x768/60p
800x600/60p
640x480/60p
Analog Component5
1920x1080/59.94i
1920x1080/50i
1280x720/59.94p
1280x720/50p
720x480/59.94p
720x576/50p
720x486/59.94i
720x576/50i
S-Video, Composite Video5
720x486/59.94i
720x576/50i
Digital Video Input
1 x HDMI type A (Ver1.1 HDCP not supported)
Video Capture File Format
AVI (Canopus HQ, LPCM)
Video Capture Resolution
1920x1080
1440x1080 (1920 3/4)
1280x1080 (1920 2/3)
1280x1024
1280x720
960x720 (1280 3/4)
1024x768
800x600
720x576
720x486
720x480
640x480
Audio Capture
Line In, Monitor Out6
Stereo @ 24-bit, 48 kHz
HDMI Input2,7
LPCM 2-8 ch. @ 24-bit 32-/44.1-/48 kHz
Minimum System Requirements
Intel Pentium 4 2.80 GHz CPU or faster (AMD CPU also supported)
1 GB RAM (2 GB RAM recommended)
40 MB free disk space for the drivers and application software
ATA 3 GB/s, 7200 rpm or faster hard disk for video capture (if capturing
graphics output from the same PC, a second physical hard disk drive is
recommended)
DirectX 9.0 or later
Graphics card with support for PixelShader Model 2.0 (i.e. DX9-based) or
hardware-based DirectDraw overlay, and 32-bit color display at a 1024x768
resolution
One free PCI Express bus slot
Internal 4-Pin audio input connector for audio preview
Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional (SP2 or later, 32-bit)
Windows Vista (SP1 or later, 32-bit), including the following operating systems:
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Ultimate
1 – Pegasus captures in the same resolution that is being input.
Upconversion/downconversion is not supported.
2 – HDCP formatted video and audio cannot be previewed nor captured.
3 – Can be connected to the HDMI port with a generic HDMI-DVI conversion cable,
available separately
4 – Captured as 30p.
5 – Video that contains copy control, such as copy-once, copy-never, or
Macrovision cannot be captured.
6 – Audio will be in unlocked audio format when input via analog RGB or DVI.
7 – If a mute HDMI signal is input, an AVI file with no audio element will be
generated. Audio that contains copy control, such as copy once, copy never, or
Macrovision cannot be captured.
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