The Grass Valley™ HDSPARK™ supports video professionals who are using tapeless acquisition and want to use affordable HDMI monitors to preview full-resolution projects in real time. The HDSPARK platform is available with the EDIUS 6 software, and a standalone version with only the HDSPARK board.

• HDMI output for full-resolution, real-time monitoring from EDIUS NLE software (EDIUS not included with standalone model)
• Embedded HDMI audio output and separate RCA jacks for high-quality audio monitoring
• Video and audio output stays perfectly in sync with editing windows for accurate editing and trimming
• Edit any mix of SD and HD resolution video content together in real time
• Works with many different native video formats, including DV, HDV, AVCHD, uncompressed, and more
• Real-time SD/HD resolution, aspect ratio, and frame rate conversion and output – including 16:9 to 4:3 and NTSC to PAL
• New GPU-accelerated 3D transitions
• Real-time editing performance increases as CPU power increases

Bus Interface
PCI Express Rev. 1.0a x1 lane

Video Formats (Output) (HDMI)

• 1920x1080i50/59.94
• 1920x1080p23.98
• 1280x720p50/59.94
• 720x480i59.94
• 720x576i50
• 720x480p59.94
• 720x576p50

Video Output Connector
HDMI 1 port (HDCP not supported)

Audio Formats
LPCM 48 kHz/24-bit

Audio Output Connectors

• HDMI LPCM 8-channel
• Monitor: 1x stereo RCA (unbalanced)

Power Requirements
+12V: 0.05A, +3.3V: 0.9A

Physical Dimensions
68.9 x 97 mm (2.71 x 3.82 in.) (HxW)

Regulatory Compliance
CE, FCC CLASS B, C-Tick

Minimum System Requirements
CPU
Any Intel Core 2 or Core iX CPU. Intel or AMD single core CPU with a 3 GHz processor speed or faster (multiple CPUs and/or multi-core CPUs are recommended). SSE2 and SSE3 instruction set supported.

Memory
1 GB RAM (4 GB or more recommended)

Hard Disk

• 6 GB of hard disk space is required for installation (including third-party software)
• Drive with ATA100/7,200 RPM or faster is necessary for video storage:
  • Available HDD disc space should be twice the size of the file to be edited
  • RAID-0 is recommended for HD resolution editing

PCI Bus

• One free PCI Express x1 bus slot

Graphics Card
A graphics card supporting higher resolution than 1024x768 (32-bit), Direct3D 9.0c or later, and PixelShader Model 3.0 or later is required

• For SD editing: 256 MB or larger required, 512 MB or larger recommended
• For HD editing: 512 MB or larger required, 1 GB or larger recommended

Sound Card
A sound card with WDM driver support is required

DVD-ROM Drive
Required for software installation
Blu-ray Disc writer, DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW drive is required when creating Blu-ray Discs or DVDs

USB Port
Free USB port (1.1 or higher) is required for security key

Operating System

• Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Windows Vista (SP2 or later, 32-bit or 64-bit)
• Windows XP (SP3 or later, 32-bit)

HDSPARK is available in three different models:

• HDSPARK with EDIUS: This model includes a complete copy of EDIUS® 5 nonlinear editing software. Also included are the plug-ins, applications, and sample material (valued at over $1,000) which come with the EDIUS software. The only application that is not included is TitleMotion Pro, which is available separately.
• HDSPARK with EDIUS upgrade: This model includes an upgrade copy of EDIUS nonlinear editing software. This version is ideal for current users of EDIUS 4.x. Also included are the plug-ins, applications, and sample material (valued at over $1,000) which come with the EDIUS software. The only application that is not included is TitleMotion Pro, which is available separately.
• HDSPARK standalone: This model features only the HDSPARK board without our EDIUS nonlinear editing software. This version is ideal for current users of EDIUS 5.x.

No other NLE gives you so much versatility combined with sheer speed of editing. EDIUS® supports real-time editing of all popular standard-definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) formats. Edit anything.

New features in EDIUS 6 include:

Edius 6 Key Features

• Work natively with many different video formats, such as Sony's XDCAM, Panasonic's P2, Ikegami's GF, and now Canon's XF format and EOS movie format
• Windows 7, Windows XP, and Windows Vista support
• Fast, flexible user interface, including unlimited video, audio, title, and graphics tracks
• Real-time editing and conversion of different resolutions, as high as 4K/2K resolution to as low as 24x24
• Real-time editing and conversion of different frame rates, such as 60p/50p, 60i/50i, and 24p
• Proxy mode workflow by switching timeline between proxy/hi-res mode
• Nested timeline sequences
• GPU-accelerated 3D transitions
• Real-time effects, keyers, transitions, and titles
• Multicamera editing of up to 16 different sources simultaneously
• Direct to Blu-ray Disc and DVD timeline export
• Export in AVCHD format to a media card
• High-value software bundle includes filters, effects, image stabilization, and VST audio plug-ins