Details
Sonic BD PowerStation [CIN-1018]
Includes: DVDit® Pro HD authoring, CineVision® Studio encoding (VC-1 and MPEG-2 encoding), Scenarist® QC Studio emulation and USB Security Dongle.
• Proven BD-ROM Replication - Burn one-off DVD/Blu-ray Disc titles or send your project to replication for high volume production.
• Dual Format DVD and Blu-ray Disc Support - Publish the same project to two formats – Blu-ray Disc and DVD-Video – a huge time saver. Simply select your desired target and publish to the format of your choice. You can even publish to DVD-Video today and re-publish to Blu-ray Disc at a later date.
• HD Motion Menu and Slideshow Compositor - Add that professional look to your titles. Choose from a huge library of menu templates - or create your own - and build fully interactive high definition motion menus with motion backgrounds and buttons – all within the same powerful authoring interface.
• Cinematic-quality Encoding with Sonic CineVision - Encode stunning HD video. With Sonic CineVision you’re assured of producing the same HD video quality enjoyed by professional authoring facilities the world over. With BD PowerStation you can create either VC-1 or MPEG-2 video for your Blu-ray titles.
• Comprehensive BD-ROM Emulation - Scenarist QC provides Blu-ray Disc authors with a comprehensive QC emulation environment, enabling you to view finished BD productions directly from your computer’s harddrive at the same time as viewing valuable debug information.
Sonic CineVision Studio (VC-1 and MPEG-2)
- Full-spec professional encoder used by professional facilities and studios around the world.
- Encode VC-1 and MPEG-2 for Blu-ray Disc or MPEG-2 for DVDVideo.
- Unique and comprehensive access to all encoding parameters.
- Segment Re-encoding – Adjust sections after you’ve finished encoding.
- Built-in Format Legalization – Ensures every parameter selected is legal for the chosen target format: DVD-Video or Blu-ray Disc.
The Choice of Hollywood
Sonic CineVision® is the #1 choice of Hollywood studios and professional authoring facilities around the world. No other encoder delivers the same pristine, crystal clear HD encoding quality demanded by the industry’s leading encoding professionals.
Produce Stunning HD Encodes
A professional looking Blu-ray Disc relies on many pieces coming together, but one aspect is paramount: stunning HD video. With CineVision you’re assured of producing the same HD video quality enjoyed by professional authoring facilities the world over. With BD PowerStation you can encoder either VC-1 or MPEG-2 video for your Blu-ray titles.
Comprehensive Blu-ray Disc and DVD Support
Unlike other encoders, CineVision has been developed during many years of industry leadership to focus on one single purpose – to deliver stunning video encodes for Blu-ray Disc and DVD. CineVision ensures you’re fully equipped for all aspects of Blu-ray Disc and DVD encoding.
Built-in Format Legalization
Comprehensive Blu-ray Disc legalization means your encodes are guaranteed to be compliant. Every parameter change you make is checked for format compliance using CineVision’s unique legalization technology.
Segment Re-encoding
Fine tune your completed encodes with exclusive segment re-encoding technology. Simply select a segment of any duration, adjust the bit rate and maximum quantization level and re-encode an unlimited number of segments.
Advanced Parameter Control
CineVision features extensive access to the low-level VC-1 and MPEG-2 parameter sets. Support for format-compliant VC-1 (Advanced Profile, Levels 2 and 3) and MPEG-2 (Main Profile, Levels Main and High) is included as standard.
Sonic DVDit Pro HD PROFESSIONAL AUTHORING
- Highest level of player compatibility – Built on the same engine used by Hollywood studios and the world’s leading authoring facilities.
- The fastest and most reliable route to BD replication including support for the AACS content protection system.
- Dual-format DVD-Video and Blu-ray Disc production – Publish for both formats using the same project.
- Fast and Powerful HD Motion Menu Compositor – Create High Definition motion menus within DVDit Pro HD without the need for a third-party application.
- JumpAnywhere™ Navigation Engine – Professional authoring made easy with a unique navigation engine
Dual Format Support – Create Blu-ray Discs and DVDs with the same project
The BD PowerStation’s unique design enables video professionals to publish the same project to two formats - Blu-ray Disc and DVD – a huge time saver. When you’ve finished authoring, simply select your desired format and publish to the format of your choice.
Hollywood Proven Player Compatibility
The BD PowerStation shares the same Hollywood proven core as Sonic’s high-end DVD and BD production system, Sonic Scenarist. Scenarist has produced more DVD and BD titles than all other systems combined, making it the proven standard for professional production and ensuring your titles will be free from playback problems.
HD Motion Menu Compositor
Add that professional look to your titles. Choose from a huge library of menu templates - or create your own - and build fully interactive high definition motion menus with motion background and buttons – all within one powerful authoring interface.
Drag-and-drop Slideshow Creation
Create beautiful HD slideshows using our built-in slideshow compositor. You can include up to 999 HD slides, choose from 65 slick transitions, and build an audio playlist with unlimited audio tracks – all combining to produce a professional slideshow that takes minutes to create.
Professional Authoring Timeline
The BD PowerStation’s timeline gives you detailed control over every aspect of your HD presentation including chapter point placement and 8 audio and 32 subtitle streams. And there’s no need to worry if your video presentation contains source files with different frame rates and resolutions either, the BD PowerStation can handle any combination and ensures your title is fully compliant.
Professional Mastering
The BD PowerStation produces replication ready masters for both DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Alternatively, for one-off discs or smaller runs, you can simply burn straight to a recordable disc of your choice. Regardless of your format choice, the BD PowerStation gives you access to every copy protection and mastering parameter you need to deliver fully compliant masters.
SONIC SCENARIST QC Studio - ADVANCED BLU-RAY DISC EMULATION
- Comprehensive Blu-ray Disc QC Environment – Emulate completed BD titles from hard drive while viewing valuable debug information.
- Navigation Break-pointing – Investigate problems by automatically pausing playback at specified navigation points.
- Playback Logging – See inside the BD player by viewing extensive player logs detailing every command carried out by the player.
- Log Filtering – Filter Scenarist QC’s playback log to view the most pertinent debug information and remove unwanted information.
- Built on Sonic CinePlayer® – Industry proven playback technology used in Sonic’s professional authoring tools, middle-ware in set-top boxes, as well as PC-based software playback.
Comprehensive BD-ROM Emulation
Scenarist QC provides Blu-ray Disc authors with a comprehensive QC emulation environment, enabling you to view finished BD productions directly from your computer’s hard drive at the same time as viewing valuable debug information.
Navigation Break-pointing
Need to investigate a problem? Simply set a navigation break-point on any Commands to step through your project to investigate any unexplained navigation behavior.
Extensive Playback Logging
See inside the BD player. View extensive color-coded logs that tell you everything you need to know about the player’s inner workings during playback.
User Friendly Log Filtering
Filtering player actions in Scenarist QC’s trace log removes any unneeded information, allowing you to drill down to the most pertinent information for fast project debugging. Data is also interpreted and presented in a readable format so you don’t need to know any spec jargon.
Encoding
- Video Codec Support - VC-1 Advanced Profile (Levels 2 and 3) and MPEG-2 Main profile, Levels Main and High
- Encoding Modes - One- and two-pass bit rate-controlled VBR and One-pass CBR
- Full preset editors giving complete parameter access MPEG-2 encoding parameters
- Segment Re-encode controls for bit rate and maximum quantization
- Parameter change logs for preset editors
- Batch encoding – queue multiple encoding sessions in a batch
- Import chapter points directly from CSV or Sonic StreamData files
- HD-SDI playback of source and movie (requires NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI GPU, not included)
- 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
- Parameter Legalization Tools - Blu-ray Disc primary video, Blu-ray Disc secondary video, DVD-Video
- 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 - QuickTime® files (.qt and .mov), AVI files (.avi), DPX image sequences (RGB 10-bit), Planar YUV files (.yuv), MPEG-2 video files, MPEG-4 video files, Windows Media Video files (.wmv)
Authoring
- Video Codec Support – AVC, VC-1 and MPEG-2
- Video resolution support – 1080p, 1080i, 720p, and 480i
- Built-in motion menu compositor
- 8 Audio Streams
- 32 Subtitle Streams
- HD Slideshow creation
- 999 images per slideshow
- 65 slide transitions
- Slideshow audio playlists
- AACS and CSS copy protection support
- Region Coding Support
- Jacket Picture Support (DVD)
- DVD-ROM Creation
- Dual format mastering – Output to both Blu-ray Disc and DVD
- BD Volume and Image output
- Blu-ray Disc and DVD mastering
- Premaster DVD projects to DLT
- CMF support for BD mastering
Emulation
- Playback from local or network hard drive and BD-R
- Emulation of non-AACS encrypted images
- Color-coded trace log utility
- Command debugging control
- Command breakpoint support
- Profile 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 support
- Comprehensive player status reporting