Atomix HDMI, the DVS card designed for 3D

DVS is presenting the latest component in its family of video cards at NAB: the Atomix HDMI card. It has four HDMI ports and is capable of handling high-resolution 3D images thanks to its latest generation 1.4a port.

In this edition of NAB, DVS (SL3305) is introducing a first-ever product for high-end post-production and presentation: the Atomix HDMI video card, which will complement DVS's existing product line and expand its range of applications. Equipped with four HDMO ports, the Atomix HDMI card meets even the highest image editing needs.

Atomix HDMI packs an impressive punch by showcasing the latest in technology: the high-performance video card enables real-time image processing at any resolution from SD to 4K. Thanks to its four HDMI ports, you can play 4K content in quadrants through all four ports or through its 1.4a compatible HDMI port. Stereoscopic content can be extracted either through different ports for each eye or through the HDMI 1.4a port in full HD 3D, making the Atomix HDMI card perfect for the 3D market, and the ideal hardware base for post-production of feature films as well as for high-quality presentations.

For real-time sequence editing, the video card allows programmable rescaling for format change, a 3D LUT, multiple 1D LUTs as well as various color space converters. All processing stages can also be used independently for each channel in two-channel operations, so the Atomix HDMI video card is aimed at high-end video, post-production as well as presentation applications. Additional features include capture and playback via dual link 3.0 Gbps SDI, 16 embedded audio channels as well as 16 AES/EBU channels. DVS's powerful proprietary software development kit (SDK) is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS, enabling easy, low-latency control of all hardware functions. The RS-422 interface built into the DVS card can be used to control professional video machines for video transmission with frame-level accuracy.

Venice

DVS is also showing important improvements to its multichannel server in Las Vegas. Launched two years ago, it has managed to position itself as a future-proof solution for real-time ingest and output and can be effortlessly integrated into any environment thanks to its open system structure. The video server supports a variety of compressed formats and can exchange material with the latest NLE systems, including Avid Media Composer and Apple Final Cut Pro.

Key features of the DVS server include the ability to work with the Avid ISIS storage system and with Interplay and production asset management. The combination of DVS and Avid systems allows the user to perform live video ingest using HD-SDI and Professional Discs media storage file ingest using Venice. In addition to Final Cut Pro, Venice also supports many other non-linear systems. Its variety of codec and multichannel capabilities provide the user with maximum flexibility. Thanks to its “edit while writing” function, video material can be viewed and edited at the same time as it is recorded.

Venice can be used with 3D ingest and 3D play-out, ensuring a seamless stereoscopic live workflow. Venice, which is integrated with the STAN (stereoscopic analyzer) software from the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz Institute, ensures that the daily work of S3D production teams is much simpler, because it analyzes and corrects parameters, such as geometry, camera distance and stereoscopic baseline in real time and manages the recording and broadcast of stereoscopic 3D material in HD quality, thus saving a lot of time and making additional editing superfluous.