Osprey 440 - 4-channel Video/Audio Capture Card

Osprey 440

Osprey 440 is a 64-bit PCI/PCI-X 4-channel multiport video/audio capture card

With the capability to simultaneously capture four independent channels of audio and video, the Osprey® 440 PCI-X™ capture card is a good choice for broadcasters and government agencies.

Additional inputs and outputs.

OEM product developers can take advantage of additional composite video, S-Video, and balanced audio inputs which are available on internal connections on the Osprey 440 circuit board. Security or surveillance OEMs can also access internal contact closure inputs and alarm relay outputs for custom applications. And, a versatile Osprey SDK is available for custom software application developers.

Key Attributes:

• Includes four-channel video processing card with external and internal audio and video connectors
• Four alarm inputs and four dry contact outputs provide one input and output per channel
• Supports 16 switchable video inputs plus 8 audio inputs
• Unique video processing features can be controlled through custom development using the Osprey SDK
• Provides logo bitmap overlay (graphics over the video) with transparency and positioning controls
• Automatically detects and adapts on-the-fly when the input video format changes from movie frame rates to TV frame rates
• Create multiple streams of the same type from each input, separately, with completely independent settings for sizing, scaling, logos and bit rate
• Includes drivers for Microsoft® Windows® XP, Server 2003, Server 2008, Vista and Windows 7; check the ViewCast Web site for available drivers

SPECIFICATIONS

Driver Support:

• Microsoft® DirectShow® API

Inputs:

 Video:

• 4 composite (BNC)
  (BNC RCA adapters included)
• 1 S-Video (mini-DIN)

 Audio:

• 4 pair unbalanced stereo
  RCA via included breakout cable)

Video Format:

• NTSC/PAL

Pre-Processing:

• Closed-caption extraction/rendering
• Logo/bitmap overlay
• Software-controlled hardware audio gain control
• Scaling, cropping, de-interlacing and inverse telecine
• Loss of video automatic test pattern generation with text overlay option

Dimensions:

• Full-height / half-length board
• 6.6" L x 4.2"H (16.77 cm L x 10.67 cm H)
• 64-bit PCI™ interface
• 32-bit/33-MHz PCI compatible
• 3.3 Volt PCI 2.3 compliant

Hardware Warranty:

• 1 year limited hardware warranty

System Requirements:

• Video capture requires intense bandwidth across the system bus, CPU, and memory. Motherboards with DDR3 memory architecture are highly recommended.
• Multi-core processors are recommended to run video applications.

Osprey SimulStream Option

Osprey® SimulStream® is a premium software upgrade that extends the capabilities of Osprey Video capture cards. SimulStream enables a single Osprey Video card to output multiple instances of audio and video data from a single input source to multiple applications at the same time. Use it to:

• Simultaneously send the same live content to many different encoders -- Windows Media®, Adobe® Flash®, MPEG-4, etc.
• Deliver the same live content to different playback devices, scaled and optimized for each device.
• Stream live in one or more popular formats while saving to disk in an uncompressed, editable format.

Reaching the broadest audience with an optimum viewing experience is critically important to any streaming video application. SimulStream lets you individually create, tailor and optimize video for several applications and audiences - all at the same time - live!

SimulStream lets you deliver full-frame video to high-speed Internet users; smaller, lower-rate video to DSL and dial-up subscribers, and optimized video for several different Mobile Device standards, all while saving the same content to a storage device for post-processing and other Video on Demand (VOD) applications.

Advantages:

• Optimized live streams for a diverse Internet and mobile audience
• Independent pre-processing of video for each stream
• Enables multi-format, multi-bit rate, and multi-resolution streaming - all at the same time
• Maximum efficiency without sacrificing quality
• Complete utilization of latest multi-core processors
• Maximum solution density for streaming production
• Reduced total hardware costs