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APPENDIX

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Video Formats

The HD Express supports these formats:

SD

720 HD

1080 HD

480i 29.97 10-bit (720 x 480)

480i 29.97 8-bit (720 x 480)

486i 29.97 10-bit (720 x 486)

486i 29.97 8-bit (720 x 486)

576i 25 10-bit (720 x 576)

576i 25 8-bit (720 x 576)

720p 23.976 10-bit (1280 x 720)

720p 23.976 8-bit (1280 x 720)

720p 24 10-bit (1280 x 720)

720p 24 8-bit (1280 x 720)

720p 25 10-bit (1280 x 720)

720p 25 8-bit (1280 x 720)

720p 29.97 10-bit (1280 x 720)

720p 29.97 8-bit (1280 x 720)

720p 3010-bit (1280 x 720)

720p 30 8-bit (1280 x 720)

720p 50 10-bit (1280 x 720)

720p 50 8-bit (1280 x 720)

720p 59.94 10-bit (1280 x 720)

720p 59.94 8-bit (1280 x 720)

720p 60 10-bit (1280 x 720)

720p 60 8-bit (1280 x 720)

1080i 25 10-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080i 25 8-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080i 29.97 10-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080i 29.97 8-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080i 30 10-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080i 30 8-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080p 23.976 10-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080p 23.976 8-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080p 24 10-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080p 24 8-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080p 25 10-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080p 25 8-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080p 29.97 10-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080p 29.97 8-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080p 30 10-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080p 30 8-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080PsF 23.976 10-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080PsF 23.976 8-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080PsF 24 10-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080PsF 24 8-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080PsF 25 10-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080PsF 25 8-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080PsF 29.97 10-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080PsF 29.97 8-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080PsF 30 10-bit (1920 x 1080)

1080PsF 30 8-bit (1920 x 1080)

Summary of Contents for HD Express

Page 1: ... HD Express User s Guide for Mac OS X 1280 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02138 Business voice 617 576 2760 Business fax 617 576 3609 Web site www motu com Tech support www motu com support ...

Page 2: ...utletsandextensioncordsasthiscanresultinariskoffireorelectricalshock 10 Grounding Donotdefeatthesafetypurposeofthepolarizedorgrounding typeplug Apolarizedplughastwobladeswithonewiderthantheother Agrounding typeplughastwobladesandathirdgroundingprong Thewideblade orthethirdprongareprovidedforyoursafety Iftheprovidedplugdoesnotfitintoyouroutlet consultandelectricianforreplacementoftheobsoleteoutlet ...

Page 3: ...rence MOTU Video Setup 9 About the HD Express 11 Packing List and Mac System Requirements 13 Installing the HD Express Hardware 21 Installing the HD Express Mac OS X Software 23 HD Express Basics 25 MOTU Video Setup 33 Final Cut Pro 41 Troubleshooting 43 Video Formats 45 HD Express Specifications 47 Index ...

Page 4: ...aperiodofTWO 2 YEARSfrom thedateoforiginalretailpurchase Thiswarrantyappliesonlytohardwareproducts MOTUsoftwareislicensedandwarrantedpursuanttoseparatewrittenstatements Ifyoudiscoveradefect firstwriteorcallMarkoftheUnicornat 617 576 2760to obtainaReturnMerchandiseAuthorizationNumber Noservicewillbeperformedon anyproductreturnedwithoutpriorauthorization MOTUwill atitsoption repairor replacetheprodu...

Page 5: ...when the HD Express is playing back whether still framed or not 5 The HOST light illuminates when the HD Express inter face successfully establishes communication with the computer via the PCIe card or ExpressCard 6 When the power switch is in the AUTO ON position the HD Express powers up when you switch on your computer and powers down when you switch off your computer 7 Keep this switch in the d...

Page 6: ...nd use a high quality cable 5 Connect a plasma LCD DLP or other HDMI equipped monitor here Alternately you can connect a DVI equipped device with an adapter cable The HD Express supports 8 channel PCM uncompressed embedded audio over HDMI so you could also connect this output to an HDMI equipped home theater receiver to deliver both picture and multi channel audio 6 Connect component HD or SD inpu...

Page 7: ...ee chapter 6 MOTU Video Setup page 25 Indicates when the HD Express has successfully achieved lockup to the currently selected clock source which couldbetheHD Express sinternalclock or the current video input source The status area tells you what mode the HD Express hardware is in It also provides helpful troubleshooting info Choose the video format that you wish to capture or play back Indicates ...

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Page 9: ...ble picture quality during capture with the HD Express A wide range of video equipment can be connected to the HD Express from legacy SD camcorders to the latest HD cameras video decks LCD reference monitors and plasmas The HD Express is housed in a rugged aluminum alloy chassis with a standard half rack mountable form factor Included rack mounting brackets can easily be removed for convenient des...

Page 10: ...r sold separately 1 x HD SD component in and out 10 bit YPbPr or RGB on RCAs 1 x composite in 10 bit on RCA 1 x S Video in 10 bit on 4 pin mini DIN 1 x composite in and out 10 bit CVBS on shared RCA 1 x S Video in out 10 bit Y C on shared RCA VIDEO FORMATS SD 576i25 PAL and 486i29 97 NTSC HD 720p23 976 720p24 720p25 720p29 97 720p30 720p50 720p59 94 720p60 1080p23 976 1080p24 1080p25 1080p29 97 10...

Page 11: ...rocessor Intel based Mac equipped with at least one PCI Express slot or ExpressCard slot At least 1 GB gigabyte of RAM 2 GB or more is recommended Mac OS X version 10 5 or later A large hard drive preferably at least 500 GB PLEASE REGISTER TODAY Please register your HD Express today There are two ways to register Visit www motu com registration to register online OR Fill out and mail the included ...

Page 12: ...P A C K I N G L I S T A N D M A C S Y S T E M R E Q U I R E M E N T S 12 ...

Page 13: ...ly in dry climate conditions If you can perform the installation with a relative humidity of at least 50 Leave the HD Express PCIe host adapter in its antistatic bag until you are ready to install it When you are ready to begin installation have the PCIe adapter still in its anti static bag close by so it is in within easy reach during installation Before you begin turn off the computer and unplug...

Page 14: ...top computer to discharge any static electricity that may have built up on you 2 Remove the ExpressCard adapter from its anti static bag 3 Insert the adapter into the ExpressCard slot on your laptop computer with the top of the ExpressCard the side with the label on it facing up and the mini HDMI connector the smaller of the two connectors facing out 4 Push the adapter into the slot until it click...

Page 15: ...he computer Figure 3 1 to the interface Figure 3 2 be sure to plug the HDMI cable into the jack labeled PCIe CARD as shown in Figure 3 2 DO NOT plug it into the HDMI OUT jack The computer must be connected to the PCIe CARD jack for proper operation POWER UP POWER DOWN SEQUENCE When using the HD Express rack mount interface with the laptop ExpressCard adapter operation is plug and play you can disc...

Page 16: ... the other to the output S video Y C output Connect a monitor or other S video output device to the RCA Y C connectors on the rear panel Be sure to make the necessary settings in the software to change the output of these connectors from component the factory default format to S video See Analog Output Format on page 28 for details Composite CVBS input You have two choices for connecting composite...

Page 17: ...omponent video is sometimes referred to by other names such as YUV Y R Y B Y or YCbCr SD 480i component formats The HD Express supports four different SD component formats SMPTE EBU N10 Sony Beta Sony Beta Japan and Panasonic MII This setting is made in the MOTUVideo Setup software See 480i Component Levels on page 29 and 480i Setup on page 28 For PAL 576i and HD component operation the HD Express...

Page 18: ... can mix and match HD and SD sources and destinations connect them all and then choose the desired source from the MOTUVideo Setup software Figure 3 4 HD Express video connections SD camcorder S Video OUT DVD Player Composite OUT SD Composite IN SD VTR VHS SVHS etc S video IN SDTV LCD or plasma HDMI IN Large format consumer plasma or LCD monitor HD camera HD Component OUT HD camera HDMI out ...

Page 19: ... and 10 dB of cut To adjust these trims see Analog input trims on page 31 The eight RCA analog outputs Figure 3 5 can be connected directly to powered speakers a mixer or any other analog audio destination Stereo S PDIF digital I O The stereo RCA S PDIF input and output jacks provide digital audio input and output Be sure to use digital audio grade RCA cables Sample rate conversion SRC The stereo ...

Page 20: ...e 3 6 shows an example of the types of audio connections you can make between other devices and the HD Express Figure 3 6 HD Express audio connections Powered 5 1 or 7 1 surround monitors VTR Stereo S PDIF digital audio in out HD camera Game console OR SD camcorder 8 channel embedded Home theater receiver ...

Page 21: ...oose for your project The HD Express Easy Install option installs dozens of Easy Setups for your convenience Software component Location Purpose For more information MOTUPCIVideo kext System Library Extensions Driver for the HD Express Provides support for video and audio MOTUVOut component Library Quicktime Provides support for the HD Express s video features for QuickTime applications such as Fi...

Page 22: ...I N S T A L L I N G T H E H D E X P R E S S M A C O S X S O F T W A R E 22 ...

Page 23: ...e software application has access to the HD Express at a time For example you might use the MOTUVideo Setup Preview tab to confirm that you have a good input signal but when you then switch to Final Cut Pro and open its Log and Capture window the Preview tab in MOTUVideo Setup becomes inactive and will no longer display the input signal because Final Cut Pro has taken over video input Closing Fina...

Page 24: ... other destinations Then choose the desired input device and the HD Express will feed that signal to all matching output destinations simultaneously Choosing the current video source The MOTUVideo Setup software lets you choose the current video source input For details see Input Source on page 26 Audio I O and monitoring On the audio side the HD Express feeds audio input to the computer and plays...

Page 25: ...tions folder and provides convenient access to all HD Express settings from your computer desktop Videoformat 26 InputSource 26 Statusarea 26 Inputstatus 26 Genlockstatus 26 Setuptab 27 Previewtab 30 Audiotab 31 Figure 6 1 MOTU Video Setup Status Tabs Tab settings Genlock status Input status ...

Page 26: ...he Input Source menu The menu choices with front or rear in their names Figure 6 3 refer to the video inputs on the front panel of the HD Express or the RCA video input connectors on the rear panel STATUS AREA The Status area Figure 6 1 displays what mode the HD Express is in It also provides helpful status information and troubleshooting suggestions For example if there is no video signal because...

Page 27: ... Express hardware such as when you quit or switch out of your host software If you spend most of your time just monitoring or just capturing operation will be faster if you set this to the mode you expect to use most Capture Clock Source The Capture Clock Source setting Figure 6 4 lets you specify the timing reference for the HD Express when it is in Capture mode Two choices are provided in the me...

Page 28: ...e of these matching combinations With either of these combinations you can switch back and forth between capture and playback without losing genlock This ensures a smooth quick seamless transition when switching modes HDMI format The HDMI Format menu Figure 6 4 lets you choose the output format for the HDMI output on the rear panel of the HD Express If you choose DVI you ll need an HDMI to DVI cab...

Page 29: ...you can also toggle between Enabled and Bypassed by clicking on the enable bypass control The Sat parameter is ASC CDL Saturation A value of 1 0 passes each pixel through unchanged Values below 1 0 will desaturate with 0 0 resulting in a monochrome image Values greater than 1 0 increases saturation The maximum legal value is 10 0 which produces extreme results The Slope Offset and Power parameters...

Page 30: ... HD Express hardware when it is the front most active application Therefore the preview window only works when MOTUVideo Setup is active In this case Final Cut Pro releases the HD Express hardware so you won t be able to capture or play anything in Final Cut Pro while MOTUVideo Setup is the active application To reestablish communication with Final Cut Pro simply switch back into Final Cut Pro Col...

Page 31: ...ed with the following restriction The HDMI input and output are stereo at sample rates above 48000 Hz when playing SD video You can alternately make the sample rate setting in Final Cut Pro Downmix to Output 1 2 on Capture If Downmix to Output 1 2 on Capture is selected Figure 6 10 all audio inputs are mixed down to outputs 1 and 2 This lets you monitor any all input channels while capturing For e...

Page 32: ...e same bank in which case the audio output is mirrored duplicated on each output format For S PDIF digital output the stereo channels are assigned to either channels 1 2 or 9 10 Mirroring output banks To make two or more output banks produce the same audio output simply assign them to the same output bank either 1 8 or 9 16 Disabling output banks To disable a bank completely click its Off button ...

Page 33: ...NAL CUT PRO This chapter assumes that you have a working knowledge of basic Final Cut Pro operation BEFORE YOU LAUNCH FINAL CUT PRO Before you launch Final Cut Pro be sure to Insert the HD Express Installer CD and run the Easy Install option Install the HD Express hardware and connect your video devices to it as explained in chapter 3 Installing the HD Express Hardware page 13 Switch on the HD Exp...

Page 34: ...AL CUT PRO AUDIO VIDEO SETTINGS To set up Final Cut Pro manually without using an Easy Setup or to adjust the settings for an Easy Setup simply go to Final Cut Pro s Audio Video Settings window Figure 7 2 and individually select the HD Express s capture and sequence presets The HD Express presets are identified by either HD Express or MOTU in their name If you don t see a preset for the capture or...

Page 35: ...VCProHD The HD Express provides capture and playback of DVCPro25 DVCPro50 or DVCProHD Choose the sequence and capture presets that correspond with the video format frame rate and DVCPro format you need to capture edit and play back To play back DVCPro codecs be sure to select the 8 bit video playback preset for the corresponding video format Or simply use the appropriate HD Express Easy Setup Othe...

Page 36: ...ing uncompressed HD or SD the uncompressed video stream goes straight to your hard drive with no compression or encoding required along the way The real time capture of uncompressed HD requires very fast disk storage such as a disk RAID array or fibre optic drive array When you are capturing Apple ProRes 422 Final Cut Pro performs the encoding in real time during capture Given today s Intel proces...

Page 37: ...ack requires a computer with at least two Intel core processors four cores or more are recommended ProRes 422 HQ quality requires a computer with four Intel cores or more When you play back a Final Cut Pro timeline with an HD codec other than ProRes the situation is similar to ProRes playback described above Final Cut Pro does the work of transcoding the video stream and so the computer s CPU perf...

Page 38: ...s s channels are simply numbered 1 2 3 4 etc and correspond to the HD Express channel numbers 1 8 and 9 16 For example you might make the following audio bank assignments in the Audio tab In this example Final Cut Pro outputs 1 8 are assigned to RCA analog and outputs 9 16 are assigned to HDMI embedded plus S PDIF digital which will output channels 9 10 AUDIO CAPTURE The HD Express provides twelve...

Page 39: ... speakers enabled Downmix to Output 1 2 on Capture option page 31 AUDIO PLAYBACK To play back audio 1 Choose View menu Audio Playback HD Express 2 In the Sequences window select your sequence 3 Choose Sequence menu Settings 4 Click the Audio Outputs tab and configure the outputs as needed Consult your Final Cut Pro documentation for details 5 Go to the Audio Mixer to assign each audio track to the...

Page 40: ...F I N A L C U T P R O 40 ...

Page 41: ...ace must remain connected and powered on while the computer is running The HD Express s Auto On mode lets you leave the power switch on and the interface will power up and power down with your computer See page 5 for details on Auto On mode Connecting or powering gear during operation It is not recommended that you connect disconnect or power on off devices connected to the HD Express while record...

Page 42: ...ease provide the following information to help us solve your problem as quickly as possible The serial number of the HD Express system This is printed on a sticker placed on the bottom of the HD Express rack unit You must be able to supply this number to receive technical support Abrief explanationof theproblem includingthe exact sequence of actions which cause it and the contentsof anyerrormessag...

Page 43: ... 720p 60 10 bit 1280 x 720 720p 60 8 bit 1280 x 720 1080i 25 10 bit 1920 x 1080 1080i 25 8 bit 1920 x 1080 1080i 29 97 10 bit 1920 x 1080 1080i 29 97 8 bit 1920 x 1080 1080i 30 10 bit 1920 x 1080 1080i 30 8 bit 1920 x 1080 1080p 23 976 10 bit 1920 x 1080 1080p 23 976 8 bit 1920 x 1080 1080p 24 10 bit 1920 x 1080 1080p 24 8 bit 1920 x 1080 1080p 25 10 bit 1920 x 1080 1080p 25 8 bit 1920 x 1080 1080...

Page 44: ...A P P E N D I X B V I D E O F O R M A T S 44 ...

Page 45: ... DVCProHD 720p at all eight frame rates listed above plus full raster 1920 x 1080 ProRes or DVCProHD 1080 1280 and 1440 rasters at all 1080 frame rates listed above Supported Final Cut SD formats Uncompressed 8 bit and 10 bit DVCPro and DVCPro 50 at 486i29 97 and 576i25 AUDIO I O 12 channels of simultaneous audio input 16 channels of simultaneous audio output Supports all standard audio sample rat...

Page 46: ...A P P E N D I X C H D E X P R E S S S P E C I F I C A T I O N S 46 ...

Page 47: ...7 ExpressCard connecting to HD Express interface 6 installation 14 power up power down 15 removal 14 F FCP MOTU RT Enabler txt 21 Field 1 2 options 28 Final Cut Pro 33 39 audio 24 audio capture 38 audio playback 34 39 audio settings 38 Audio Video Settings 34 capture 23 capture presets 34 capture settings 35 36 clock source during capture 27 clock source during playback 28 easy setups 21 34 instal...

Page 48: ...gistration 11 Reset 3D LUT 29 Reset to Defaults 28 RGB 17 28 S S PDIF 6 connections 19 Sample rate 31 Sample rate conversion 19 Sat saturation color grading setting 29 SD Analog Output Format settings 28 camcorder 18 20 capture connectors 5 component 17 component connectors 6 Component Output Color Mode settings 17 composite 18 monitor 18 supported formats 43 uncompressed 43 video deck 18 SDI conn...

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