RECORDING CAPABILITIES
RECORDING CAPABILITIES
The Odyssey7 is a single channel HD video recorder that records onto Convergent Design Odyssey SSD
Media from HD-SDI or HDMI inputs.
HD VIDEO
The Odyssey7 records HD video as Apple ProRes
3G-SDI: accepted 1080p/psf / 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.97, 60, 720p50, 60
HDMI: accepted 1080p/psf / 3.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50i, 60i, 720p50, 60
Compressed Apple ProRes 1080p/psf / 23, 24, 25, 29 50, 60; 1080i 50, 60; 720p 50, 60
Future free firmware updates will include additional compressed video codecs with expanded frame
rates.
APPLE PRORES RECORDING
Odyssey now supports recording Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), Apple ProRes 422 and Apple ProRes 422 (LT).
Files are saved in .MOV format.
PRORES 422 (HQ)
The Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) codec offers the utmost possible quality for 4:2:2 or 4:2:0 sources
(without an alpha channel) and provides the following:
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Target data rate of approximately 220 Mbps (1920 x 1080 at 60i)
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Higher quality than Apple ProRes 422
PRORES 422
The Apple ProRes 422 codec provides the following:
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Target data rate of approximately 145 Mbps (1920 x 1080 at 60i)
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Higher quality than Apple ProRes 422 (LT)
PRORES 422 (LT)
The Apple ProRes 422 (LT) codec provides the following:
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Roughly 70 percent of the data rate of Apple ProRes 422 (smaller file sizes than ProRes 422)
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Higher quality than Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy)
NOTE
Convergent Design also manufactures the Odyssey7Q and Od that are designed
for recording in 2K, 4K, RAW, MultiStream and other formats. Please see our website or talk
to your dealer for details.
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