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LEITCH VelocityQ (Quattrus)

- discontinued 7/2006


Hardware features:

  • Realtime playback of 4 video streams & 6 graphics layers
  • Compressed & uncompressed recording & playback
  • Mix compressed & uncompressed clips in the same project
  • Optional 2U Rack-mount breakout box
  • Optional SDI & digital audio I/O
  • Direct support for OHCI 1394 DV (Firewire) I/O
  • Integrated Ultra160 SCSI disk controller
  • Dual Channel 3D DVEs

Software features:

  • Velocity 9 edit software
  • DFX+ compositing & advanced effects software
  • VTFS™ (Virtual Tape File System)
  • Integrated waveform/vectorscope
  • Multicamera editing (4 cameras)
  • Direct export to MPEG1, MPEG2, Real, MS, AVI & Quicktime
  • Live webcasting incl. live video, pre-recorded clips, graphics & DVEs
  • Read/Write network file access with NO lockouts


Velocity Player interface picUncompressed / compressed   video + stereo audio  

 

VelocityQ 2x4 combines the Quattrus multi-layer real-time non-linear editing hardware with an extended version of the award-winning Velocity software, into a fully-integrated advanced multi-layer NLE solution. Features include real-time simultaneous playback of four video streams (in any combination of uncompressed or compressed video), six graphics layers, and two channels of real-time 3D DVE, including perspectives and warps. VelocityQ 2x4 includes also all of the features of the Velocity 8.2 dual-stream NLE and extends them with new features including two channels of simultaneous real-time 3D DVE, and enhanced support for network editing, with video media accessible from system or network storage as well as the included dedicated on-board Ultra160 storage controller. The 0x4 version is without the DVE module, and is intended as a replacement for the Reality, which is being phased out when existing stocks run out.

Technology

VelocityQ effects pic Built on the hardware expertise that won an Emmy® Award in 2000 for Outstanding Achievement in Television Technology, VelocityQ is powered by the Quattrus hardware platform. Building on the features of the acclaimed Reality hardware, Quattrus features real-time playback of four video streams (in any combination of uncompressed or compressed video), six graphics streams (with crawls & rolls), and two channels of simultaneous real-time 3D DVE effects. Amazingly compact, the Quattrus hardware combines all of this real time power with flexible professional video I/O (including composite, Y/C, component, and optional DV and SDI), video mixing and keying, multi-channel audio mixing, video alpha channel support, and an integrated Ultra160 SCSI-3 disk controller, all on a single 32/64bit PCI card that requires just one system IRQ.

workflow picVTFS

The flexible DPS Virtual Tape File System provides seamless and transparent integration and file interchange with other graphics, animation and compositing systems. Each frame of video is simultaneously available in ten popular image file formats, including TGA, BMP and TIF. Animation sequences can be rendered directly to the VTFS, then easily accessed for playback and editing.

Precision Quality Control

Scope picVelocityQ features uncompressed and variable compression playback and recording for perfect quality every time, with the flexibility to mix compressed and uncompressed footage in the same timeline. Proc-amp controls, colour correction, and an integrated waveform monitor and vectorscope help keep your video levels within spec and allow you to easily fine tune both incoming and captured video.

Added value software package

VelocityQ include a comprehensive software bundle. Velocity 8.2 integrated non-linear editor, Eyeon DFX+ advanced compositing & image processing with direct timeline integration, Sonic Solutions' ReelDVD Studio - DVD authoring software, Inscriber Title Motion character generator and Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge Studio XL digital audio editor.

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