High-Quality HD Video Conversion

Our ADVC® HD family supports virtually any high-definition (HD), video-conversion need. As standalone units or connected to a computer, all ADVC HD products feature broad compatibility with video equipment, sturdy construction, and a standalone-operation capability.

Our ADVC-HDM1 unit provides high-quality, bi-directional conversion between HD-SDI and HDV signals, complete with embedded audio. It's perfect for recording from HD-SDI sources to our Turbo™ intelligent digital disk recorder (iDDR)—or for use as a standalone converter without a computer.

Compatible with Windows and Macintosh operating system-based nonlinear editors that support HDV or HD-SDI, the ADVC-HDM1 unit lets you easily and instantly convert HD-SDI output to HDV and ingest HDV material into HD-SDI systems for archiving. It can also encode HD MPEG-2 transport streams up to a full 1920x1080 resolution using one of eight different bit-rate settings that best suits your workflow.

The ADVC-HDM1 unit also lets you input external timecode information when encoding in HDV; control HD-SDI decks via HDV and vice versa with AV/C-RS-422 device control conversion; and use simple, two-button control for its encoding/ decoding and timecode mode via the front panel.

• Simple front-panel configuration and status display
• Compatible with Windows and Macintosh platforms
• No need to install drivers or any software applications
• 50 Hz and 60 Hz compatible
• Ideal for studio production environments
• Robust and reliable—over 250,000 ADVC converters sold worldwide

 

Digital Video

• 4-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394)
• 6-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394)

Supported MPEG-2 transport stream encoding formats:

• HDV (auto select)
  • HD1: 720/30p, 720/25p (video bit rate: 18.3 Mb/s; audio stream: stereo MPEG Audio Layer 2, 384 kb/s)
  • HD2 1080/59.94i, 1080/50i (video bit rate: 25 Mb/s; audio stream: stereo MPEG Audio Layer 2, 384 kb/s)
• Additional formats (dip switch select)
  • Video bit rate: 11-, 14-, 16-, 18-, 20-, 25-, 30-, 40 Mb/s
  • Audio stream: MPEG Audio Layer 2, 384 kb/s

Supported MPEG-2 transport stream decoding formats:

• HDV (auto select)
  • HD1: 720/30p, 720/25p
  • HD2: 1080/59.94i, 1080/50i
• Additional formats (dip-switch select)
  • Profile/Level: MP @ HL, MP @ H14
  • Resolution/frame rate: 1080/59.94i, 1080/50i, 720/59.94p, 720/50p
• HD-SDI in (BNC)
• HD-SDI active-through (BNC)
• 2x HD-SDI out (BNC)

Digital Audio Input

• HDV 2-channel
• HD-SDI 2-channel embedded audio (SMPTE 299M Ch1, Ch2 only)

Digital Audio Output

• HDV 2-channel
• HD-SDI 2-channel embedded (SMPTE 299M stereo, 16 bit, 48 kHz, locked)

Time Code

• LTC in (BNC)
• LTC out (BNC)
• DVITC in (decoded from HD-SDI input)
• DVITC out (encoded in HD-SDI output)

Reference

• Input (BNC)
• Loop-through (BNC)

Device Control

• AV/C over 1394
• RS-422A (control)
• RS-422A (device)
• RS-232C (external control)

Display

• Front-panel status
• Mode select

Power

Includes AC adapter (12 VDC, 3A)

Environmental Characteristics

• Operating temperature: 10 to 35°C
• Storage temperature: -20 to 60°C
• Maximum humidity: 80% (no condensation)

Dimensions

• Width: 215 mm (8.46 in.)
• Height: 44 mm (1.73 in.)
• Depth: 241 mm (9.49 in.)

Minimum System Requirements

Windows PC

• Windows 2000 (Service Pack 3 or higher)
• Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 1 or higher)
• Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Ultimate (Service Pack 1 or higher)
• Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate
• DirectX 8.0 or higher

Mac

• Mac OS X (10.2.7/10.2.8/10.3/10.4.x/10.5/10.6)

• ADVC-HDM1 converter unit
• AC adapter
• User manual
• 1 x FireWire cable (4-pin to 6-pin)

Note: A video-capture card or OHCI FireWire (IEEE 1394) connection is required to capture DV.