MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 Encoding Hardware for Developers

Featuring a full Windows software development kit for application developers, MVRD4400 offers high-quality, real-time hardware-based MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 encoding with the ability to filter, stabilize and enhance analog source video prior to MPEG encoding.

Powerful pre-filtering features in MVRD4400 include advanced 3D Y/C separation to reduce color noise and improve image quality, 3D digital noise reduction to eliminate noise in the analog video signal, a line time base corrector (LTBC) to correct any video images that jitter, as well as digital frame synchronization and auto gain controls. The MVRD4400 does not ship with MPEG capture/playback software.

Video Format

• NTSC: 720x480 @ 29.97 fps
• PAL: 720x576 @ 25 fps
• CCIR 601 to square pixel conversion

Audio Format

• 2-channel 48 kHz 16-bit
• 2-channel 44.1 kHz 16-bit
• 2-channel 32 kHz 16-bit

Analog Video Input/Output

• 1 x S-Video (7-pin mini DIN) input
• 1 x S-Video (7-pin mini DIN) output

Analog Audio Input/Output

• 1 x stereo RCA input
• 1 x 3.5 mm stereo output

MPEG Encoding/Decoding Video Compression

• ISO/IEC 14496-2 (MPEG-4)
• ISO/IEC 13818-2 (MPEG-2)
• ISO/IEC 11172-2 (MPEG-1)

Profiles and Level

• Simple Profile@L1-L3 (MPEG-4)
• MP@ML (MPEG-2 )

Video Capture Resolutions

• 720x480, 704x480 (Full-D1)
• 720x576, 704x576 (Full-D1)
• 640x480, 640x576 (VGA)
• 480x480, 480x576 (2/3-D1)
• 352x480, 352x576 (Half-D1)
• 352x240, 352x288 (SIF)

Video Bitrate

• MPEG-4 Full-D1, VGA 2-15 Mbps
• MPEG-4 Half-D1, 2/3-D1 1.5-8 Mbps
• MPEG-4 SIF 512kbps-4 Mbps
• MPEG-2 Full-D1, VGA 3-15 Mbps
• MPEG-2 Half-D1, 2/3-D1 2-8 Mbps
• MPEG-2 SIF 1-4 Mbps
• MPEG-1 SIF 1-1.8 Mbps

GOP

• IBBP (selectable M=from 1 to 3, N=from 1 to 30)
• MPEG-1 GOP pattern interval of 3
• MPEG-4 GOP pattern interval of 1

Audio Compression

• ISO/IEC 11172-3 Layer 2

Audio Bitrate

• 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 320, 384 Kbps
• 32/64 kbps mono supported with MPEG-4 SIF 1 Mbps or lower

Multiplex

• ISO/IEC 13818-1 MPEG-2 program stream/transport stream
• ISO/IEC 11172-1 MPEG-1 system stream
• MPEG-4 is multiplexed in a ISO/IEC 13818 program stream/transport stream form

Minimum System Requirements:

• Intel Pentium III 866 MHz CPU or faster (2.0 GHz CPU or faster required for higher bitrate encoding/decoding)
• 128 MB RAM or more
• Graphics card with hardware-based DirectDraw overlay and 16-bit color display at a 640x480 resolution
• One free bus-mastering PCI slot (v2.1 or later)

• Windows 2000 Professional (Service Pack 4 or later), Windows 2000 Server (Service Pack 4 or later), Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2 or later), Windows Server 2003 (Service Pack 1 or later), or Windows Server 2008
• Visual C++ 6.0 or higher for the SDK environment

• MVRD4400 PCI bus card
• Installation CD-ROM
• User manual
• 2 x 7-pin mini DIN S-Video to composite video conversion cable