VITEC VM4-2EX

ITEC's VM4-2ex capture and compression board provides high-quality MPEG-4 encoding up to FD1 and MPEG-2 encoding for industrial and professional applications at surprisingly low cost. It performs very long encoding with still image capture during encoding and split mode encoding of back-to-back files.

Product Highlights:

• MPEG-4 ASP l(level 0-5) up to FD1, MPEG-2 (4:2:0) and MPEG-1 encoding
• 24/7 very long encoding
• Still image capture while encoding
• Split mode (back-to-back files)

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**VIVM2 - Specification**

**More Information**

**VIDEO SPECIFICATIONS**

**Inputs:**

- 4x Composite or 2x S-video

**Outputs:**

- Composite, S-video, RGBs

**Compression:**

- MPEG-4

- MPEG-2 (4:2:0)

- MPEG-1

**MPEG-4 Compression:**

- 1 to 15 Mbit/s

- ISMA Level 1

- MPEG-4 profile

- System stream

- Bitrate regulation mode: CBR / VBR

**MPEG-2 (4:2:0) Compression:**

- Elementary streams

- Mux DVD, SVCD compliance

- Bitrate regulation mode: 1 to 15 Mbit/s

- PS / TS

- CBR / VBR

**MPEG-1 Compression:**

- Elementary / System streams

- VCD 2.0, XVCD compliance

- Bitrate regulation mode: 128 Kbit/s to 3 Mbit/s

- CBR / VBR

**Aspect ratios:**

- 4/3 & 16/9

**Preview on VGA:**

- Yes

**Frame rate:**

- 29.97 (NTSC) / 25 (PAL/SECAM)

**VBR with Average and Max settings:**

- Yes

**VBR with Fixed Quantizer:**

- Yes

**GOP definition:**

- I, IP, IBP, IBBP, …

**IBP distance setting, closed GOP:**

- Yes

**Scene Change Detection:**

- Yes

**Inputs:**

- 4x Composite or 2x S-video

**Outputs:**

- Composite, S-video, RGBs

**Compression MPEG-4:**

- 64 Kbit/s to 6 Mbit/s

- ISMA Level 1

- MPEG-4 profile

- System stream

- Bitrate regulation mode: CBR / VBR / CFR

**MPEG-2 (4:2:0) Compression:**

- Elementary streams

- Mux DVD, SVCD compliance

- Bitrate regulation mode: 1 to 15 Mbit/s

- PS / TS

- CBR / VBR

**MPEG-1 Compression:**

- Elementary / System streams

- VCD 2.0, XVCD compliance

- Bitrate regulation mode: 128 Kbit/s to 3 Mbit/s

- CBR / VBR

**Aspect ratios:**

- 4/3 & 16/9

**Preview on VGA:**

- Yes

**Frame rate:**

- 29.97 (NTSC) / 25 (PAL/SECAM)

**VBR with Average and Max settings:**

- Yes

**VBR with Fixed Quantizer:**

- Yes

**GOP definition:**

- I, IP, IBP, IBBP, …

**IBP distance setting, closed GOP:**

- Yes

**Scene Change Detection:**

- Yes

**DEVELOPERS RESOURCES**

**Operating systems:**

- Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit) / XP / 2000

- Linux Kernel 2.4 / 2.6 (RedHat, SuSE, …)

**Development kits:**

- LiveWire framework

- Demo apply. Source code

**Operating systems:**

- Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit) / XP / 2000

**Development kits:**

- LiveWire framework

- Demo apply. Source code

**SYSTEM CONFIGURATION**

**Minimum configuration:**

- P4 - 1.8 GHz

- 256 MB RAM

- PCIe (1 lane)

- Dimensions of the board: 120 x 96 mm (4.72” x 3.78”)

- Power consumption: 3 W (PCI) / 4.8 W (PCIe)

**Minimum configuration:**

- P4 - 3 GHz

- 256 MB RAM

- PCIe (1 lane)

- Dimensions of the board: 120 x 96 mm (4.72” x 3.78”)

- Power consumption: 3 W (PCI) / 4.8 W (PCIe)

**AUDIO SPECIFICATIONS**

**Inputs:**

- 1x Mini Jack Stereo

**Outputs:**

- MPEG-1 Layer 2

- AC-3, PCM

**Formats:**

- Mono, Stereo, Dual Stereo, JointStereo

**Encoding parameters Operating modes:**

- MPEG-1 Layer 2 Bitrate

- AC-3 Bitrate

- AAC-LC Bitrate

- Sampling Frequencies

- Bits per sample: Mono, Stereo, Dual Stereo, JointStereo

- 128 to 384 Kbit/s

- 96 to 648 Kbit/s

- 32, 44.1, 48 KHz

- 16 bits

**Encoding parameters Operating modes:**

- MPEG-1 Layer 2 Bitrate

- AC-3 Bitrate

- AAC-LC Bitrate

- Sampling Frequencies

- Bits per sample: Mono, Stereo, Dual Stereo, JointStereo

- 128 to 384 Kbit/s

- 96 to 648 Kbit/s

- 96 to 384 Kbit/s (96 Kbit/s for CD quality)

- 32, 44.1, 48 KHz

- 16 bits

**STILL IMAGE WHILE ENCODING**

**Resolution:**

- FD1 / SIF

**Field or Frame (2 fields) Capture:**

- Yes

**Resolution:**

- FD1 / SIF

**Field or Frame (2 fields) Capture:**

- Yes

**ADVANCED FEATURES**

**Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue adjustments:**

- Yes

**Audio level adjustment:**

- Yes

**Audiometer overlaid on preview:**

- Yes

**Status overlaid on preview:**

- Yes

**Pause / Resume mode:**

- Yes

**Split mode (back-to-back files):**

- Yes

**Skip frame mode (reduced frame rate & regular playback):**

- Yes

**Drop frame mode (reduced frame rate & accelerated playback):**

- Yes

**24/7 Very Long Encoding:**

- Yes

**Append (open a closed file and continue recording):**

- Yes

**Rewind (open a closed file, seek to overwrite, and continue recording):**

- Yes

**Multiboarding:**

- Yes

**On-Screen Display (OSD):**

- Yes