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Video Innovation
Innovative technologies designed to meet the rigorous demands of the industry are the key to why Grass Valley-engineered video editing systems outshine the rest. The following is a list of the innovative technologies that Grass Valley engineering has been first to bring to market (most recent innovations are at the top of the list).

Grass Valley (Canopus)-engineered Firsts


  • Write-back to Panasonic P2 cards in P2 format
  • Real-time editing hardware with built-in DV-analog converter and OHCI-compliant mode (EDIUS NX with HD Expansion Kit and EDIUS SP)
  • Real-time uncompressed analog HD output with effects (EDIUS NX with HD Expansion Kit and EDIUS SP)
  • Real-time HD-SDI and SD-SDI output (EDIUS HD and EDIUS SD) from HD/SD mixed timeline
  • Patented technology that keeps audio in perfect synchronization with video when capturing long streams of DV
  • Real-time editing of native JVC and SONY MPEG-2 TS (EDIUS for HDV720P and EDIUS Pro 3)
  • DV-analog converter that has adjustable analog video pre-processing
  • MPEG index file creation to speed up MPEG editing
  • OHCI-compliant FireWire interface with onboard DV/analog conversion (ADVC1394 and ACEDVio)
  • Real-time DV editing from an uncompressed 4:2:2 sampled space
  • Scalable real-time NLE processing
  • Software based, real-time nonlinear editing system utilizing full potential of dual CPUs
  • Real-time video filters for DV editing at an affordable system price range
  • Real-time DV output (DVRex RT)
  • Automatic transition insertion (Rex Edit)
  • Accelerated 3D effects using graphics processor chip on VGA card (Rexfx)
  • DV editing card featuring a software codec, yet providing full-screen, full-motion video preview using the hardware codec of the DV camera (DVRaptor)
  • Nonlinear video accelerator with networking capabilities, offering Motion-JPEG and DV preview and rendering acceleration through advanced software codec technology (TotalRex)
  • Breakout box that can be set in the bay or externally (DVRex)

Grass Valley Engineering:
First to Deliver...

Uncompromising HD output, direct from a mixed format timeline to your HDTV display, in real-time, as you edit.

Learn how EDIUS NX Express and EDIUS SP-SDI deliver true uncompressed, full resolution, full frame rate output from a mixed format timeline to HDTV.
EDIUS NX Express

With EDIUS NX Express or EDIUS SP-SDI, you can edit and preview your HD productions in real time, without compromising quality or resolution. EDIUS NX Express and EDIUS SP-SDI also handle your SD footage, even allowing you to mix formats in the same timeline.
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