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Flux advanced video capture and pre-processing PCIe cards with Stream LE software let you add superior-quality, real-time, multi-format capture, encoding, transcoding and streaming to an existing Windows workstation.

Superior hardware and software for encoding excellence

Creating high-quality live and on-demand media for today's advanced viewing platforms, devices and workflows requires more than just a basic capture card. Optimal, efficient media encoding and streaming needs a solution designed specifically for the task. The Flux family of PCIe video and audio capture cards combine with the powerful and feature-rich Stream software to deliver unrivaled encoding and streaming quality, performance, reliability and flexibility.

The Flux hardware builds on the advanced video processing technology that earned Digital Rapids' solutions their reputation for the industry's highest encoding quality. Hardware-based, real-time video pre-processing features including motion adaptive de-interlacing with pixel-level analysis 'groom' the input signal to be more 'compression-friendly'. The result is superior visual quality and the most efficient use of bandwidth in the compressed output, while leaving the host system's CPU free to encode more simultaneous multi-format outputs. Additional hardware features including video adjustments, advanced scaling, color space conversion and graphic overlay enable refinement of incoming sources and the addition of branding such as logos.

Flux capture and pre-processing cards are available in multiple models offering a comprehensive choice of input connectivity and source format support. The all-digital Flux-6510 features SDI, HD-SDI, dual-link HD-SDI and 3G-SDI (also known as 3Gb/s SDI) video input support with SDI embedded audio. Flux-6550 offers the same inputs plus analog video (composite, S-Video and HD/SD component), analog audio and AES digital audio. Real-time down-conversion of dual-link and 3G-SDI inputs leverages new facility infrastructures and allows easy repurposing of dual-link and 3G-SDI sources without the workflow inconvenience and expense of external format converters. Flux HD boards also provide a future-proof upgrade path to emerging applications empowered by 3G-SDI, such as 1080p/60 and 1080p/50 distribution, advanced JPEG2000 mastering and 3D production.

The SDI-only Flux-3510 and SDI-plus-analog Flux-3550 offer the power of the Flux hardware for applications requiring only standard-definition video input.

Multiple formats, one easy workflow

The tightly integrated Stream LE software combines interactive control of Flux's hardware capabilities with the flexibility of software codecs and a robust feature set. Stream LE lets you encode from live input sources or transcode from existing media files to over two dozen standard or optional codecs and container formats, all from a single interface. Video and audio can be encoded to files, live streams or both in multiple formats, resolutions and bit rates simultaneously in real time, giving you exceptional productivity while targeting multiple distribution channels or workflows with media optimized for each application. You can perform as many simultaneous real-time encodes as your system’s CPU horsepower will allow.

Stream LE's step-by-step interface is easy enough for novices, yet fully configurable for expert users. Stream LE lets you adjust compression settings as precisely as you want, from production-tested presets to in-depth manual controls. The parameters associated with each encoding session can be saved in whole or in part for easy reuse. For even more software power, you can add the optional Stream FE software upgrade, with expanded workflow automation and integration capabilities.

Flux capture and pre-processing cards with the Stream software – the ideal hardware and software combination for today's demanding multi-format media encoding needs.