video input

    audio input

    audio processing

    hardware video processing

    computing platforms

    hardware system

    video input

    ntsc/pal↑1

    composite (bnc)

    s-video

    dv (via ieee-1394 connector)

    sdi (smpte-259m)↑2

    audio input

    unbalanced stereo (rca connectors)

    balanced stereo (xlr connectors)

    professional digital audio aes/ebu (xlr connector)

    consumer digital audio (s/p-dif optical/rca connectors)

    dv audio (via same ieee-1394 connector as dv video)

    audio processing

    auto sample rate selection for analog inputs (32 khz/44.1 khz/48 khz)

    audio sample rate down conversion based on application requirements

    audio sample rate up conversion based on application requirements

    hardware video processing

    temporal/spatial de-interlacing filter

    dv decoding

    video scaling

    color space conversion

    computing platforms

    windows 2000 professional

    windows nt 4.0

    hardware system

    32-bit/5-volt pci card

    full pci rev. 2.1 compliance

    multi-board support

    1. pal is supported in software releases 1.02 and later.

    2. embedded digital audio in sdi is not supported in the first version of the osprey-500 hardware.