Stradis HDM500E

Key Features for MPEG Video Applications

Continuous, seamless back-to-back playback of multiple MPEG streams (which may be in different formats: Transport, Program, System or Elementary streams) upconverted or downconverted as necessary to 720p or 1080i.
High-quality conversion of source video to selected display format. Lock the output to one format and all outputs will be in that format, regardless of the source format
Frame-accurate, synchronized playback across multiple decoders
High-speed, random access and display of any I-Frame in an MPEG file for variable speed reverse and forward play, plus seamless switching to any I-frame of another stream
PCR-based clock recovery for 24/7/365 real-time stream reception for continuous decoding of streams received from any common delivery mechanism, including satellite, LAN, and ATM networks
Complete control over all decoder functions via the Stradis Application Program Interface (API) for Windows. Applications access the API with a C-style interface using the __stdcall calling convention
API compatibility with all Stradis SDM series standard-definition MPEG Decoders

Still picture display from bit-map files with transition effects and simultaneous audio playback for "slide shows"
True-color graphics over video or still pictures with keying or indexed color with blending
Digital control of video saturation, brightness, contrast, and gamma
Genlock (external framelock synchronization) input
Hardware Audio/Video synchronization
High-Definition Serial Digital Interface (SMPTE 292M) video output with 12 channels of embedded audio
6 AES3 digital audio outputs, may be used as 12 discrete audio channels or 4 may be used as IEC 61937/SMPTE 337M-2000 digital audio outputs to Dolby Digital® (AC-3) or MPEG Multichannel® audio decoders
One pair of unbalanced analog audio outputs for monitoring
Machine Control via remote connector (9-Pin, RS-422A) can be configured as either "Controller" or "Device"
Linear Time Code (LTC) output based on stream time codes or synthesized by the API
Support for extraction of EIA 608 / EIA 708 closed captions with captions inserted into HD-SDI in accordance with SMPTE 334M
SMPTE 302M-2002 support for uncompressed digital audio in the Transport, Program, and System streams
Wave file playback and raw PCM audio playback
Virtual streams based on a single, repeated I-Frame that can be seamlessly played back-to-back with other MPEG streams
Video image can be displayed on the computer's VGA monitor in lower resolution to conserve PCI bus bandwidth

All decoding takes place in hardware
12-bit Video D/A, 2x oversampled
Decodes MPEG audio (up to eight output channels) in parallel with MPEG video
Supports SMPTE 302M-2002 uncompressed audio (up to 12 channels)
IEC 61937/SMPTE 337M-2000 compressed digital audio output of AC-3 - ATSC A/52 on up to four AES3 outputs
VCXO with clock recovery for streams received by satellite, LAN, ATM or any transport delivery mechanism
Serial Digital Interface (SMPTE 292M) video output with up to 12 channels of embedded audio, plus DVI and analog RGB (or YPbPr) outputs

Detailed information is available on the Stradis web pages.