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General Information

VidScope-HD is a software  Windows™ PC based real-time television program monitoring, measurement, display and capture tool intended for professional program production users.

With automatic and objective analysis of HD, SD, HDV, DV or off line AVI’s, VOB’s, MPEG or Windows Media files, this version extends VidScope's input capabilities to accepting live sources in HD.

These being delivered from a Dual Link or HDMI capture card in either HD or SD formats or alternatively from files containing RGB in various formats.

There are settings for either studio or computer RGB levels and either 8 bit or 10 bit signals are accepted.

All the usual waveform and vector displays are provided for HD users plus additional gamut error flagging modes. Gamut errors in R, G or B can be shown collectively or individually with fixed or variable gamut % limits set.

VidScope-HD also allows and accepts all other video and audio formats of the other VidScope versions including component formats in SD and HD as well as HDV and DV.

Features and functions

Features

• Multi-window Split tile display
• Real-time waveform, vectorscope, all modes.
• Line select, line, field, frame, progressive
• Gamut, RGB, YPrPb, Histogram.
• Field frame and format selection as well as variable intensity.
• Persistence and graticule brightness.
• Video preview monitor, safe areas, monitor R, G, B, Pr, Pb Mono or Chroma only
• Accurate gamut checking ensures that the source is broadcast legal. 
• Sellect a specific area for investigation and see related traces specified.
• Standard and custom safe-area are provided with overlay capabilities. 
• Diagnostic monitor, RGB, component displays.
• Sources can be video or file based.
• Accepts SDI, HDV, DV, HDMI and analogue sources depending on capture card installed and Off-line operation with AV files.
• Text based logging of source compliance and both waveform and picture snap-shot to jpeg, png, bmp. 
• File and machine transport controls.
• Audio monitoring including surround sound and bar-graphs with all standard broadcast scales with stereo or  multi-channel de-embedding.
• Captures to many different file formats as well as uncompressed. Multi-screen capability.
• Audio levels, phase, waveform,
• GMO surround sound monitor, a new intuitive surround sound 3D polar display of amplitude, phase and frequency
• Select the audio graticules and de-emphasis of your choice
• VTR control, time code, capture
• Time code logging of errors
• SnapShot™ modes enabling comparison of traces or picture content
• 10 User set layouts
• Displayed on you PC screen, or transmit or email to any location via IP

Specifications

Host PC Requirements

Windows XP, Vista or 7
Intel or AMD Processor with 4 cores or more needed for realtime 444, 3G and HD operation
Graphics Card: NVidia with 512Mb or more graphics memory. ATI cards do not support for all product functions.
System memory 2Gb+
Live Capture device(s) must have DirectShow drivers such as AJA, Bluefish, Imprex,  etc.
Laptop operation is possible subject to the above and can use firewire inputs.

Ordering

VidScope-HD

VS-HD

Supplied boxed, on a 4GB USB data stick and manual.

FAQs

Documentation

Please find our links to futher information, wiring diagrams, data sheets and operational manuals below:

Data sheet

Wiring diagram

Operational manual

Ordering information