Digital cards described below

Analogue Cards

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 Paragon Communications are resellers in Ireland for the ViewCast Osprey Video range of video capture cards. Ever since the inception of the Internet streaming media market in 1997, ViewCast Osprey Video has been a major player. Throughout the explosive growth of this market Osprey Video has maintained its position as an industry-leading developer of cutting edge capture, encoding and CODEC technology. With the ongoing introduction of professional-level streaming and capture products the lead continues to grow.

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Digital Capture Cards
Osprey-500 DV
  • Real Video or Windows Media capture and streaming
  • One composite video (BNC), one S-video and one DV (IEEE 1394) inputs
  • Balanced audio (XLR's) and DV audio (IEE 1394)
  • Unbalanced audio inputs and outputs on RCA Phono's
  • Support for Windows NT-4, 2000 and XP
  • Breakout cable supplied, optional breakout box or rack-mount breakout panel (supports two cards) available
  • 32kHz, 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz audio sampling rates
Osprey-500 DV Pro
  • As for the Osprey-500 DV but with...
  • SDI video on BNC
  • AES/EBU digital stereo audio input on XLR
  • S/P DIF digital stereo audio input on RCA Phono
  • Breakout cable supplied for video & audio inputs
Osprey-540
  • Real Video, Windows Media, Quicktime & MPEG-4 capture and streaming
  • Enhanced audio/video synchronisation
  • Other specifications as for Osprey 500 DV Pro
  • Breakout cable supplied for video & audio inputs
  • Breakout cable supplied for preview video & audio outputs
Osprey-2000
  • Transcode from MPEG to streaming format 'on-the-fly'
  • Enables a wide range of video on demand (VOD) applications
  • No need to store multiple resolutions of the same content
  • Four operation modes...
    MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoding
    MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 decoding
  • Streaming capture and preview
  • File format transcoding
  • Analogue composite video and S-video inputs
  • Unbalanced and balanced audio inputs, unbalanced audio outputs
  • Support for Windows NT-4, 2000 and XP
  • Breakout cable supplied, optional breakout box or rack-mount breakout panel (supports two cards) available
  • Breakout cable supplied for preview video & audio outputs
Osprey-2000 DV Pro
  • As Osprey-2000 above but with digital video and audio inputs
  • SDI video and embedded audio on BNC connector
  • DV video and embedded audio on IEEE 1394 FireWire input
  • AES/EBU digital audio inputs
  • Analogue audio inputs of Osprey-2000 also retained
  • Breakout cables (inputs & outputs) supplied
Osprey-2000 D DV Pro
  • As Osprey-2000 DV Pro (above) but without the MPEG encoding function
  • Breakout cables (inputs & outputs) supplied
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