AJA Xena 2KE 10-Bit Dual-Link HD/SD PCIe Video Capture Card Windows

AJA Xena 2KE 10-Bit Dual-Link HD/SD PCIe Video Capture Card Windows

THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.  Please look at the Kona cards in stead.

The Kona card is the same card as the Xena, but supports Windows and Mac

XENA 2K is AJA's top-of-the-line card for windows, delivering uncompressed SD, HD, Dual Link HD and 2K, enabling customers to work in nearly any resolution and in a flexible and future-safe architecture.

XENA 2K plus our own integrated AJA drivers and plug-ins, team up perfectly with Windows and a wide variety of applications such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Combustion, and Fusion, to give you unparalleled power and efficiency. XENA 2K captures and plays back uncompressed 10-bit and 8-bit digital video and 24-bit 48kHz digital audio in standard definition (SMPTE 259M), single-link and dual-link high definition (SMPTE 292M, 372M), D-Cinema, and full frame 2K via HSDL.

Dual Link

XENA 2K supports Dual Link 4:4:4 HD-SDI devices such as Sony HDCAM^TM SR Decks, ARRI^TM D-21 or Thompson Viper^TM cameras. XENA 2K Dual Link supports full bandwidth 4:4:4 RGB at 10-bits for 1080i, 1080p, and 720p formats. XENA 2K can also convert between 4:4:4 and 4:2:2 formats for Single Link HD-SDI output.

2K Workflow

XENA 2K can capture directly from a 2K telecine to disk, eliminating both the need for tape stock and the process of digitizing tapes for the nonlinear editor. The additional 2K support in XENA 2K will benefit large, full-service facilities as well as boutique facilities entering the 2K "film as digital" landscape.

2K telecine to XENA 2K saves time and steps in the process by directly creating 2K DPX, QuickTime, Cineon, AVI, TGA, TIFF or BMP files. XENA users can capture directly into the format they need and move files immediately into their editing/compositing environment. These same files can be played out at 2K via High Speed Data Link (HSDL) at 15 fps, offering further synergy with other 2K products already in use in the market.

Additionally, XENA 2K allows 2K files to be viewed on HD 1080 24P-supported video monitors, lowering the price barrier for recording to tape and viewing 2K material. This 1080 HD playout can also be down-converted to SD in realtime, giving the 2K DI pipeline a powerful solution for multi-format video playout of 2K material.

By generating 2K files during the digitize phase, film makers can skip tape altogether and begin editing from a digital master immediately after the telecine is complete. Tape capture becomes unnecessary. Offline editing can be done in Adobe Premiere Pro and because of the flexibility of Adobe Premiere Pro and Windows, even a 2K online is possible.

XENA 2K is the ultimate uncompressed capture card for seamless operation with a myriad of creative applications on a Windows PC. Supporting any uncompressed SD or HD format, including Dual Link and 2K, XENA 2K captures and plays back uncompressed 10-bit and 8-bit digital video and 24-bit digital audio, providing unparalleled power and workflow efficiency. XENA 2K also includes a variety of 10-bit broadcast-quality features, such as hardware-based up-, down- and cross-conversion to and from HD. XENA 2K is available in two flavors: The XENA 2K is available for users needing a PCI-X solution and the XENA 2Ke is for those needing a 4-lane PCIe solution. Both cards are identical in features and in video and audio connections, and use the same optional K3-Box rack mountable breakout box. Choose the card that best suits your workstation!

Broadcast-quality Conversion

XENA 2K features full 10-bit, broadcast-quality, motion adaptive SD to HD up-conversion, HD to SD downconversion, HD cross-conversion and automatic HD/SD 12-bit component analog output. In addition to all these conversion features, XENA 2K can also do SD to SD aspect ratio conversions from 4:3 to 16:9 and vice versa. This huge number of conversion features is equivalent to rolling AJA's stand-alone HD D/A converter, HD to SD down-converter, and our SD to HD up-converter into one convenient, cost-efficient XENA 2K board-at half the price. The quality is identical to AJA's award-winning standalone products, and all functionality is hardwarebased, making it available full time, all the time, on digitize or playback. XENA 2K will address your needs with support for hardware-based 1080-to-720 or 720-to-1080 cross-conversion. This powerful feature further streamlines dailies and deliverables creation at true broadcast picture quality in realtime.

Audio

XENA 2K's extensive audio support makes installation a breeze, working with 8-channel 24-bit AES audio at either 48 or 96KHz via XLR (balanced) connections, and 16-channel 24-bit 48KHz embedded SDI/HD-SDI audio. XENA 2K also features high-quality input sample-rate conversion on AES inputs, which eliminates the need for audio source synchronization.

XENA 2K boasts two HD/SD SDI video inputs and outputs and one component analog output, each independently switchable between HD and SD (SD analog can be configured as composite). For example, if you are working in HD, you can have simultaneous HD SDI, SDI and HD or SD component analog output. Using XENA 2K's full-time format conversion features, monitoring can be as simple as a single composite monitor for both SD and HD projects. Dual Link can be monitored via Dual Link HD-SDI outputs, Single Link HD-SDI, or HD component analog. Furthermore, the dual outputs can be used to output HD Video + Key with video on one output and key on the other. When you plug in XENA 2K's breakout cables, they automatically configure. For SDI video, the card features two HD/SD inputs and two outputs for Single or Dual Link, one connection for Genlock input, and three for HD/SD component analog video out.

Also included is a 9-pin D connector for RS-422 machine control. The SDI inputs and outputs use a separate cable with special mini-BNC connectors on one end and full-sized BNCs on the other for ease of connection and superior reliability.

The K3-Box for XENA 2K simplifies interfacing by offering a 19-inch, 1RU rack-mountable breakout box that attaches to the XENA 2K with just two cables. This option offers all the same inputs and outputs as the standard breakout cable, and can be easily rack mounted or placed on top of a broadcast monitor or editing desk. Additional functionality includes simultaneous XLR and BNC AES output, 2-channel RCA analog audio monitoring, and looping BNC Genlock reference connectors. If you're using a digital Betacam^TM deck, HDCAM^TM, DVCPRO HD®, D5, D9, or even an HDCAM SR, you'll have the proper connections.

Features

• SDI, HD-SDI, Dual Link SD and HD-SDI 4:4:4, and 4:4:4:4, HSDL
• Plug-in support for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Adobe After Effects CS4, and Photoshop, Autodesk Combustion and Eyeon Fusion
• AJA Machina software
• Native support for uncompressed DPX, Cineon, TGA, TIFF, BMP, YUV, AVI and QuickTime files Natively capture DVCPRO HD® Quicktime files for cross platform compressed workflow.
• 2K frame format support
• HSDL support
• Look Up Table support (LUT)
• Broadcast-quality hardware based 10-bit up-convert, down-convert and cross-convert
• 12-bit HD component and SD component/composite analog output
• 8-channel 48/96Khz AES, and 16-channel embedded SDI audio support
• RS-422 machine control
• Downstream Keying support for overlay of static graphics in Machina 12-bit SDI
• Capture and output support in RGB (at 1920x1080 p 23.98 only) HD Video + Key output
• 4-lane PCI-express interface (XENA 2Ke)
• PCI-X 133 interface (XENA 2K)
• Cables standard, K3-Box breakout optional
• 3-year international warranty