Grass Valley EDIUS 9 XRE Transcoder Software

The XRE Transcoder 9 is a standalone conversion solution that enables broadcasters and media companies to automate the transcoding of media files, using watch folders that can be placed anywhere on a network. Transcoding is fully optimized to the host machine’s specifications and is faster than real-time in many cases.

Key Features

• Purpose-built transcoding system leveraging powerful EDIUS NLE format support
• Can be used with EDIUS and third-party NLEs
• Watch folder functionality
• Job monitor for creating watch folders, managing and monitoring jobs
• Can process two jobs simultaneously
• Multiple XRE Transcoders can be used as nodes to process multiple jobs in parallel
• New “Effect Template” feature to apply effects to clips while transcoding
• Can also be used to conform/render EDIUS projects
• Supported codecs: H.264, H.265, MPEG-2, XAVC, XAVC S, XDCAM (DV/HD/EX), P2, DVCPRO, AVC Ultra, Apple ProRes, Grass Valley HQ/HQX and DNxHD
• SDK available to facilitate integration into third-party systems and workflows
• Convert audio as source to other audio formats or to video
• Audio normalization

Technical Specifications

Supported file formats
Video formats: AVCHD, AVI, HDV, MOV, MP4 and MXF
Audio formats: AAC, AIFF, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Professional, Dolby Digital Plus, MPEG Audio Layer-3, MPEG Audio Stream, Ogg Vorbis Files, Wave and Windows Media Audio
Supported codecs
H.264, H.265, MPEG-2, XAVC, XAVC S, XDCAM (DV/HD/EX), P2, DVCPRO, AVC Ultra, Apple ProRes, Grass Valley HQ/HQX and DNxHD
Simultaneous processing
Yes (can process two jobs simultaneously)
Parallel processing
Yes (multiple XRE Transcoders can be used as nodes to process multiple jobs in parallel)
Networking
Ethernet