Bringing an MPEG CODEC into the Osprey product family provides a truly scalable and multiple-functioning device that fits many numerous applications and combines the quality of MPEG with the power of streaming.

The Osprey-2000 CODEC cards deliver on many levels, from editing uncompressed video in AVI or Extended AVI formats to transcoding from MPEG source files into popular streaming media formats "on-the-fly" plus provides professional-grade analog and digital audio/video inputs. The Osprey-2000 has it all!

There are two models of Osprey-2000 CODEC which are:

Our Price: $4,180.00

Osprey 2000 Rack Panel Bundle: $8,365.00

Osprey 2000 with Digital SimulStream: $5,100.00

Osprey 2000 with Digital SimulStream Rack Panel Bundle: $10,215.00

Osprey-2000D DV Pro
MPEG-2 decoder/transcoder and streaming capture card with SDI, AES/EBU, DV and analog inputs

The Osprey-2000D DV Pro includes everything found on the above models including the IEEE-1394 port for DV input. This DV input also provides real-time decoding of DV in hardware. The resulting decode is a digital uncompressed audio and video stream.

The Osprey-2000 D DV Pro combines all of the capture capabilities of the above models.
Our Price: $2,320.00

Osprey 2000D DV Pro Rack Panel Bundle: $4,645.00

Osprey 2000D DV Pro with Digital SimulStream: $3,245.00

Osprey 2000D DV Pro with Digital SimulStream Rack Panel Bundle: $6,495.00

Osprey-2000 Breakout Connector Options

The Osprey-2000 family ships with a breakout cable for video and audio inputs. The Osprey-2000 ships with a breakout cable for video and audio inputs and a special audio and video output cable. There are several other breakout options available for the Osprey-2000 family to meet your specific work environment requirements which are a breakout box and a breakout rack panel. Our Price: $46.00

The breakout box for the Osprey-2000 family has inputs for composite video, S-Video, balanced & unbalanced audio, and digital audio. It also features unbalanced (RCA) and balanced (XLR) audio connectors. Additionally, the right XLR balanced input is used as the digital AES/EBU audio input. Our Price: $46.00

A rack mount version of the breakout box is also available. The 1U rack input box has the same type of inputs as the breakout box but provides an additional set of inputs. This provides rack-savings benefits when using multiple Osprey-2000 family streaming capture cards. Our Price: $278.00

Osprey-2000 Drivers and Application Software Included

MPEG Software

• DirectShow Filters for MPEG encode and decode (Win 2000)
• OPI (Osprey Programming Interface) Drivers for Win 2000 and NT
• MPEG encode demo application
• MPEG decode demo application for transcoding (Win 2000)
• MPEG decode demo for NTSC/PAL or VGA output (Win 2000)
• MPEG transcode demo to convert MPEG files to uncompressed AVI files (Win 2000)
• MpegVCR - application that emulates VCR-like capabilities

Audio & Video Capture Software

• Video for Windows (VFW) compatible video capture driver
• Audio Mixer and audio WAV capture driver
• VidCap32 - capture application and demo program
• AmCap - capture application and demo program that uses the DirectX/DirectShow API (same used by Windows Media Encoder)
• CropApp - Cropping control application for the input video source
• Indeo CODEC - provides YVU9 color format and software for AVI compression

The Osprey-2000 family also provides professional-quality digital and analog video and audio inputs. Osprey-2000 bridges that gap between the streaming and professional video markets.

This streaming capture card is a multi-faceted product with four distinct modes of operation:

MPEG encoding

• MPEG decoding
• Streaming capture and preview
• File format transcoding

There are four versions of the Osprey-2000 product family that are categorized in two groups:

CODEC - These Osprey-2000 cards provide MPEG encoding and decoding as well as capture, preview and file format transcoding. They vary by offering different audio and video input types depending upon your input needs (see chart below).

Decoder - These Osprey-2000 cards provide MPEG decoding as well as capture, preview and file format transcoding. Each card provides different audio and video input types (see chart below). These cards are distinguished by the letter "D" after Osprey-2000.

If you would like additional information on each of the Osprey-2000 series of CODEC and Decoder streaming capture cards, click the product name in the chart above.