The Avid Artist DNxIV Hardware is a portable capture and output device that offers professional video and audio connectivity with support for DCI 4K and UltraHD workflows. It handles a wide range of formats from 4K to SD over both SDI and HDMI. Supporting Thunderbolt 3 technology, the DNxIV allows even greater bandwidth between host computer systems and Thunderbolt devices. The dual Thunderbolt 3 ports allow you to daisy chain up to 6 peripherals such as high-resolution displays and high-capacity storage. A built-in downstream keyer takes advantage of 4K resolution to provide clean composites.
Featuring four bidirectional 12G-SDI inputs/outputs as well as an HDMI 2.0 input and output, the DNxIV is capable of capturing and outputting 4K signals over quad-link SDI or HDMI. It is also capable of handling UltraHD, 2K, HD, and SD resolutions and supports HDR. When working with 4K content, the DNxIV outputs an HD-SDI down-converted signal on a dedicated BNC connector. This HD signal can be used to output to HD recorders or monitors. Embedded 16-channel SDI and 8-channel HDMI audio are supported as well as analog audio inputs/outputs via a standard DB-25 connection. The front panel sports an XLR mic input with 48V phantom power as well as a headphone jack with volume control. A 4-pin XLR power input is available for powering the DNxIV with batteries or the included AC adapter.
- Select the frame buffer primary video format settings
- Select view and edit input selections and audio mapping
- Configure High Dynamic Range settings for HDMI output
- Configure video such as composite black level, progressive format, and ancillary data
- Closed Caption option
- Configure audio options such as analog audio monitor level
- Select and mix audio sources for monitoring
- Setup and control the insertion of keyed video from the frame buffer or graphics files with alpha channel
- Load a lookup table (LUT) file to adjust the calibration of color for any source
- Monitor SMPTE 12M-2 time code and configure time code window burn output
- Two Thunderbolt 3 ports
- Four bidirectional SDI inputs/outputs
- SDI I/O supports either one 12G-SDI stream, or up to four 3G-SDI streams with up to 16-channels of embedded audio
- One 3G-SDI monitor output with 8 channels of embedded audio, supports 2K/HD down conversion
- One HDMI 2.0 input with 8 channels of embedded audio
- One HDMI 2.0 output with 8 channels of embedded audio, supports 4K, HDR or HD
- 10-bit 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 workflow support
- Supports HDR 10 and HLG over HDMI - 12-bit RGB, BT2020 (HLG support is application dependent)
- Built-in downstream keyer
- Backwards compatible with existing Thunderbolt hosts
- Simultaneous SDI and HDMI outputs
- Multi-channel audio I/O via DB-25 connector
- RS-422 VTR control
- Reference and LTC input/output
- Front-panel XLR mic/line input with 48V phantom power and gain control
- Stereo headphone output with gain control
- 4-pin XLR 12V power for battery or AC power supply