High Performance PCI Express based audio video capture card: ...
supported under Windows 2003, XP, Vista & WIndows 7.

Introduction

The latest addition to the Osprey Video PCIe family of capture cards, the Osprey-260e professional analogue video capture card joins the Osprey-700e HD high definition digital capture card. The Osprey-260e has been designed especially for the super high-speed PCI Express (PCIe) based PC motherboards, the Osprey-260e delivers professional level features and functionality for best quality results, perfect for live video streaming.

Take adavantage of advanced video pre-processing features such as logo/bitmap overlay with transparency and positioning controls, de-interlacing, colour space conversion and closed-caption extraction and rendering.

The Osprey-260e uses the compact 1-lane PCI Express interface for a broad range of motherboard support by providing compatibility with 1, 4, 8 and 16 lane PCI Express slots. With its low profile format, the Osprey-260e is the ideal solution for rackmount encoding farms, custom enclosures and other form-factor constrained environments. Furthermore, the Osprey-260e can co-exist with other Osprey capture cards in the same PC.

The Osprey-260e provides connectivity for component, Y/C and composite video inputs as well as balanced and unbalanced stereo audio inputs.

Product Highlights

• Professional analogue audio/video capture
• PCI Express (x1) card
• Breakout Cable for audio and video inputs
• Multiple Osprey-260e cards per PC chassis
• Low-profile design, includes both standard and low-profile brackets
• Hardware audio gain control
• Audio loop-back for monitoring
• Scaling, cropping, de-interlacing and inverse telecine
• Logo/Bitmap Overlay
• Closed-caption extraction/rendering
• Microsoft DirectShow API

The Osprey-260e is available to buy online and is sold separately or with SimulStream:

System Requirements:

• 32 bit: Windows XP SP3, Server 2003 R2, Server 2008 Enterprise R2 SP2 & Windows 7 SP1, latest drivers 4.6.2.08.
• 64 bit: Server 2008 Enterprise R2 SP2 & Windows 7 SP1, latest drivers 4.6.2.08.
• Latest Microsoft Direct-X for WDM drivers
• Free PCI Express (x1) slot - compatible with x1, x4, x8 and x16 PCIe slots

Video Inputs and Connectors:

• Composite (BNC x1) via breakout cable
• Y/C (BNC x2) via breakout cable
• Component (BNC x3) via breakout cable

Video Input Formats:

• NTSC-M, NTSC-J
• PAL-BDGHI, PAL-M

Audio Inputs, Outputs and Connectors:

• Balanced stereo (2 x XLR) inputs via breakout cable
• Unbalanced stereo (Left & Right RCA) inputs via breakout cable
• Unbalanced stereo via card edge 3.5mm output jack for monitoring