AJA Video Systems has supported the DNxHD codec in its Ki Pro Mini and Ki Pro Rack recorders and players since 2012.Ī standalone QuickTime codec for both Windows XP and Mac OS X is available to create and play QuickTime files containing DNxHD material.

Blackmagic Design HyperDeck Shuttle 2 and HyperDeck Studio support DNxHD as of 2012. The Arri Alexa supports DNxHD since November 2011. Such material is immediately accessible by editing platforms that directly support the DNxHD codec. Ikegami's Editcam camera system is unique in its support for DNxHD, and records directly to DNxHD encoded video. Media Composer 2.5 also allows editing of fully uncompressed HD material that was either imported or captured on a Symphony Nitris or DS Nitris system. Xpress Pro is limited to using DNxHD 8-bit compression, which is either imported from file or captured using a Media Composer with Adrenaline hardware. Implementations ĭNxHD was first supported in Avid DS Nitris (Sept 2004), then Avid Media Composer Adrenaline with the DNxcel option (Dec 2004) and finally by Avid Symphony Nitris (Dec 2005). 2020 color space, and a bit rate of up to 3,730 Mbit/s with the DNxHR codec. On December 22, 2014, Avid Technology released an update for Media Composer that added support for 4K resolution, the Rec. On September 14, 2014, at the Avid Connect event in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Avid announced the DNxHR codec to support resolutions greater than 1080p, such as 2K and 4K. It has been commercially licensed to a number of companies including Ikegami, FilmLight, Harris Corporation, JVC, Seachange, EVS Broadcast Equipment. The source code for the Avid DNxHD codec is freely available from Avid for internal evaluation and review, although commercial use requires Avid licensing approval. ĭNxHD is intended to be an open standard, but as of March 2008, has remained effectively a proprietary Avid format. On February 13, 2008, Avid reported that DNxHD was approved as compliant with the SMPTE VC-3 standard. DNxHD data is typically stored in an MXF container, although it can also be stored in a QuickTime container. DNxHD is a video codec intended to be usable as both an intermediate format suitable for use while editing and as a presentation format.

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