About: Bluefish444 Epoch 4K SuperNova

Bluefish444 Epoch 4K SuperNova Like nothing ever seen before, encapsulate all the ground-breaking qualities of Epoch, yet now offers the user complete flexibility to choose between BNC connectors. With bidirectional connectivity built-in, you choose whether you want the BNC connectors to be EITHER input or output, SD, HD, 3G or ASI.

Combining two cards into one
The integration of bidirectional BNC Formats means you no longer have to invest in cards that only do input or output. Now, you can include as many Epoch | 4K Supernova & S+ cards as your hardware can take and decide what job you want the I/Os to do. The bottom line is a reduction in hardware costs, but the bright new star in this galaxy is that one Epoch | 4K Supernova or S+ with 4 independent BNC I/Os can do the job of two Epoch | 2K Horizon’s.

Everything Epoch | 2K + More
Epoch | 4K Supernova & S+ contain the current Epoch offering– Jetstream, Symmetry, Fluid, Adobe, Avid & Assimilate plug ins, Windows, Linux and Mac OSX SDK’s + an entirely new star that is 4K 60p. A world first bidirectional BNC I/O enables as many different combinations of I/O’s as Bluefish444 can engineer in firmware! And its all delivered with the same Bluefish444 reliability that you’ve come to expect and demand.

Product Differences Between Epoch | 4K Supernova & S+
The Epoch | 4K Supernova and Epoch | 4K Supernova S+ have an identical product specification except for the below differences:

Features:

Advanced Multi-Format I/O BNC Connectors 1-4 (Bidirectional)

3G-SDI, HD-SDI, SD-SDI, ASI, AES/EBU, LTC: Yes
Dual Link channels, maximum: 2
Single-Link channels, maximum: 4
BNC Connectors 5 (input)

Bi-level & Tri-level Analogue Genlock, 3G-SDI, HD-SDI, SD-SDI, ASI, AES/EBU: Yes
SDI Specific Capabilities

Full support for 12-bit, 4:4:4, 4:4:4:4, RGBA, YUVA: Yes
Hanc I/O

RP188 timecode: Yes
16 Channels of Embedded Audio per SDI: Yes
Video Payload ID: Yes
Custom Packets: Yes
VBI/Vanc I/O

Closed captioning: Yes
3 Line VITC: Yes
Custom Packets: Yes
ASI Specific Capabilities

Full DVB/ASI support as per EN 50083-9: Yes
Ideal performance as per ETSI TR 101 891 V1.1.1 (2001-02): Yes
Bypass relays operate on power failure: Yes
Programmable Interrupt latency: Yes
ASI Input Capabilities

188 & 204 Byte packet auto-detection: Yes
Burst & non-burst packet auto-detection: Yes
Inverted bit-stream auto-detection & correction: Yes
time-stamping of packets with genlockable clock: Yes
Bit-rate reporting: Yes
Automatic ASI/SDI detection: Yes
Huge receive packet buffer: Yes
ASI Outputs Capabilities

188 & 204 Byte packet generation: Yes
Burst & non-burst packet generation: Yes
Very high resolution output bit rate generator: Yes
Switchable low latency loop-thru path from input: Yes
Automatic time-stamp removal: Yes
Automatic packet underflow tracking and recovery: Yes
Ideal (zero) aperiodicity of output packets: Yes
ASI carrier can be genlocked or manually tuned: Yes
Huge transmit packet buffer: Yes
Major Hardware Features

High Performance, 3G Bypass Relays: 2
Fully Programmable 4 x 4 x 32-bit Colour Matrix: Yes
4 x 1D x 12-bit LUTs on all SDI Outputs: Yes
12-bit video signal path throughout: Yes
3:2 Pulldown support: Yes
Automatic Cross-Locking and intelligent output phasing across formats: Yes
Audio sample rate converters: Yes
Real time hardware overlay for internal keying: Yes
(MR2) Master Routing Resource: Yes
General Purpose Input Pins, Opto-Isolated: 2
General Purpose Output Pins, Opto-Isolated: 2
Built-in safe area, safe title and letterbox generator: Yes
ISIM (Input Stream integrity management): Yes
RS 422 Serial Ports: 2
4-lane PCI-Express (8 and 16 lane compatible): Yes
Full Duplex DMA data transfer bandwidth: 1.1GB/s
On Board Memory: 256MB
Optional Hardware Enhancements

Jetstream Scaling & 3D Processing Modules, maximum: 2
VariVue Scaling, 3D Processing & DVI/HDMI Preview Module: Yes
Breakout Cable: 8x AES 3ID in, 8x AES 3ID out, 2x analog audio out, RS422, Genlock in: Yes
Supported Video Modes

720x486i @ 59.94 Hz NTSC: Yes
720x576i @ 50.00 Hz PAL: Yes
1280x720p @ 23.976Hz, 24Hz, 25Hz, 29.97Hz, 30Hz, 50Hz, 59.94Hz, 60Hz: Yes
1920x1080i @ 47.96Hz, 48Hz, 50Hz, 59.94Hz, 60Hz: Yes
1920x1080PsF @ 23.976Hz, 24Hz, 25Hz, 29.97Hz, 30Hz: Yes
1920x1080p @ 23.976Hz, 24Hz, 25Hz, 29.97Hz, 30Hz, 47.96Hz,
48Hz, 50Hz, 59.94Hz, 60Hz: Yes
2048X1080p @ 23.976Hz, 24Hz, 25Hz, 29.97Hz, 30Hz, 47.96Hz, 48Hz, 50Hz, 59.94Hz, 60Hz: Yes
2048X1080i @ 47.96Hz, 48Hz, 50Hz, 59.94Hz, 60Hz: Yes
2048x1556PsF @ 14.98Hz, 15Hz, 18.98Hz, 19Hz: Yes
Supported Pixel Formats

2VUY, YUVS, BV8, V210, AYUV_4224, AYUV_4444, YV12, I420: Yes
ARGB, BGRA, RGB24, Cineon, DPX, RGB48: Yes
Custom using flexible hardware pixel format engine: Yes
Supported API'S

Windows API C++: Yes
DirectShow Filters API: Yes
Mac OS X QuickTime API: Yes
Linux API: Yes
Compatible With Popular Retail Apps

Bluefish444 Symmetry™: Yes
Adobe Creative Studio™: Yes
Apple Final Cut Studio 3™: Yes
Assimilate Scratch™: Yes
Drastic Technologies Quick Clip Pro™: Yes
Drastic Technologies Media NXS™: Yes
Autodesk Combustion™: Yes
Eyeon Digital Fusion™: Yes
Autodesk 3D Studio Max™: Yes
Where implied in the above, SMPTE specifications 12M, 125M, 259M, 272M, 274M, 291M, 292M, 296M, 299M, 372M, 424M, 425M and SMPTE recommended practice RP188 are conformed to.