ADVC-HDM1 Converter

The Grass Valley ADVCHDM1 converter, engineered by Canopus, brings the world-renowned ADVC lineup into the high definition world, providing editors with high-quality bidirectional conversion between HD-SDI and HDV, complete with embedded audio. ADVCHDM1 not only lets you easily and instantly convert HD-SDI output to HDV and ingest HDV material into HD-SDI systems for archiving, but it can also encode HD MPEG-2 transport streams up to a full 1920x1080 resolution, using any one choice of eight different bitrate settings that best suits your workflow. And as always with an ADVC product, you’re assured of platform-agnostic support, whether using a Windows- or Mac OS-based NLE application, NTSC or PAL video, or a camera, deck, or video editing board.

Key Features

Converts HD-SDI to HDV with embedded audio

Converts HDV to HD-SDI with embedded audio

Encode MPEG-2 transport streams with a choice of eight different bitrate settings, from 11Mbps to 40Mbps

Supports HD video resolutions up to and including 1920x1080

Input external timecode when encoding HDV

Control HD-SDI decks via HDV and vice versa, with AV/C-RS422 device control conversion

Simple, two-button control for encoding/decoding and timecode mode via the front panel

Perfect for recording from HD-SDI sources to a Grass Valley Turbo iDDR

Compatible with Windows- and Mac OS-based NLE software applications that support HDV/HD-SDI

Can be used as a stand-alone bidirectional HD-SDI/HDV video converter without needing a computer

Solid 8-inch, half-1U rack mount, with optional rack mount kit available