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Your RAX HD Animation Recorder
This chapter introduces you to the RAX HD Animation Recorder, its hardware and software
components, its workflow and productivity advantages, and its supported input and output formats.
What is the RAX HD Animation Recorder?
The RAX HD Animation Recorder is one of Intergraph Computer Systems’ RAX Studio-Ready
Components. This system is a combination of rack-mount hardware and system software that
helps you easily produce, review, and output high-definition (HD) content. With the RAX HD
Animation Recorder, you can:
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Review and record to tape, in real time, animation sequences rendered at various resolutions.
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Work in various video resolutions and create output at various HD resolutions and frame rates.
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Convert, in real time, existing rendered video content (such as existing SD animations) to
other resolutions and frame rates (for example, new HD video) for efficient reuse of content.
The RAX HD Animation Recorder enables you to convert and view, in real time, rendered
animation sequences in a variety of HD formats. This makes content easily available for
transmission by any media outlet. Existing SD broadcast content can be easily scaled to HD aspect
ratios and resolutions.
The RAX HD Animation Recorder is a special-purpose system that offers more versatile
capabilities than digital disk recorders (DDRs) or low-end PC- and workstation-based software
solutions. For example, the RAX HD Animation Recorder can:
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Automatically search the network for rendered image files (animation frames).
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Assemble the frames into video clips and build a longer video sequence.
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Play back the video sequence with real-time conversion to various resolutions.
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Save the video sequence to a disk-based HD video file or record the sequence to HD
videotape.
You can use a playlist to assemble video clips for playback in any order for storyboard editing or
viewing of dailies. Built-in device control enables insert editing and frame-accurate recording to
any segment of tape.
A rack-mount disk storage array is an integral part of the RAX HD Animation Recorder. This
Fibre Channel-based array provides RAID storage. The array delivers the high speed, throughput,
and large-scale uncompressed video storage required for real-time HD conversion and display.
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