
Chapter 3: AVoption XL Hardware Overview
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chapter 3
AVoption XL Hardware Overview
AVoption XL consists of two hardware compo-
nents: a Meridien Digital Media Board that in-
stalls in a PCI slot in your computer, and a Me-
ridien I/O Box that connects to the card in your
computer. A Video I/O Board, installed in the
Meridien I/O Box, provides video inputs and
outputs from your computer to the rest of your
video equipment.
AVoption XL Hardware
Capabilities
AVoption XL hardware:
• Receives composite, component, S-video, or
(optional) SDI video signal.
• Digitizes incoming video.
• Compresses digitized video using advanced
JFIF compression.
• Outputs composite, component, S-video, and
(optional) SDI video signals.
• Captures and plays back uncompressed video.
JFIF Video Compression
The Meridien board captures and plays back
video media in JPEG File Interchange Format
(JFIF). JFIF compression levels provide variable
levels of compression for your video project, de-
pending on the recording input selected. The
available JFIF resolutions are:
• Single field – 15:1s, 4:1s, 2:1s
• Two fields – 20:1, 10:1, 3:1, 2:1, 1:1 (uncom-
pressed)
Higher JFIF compression ratios require less stor-
age space but provide decreased video resolu-
tion than lower compression ratios.
The lowest JFIF resolution is 15:1s. The maxi-
mum resolution is 1:1 (uncompressed).
JFIF Compression and Storage
JFIF compression levels vary slightly, depending
on the video input selected.
1:1 (uncompressed) data storage levels are not
approximate. The amount of data required to
store 1:1 video is always the same, regardless of
the video input used.
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