AJA FS4 - Format Conversion Options; Up-Conversion and Down-Conversion

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FS4 Frame Synchronizer/Converter v1.1
Format Conversion
• Convert any supported input format to any supported output format, within the same
frame rate family. These three families are:
• 59.94, 29.97, 23.98
• 50, 25
• 60, 30, 24
Scaling
• Supported in 2K/HD/SD formats
• Zoom in and out
• Reposition
• Region of Interest (ROI)
Up-Conversion
•Hardware 10-bit
• Zoom 14:9: results in a 4:3 image zoomed slightly to fill a 14:9 image with black side
bars
• Zoom Letterbox: results in image zoomed to fill fullscreen
• Zoom Wide: results in a combination of zoom and horizontal stretch to fill a 16:9 screen;
this setting will introduce a small aspect ratio change
Down-Conversion
•Hardware 10-bit
• Anamorphic: fullscreen
• Letterbox: image is reduced with black top and bottom added to image area with the
aspect ratio preserved
• Crop: image is cropped to fit video output format
Aspect Ratio Conversion for SD to SD
• Letterbox: Transforms SD anamorphic material to a letterboxed image
• H Crop: Produces a horizontally stretched effect on the image; transforms anamorphic
SD to full frame
• SD Pillarbox: Produces an image in the center of the screen with black borders on the
left and right sides and an anamorphized image in the center
• V Crop: Transforms SD letterbox material to an anamorphic image
Audio Input Digital
•48 kHz sample rate
• 8 x SDI embedded inputs (16-Channels each)