The Datavideo DN-30 (previously known as the nNovia QCB120A2D) is a small, lightweight, portable recorder designed for video professionals shooting with either analogue or digital camcorders to capture Edit-Ready clips directly to an internal hard disk drive. The drive can subsequently be mounted on a computer where the contents are dragged and dropped into a Workstation or directly into the timeline of a Non-Linear Editor (NLE).

This eliminates the lengthy capture process, saving significant time and money and brings the benefits of the all-digital work flow to the videographer for both analogue and digital cameras. The QuickCapture A2D2 also provides for immediate playback of captured digital content to an analogue monitor. Unlike its predecessor, the QuickCapture A2D2 can record and playback, in the digital mode only, HD pictures coded in the HDV compression format.

The videographer can organise his shoot with an eye toward simplifying the back-end work by taking advantage of the 99 bins offered. Each bin is analogous to a tape and when a recording is started a clip is defined. Up to 97 clips for each bin are numbered. When connecting to a computer, each recorded bin appears as a folder and within it each clip appears as a file.

Note
This recorder will not support HDV at 720p.

• Integrated 120 GB Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
• Organize content as you record; 99 Bins, each with up to 97 numbered clips
• Backlit LCD displays detailed current information
• Two selectable user operating modes
  • VTR mode
    • Simple VTR like push-button controls
    • 8 seconds of pre-record
    • Playback from Last Clip
    • Create a clip with no frame lost while recording
    • Quick access to clips on playback
    • Bin Number Memorization through recycling of power
    • Editable Time & Date Recording
• HDD mode
  • No drivers required
  • Selectable (After Recording!) File System: Fat32 or NTFS
  • File Types: AVI, MOV, MXF (OP1A), M2T* (Digital mode only)
  • Supports Different Volume ID’s: Mount multiple units at once
• One IEEE-1394 DV Input /Output 6-pin connector for HDD and camera interface
• Analogue connections are Composite and S-video, 2 channels of unbalanced audio and SMPTE time code input.
• Anti-Shock Engineering
• Robust Transactional File System
• Tally Light: Record Indicator and Low Capacity Drive Indicator
• Firmware Update via 1394
• Remote control using Sony’s 422 protocol with extensive device specific commands
• Operates either with Battery or A/C Adapter

* M2T files are used for HDV recordings and are not natively editable with Final Cut Pro at this time. Please contact Apple with any questions.