The XENA 2K video card is AJA's top-of-the-line card for Windows XP, delivering uncompressed SD, HD and Dual Link HD and enabling customers to work with 2K frames in a flexible and future-safe architecture.
XENA 2K's 4-lane PCI-Express bus interface plus our integrated AJA drivers team up perfectly with Windows XP and Adobe Premiere Pro to give you unparalleled power and efficiency. Supporting any uncompressed SD or HD format, including 2K and Dual Link, XENA 2K captures and plays back uncompressed 10-bit and 8-bit digital video and 24-bit 48kHz digital audio in standard definition (SMPTE 259M), high definition (SMPTE 292M), and Dual Link high definition (SMPTE 372M).

AJA XENA Plug-Ins
Autodesk Combustion After Effects Adobe Photoshop Adobe Premiere Pro

Dual Link
XENA 2K supports Dual Link 4:4:4 HD-SDI, a new technology. Commonly known as Sony HDCAM SR or Thompson Viper Format, XENA 2K Dual Link supports full bandwidth 4:4:4 RGB at 10-bits (12-bit capable) for 1080i, 1080p, and 720p formats. XENA 2K can also convert between 4:4:4 and 4:2:2 formats for Single Link HD-SDI output.

2K Workflow
The XENA 2K path offers significant cost and labor savings over a tape-based approach to 2K. In a unique development for customers on Windows XP, you can go straight from telecine to disk with 2K media, eliminating both the need for tape and the process of digitizing tapes for the nonlinear editor. The additional 2K support in XENA 2K will benefit large, full-service facilities as well as boutique facilities entering the 2K "film as digital" landscape.

2K telecine to XENA 2K saves time and steps in the process by directly creating 2K DPX, QuickTimeT, Cineon, AVI, TGA, TIFF or BMP files. Material can be played out at 2K via High Speed Data Link (HSDL) at 15 fps, offering further synergy with other 2K products available and already in use in the market.

Additionally, XENA 2K allows 2K files to be viewed on HD 1080 24P-supported video monitors, lowering the price barrier for recording to tape and viewing 2K material. This 1080 HD playout can also be downconverted to SD in realtime, giving the 2K DI pipeline a powerful solution for multi-format video playout of 2K material.

By generating 2K files during the digitize phase, different parts of the process - delivery of full-resolution media for shots intended for visual effects, for example - can be done much earlier. Offline editing can be done in Adobe Premiere Pro and because of the flexibility of Adobe Premiere Pro and Windows, even a 2K online is possible.