With realtime MPEG-4 encoding capabilities, MVRD4000 can produce high-quality video streams with reduced file sizes, making them ideal for delivery over networks, e-mail attachments and for optimum storage on hard disk drives and optical media.

MVRD4000 also supports Main Profile at Main Level (MP@ML) MPEG-2 encoding. When using MP@ML, the MVRD4000 delivers the high-quality video and audio MPEG-2 output required by today's video professionals for DVD authoring. In addition, MVRD4000's variable bitrate capability is one of the most effective techniques used to maintain video quality while reducing file size. With composite and S-Video inputs, MVRD4000 is scalable up to full-D1 resolution with NTSC and PAL format support.

Included with MVRD4000 is the capture and playback application MPEGPit. MPEGPit is provided to monitor basic operation of the MVRD4000 board and to create MPEG files, such as content files, for Canopus MediaEdge2. MVRD4000 also features an SDK for developers to create custom applications that use MVRD4000 to encode and decode MPEG video.

The realtime analog-to-MPEG capture capability of MVRD4000 also makes it an ideal companion to Canopus's MediaEdge2. When combined with MediaEdge2, a LAN-based client / server video distribution system, MVRD4000 provides realtime MPEG encoding and live stream network broadcast of high-quality MPEG-4 video.