IO Industries Inc., established in 1991, is a world leader in the development of computer vision hardware and software for digital video recording and image processing. Scientists and engineers around the world use IO Industries imaging products for medical, military/aerospace, scientific and industrial applications.

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Streams 5 - Video Recording Software

Stated simply, IO Industries Streams 5 is designed to handle all of the data recording requirements for an application. Whether you needs are to record a single video camera in the lab, or multiple high-speed cameras at a rocket launch, Streams 5 has the capability. But Streams 5 is much more than video recording. It provides simultaneous data recording from a variety of streaming devices, synchronizing these data streams using computer time, GPS time or IRIG-B time.

- Real-time synchronized data recording to hard disk from multiple devices with synchronized playback.
- Supports most analog and digital video cameras; GPS receivers; altimeters; IMU/INS devices; sound cards; and general purpose data acquisition cards.
- Synchronization of data streams using computer time, GPS time, IRIG-B time.
- Automatic cataloguing of recordings within a video library for quick access playback.
- Multiple triggering methods by hardware or software, with pre-trigger recording.
- Event marking during or after recording.
- Compressed or uncompressed video recording
- Image rendering techniques include programmable look up tables (LUT), Bayer color demosaicing, YUV to RGB, 2 point non-uniformity correction, and more.
- Supports custom real time image analysis during recording (pixel frequency histogram included).
- Image import/export to AVI, JPEG, TIFF, ASCII, BMP, and raw binary.
- Scripting for automation of recording procedures.

Streams 5 Data Sheet (112KB-PDF file)

Video Savant 4 - Video Recording Software

IO Industries Video Savant 4 is a complete software product designed specifically for applications requiring digital video recording.

In this fourth generation software release, Video Savant's high-speed recording capabilities are enhanced with an expanded set of DVR controls. A streamlined user-interface provides efficient access to these powerful features.
Available with the Basic Version:
- Video recording from area and line scan cameras
- Uncompressed (or compressed) recording to hard disk or system memory
- Compatible with a wide range of digital and analog cameras
- Multiple triggering options with pre-triggering
- Event Marking
- Live video display during recording
- Variable frame rates
- Zoom functions, thumbnail sequences
- Import/Export image files in AVI, TIFF, JPEG, BMP, RAW, ASCII
- Integrated Python scripting for automating procedures
Available with the Pro Version:
- Recording of additional data streams such as IRIG-B or GPS
- Real time and post image processing (libraries included)
- Network control over multiple recording stations

Video Savant 4 Data Sheet (184KB-PDF file)

DVR Express - Digital Video Capture Cards

The DVR Express line of frame grabbers have a unique difference over all others. They link the cameras directly to the recording disk drives via onboard disk controllers, which gives the data an "expressway" to the drives.

Why is this important?
Other frame grabbers stream the video data over the PCI bus which has bandwidth limitations. In fact, to record your video to hard drives using this method would usually require the data to travel over the PCI bus twice. This makes recording high speed or high resolution video in this way impractical.

Advantages of the DVR Express
- Record multiple cameras from a single PC
- Free up computer resources for displaying and analyzing real-time images
- Record extremely high data rates (up to 5GByte/s)
- Extremely reliable solution for recording high speed video or high resolution images

Available Models
CL160
- Camera Link Base input with an Ultra160 output
- Can handle up to 140MByte/s sustained
- Also available with an LVDS input
CLFC-Full
- Camera Link Full input with 5 Fibre Channel (2Gb) outputs
- Can handle up to 850MByte/s sustained
CLFC-Dual Base
- Camera Link Dual Base input with 2 Fibre Channel (2Gb) outputs
- Can handle up to 360MByte/s sustained

DVR Express Data Sheet (328KB-PDF file)