Datavideo CG-500

HD/SD Character Generator

The Microsoft Windows based Datavideo CG-500 graphics, titling, and character generator software is a powerful multi-layer, real-time solution for live programming and post production. It is compatible with widely available professional video hardware and supports the flexible play-out of multiple playlists, even while titles are being created. CG-500 can be used for SD or HD news, reports, weather forecasts, and entertainment programming.

Hundreds of key frame based GPU effects, such as Swirl, Explode, and Linear Light can be rendered in real-time. The software features innovative group and text playing by character, by line, and by text, with fully dynamic textures.

HQ Render & GPU Effects
3d PageCurl, Swipe, Explode, and Linear Light

Keyframe-able Effects
All effects are keyframe-able.

Innovative Group & Text Playing
Play by character, by line, and by text. Exclusive GPU dynamic texture.

Premade Templates
Including Layout, CGlayout, Animation, Effects, and more.

Modify on the Fly
Create and modify without interrupting the current playout.

Flexible Playlist Control
3 playlists, 1 subtitle, and 1 quick play list each with sequence play, arbitrary play, schedule time play, or auto play

Real-Time Data
Real-Time data for text crawler objects, stock crawler objects, universal flip objects. These objects can be linked with kinds of external data source (like CSV file, text file, etc.) for real-time updating of graphics.

Title Editing/Playing Display
External monitor displays title editing and playing through linking a single VGA.

3D Stereoscopic Creating and Playing
Side-by-side, top and bottom, line interleave output. Advanced hardware supports 3D stereoscopic dual output of left eye and right eye (full color, fill color, and alpha color)

Minimum System Requirements

For Standard Definition
Intel Core Duo 2.4 GHz
Able to support Pixel/Vertex Shader Model 3.0 graphics card or above. 256MB graphics memory and 128-bit or above. NVIDIA with 96 stream processors or above, ATI with 480 stream processors or above.
1 GB system memory / 500GB system hard disk space
1280×800 screen resolution monitor or higher
Windows XP Professional SP2

For High Definition
Intel Intel i5 Quad Core 2.8 GHz
Able to support Pixel/Vertex Shader Model 3.0 graphics card or above. 512 MB graphics memory and 128-bit or above. Nvidia card with 192 or more stream processors, ATI card with 720 stream processors or more.
2 GB system memory / 500GB system hard disk space
1400×900 screen resolution monitor or higher
Windows 7 64-bit Professional

Recommended System

For Standard Definition
Intel i3 3.0GHz or i5 2.8 GHz
Nvidia card with 192 or more stream processors, ATI card with 720 or more stream processors, 512MB graphics memory and 128-bit or above.
2GB system memory / 1TB system hard disk space
1440×900 screen resolution monitor or higher
Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit Professional or Ultimate

For High Definition
Intel Intel i7 2600 3.4GHz
Nvidia card with 336 or more stream processors, ATI card with 1120 or more stream processors, 1000MB graphics memory and 256-bit or above. ?4 GB system memory / 1TB system hard disk space
1680×1050 screen resolution monitor or higher
Windows 7 64-bit Professional or Ultimate

Compatible PC Hardware Cards
Decklink SD: SD Internal Key
Decklink Studio: SD Internal Key, SD External Key
Decklink HD Extreme 3D: SD Internal Key, SD External Key, HD Internal Key, HD External Key

*We recommend that the Decklink card is installed in the PCI Express 16 lane slot.