By default, Magicsoft Recorder is able to resume automatically a recording operation in cases like :
— lost input signal
— computer restart
— video mode changed (if the channel is set on “Auto-detect” mode)
The software contains a watchdog application that ensures the functionality of the MagicSoft Recorder and sends the status and alerts by SMTP email.

MagicSoft Recorder works for SD and HD setups by capturing the input video as YUV 4:2:2 8 bit, and it can process up to 16 audio channels (16 bit 48KHz) depending on the capabilities of the used frame-buffer. The files can be stored locally or over the network to shared locations.

The list of the supported video codecs :
— DV in .avi .mov .mxf and raw container
—  DVCPRO in .avi .mov container
— Mpeg2 as Program Stream and Transport Stream (.mpg and.m2t containers)
— H264 as Program Stream and Transport Stream (.mov/.mp4 and .mts containers)
— H264 AVC-Intra 100 (.mxf container)
— ProRes (Proxy / Normal / LT / HQ) .mov container
— XdCAM .mov and .mxf containers
— DNxHD in .mov container
— Uncompressed YUV in .avi and.mov containers

MagicSoft Recorder supports the following formats that allow editing and viewing during recording :
— mxf XDCAM
— mxf DV
— mxf H264 AVC-Intra 100
— transport stream mpeg2 (.m2t)
— transport stream H264 (.mts)
— raw DV (.dv)
— Windows Media Video (.wmv)

MagicSoft Recorder can generate proxy resolutions for all video modes.
For 1080i video modes, you have the option to record the incoming signal downconverted to PAL or NTSC.
Also, when the incoming signal is SD (PAL or NTSC), there is an option to record it upconverted to HD 1080i.
Supported inputs (depending on the capability of the used cards) :
— SDI with audio embedded
— SDI with audio AES
— YUV with analogue audio
— Composite with analogue audio
— HDMI