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Supported TVCard Analog Hardware Encoding / Pinnacle Deluxe USB2
Page created: 2006-05-23
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Card description
Minimum System Requirements:
- Intel® Pentium® or AMD® Athlon® 800 MHz or
higher (1.5 GHz or higher recommended)
- 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
- Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP (Windows XP recommended. MicroMV support and dual layer DVD burning requires Windows XP)
DirectX® 9 or higher compatible graphics card (ATI Radeon™ or NVIDIA® ?GeForce™ 2 or higher recommended)
- DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card
- 500 MB of disk space to install software
- CD-ROM drive
- Optional:
- CD burner for creating Video CDs or Super Video CDs* - DVD burner drive for creating DVDs* - DVD drive is necessary if you wish to install the bonus DVD containing tutorial, electronic manual and bonus content (free version on CD-ROMs may be ordered at the Pinnacle e-store – shipping charges apply) - Sound card with surround sound output required for preview of surround sound mixes - 16:9 compatible camcorder for capture of 16:9 video
Software Specifications
Input Formats
Capture from DV, Digital8 and MicroMV camcorders or VCRs (requires DV/?FireWire® port on your PC)
Capture from analog camcorders (8 Millimeter, (S-)VHS(-C), Hi8) or VCRs (PAL/SECAM) (requires ?DirectShow compatible video capture device)
Capture directly from DV & Digital8 camcorders to DVD-quality MPEG-2*
- 120 MB of disk space for every 20 minutes of DV video captured at preview quality (4 GB for every 20 minutes of inished movie)
Output Formats
Output to DV or Digital8 tape (requires a camcorder with DV Input port and a PC with a DV/?FireWire port)
Output to analog videotape (requires ?DirectShow compatible video capture device or video card with TV-output)
- Video CD (VCD) or Super Video CD* (SVCD) with optional CD-R or CD-RW drive
- DVD* with optional DVD-R, DVD-RW, or DVD+RW drive
- MPEG-1, MPEG-2*, and MPEG-4*
- AVI - ?RealVideo 8 - Windows Media 9 - Dolby Digital Audio*
Inport Formats
- Video: MPEG-1, MPEG-2*, AVI
- Audio: WAV, MP3
- Graphic: BMP, JPG, PCT, TGA, TIFF, Windows Media® Format
* Capture and output of MPEG-2 & Dolby-2 channel requires activation via the Internet. Activation is free. Output of MPEG-4, MP3 and Dolby 5-channel requires Internet activation at an additional charge.
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