Hardware Specifications
Minimum System Requirements
- Windows® XP (SP2 or higher)
- Intel® Pentium® or AMD® Athlon® 1.4 GHz or
higher (2.4 GHz or higher recommended)
- 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
- DirectX® 9 or higher compatible graphics card with
64 MB (ATI® Radeon® or NVIDIA® GeForce™ 3 or
higher with 128 MB recommended)
- DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card
(Creative® Audigy® or M-Audio® recommended)
- 1 GB of disk space to install software and 3+ GB to
install bonus content
- 1 PCI slot
- DVD-ROM drive to install software
- Optional:
- CD burner for creating Video CDs or Super
Video CDs (S-VCDs)*
- DVD burner for creating DVDs*
- Sound card with surround sound output
required for preview of surround sound
mixes**
Inputs & Outputs
- Composite video input/output (RCA connector)
PAL, SECAM (input only), NTSC
- S-Video input/output (mini-DIN connector) PAL,
SECAM (input only), NTSC
- IEEE 1394 In/Out connector (6-pin type)
Analogue Video Capture to Computer
- Video format: PAL/SECAM (SECAM input only)
- Frame rate PAL: 25 frames per second/50 fields per
second
- Frame rate NTSC: 30 frames per second/60 fields
per second
- Frame size PAL: 720x576
- Frame size NTSC: 768x480
- Compression: MPEG-2, MPEG-1, DV, MJPEG (Userselectable.
Available real-time capture formats
depend on CPU speed.)
Video Playback from Computer
- Analogue PAL/NTSC output
- DV (IEEE 1394) output to camcorder 25 Mbit/s. Full
camera/device control support
Import Formats
- Video: DV, AVI MPEG-1, MPEG-2*, DivX®*,
MPEG-4*, 3GP(MPEG-4*), WMV, Non-encrypted
DVD titles*
- Audio: WAV, MP3
- Graphic: BMP, JPG, PCT, TGA, TIF, WMF
Export Formats
- Video CD (VCD) or S-VCD* with optional CD burner
(CD-R or CD-RW)
- DVD* with optional DVD burner (DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R or DVD+RW)
- DV, AVI, DivX®*, RealVideo® 8, Windows Media®
9, MPEG-1, MPEG-2*, MPEG-4* files
- Apple® iPod® and Sony® PSP™ compatible
(MPEG-4*) formats
- Dolby® Digital 2 channel** & 5.1 channel** audio
Package Contents
- Pinnacle Studio Software install DVD
- Pinnacle Studio
- Pinnacle InstantDVD Recorder
- Pinnacle MediaManager
- Pinnacle Studio Bonus DVD
- Pinnacle Studio User Guide
- 500-PCI Internal Video Capture Card
* Capture, import and export of MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX files and
DVD titles; burning S-VCD and DVDs requires free product
activation via Internet at the first use.
** The import/editing of DVD titles with Dolby Digital (AC3) audio,
files with Dolby audio output in Dolby Digital Audio format can be
activated inside Pinnacle Studio at additional cost.