Technical Specifications
Minimum System Requirements
- Windows® XP (SP1 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 USB 2.0 (Hi-speed) port
- Optional:
- DVD-ROM drive (required to install Bonus Content)
- 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**
Hardware Specifications
Inputs:
- Composite video input (RCA connector) PAL, SECAM, NTSC
- S-Video input (mini-DIN connector) PAL, SECAM, NTSC
- Stereo audio input (2 x RCA connectors)
- IEEE 1394 I/O connector (6-pin type)
Outputs:
- IEEE 1394 I/O connector (6-pin type)
Analogue Video Capture to Computer
- Analogue PAL & SECAM/NTSC input
- DV (IEEE 1394) camcorder capture 25 Mbit/s. Full camera control support
- Compression: MPEG-2, MPEG-1, DV, MJPEG (User-selectable. Available real-time
capture formats depend on CPU speed.)
Video Playback from Computer
- DV (IEEE 1394) output to camcorder 25 Mbit/s. Full camera/device control
support
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
- Dolby® Digital Audio 2 channel* & 5.1 channel** audio
Import Formats
- Video: DV, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2*, DivX®**, MPEG-4 (AVI)**, Windows
Media Format, Non-encrypted DVD Titles**
- Audio: WAV, MP3
- Graphic: BMP, JPG, PCT, TGA, TIF, WMF
Package Contents
- Studio Software CDs
- Pinnacle Studio v.10
- Pinnacle InstantDVD Recorder
- Pinnacle MediaManager
- Studio User Guide
- Studio 500-USB External Video Capture Hardware
* Capture, import and export of MPEG-2 files and DVD
Titles and burning of S-VCD and DVDs require free product activation via Internet
at the first use.
** Output of DivX & MPEG-4 files possible if codec installed on your PC.
The import/editing of DVD titles with Dolby Digital (AC3) audio, files with
AC3 audio, DivX files, MPEG-4 files and output in Dolby Digital Audio format
require Advance Codec Pack, which can be activated inside Studio at additional
cost.