Technical Specifications
Minimum System Requirements
- Windows® XP
- Intel® Pentium® or AMD® Athlon® 1.4 GHz or higher (2.4
GHz or higher recommended)
- 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended. 1 GB required for HD)
- DirectX® 9 or higher compatible graphics card with 64 MB (ATI®
Radeon® or NVIDIA® GeForce™ 3 or higher with 128 MB recommended
for SD (128 MB required for 720p HD, 256 MB required for 1080i HD)
- 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
- 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**
Capture Options
- Capture from DV, HDV* and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs (requires a DV/FireWire®
port on your PC)
- Capture from analogue camcorders 8 MM, HI 8, VHS, VHS-C, SVHS-C, or VCRs
(NTSC/PAL/SECAM). Requires DirectShow® compatible graphic board or TV
tuner board with analogue (Composite or S-Video) inputs on your PC.
Output Options
- Output to DV, HDV* or Digital8 tape (requires Camcorder with DV Input
port and a PC with a DV/FireWire port)
- Output to analogue videotape (requires DirectShow compatible video device
or video card with TV-output)
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, HDV*, AVI, DivX® **, RealVideo® 8, Windows Media® 9, MPEG-1,
MPEG-2*, MPEG-4** files
- Dolby® Digital Audio 2 channel* and 5.1 channel** audio
Import Formats
- Video: DV, HDV*, 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 Plus Software CDs
- Pinnacle Studio Plus v.10
- Pinnacle InstantDVD Recorder
- Pinnacle MediaManager
- Studio Plus Bonus DVD
- Studio Plus User Guide
* Capture, Import and Export of HDV, MPEG-2s 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 DixX and MPEG-4 files and output in Dolby 5.1 format require
Advanced Codec Pack, which can be activated inside Studio at additional cost.