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)
- 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
- 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 and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs (requires a DV/FireWire®
port on your PC)
- Capture from analogue camcorders 8 MM, HI 8, VHS, SHVS, 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 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)
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
Export Formats
- Video CD (VCD) or S-VCD* with optional CD-R or CD-RW drive
- 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
Package Contents
- Studio Software CDs
- Pinnacle Studio v.10
- Pinnacle InstantDVD Recorder
- Pinnacle MediaManager
- Studio Bonus DVD
- Studio User Guide
*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.