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Studio MovieBox

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Powerful yet intuitive video editing software
Make your best movies with the ease, power and convenience of Pinnacle Studio software. The intuitive three-step process and powerful features make creating impressive movies easier than ever.

Connect w/High-speed USB 2.0
Use the fastest transfer connection available (USB2), which is both plug & play and ubiquitous for convenience and flexibility.

Capture from Analog & DV sources
Combine old footage (from VHS or Hi-8), still photos, music, narration and video captured by the latest DV camcorders, digital cameras or cell phones into rich productions with one easy solution.

Placeshifting and mobility
Once you're done with your movie, send it to your favorite mobile device to take with you anywhere you go. Use special presets for Apple® iPod® and Sony® PSP™.
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Key Features

Studio MovieBox is the versatile movie making solution for people who want to make great home movies without limitation, offering flexible video capture capabilities with comprehensive video editing tools. The high-speed USB2 device captures video from any analog or digital source to make great movies from existing VHS tapes or new DV camcorders with plug & play ease. The included Pinnacle Studio 10.5 software offers the best of powerful yet easy-to-use video tools, and output options including DVD and mobile device output.

Powerful yet intuitive video editing software
Make your best movies with the ease, power and convenience of Pinnacle Studio software. The intuitive three-step process and powerful features make creating impressive movies easier than ever.

Connect w/High-speed USB 2.0
Use the fastest transfer connection available (USB 2.0), which is both plug & play and ubiquitous for convenience and flexibility.

Capture from Analog & DV sources
Combine old footage (from VHS or Hi-8), still photos, music, narration and video captured by the latest DV camcorders, digital cameras or cell phones into rich productions with one easy solution.

Placeshifting and mobility
Once you're done with your movie, send it to your favorite mobile device to take with you anywhere you go. Use special presets for Apple® iPod® and Sony® PSP™.

Audio/Video Sync-lock
Ensure your video and audio are locked in time with state-of-the-art A/V sync-lock technology.

SmartMovie
Pinnacle Studio's SmartMovie feature literally walks you through the creation of amazing movies from capture to adding spectacular effects, transitions, titles and music in minutes. SmartMovie is intelligent enough to actually follow your personal direction in editing and enhancing your unique video and images to create incredible compelling movies. It is really just that easy!

Video output to tape
Share your creations on DVD or VHS for easy TV viewing, or archive them to DVD or DV cassettes for safe-keeping.

Pinnacle MediaManager
Pinnacle MediaManager helps quickly classify and organize all your video, photo, audio and music files for drag-and drop editing ease

Built-in DVD Authoring / InstantDVD Recorder
Burn DVDs complete with animated menus and chapter buttons to view on virtually any home DVD player or PC. Or quickly preserve your memories and skip the editing by recording directly from your tape to DVD.
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Technical 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, 2.4 GHz required for HD)

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 + 3 GB to install bonus content

1 USB 2.0 (Hi-speed) port

DVD-ROM drive to install software

Optional:

CD burner for creating Video CDs or Super Video CDs (S-VCDs)*

DVD burner for creating DVDs*

Hardware Specifications

Inputs & Outputs:

Composite video input (RCA connector) PAL, SECAM (input only), NTSC

S-Video input (mini-DIN connector) PAL, SECAM (input only), NTSC

Stereo audio input (2x RCA connectors)

IEEE 1394 In/Out connector (6-pin type)

Analog Video Capture to Computer

Analog 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

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

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 Bonus DVD

Pinnacle Studio User Guide

510-USB External Video Capture Hardware (Highspeed USB 2.0)

* 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.
Product specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.
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