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
- 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**
Capture Options
- Capture from DV and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs
(requires a DV/FireWire® port on your PC)
- Capture from analog camcorders, 8 MM, HI 8, VHS,
SVHS, VHS-C, SVHS-C, or VCRs (NTSC/PAL/SECAM).
Requires one of the following: DirectShow® compatible
graphic board, Pinnacle Studio MovieBox™, Pinnacle
Studio MovieBoard, or TV tuner board with analog
(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 analog videotape (requires DirectShow
compatible video device or video card with TV-output)
- Output to video Apple iPod and Sony PSP formats
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 (CDR
or CD-RW)
- DVD* with optional DVD burner (DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R or DVD+RW)
- Apple iPod and Sony PSP compatible (MPEG-4) formats
- DV, AVI, DivX*, RealVideo® 8, Windows Media® 9,
MPEG-1, MPEG-2*, MPEG-4* files
- Dolby® Digital 2 channel** and 5.1 channel** audio
Package Contents
- Pinnacle Studio Software install DVD
- Pinnacle Studio
- Pinnacle InstantDVD Recorder
- Pinnacle MediaManager
- Pinnacle RTFX volume 1
- Pinnacle RTFX volume 2
- Pinnacle Hollywood FX volume 1
- Pinnacle Premium Pack volume 1
- Pinnacle Studio Bonus DVD
- Pinnacle Studio User Guide
* Capture, import and export of MPEG-2, MPEG-4,DivX files and DVD titles;
burning of S-VCD and DVDs require free product activation via Internet at
the first use.
** Output of Dolby Digital Audio format can be activated inside Studio at
additional cost.