Pinnacle Dazzle DV Clip

Pinnacle Dazzle DV Clip

You have a digital camcorder, but your PC doesn’t have a FireWire port? Get Pinnacle Dazzle DV Clip. It’s the least expensive solution to add FireWire video editing capabilities to your PC. DV Clip includes Pinnacle Studio QuickStart moviemaking software, which gives you everything you need to make great movies and share them via email, on CD or DVD.

Features

• Capture digital movies using the included FireWire card
• Comes with Pinnacle Instant DVD Recorder
• Simple sharing
• Easy movie viewing
• Fast process
• No experience required
• Comes with Pinnacle Studio QuickStart
• Enhance and restore your old video tapes
• Create movies in seconds
• Preserve and share your movies on CDs and DVDs*
• Send your videos over the internet

Supplied Accessories

• OHCI-Compliant 1394 Board
• 4-6 Pin DV/FireWire cable
• Instant DVD Recorder install CD
• Studio QuickStart install CD
• Optional Studio DVD Content
• Quick Install Guide

Features in detail
Capture digital movies using the included FireWire card
Capture high-quality digital video from practically every type of digital camcorder with DV Clip's included OHCI-compliant FireWire card. Create DVDs* that can play in your living room DVD player or output your masterpiece back to miniDV tape with the included Studio QuickStart editing software. If you need to add FireWire editing capabilities to your computer, DV Clip offers the best value for your money.

Comes with Pinnacle Instant DVD Recorder
With Instant DVD Recorder from Pinnacle Systems, it is incredibly fast and easy to transfer video footage from your camcorder to DVDs. All you need is a PC equipped with a video capture device and a DVD burner:

Simple sharing
Stop dragging out the camcorder every time you want to watch a movie: transfer instantly all your movies on DVDs that can be played on any home DVD player.

Easy movie viewing
Navigate inside your DVD thanks to chapter marks that you can access from suitable menu templates automatically created.

Fast process
Creating a DVD couldn’t be faster: the video goes straight from the camcorder or VCR to the disc, without storing on your hard disk first.

No experience required
The software Wizard guides you every step of the way—from capture to menu creation to burning.

Comes with Pinnacle Studio QuickStart
Dazzle DV Clip comes with Pinnacle Studio QuickStart movie making software, whose intuitive interface makes it the ideal application to create nice movies on your PC or laptop.

Enhance and restore your old video tapes
Studio QuickStart lets you strenghten washed-out colours, restore old analogue tapes or stabilize shaky movies.

Create movies in seconds
Simply choose both a video and a music track, pick a preset movie style and let Studio QuickStart instantly create an amazing movie that matches the beat of your favourite song.

Preserve and share your movies on CDs and DVDs*
With Studio QuickStart you can easily compile your best moments in one unique project which can be burnt on CDs or DVDs*, complete with custom menus & chapters for convenient and fast on-screen navigation. Discs burnt with Studio QuickStart can be watched on your PC or on TV from almost any home DVD-player.

Send your videos over the internet
Create short video clips that you can attach in your e-mails.

Specifiactions
Hardware Type

Plug-and-Play 32 bit PCI board with bus mastering interface
Three 400 Mbps IEEE 1394/FireWire ports (2 external, 1 internal)
Cable Included: 6 pin 1394 PC to 4 pin DV

Capture Specifications:
Frame Rate: 25 frames / 50 fields per second
Frame Size (PAL): 720 X 576
Compression: DV

Input formats:

Capture from DV, Digital8 and MicroMV* camcorders or VCRs
Capture from analogue camcorders (8 Millimetre, (S-)VHS(-C), Hi8) or VCRs (PAL/SECAM). Requires DirectShow compatible video capture device.
Capture directly from DV & Digital8 camcorders to DVD quality MPEG-2
Video: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 AVI
Audio: WAV, MP3
Graphic: BMP, JPG, PCT, TGA, TIF, WMF

Output formats:

Output to DV or Digital8 tape (requires a camcorder with DV Input port)
Output to analogue videotape (requires DirectShow compatible video capture device or video card with TV-output)
Video CD (VCD) or Super Video CD (SVCD)* with optional CD-R or CD-RW drive
DVD* with optional DVD-R DVD-RW or DVD+RW drive
MPEG-1 & MPEG-2
AVI, RealVideo 8, Windows Media 9 Format

Minimum System Requirements:

Intel® Pentium® or AMD® Athlon® 800 MHz or faster processor (1,5 GHz recommended)
256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
Windows®-98 -SE, -ME, -2000 or -XP (MicroMV capture requires Windows XP)
DirectX 9 (or higher) compatible graphics and sound boards
CD-ROM Drive
500 MB of disk space to install software
Optional: CD Burner for VCD or S-VCD creation
Optional: DVD Burner (All Formats) for DVD creation
DVD-ROM drive or DVD Burner required to install the tutorial, electronic manual and bonus content DVD (free version on CD-ROMs may be ordered on Pinnacle e-store - shipping charges apply)

Input formats:

Capture from DV camcorders or VCRs

Output formats:

DVDs with DVD-R DVD-RW or DVD+RW drive

Minimum System Requirements:

Intel® Pentium® or AMD® Athlon 2, 2 GHz recommended 512 MB RAM
Windows® 2000, XP (Windows XP recommended)
DirectX 9 (or higher) compatible graphics and sound boards
DVD burner drive for creating DVDs

*Capture, Import and Export of MPEG-2 files and burning of SVCD and DVDs requires product activation via internet. Product activation is free.