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While DVD creation was once limited to the latest model Power Mac
G4’s with Apple SuperDrive and iDVD software, USB Instant DVD for Macs
provides similar features and benefits to older Power Mac G3’s and G4’s. Now
Power Mac G3 and G4 users can quickly and easily record their home movies in full resolution
DVD-quality video, then author on DVD or CD recordable discs to share with
family and friends.
The external USB 1.1 device enables even inexperienced users
to easily transfer videos from any analog or S-VHS source such as VHS tapes,
camcorders, or DVD players to their Mac. USB Instant DVD for Macs utilizes
hardware-based MPEG-2 compression (the same format used in DVD movies) for
smooth video at full 720 X 480 NTSC (720 X 576 PAL) resolution and stereo sound.
Because the MPEG-2 encoding is done on the fly, render time is eliminated and
the process can be done in a relatively short amount of time.
The captured video can be trimmed, authored and burned to a *CD or DVD
recordable disk with bundled software from Pixela. The software bundle also
includes a plug-in for DVD Studio Pro.
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| Key Features: |
 | Burn to a DVD-Recordable or CD-Recordable drive
in one step* |
| Archive
home movies and video tapes |
| Import captured videos into DVD Studio Pro with
included plug-in |
| Capture video and author DVD software from
Pixela |
| Play burned CD-R or DVD-R movies on most
set-top DVD players |
| Publish to the web for streaming playback
*CD or DVD recordable drives required when authoring to CD
or DVD discs. |
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Applications |
| Edit and archive home movies on CD's |
| Convert Videotapes to DVD, MPEG2, MPEG1, VCD or SVCD |
| Capture video |
| Edit video and send back to VCR or burn DVD's or CD-R's*
* Additional hardware required. |
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Includes |
| USB
Instant DVD For Mac device |
| 6’ USB cable |
| Audio/Video connection cables |
| Power Supply |
| Instant DVD CD complete with:
-Pixela Video Capture and editing software
-CaptyDVD DVD authoring software |
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USB Instant DVD for Mac Specifications |
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Video Capture: |
| Real-time encoding of analog video to the following formats: |
| Full D1 MPEG 2 broadcast resolution (704 x 480 NTSC / 704 x
576 PAL) |
| ½ D1 MPEG2 (352 x 480 NTSC / 352 x 576 PAL) |
| VCD MPEG 1 (352 x 240 NTSC / 352 x 288 PAL) |
| Frame Rates: 29,97 NTSC and 25 fps PAL |
| Video Bit Rate: 1.5 Mb/sec to 5 Mb/sec Constant Bit Rate
encoding (CBR) |
| Audio Bit Rate: 128 Kbits/sec., 224 Kbits/sec., 384
Kbits/sec |
| Connection to PC: USB 1.0 |
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| Output: |
| Display full screen on a TV |
| Video tape (VCR or camcorder) |
| CD-RW as VCD or as DVD on CD (includes DVD run time player) |
| Just pop the CD in and it opens in DVD player software |
| DVD-R – and play in 98% of all home DVD players |
| Save as streaming video and publish to the web |
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Inputs/Outputs |
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| Front: |
| RCA Video In |
| Right and Left Audio In |
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| Rear: |
| RCA Video In |
| S-VHS Video In |
| RCA-Video Out |
| S-VHS Video Out |
| USB connector |
| 3.5 mm stereo In |
| 3.5 mm stereo Out |
| Power Connector |
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System Requirements |
| To Capture MPEG-1 at 30 frames per second:
| Any Macintosh with built-in USB |
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| To Capture MPEG-2 at 30 frames per second:
| Power Mac G4 400/AGP or greater |
| Power Mac G4 Cube |
| Power Book G4 400 or greater |
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| Mac OS X up to 10.2 (not compatible with version 10.3 and higher) |
| 128 MB RAM |
| 100 MB hard disk space for applications |
| Available USB Port |
| CD-ROM drive |
| 3 GB Hard disk space recommended for capture/editing
application |
| CD-Recordable or DVD-Recordable drive required for saving
movies onto CD or DVD |
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