Pinnacle Studio MovieBoard Ultimate is a versatile movie-making solution that combines a capture card with the professional tools of Studio Ultimate version 12. The PCI card captures SD and HD video from any analogue or digital source. Pinnacle Studio Ultimate version 12 enables users to realize their creative vision with the most powerful version of Pinnacle Studio. Native HD support preserves pristine HD quality from original source all the way to final output. And the exclusive pro-level tools provide complete control of your production. Yet, still with the same sleek, scalable interface for ease of use and refined workflow.
Minimum System Requirements
- Windows® XP SP2 (SP3), Windows Vista™ (SP1)
- Intel® Pentium® or AMD Athlon™ 1.8 GHz (2.4 GHz or higher recommended)
- Intel Pentium HT or AMD Athlon™ 2.4 GHz or 1.6 GHz Dual core required for Windows Vista
- Intel Core™ 2 Duo 2.4 GHz required for AVCHD* (2.66 GHz for AVCHD1920)
- 1 GB system memory recommended
- 2 GB required for AVCHD*, recommended for HD and/or Windows Vista
- DirectX® 9 or 10 compatible graphics card with 64 MB (128 MB or higher recommended), 128 MB required for Plug-ins (for Magic Bullet Looks: Pixelshader 2 required, Intel GMA integrated graphics not supported; for VitaScene with HD: 512MB recommended)
- 128 MB required on Vista (256 MB or higher recommended)
- 256 MB required for HD and AVCHD*
- DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card
- 3 GB of disk space
- DVD-ROM drive to install software
- 1 PCI slot
- Optional:
- CD burner for creating Video CDs or Super Video CDs (S-VCDs)
- DVD burner for creating DVD, HD-DVD and AVCHD discs on standard media*
- Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray discs*
- Sound card with surround sound output required for preview of surround sound mixes*
Capture Options
- Capture from DV, HDV and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs
- Capture from analog camcorders, 8 MM, HI 8, VHS, SVHS, VHS-C, SVHS-C, or VCRs (NTSC/PAL/SECAM)
- Import from AVCHD* camcorders (requires USB 2.0 and a UDF driver)
Output Options
- Output to DV, HDV or Digital8 tape (requires camcorder with FireWire Input port)
- Output to analog videotape
- Output to Apple® iPod® and Sony® PSP™ formats* _Import Formats
- Video: AVCHD*, DV, HDV, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DivX®*, MPEG-4*, 3GP (MPEG-4)*, WMV, Non-encrypted DVD titles*
- Audio: MP3, MPA, WAV, AC3*
- Graphic: BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, PSD, TGA, TIF, WMF _Export Formats
- Video CD (VCD) or S-VCD with optional CD burner (CD-R or CD-RW)
- AVCHD*, Blu-ray BD*, HD-DVD*, DVD* disc with optional disc burner (incl. dual layer)
- Apple iPod and Sony PSP compatible (MPEG-4) formats*
- DV, HDV, AVI, DivX*, RealVideo® 8, WMV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4*,Flash, 3GP*, WAV, MP3* files
- Dolby® Digital 2 channel* and 5.1 channel audio*
Inputs and Outputs:
- Composite video input/output (RCA connector) PAL, SECAM (input only), NTSC
- S-Video input/output (mini-DIN connector) PAL, SECAM (input only), NTSC
- Stereo audio input/output (2 x RCA connectors)
- IEEE 1394 In/Out connector (6-pin type) _Analog Video Capture to Computer
- Analog PAL SECAM/NTSC input
- HDV/DV (IEEE 1394) camcorder capture. 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
- Analog PAL/NTSC output
- HDV/DV (IEEE 1394) output to camcorder. Full camera/device control support
* Requires free product activation via the Internet