Snazzi DV.AVIO Video Capturing/Editing system

Well they have done it again! Home/business video manipulation is becoming even easier and more powerful to the everyday user. You no longer have to become a video engineer to produce excellent quality video.

Snazzi DV.AVIO once again has produced an excellent product. The coupling of a video capture card and the necessary software to produce excellent quality video has been taken to a near complete level by Snazzi. If you have VHS or home video stored on 8mm tapes then you will be even more impressed with this product. You can create DVD presentations of your old media as well as you new digital video from todays Video Cameras. The capabilities of this capture card are almost limitless. This high-end video capturing system produces superb quality video. The codecs to produce these videos have been increased. The on the high speed on the fly compression saves a tremendous amount of hard drive space yet does not sacrifice quality. No more bending behind the machine to plug in your cables. This system has a breakout box that has all of the connections in it. Simply install the card into your computer, attach the breakout box and you are ready to start capturing video. Attach the device you want to use, camera, VHS player, do your capture. You can even produce finished video from different sources. If you have video contained on VHS and some captured from your camera you are in luck, the Snazzi AV.DV product completed this in a snap.

I have listed some of the capabilities of this card.

A highly versatile commercial grade Real-Time Encoder and Decoder product.

• Commercial Grade Video Codec.
• Enhanced features for Real-Time DV: DivX, XviD and ISO Mpeg-4 capturing.
• Capture DV Type-1 and Type-2 from Analog source via AV-Input for DV Editing.
• Capture DV Type-1 and Type-2 from DV camcorder for professional NLE Video Editing.
• DV files are compatible with Adobe Premiere Pro, Ulead Media Studio Pro, Microsoft Movie Maker II, Snazzi* DV Studio and other popular DV editing software.
• Real-Time ISO Mpeg-4 capturing and video out.
• Use DivX Video to broadcast your DVD quality video using VCD bit-rate.
• Download DivX files from Internet and watch high quality DivX video on TV, LCD Project or Plasma Display. Record DivX video to VCR.
• Playback DV-Avi files via AV-Out to TV, LCD Projector and Plasma Display or record to VCR.
• Capture commercial quality VCD and DVD, Mpeg-1, Mpeg-2, Mpeg-4, DV-Avi, DivX, Xvid, WMV, WME9 video.
• Use Mpeg-2 Video encoder optimization and capture more high quality DVD video (*).
• Capture your video to WMV and WME9 format, having unbelievable small file size for web streaming or email it over the internet.
• User can playback DV, Mpeg-1, Mpeg-2, Mpeg-4, VCD, DVD, DivX, Xvid and WME9 clips to TV or record to VCR or digital camcorder using AV-Out (**).

Specifications:
DV Specifications

DV (DV Type-1 and DV Type-2)
Video Format: DV AVI
Capture Resolution: 720 x 480-NTSC
720 x 576-PAL
Framerate: 30fps-NTSC, 25fps-PAL

DV (Audio)
Audio Format: PCM (WAV)
Sampling Frequency: Up to 48 KHz
Modes: Mono, Stereo

AV Specifications

DVD / MPEG-2 (Video)
Encoding : MPEG-2 MP@ML(CBR or VBR)
Picture size/Frame Rate: 720 X 576 / 25 fps
720 X 480 / 29.97 fps
Maximum Bitrate: 2.0 Mbps 8.0 Mbps

DVD / MPEG-2 (Audio)
Encoding: MPEG-1 Layer II
Sampling Frequency: 48 KHz
Bitrate Mono: 64 -192 Kbps
Stereo: 64 - 384 Kbps

SVCD (Video)
Encoding : MPEG-2 MP@ML (VBR)
Picture size/Frame Rate: 480 X 480 /29.97 fps
480 X 576 / 25 fps
Maximum Bitrate: 2.40 Mbps

SVCD (Audio)
Encoding: MPEG-1 Layer II
Sampling Frequency: 44.1 KHz
Bitrate : 224 kbps

VCD (Video)
Encoding : MPEG-1
Picture size/Frame Rate: 352 X 240 / 29.97 fps
352 X 288 / 25 fps
Maximum Bitrate: 1.15 Mbps (1150 kbps)

VCD (Audio)
Encoding: MPEG-1 Layer II
Sampling Frequency: 44.1 KHz
Bitrate (fixed) 224 Kbps

MPEG-1 (Video)
Encoding : MPEG-1
Picture size/Frame Rate: 352 X 240 / 29.97 fps
352 X 288 / 25 fps
Maximum Bitrate: 5 Mbps

MPEG-1 (Audio)
Encoding: MPEG-1 Layer II
Sampling Frequency: 48 KHz
Bitrate Mono: 224 Kbps

WMV
Capture Audio/Video with 27 different profiles. The bitrate of profiles range from video for dial up(28.8kbps) to DVD Quality at about 1Mbps

DivX
For more Information, please refer to www.divx.com

Recommended Computer specifications:

CPU: Pentium IV 1.8Ghz or higher
OS: Windows XP
RAM: 256Mb Minimum
Recordered Video Graphics: 1024 x 768 Direct Draw Compatible Graphics Card

The software included with this product is voluminous. There is software included to complete almost any editing or DVD creation task you may have. Unless you have a favorite video editing program already, most will be very happy with the choices provided out of the box. Snazzi has several budle deals available for the buyer to choose from: these b undled products include WinDVD Creator Plus, muveeAutoproducer, DVD Movie Factory2 and WINDVD4. And the interface for capturing the video is shown below. This interface is very user friendly and powerfull yet simple to use.

SNAZZI AV.DV Studio

• Create professional video on DVD
• Capture and Edit in high quality MPEG 1 or MPEG 2 video formats
• Full D1, D1, 2/3 D1 and half D1
• Real time preview
• Media Gallery for quick selection of playback video
• Recording and video playback scheduler
• MPEG 4 encoding and DivX capture
• Media Gallery for quick selection of playback video
• Standard templates for advance settings
  

Overall I would recommend this product for anyone wanting to produce ANY type of video project. Quality product for both the home and business user and at a price that won't break the bank. We will be watching Snazzi for more cutting edge products in the near future.