Even though most camcorders sold today are DV models, there are plenty of analogue camcorders still in use, whether Hi8, 8mm, or one of the four VHS variants. Given the wide range of low-cost video editing hardware and software available and the capabilities of modern PCs, it's never been easier for anyone to start video editing, irrespective of what type of footage they have. V One's latest Snazzi-branded editing solution, DV.AVIO, can handle analogue and digital capture and is based around a PCI card - still the only route open to users of desktop PCs without FireWire capability built in - paired with a breakout box for analogue inputs.
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1 Review ( Dec 2003 V-One Multimedia's Snazzi DV.AVIO by John B. Virata Page 1 of 1 V-One Multimedia's Snazzi DV.AVIO editing system is a $199 combination hardware/software editing solution that enables you to capture/convert video from analog and DV sources to MPEG-1 and 2, DV, Microsoft's WMV, DIVX, and Xvid file formats. It is comprised of the Snazzi DV.AVIO software front end, including WinDVD Creator Plus, muveeautoproducer, moviefactory 2, and WinDVD4; and a combination hardware PCI card with breakout box that connects to the PCI card for connecting S- Video and composite video devices. In addition to the MPEG decoder chip and the Main Concept Professional codec, the PCI card features a pair of six pin FireWire ports. The benefits of this solution gives you the capability to capture/convert video from the widest array of sources. These sources include S-Video, Composite video, and DV. In addition, when you are finished editing the video, either with the bundled software that ships with the system or your own existing video editing software, the Snazzi DV.AVIO enables you to export that video back out to DV or composite/s-video tape. Installation: Installation of the Snazzi DV.AVIO involves plugging the Snazzi PCI card into an
2 available PCI slot, plugging the breakout box into the back of the PCI card for analog video capture/conversion, and installing the Snazzi DV.AVIO capture software. It is virtually a painless installation. System requirements are a 1.8GHz Pentium 4 CPU running Windows XP, 256MB RAM, a graphics card capable of supporting 1024 x 768 resolution, and an available PCI slot. Figure about 14GB of disk space for each hour of DV video, so factor in a hard disk drive with lots of storage. If you want to save disk space and will be burning to DVD, consider capturing in MPEG-1 or 2, as these formats require much less disk space. Snazzi setup window DV Studio AVIO The Snazzi setup window is where you select the parameters for the video that you want to capture. The DV Studio AVIO software enables you to capture video to MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DV, and Windows Media Format. You can also capture to Divx and Xvid provided you pay for and download the encoders from their respective websites. The setup window is also where you designate where on your hard drive you want the
3 captured video to be placed, as well as what you wish to name the captured video. You can have the software generate a name for you, or you can name it yourself. With MPEG-1 selected, you have the option to produce an MPEG-1 file for Video CD (VCD), or Normal quality MPEG-1. You can also select the video's bitrate as well as the video encoder quality. These can be adjusted via sliders in the capture settings window. Selecting the MPEG-2 capture setting enables you to choose between constant or variable bitrates. DV AVIO enables you to transcode to a variety of file formats Selecting the DV capture format gives you the capability to capture either a DV-Type-1 or DV-Type 2 format. You can also select if you want the video to playback at full or half resolution, as well as change the field order. You can also manually adjust the bitrates for your specific capture session. The advance button opens the video encoder optimization window, which enables you to select either smooth or sharp settings. Selecting the WMV format enables you to capture video in the various different flavors of the Windows Media video format, including formats for displaying video on pocket PCs, dial up modems, and LANs in various different bitrates. Video is input via the DV ports on the Snazzi card, or via composite and S-Video by way of the Snazzi break out box that connects to the Snazzi card. Video out capabilities include DV and Composite S-Video. The Snazzi software also enables you to capture still images in BPM, JPG, GIF, TIFF, and PNG formats from video.
4 DV Studio window The applications that ship with the DV.AVIO include DV Studio AVIO, WinDVD Creator Plus, muveeautoproducer, moviefactory 2, and WinDVD4. DV Studio AVIO is where you capture your video, WinDVD Creator Plus and DVD Movie factory are two different DVD creation applications that enable you to create DVDs with the video that you captured or imported. muveeautoproducer let's you create a music video style video that randomly cuts video up and puts it back together in a fashion like that of a music video. You can add a music track to it and it will cut with the music track. WinDVD 4 let's you playback your completed DVDs on the PC. First Impressions: Snazzi DV.AVIO is a nice bundle for those who are just getting into digital video editing and DVD creation. It is definitely an entry level solution, but it has a lot of features that will be of interest to a wide range of video enthusiasts. It outputs decent quality video in a wide variety of file formats and sizes. I did have an issue with stuttering sound on a DV captured clip, but wasn't able to duplicate it in MPEG or any other file formats. I couldn't determine if it was a hardware or software issue, or a computer issue, and I couldn't duplicate it again. Other than that one isolated incident, the Snazzi DV.AVIO works as the company says it does. If you have a large collection of analog video tapes that you want to transfer to digital for editing, or for archiving to DVD, the Snazzi DV.AVIO is a solution that can do just that. If
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V One Multimedia Snazzi* III USB2 Gold edition $300 (direct) combines a high-performance external MPEG converter with a boatload of software including good DVD authoring tools. But the video-editing application is subpar, and the software integration in this bundle could use some work. All of this adds up to a solid, though not exceptional, solution.
The USB 2.0-based hardware is also USB 1.1 compatible and accepts composite video and S-Video input but not DV. (The V One Snazzi* III AV.DV internal card supports both analog and digital video, but it'll run you $399 .) You can still capture from your DV camera, but you must output through an analog port, which means that you lose a touch of quality as well as the ability to control your camcorder from your capture software. Although not optimal, this is common among the USB-based capture solutions we've seen to date. The Snazzi* III USB2 also supports stereo audio input, including MPEG digital and PCM formats.
Bundled software includes V One's own Snazzi Movie Mill for video capture, CyberLink's PowerDirector 2.0 Standard for video editing, Sonic's MyDVD 3 for DVD authoring. Ulead's DVD PictureShow, which lets you burn slide shows to DVD, is also bundled, as is Ahead Software's Nero 5.5, a full-featured CD mastering program.
When we tried to launch the video editor, Movie Mill reported that it couldn't find the application. Worse, the AWOL software was listed as MediaStudio 6.0 LE, not the included PowerDirector. Oops, wrong bundle.
Otherwise, operation in PowerDirector was uneventful. The same was true of MyDVD, until we tried to burn a DVD. The software then reported that files captured using the "best" DVD preset were too large to burn, forcing us to recapture all files at a lower data rate.
V One Multimedia Snazzi* III USB2 Gold edition $300 (direct) combines a high-performance external MPEG converter with a boatload of software including good DVD authoring tools. But the video-editing application is subpar, and the software integration in this bundle could use some work. All of this adds up to a solid, though not exceptional, solution.\n 2ff7e9595c
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