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Canopus ADVC-100 DV Converter

Convert your S-VHS, Hi8 and 8mm analog tapes to DV in one simple step using the ADVC-100. The converted DV streams are transferred to your PC or Mac via IEEE 1394 (i.Link, FireWire) and stored on your hard drive where they can be manipulated using your favorite video editing applications. This device is ideal for all OHCI and DV-only capture cards for Macintosh or PC.

Proven DV CODEC Technology

The ADVC-100 features Canopus's award-winning DV codec technology, which is found in AVID's Xpress DV software and the full line of Canopus DV capture cards.

Locked Audio Support

Other converters can lose audio/video sync when converting longer segments of video. The ADVC-100 is the first inexpensive DV converter that supports locked audio when converting from analog to digital, assuring perfect audio and video synchronization

• High quality (original hardware design, co-developed with NEC)
• Custom hardware codec chip (original Canopus algorithm)
• Locked audio support (capture long clips w/perfect audio sync)
• Analog output of NTSC color bars for reference signal
• 4-pin DV jack on front; 6-pin FireWire jack on back
• Analog input connector on front
• Analog output connector on back

Specifications

• Digital Video in/out : 6pin S200 (200Mbps), 4pin S200 (200Mbps)
• Analog Video in/out : NTSC (525/60), PAL (625/50) S-video, composite
• Audio in/out : stereo unbalanced line level
• Sampling Frequency : 48kHz/16bit/2ch, 32kHz/12bit/4ch

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