Encoding Workstation

Windows XP

Intel P4 2.4 GHz or AMD equivalent

512 MB Ram - Recommend 1GB RAM

20 GB Hard Drive

10 Mbit NIC

Firewire/1394 port

Video For Windows Capture Card

DirectX 9

Client Computer
PC

Windows 98 or better

128 MB RAM

Intel Pentium III 667 MHz or better

Sun Java or MSJVM

Mac

OS X 10.2 or better

128 MB RAM

G4 or better

Sun Java

Recomended Capture Devices
Osprey 210

Composite (BNC connector)

S-Video

Unbalanced stereo audio via RCA and mini-DIN

Unbalanced audio output for real time monitoring of your captured media

Advanced DMA for ultra-high performance (full 30fps)

www.viewcast.com

WinTV GO

single slot PCI card with a 125 channel cable-ready TV tuner

S-Video

Coaxil input

Using the on-board 878 bus master controller, the digitized TV image is sent directly into the memory of your PC??s VGA card without creating overhead for the CPU.

www.hauppauge.com

Canopus ADVC500

Connects to all video cameras, decks and editing systems

Converts consumer and professional analog video formats to DV and back in one simple step

Composite, S-Video and YUV component video I/O

Balanced and unbalanced audio I/O

NTSC and PAL compatible

www.canopus.com