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| Pinnacle Studio 9 AV/DV | 
 enlarge | From: Pinnacle Systems
Category: Software
List Price: $99.99
Buy Used: $89.99
You Save: $10.00 (10%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 6613
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 12 x 8.7 x 3.1
MPN: 210100357
Model: 210100357
UPC: 613570212164
EAN: 0613570212164
ASIN: B0001AU6IK
Release Date: January 30, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: I have this capture board installed on my computer. Because I produced video for 20 years and configured my own Windows editing systems, I can help you make it work. Original Authentic Box (minor storage wear) and includes Pinnacle V9 editing software, PCI capture card, manual and cables. This capture board is for both DV (camcorder) and TV (composite) and does a great job capturing in the AVI\DV format which can be edited in Adobe Premiere.
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| Features:
| • | Includes both Pinnacle Studio and PCI analog and digital video capture card | | • | SmartMovie automated video editing and integrated Video CD and DVD creation | | • | Experience a stunning array of video editing features | | • | Add titles, transitions, sound effects, and background music | | • | Add powerful one-touch video and audio restoration tools |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Pinnacle Studio AV/DV comes with an internal PCI board that allows you to transfer videos from any camcorder into your PC in order to create spectacular movies, using powerful and creative functionalities such as image stabilization, automated editing, automatic color correction, noise removal and surround sound, while maintaining total ease of use from start to finish. The integrated CD/DVD authoring program provides customizable menus, navigation and one touch burning functionality making disk creation easier than ever. Pinnacle Studio version 9 allows editors to effortlessly produce Hollywood quality movies from start to finish.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 Capture high res video AVI files September 20, 2007
Pinnacle manufactured great high end video boards for professional capture, overlay and editing... then they went after the home hobbyist. That's why their products all suggest you capture your home vhs tapes and burn them to DVD. That's when their reputation went south. The software crashed systems and was hard to set-up.
It has not improved much but some users are able to download drivers and patches to make the editing\DVD software work fine, and report no problems. If you know how to do this, this product will work for you.
You'll notice from the other reviews that half the reviewers rate it high, the other half, low. Some low ratings are from Pinnacle problems but many are because the system itself has too little RAM, too many background programs or has not been defragged.
So why my 5 star rating? I capture from both analog (RCA TV type connectors) and firewire (camcorder DV) uncompressed AVI at 720 x 480 then edit it in Premiere. It's easy to do and results are great. The capture software controls most camcorders and previews footage. You can capture a TV program and make fun of it on UTube. Capture controls are easy to use and allow tweaking of input. Just make sure you go to the Pinnacle support knowledgebase site and download any recommended drivers, etc.
Very good product February 11, 2007
Takes time to learn, but worth the effort. My only advise would be to always keep this software updated and to experiment with all of the many features.
 Pinnacle is notorious for crashing. October 23, 2006
I've worked with various Pinnacle Studio versions since last decade, and they've all had two things in common:
1. When the program works, it's superb.
2. The other 50% of the time, it crashes frequently, and hard!
For years, Pinnacle had designed the market's top, novice-affordable video editing/authoring platforms, but for some frustrating reason, they just can't seem to keep the bugs out. This verson is no exception.
Lately, the competition in this market has mushroomed, and there are better alternatives available for the same price. At last, others have emulated the Pinnacle platform while eliminating the work/creativity-killing bugs.
My advice? Shop around. Google the competition. But save yourself the frustration and steer away from anything Pinnacle.
 Resulting MPEGs work only with Pinnacle August 16, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The capturing from VHS worked fine. Pinnacle 9 creates MPEG files from your captures. However, the DVD creation options are -horrible-. After the captures were done, I had several MPEG files that Pinnacle had created. I sold Pinnacle (and uninstalled the software), and then bought a separate DVD authoring tool with which to create DVDs from Pinnacle's MPEG files. To my horror and then I discovered that no other tool can edit the MPEGs. Windows Media Player can -play- the MPEGs, but nothing can edit them. Not Windows Movie Maker, not Adobe Premiere Elements, not Sonic MyDVD, and not Muvee. So, I had to buy Pinnacle's software all over again, just so I could convert their (secretly encoded?) MPEGs into a format that other tools could understand: WMV.
The only part of this product that is solid is the capturing video.
Dishonest company March 23, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Do not buy anything from Pinnacle. Their software deceptively leads you to believe that you need to purchase further programs to burn DVDs. I did so and got incorrect activation codes twice before requesting a refund which they have refused to give even though the product does not work and meets their advertised return policy. I have filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission for deceptive trade policies and knowingly offering defective products.
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