USB TO FIREWIRE DV ADAPTER - NTSC VERSION

Description USB to FireWire DV Connect your DV NTSC camcorder to the USB 2.0 port on your computer! NTSC is normally a US video format, whereas PAL is normally a European format.

Can I connect this to a Mac? This product is not currently Mac compatible, nor do we know if or when Macs will be supported with this product.

Does this cable supply power? The FireWire connection is a 4pin, which inherently does not supply power, only a data signal.

Does it come with software? Yes, it comes with imagemixer video editing software from Pixela.

Import Mode

The following functions are available for importing still images, movies, and sound to a computer. The imported contents can then be managed in Album mode.

* Importing still images and movies from a digital camera or memory stick * Importing movies from a digital video camera via an i.LINK connection (Windows OS only) * Copying and importing ImageMixer data or data saved to a computer * Inputting sound from a microphone or sound input terminal * Importing sound from a track on a music CD

Movie Editing Mode

This mode is for editing movies imported from a digital camera, digital video camera, or other devices. Editing is done in the MPEG-1 format. Working from the images in the albums, files can be dragged and dropped onto the storyboard. Titles, sound, transition effects, and other elements can also be dragged and dropped to create inter-phase effects. The editing board requires no special setup beforehand.

Layout Mode

ImageMixer helps you create layouts using drawings, text, and image files in the albums. Layouts are provided for titles and postcards in Edit Movie mode, video labels such as 8mm, VHS, DV, and cassette, disc labels such as FD, MO, and CD, and for postcards.

Album Mode

The following functions are available for importing still images, movies, and sound to a computer. The imported contents can then be managed in Album mode.

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Organize Albums: Digital images saved in albums can be arranged in categories or by their contents. *

Write to Memory Stick: Write-enabled files saved in albums can be written to a memory stick. *

Search: Files can be searched in categories of still images, movies, or sound media types and the results are displayed in a list. Conditional searches are also possible. *

Preview, Slideshow: Preview and slideshow functions are also available for quick and easy browsing of contents. *

Convert Files: This allows easy conversion of still images to BMP/JPEG format and movies to MPEG-1 format. *

Edit Still Image: Still image files in the album can be edited with this still image editing function. This function includes a filter removal such as red-eye removal and mask function. *

Print: A wide range of printing layouts are available, such as index printing and detailed printing, to match the user's specific application.

Video Disc Creation Mode

Image files in albums and edited movies can be used to create contents for a Video CD or Video CD image. ImageMixer 1.5 produces Video CDs compliant with the Video CD version 2.0 standard for providing features such as playback control functions and still image playback functions where the user can change the playback order from the menu.

*The Macintosh version of ImageMixer 1.5 does not support direct writing to CD-R, but does allow you to save a disc image compliant with Roxio's DVD/CD writing software "Toast". Use "Toast" to create a disc from the disc image created in ImageMixer 1.5.

The "Easy Video CD" utility is also provided for easy creation of Video CDs from video on the tape of a video camera connected over a USB connection. This utility uses a wizard-style interface to guide the user through the simple steps of creating a Video CD.

*No menu creation function is included.