Professional-quality Bidirectional Analog/Digital Video Conversion
The ADVC300 is the ultimate bidirectional analog to digital video converter unit for the video enthusiast. Featuring high-quality image enhancement technology including digital noise reduction and image stabilization using Line Time Base Correction (LTBC), ADVC300 instantly cleans, stabilizes and preserves old VHS and Hi8 videos in clean DV format. Supporting Windows® and Mac OS®, ADVC300 is compatible with all widely used video editing applications including Grass Valley EDIUS, Final Cut Pro®,  Avid Xpress® DV and Adobe® Premiere® Pro.

Key Features:

• Connects to all widely used DV and analog video equipment
• Converts VHS, S-VHS and Hi8 analog videotapes to DV and back in one simple step
• Cleans and enhances analog video input, ideal for preserving aged videotape footage
• Capable of capturing and exporting analog video from leading video editing and DVD authoring applications for Windows and Mac OS
• Can be used as a stand-alone bidirectional analog / digital video converter without needing a computer
• Component video output support, ideal for monitoring video with a broadcast video monitor
• NTSC and PAL compatible

Specifications

Package Contents:

• ADVC300 unit
• AC Adapter
• 1 x FireWire cable (6-pin – 4-pin)
• Picture Controller Application CD-ROM
• User Manual

Technical Specifications:
Video Formats

• NTSC: 720x480 @ 29.97fps
• PAL/SECAM: 720x576 @ 25fps

Audio Formats

• 2-channel 48kHz 16-bit
• 2-channel 32kHz 12-bit (input for two channels only)

Digital Video Input/Output

• 1 x 4-pin FireWire
• 1 x 6-pin FireWire

Analog Video Input

• 1 x S-Video (4-pin miniDIN)
• 1 x composite (RCA)

Analog Video Output

• 1 x component (D1 D-Terminal connector)
• 1 x S-Video (4-pin miniDIN)
• 1 x composite (RCA)

Analog Audio Input (unbalanced)

• 1 x stereo (RCA)

Analog Audio Output (unbalanced)

• 1 x stereo (RCA)

Minimum System Requirements:

Note: A video capture card or OHCI FireWire connection is required to capture DV.

Windows PC

• Windows® 2000 (requires Service Pack 3 or higher), Windows® XP Home or Windows® XP Professional (requires Service Pack 1 or higher)
• DirectX 8.0 or higher

• Mac OS X (10.2.7 or later)

Which Grass Valley Video Converter is Right for You?
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The Canopus ADVC110 has set the standard as the best quality AV/DV converter in the industry. Digital editors at every level and on any platform use it. What sets Canopus DV converters apart from all others is their superior DV CODEC. The CODEC is the actual encoding algorithm used to convert your analog footage to DV and visa versa. Canopus uses the same CODEC in their converters as they do with their state-of-the-art real-time NLE editing solutions.

With the ADVC300 Canopus has answered one of the biggest problems facing DV editors trying to incorporate older VHS/8mm footage into their productions.
Lets face it, the quality of these older VHS tapes is average at best, and the years of sitting on the shelf or in the closet has degraded the video quality further. The ADVC300 has built in digital image enhancement technology that cleans, enhances and stabilizes old analog video. We tested it with some really old footage that wasn't properly white balanced to begin with, and the results were quite impressive. I realize all of the new NLE applications have fantastic color correction tools, but the old adage "Garbage In = Garbage Out "still holds true. Older analog footage doesn't always offer a good enough signal and the AV to DV conversion degrades the image further. This degraded footage often isn't 'strong' enough for even these powerful color correction tools to do the job. With the ADVC300 you can will get the best possible video quality out of your older analog footage.