CatDV Live Capture Plus 1.0.5 review
DownloadLive Capture Plus is a brand new product for Mac OS X which lets you easily capture an entire DV tape to disk over FireWire, either at full DV resolution or using various compressed, lower quality preview formats.
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Live Capture Plus is a brand new product for Mac OS X which lets you easily capture an entire DV tape to disk over FireWire, either at full DV resolution or using various compressed, lower quality preview formats. And if you use CatDV you can build up a CatDV catalog as a permanent and searchable record of your tapes' contents by directly creating previews and entering log notes in a single pass.
Here are some key features of "CatDV Live Capture Plus":
Full DV device control
Advanced, patent-pending capture technology
Automatic retry if dropped frames or tape errors are detected, ensuring frame perfect captures every time (even when capturing to a slow external drive)
Automatic capture of an entire tape or a programmed section between specified In and Out points
Automatically split the capture into a separate file for each scene if desired
Capture as a raw DV stream, MPEG4, or using any QuickTime codec
Compress clips in background while capture is in progress, automatically pausing tape if necessary
Build up a thumbnail catalog and type in logging comments while a tape is playing
Operate as a standalone application or integrated with CatDV
Automatic handling of timecode resets
Automatic date-based grouping of clips belonging to the same subject
New capture architecture guarantees perfect lip synch
Powerful yet intuitive user interface
Support for CatDV 4.0 self-contained preview archives.
Limitations:
captures are limited to 5 minutes in the unregistered version but otherwise it is fully functional.
What's New:
New iPod Video preset.
Support for capturing via a FireWire converter.
Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
DV camera or deck connected via FireWire.
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