ADVC Professional Family
High-Quality Professional Video Conversion

Providing the highest picture quality preservation and A/V synchronization, our converters are compatible with all video cameras, decks and editing systems—no matter whether they run on the Windows or Macintosh operating system. From a professional-level converter to those designed for high-definition and broadcast-quality applications, we have just the one you need.

The Grass Valley™ ADVC® professional family employs the innovative Canopus® DV codec to provide the industry's best picture-quality preservation during analog-to-DV conversion. As standalone units or connected to a computer, all ADVC professional family products are NTSC and PAL compatible and feature broad integration with video equipment and software and intelligent input/output selection with automatic signal detection. The ADVC55 connects VHS, Hi8, and other analog video equipment to a DV camera, deck, or editing system. The ADVC110 connects all analog and digital video cameras, decks, and editing systems and converts video bi-directionally. The ADVC300 features high-quality image-enhancement technology to preserve old VHS and Hi8 videos in a clean DV format. And the TwinPact100 offers bi-directional analog/digital video conversion, track-and-zoom scan conversion of computer graphics to analog and digital video, and capture-to-DV of on-screen graphics.

Key Features
  • Connects analog video equipment to FireWire (IEEE 1394a)-equipped computers for video editing
  • Compatible with Windows (including Windows 7) and Mac operating system-based DV editing systems
  • Compatible with leading editing and DVD authoring applications including Grass Valley™ EDIUS®, Sony Vegas, Apple Final Cut Pro and iMovie, Avid Xpress DV and Liquid, Adobe Premiere Pro, Ulead MediaStudio Pro, and Windows Movie Maker
  • No drivers or software applications to install
  • Powered by FireWire (IEEE 1394a) connector (ADVC55 and ADVC110 only)
  • NTSC and PAL compatible
  • Works with many FireWire 800 (IEEE 1394b) equipped computers by means of an appropriate adapter cable (customer supplied)
Specifications
  ADVC55 ADVC110 ADVC300 TwinPact100
Video Format NTSC, PAL, SECAM (input only) NTSC, PAL, SECAM (input only) NTSC, PAL, SECAM (input only) NTSC, PAL, SECAM (input only)
Digital Video 6-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394a) (output only) 6-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394a), 4-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394a) 6-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394a), 4-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394a) 6-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394a), 4-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394a)
Audio Format 2-channel, 48 kHz, 16-bit 2-channel, 48 kHz, 16-bit 2-channel, 48 kHz, 16-bit 2-channel, 48 kHz, 16-bit
Analog Video Input S-video, composite (RCA) S-video, composite (RCA) S-video, composite (RCA) S-video, composite (RCA), RGB (15-pin D-Sub max 1600x1200)
Analog Audio Input Stereo unbalanced (2 x RCA) Stereo unbalanced (2 x RCA) Stereo unbalanced (2 x RCA) Stereo unbalanced (2 x RCA, 1 x 3.5 mm)
Analog Video Output S-video, composite (RCA) S-video, composite (RCA) S-video, composite (RCA), VGA pass-through (15-pin D-Sub)
Analog Audio Output Stereo unbalanced (2 x RCA) Stereo unbalanced (2 x RCA) Stereo unbalanced (2 x RCA)
Device Control AV/C over FireWire (IEEE 1394a) AV/C over FireWire (IEEE 1394a) AV/C over FireWire (IEEE 1394a) AV/C over FireWire (IEEE 1394a)
Power FireWire (IEEE 1394a) bus power (6-pin), optional DC adapter FireWire (IEEE 1394a) bus power (6-pin), optional DC adapter Included DC adapter Included DC adapter
Dimensions 126 (W) x 23 (H) x 76 (D) mm
4.96 (W) x 0.91 (H) x 2.99 (D) in.
146 (W) x 27.2 (H) x 120 (D) mm
5.75 (W) x 1.07 (H) x 4.72 (D) in.
146 (W) x 27.2 (H) x 177 (D) mm
5.75 (W) x 10.7 (H) x 6.97 (D) in.
210 (W) x 31 (H) x 148 (D) mm
8.27 (W) x 1.22 (H) x 5.83 (D) in.

 

Minimum System Requirements (all units)
Windows PC

  • Windows 2000 (Service Pack 3 or higher)
  • Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 1 or higher)
  • Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Ultimate (Service Pack 1 or higher)
  • Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate
  • DirectX 8.0 or higher


Mac
Mac OS X (10.2.7/10.2.8/10.3/10.4.x/10.5/10.6)

Note: A video-capture card or OHCI FireWire (IEEE 1394) connection is required to capture DV.

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