New Hardware-based Pinnacle Video Capture for Mac Announced

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Pinnacle Systems has announced Pinnacle Video Capture for Mac, a new USB 2.0 device that makes it easy to capture video in an iPod-native format from any analog source, be it camcorder, set-top box, game console or VCR. With Pinnacle Video Capture for Mac, users can transfer home videos, record TV shows or movies and even record their gameplay from a game console and automatically add the content to iTunes to enjoy it on their Mac, iPod, iPhone, or even Apple TV.

Pinnacle Video Capture for Mac plugs-in to a Mac's USB 2.0 or 1.1 port, enabling high-quality video streaming directly to the system. The device supports multiple inputs including S-Video, Composite video and stereo audio analog inputs. To maximize quality and efficiency, Pinnacle Video Capture for Mac features hardware video encoding and onboard compression, freeing the Mac's processor to perform other tasks. With MPEG-4 compression, users can store approximately three times more video than MPEG-2 in the same amount of hard disk space without losing quality.

With these capabilities, Pinnacle Video Capture for Mac will appeal to the growing number of Mac users who want a convenient way to expand their iTunes video library. For the most recent quarter, which ended June 30, 2007, Apple reported that it shipped more than 1.7 million Macs, a 33-percent rise over shipments in the third quarter of 2006 and 2.5 times the industry-wide growth rate published by market-research firm IDC. The iPod, in widespread use by more than 100 million consumers around the globe, has also recently become accepted as a business device. Major corporations, educational institutions and even government agencies have turned to the iPod as a delivery mechanism for communication and training, making Pinnacle Video Capture for Mac the perfect companion to the iPod for Mac-based enterprises who want to expand their video capabilities.

Designed for Mac OS X 10.4 (or later) systems, Pinnacle Video Capture for Mac will be available in mid-October 2007 from e-tail and retail stores worldwide and through the Pinnacle Systems website.

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