"Snazzi DV.Avio is a nice bundle for those who are just getting into digital video editing and DVD creation. It is definitely an entry level solution, but it has a lot of features that will be of interest to a wide range of video enthusiasts." (Snazzi* DV.AVIO Edition)

Review V One Multimedia's Snazzi DV.AVIO


V One Multimedia's Snazzi DV.AVIO editing system is a $199 combination hardware/software editing solution that enables you to capture/convert video from analog and DV sources to MPEG-1 and 2, DV, Microsoft's WMV, DIVX, and Xvid file formats. It is comprised of the Snazzi DV.AVIO software front end, including WinDVD Creator Plus, muveeAutoProducer, moviefactory 2, and WinDVD4; and a combination hardware PCI card with breakout box that connects to the PCI card for connecting S-Video and composite video devices.

"Snazzi DV.AVIO is a nice bundle for those who are just getting into digital video editing and DVD creation. It is definitely an entry level solution, but it has a lot of features that will be of interest to a wide range of video enthusiasts. "

It outputs decent quality video in a wide variety of file formats and sizes. I did have an issue with stuttering sound on a DV captured clip, but wasn't able to duplicate it in MPEG or any other file formats. I couldn't determine if it was a hardware or software issue, or a computer issue, and I couldn't duplicate it again. Other than that one isolated incident, the Snazzi DV.AVIO works as the company says it does.

If you have a large collection of analog video tapes that you want to transfer to digital for editing, or for archiving to DVD, the Snazzi DV.AVIO is a solution that can do just that. If you have a DV camera and you want to transfer DV from your camcorder, the Snazzi DV.AVIO can do that as well. You can also capture video straight from the source to a variety of different video file formats without having to re-render to those specific file formats, which is a huge timesaver in of itself. The breakout box offers you a wider range of analog input and output, options, and combining it with the DV ports on the PCI card as well as the real time MPEG conversion capabilities, and you have a pretty compelling digital video editing and DVD creation solution.

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