Osprey EASE combines the Osprey-300 video capture card with Adobe's award-winning Premiere Elements video editing and authoring software. Together they create a powerful video capture, editing, streaming and DVD authoring tool at an attractive price.

Multimedia producers enjoy the simplicity of EASE because it competently combines all the necessary video production elements into one powerful but easy-to-use tool!

Professional video productions with minimal investment.

Start with any popular DV camera, a desktop PC with an available PCI or PCI-X expansion slot and a DVD burner. Add Osprey EASE to give you the industry's fastest DV port for your camera, while adding analog audio and video capture ports so you can add in video from your VCR or DVD players, from analog cameras or any industry-standard analog source.

Then use the included Adobe Premiere Elements software to edit your captured footage and add special effects and titles. Finally, deliver your professional-quality videos by saving to DVD discs or any storage device.

Fits a Wide Variety of User Types and Applications

EASE is perfect for creating professional video productions including online training, distance learning, corporate communications, and other business applications. It's well-suited for DVD authoring and on-demand content creation applications for broadcasters, government agencies and enterprises.

EASE ensures simultaneous capture and real-time video streaming through the analog port and direct capture from DV devices into Premiere Elements! With the OHCI capability of the Osprey-300, you have complete control over your DV devices: Stop, rewind and record from your desktop.

Osprey EASE includes:

Osprey-300

The Osprey-300 is the ideal video capture card with analog streaming capability when utilized with Windows Media Encoder or other encoding applications. It includes an OHCI compliant DV (FireWire) port providing DV control and capture using standard editing software.

Windows Media Encoder
Deliver audio and video quality at any bit rate, with features designed to provide superior quality at dial-up rates, and home-theater-like experiences over broadband connections or for download and play.

Adobe Premiere Elements
A highly effective but user-friendly video editing and DVD burning application.

RealProducer Basic
Create and stream video in RealAudio and RealVideo formats over IP networks.

Key Features:

• DV Camera and Deck Control via DV port
• Video capture from analog devices into Windows MediaŽ, RealVideoŽ & AVI formats
• Real-time video streaming from analog video devices into Windows MediaŽ & RealVideoŽ formats
• Capture from DV devices directly into AdobeŽ PremiereŽ Elements
• Automatically transfer all footage from DV devices
• Output edited video to tape or stream in Windows MediaŽ and RealVideoŽ
• Cascadable architecture allows for multiple Osprey EASE's per PC chassis
• Advanced DMA for ultra-high performance (full 30 fps)
• Hardware audio gain control for analog audio inputs
• Closed Caption extraction
• Hardware Cropping and Bitmap Overlay
• AVI or extended AVI capture for use with the most popular third-party editing and streaming software applications (e.g., AdobeŽ PremiereŽ Pro, AdobeŽ FlashŽ, RealProducerŽ Basic 10, Windows MediaŽ Encoder 9)
• PCI-X compatible
• Breakout cable included for video and audio inputs
• AdobeŽ PremiereŽ Elements included
• Option: Rackmount breakout panel for audio and video input
• Osprey SimulStreamŽ Ready (analog only)

Edit and author with a professional touch!

• Automatic timeline adjustment when editing video
• Smart "How-To" guides
• Edit in real time
• Add special effects; slow motion, warping and picture-in-picture capability
• Create titles and credits
• Put text and graphics in motion
• Add scene transitions
• Overlay text with effects; shadows, glows and other effects to text
• Burn custom DVD's
• Create professional-looking DVD menu
• Create scene indexes automatically
• Standard (4:3) or widescreen (16:9) support

SPECIFICATIONS:

• Video Input: Composite (BNC), S-Video
• 1394 I/O: IEEE 1394a, 1394b
• Audio Input: Balanced stereo (2 x XLR), Unbalanced stereo (2 x RCA)
• Audio Output: Unbalanced stereo line level (3.5 mm) (Includes Loop out)
• 64-bit/66-MHz PCI Interface
• 32-bit/33-MHz PCI Compatible
• 3.3-V PCI 2.3 compliant
• Supports all popular Microsoft Windows operating systems with compatible Osprey driver
• Form factor: Standard PCI short Card (6.6" x 4.2")