From the DV Expo this week in Los Angeles

[sb]

As I said, the software that comes with it is very iDVD-like.
You play out your video either from a timeline thru a camcorder's analog
outputs, or record onto tape and playback thru the camcorder's analog
outputs. Then you use the saved MPEG2 clip in either their software or iDVD
or DVD Studio Pro.

The box's purpose is to encode into MPEG2 in realtime, not to edit DV
material. The software is for laying out a DVD, just like iDVD does.

There's a long thread on XLR8YourMac.com that you can read for more info.

It's under the feedback section.

sb

On 12/19/02 5:53 PM, "Thubten Kunga" <Kunga at FutureMedia.org> wrote:

> Yes but what's the editing software like? iMovie 2? I doubt it. So how
> can we use it from DV edited masters?
> 
> Kunga
> 
> On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 05:44  PM, sb wrote:
> 
>> I saw the box at the DV Expo. It was on show special for $369, but
>> sells
>> online for about $399, though I haven't looked for it.
>> It converts analog video in realtime directly to MPEG2, eliminating
>> the need
>> to compress via other means, like Cleaner or Squeeze.
>> It can also use an existing DVD as the source. (The person I talked
>> with
>> said that "they trust you won't violate any copyrights" so I'm
>> assuming they
>> don't support Macrovision)
>> It comes with software that is extremely iDVD-like, but it's not
>> required
>> that you use their software. The quality I saw was quite good.
>> 
>> If you do enough video that's headed for DVD, then I would think it's
>> worth
>> it, since you won't be tying up your machine for compression.
>> 
>> sb
>> 
>> On 12/19/02 5:31 PM, "Thubten Kunga" <Kunga at FutureMedia.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> The ADS website says it's $499. I think that may be too much money for
>>> a non-DV source iDVD substitute. I didn't attend the expo so I don't
>>> know how the end products look. Anybody see the VCD and DVD results of
>>> this analog input approach to digital editing with unknown editing and
>>> DVD authoring software?
>>> 
>>> Kunga
>>> 
>>> On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 10:44  AM, Rod Duncan wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Let me get this straight...
>>>> 
>>>> So ADS Technologies, with their new hardware/software, is using the
>>>> built-in CDRW to burn the DVD?
>>>> BTW, The link you posted is gone from their site.
>>>> 
>>>> If you can get more info on this off the floor of the DV Expo please
>>>> post.
>>>> (I am just about to buy an external DVD burner to use with a CDRW
>>>> equipped Ti Powerbook)
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Rod
>>>> 
>>>>> Now, isn't THIS interesting...
>>>>> 
>>>>> From DTV Professional:
>>>>> 
>>>>> First up was ADS Technologies. This company has introduced a $360
>>>>> hardware/software product that enables you to, get this, burn a DVD
>>>>> on a
>>>>> non-SuperDrive equipped Power Mac G4.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here's the link:
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.adstech.com/products/macav1750/specifications/
>>>>> macav1750specs.asp?
>>>>> pid=MACAV1750
> 
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