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LaCie Announces Real-Time DV to MPEG Encoder

TMO at MWSF - LaCie Announces Real-Time DV to MPEG Encoder

by , 6:35 AM EST, January 10th, 2005

LaCie will introduce a new tool for video editors and home users to aid in DVD creation at Mac Expo this week, the company has announced.

The LaCie FastCoder is a hardware encoder that allows people to convert DV NTSC video files to MPEG-1 and/or MPEG-2 in real-time on G3-equipped Mac systems, or newer, with a native FireWire port. With the LaCie FastCoder, conventional software encoding times are reduced by two to 15 hours.

In addition to MPEG-1, users can create MPEG-2 streams that are compatible with the bundled CaptyDVD authoring software or MPEG-2 elementary streams that are compatible with Apple DVD Studio Pro.

FastCoder works with Mac OS 9.2 and Mac OS 10.2.6 or greater and supports full quality DV-compatible QuickTime file exported from Apple Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express or iMovie.

FastCoder will ship next month and will retail for US$249.

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Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:15 pm Subject: Great product!

I have been looking for this exact product...I really didn't care fore the other USB solutions on the market and of course the professional products are way too expensive but this thing looks like the perfect tool.
I am just getting into video so I don't have a huge budget but I think I will get one of these as soon as they come out.

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