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Pinnacle Studio MovieBox USB Video Transfer Device (210100251) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Pinnacle
Category: CE
Buy Used: $149.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 82210
Format: Cd-rom
Media: Electronics
Operating System: MB RAM recomended Win SE, 2000 or XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 12 x 10 x 4
MPN: 210100251
Model: 210100251
UPC: 613570207245
EAN: 0613570207245
ASIN: B000099SXU
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Analog-to-digital video capture and conversion | | • | Easy to connect via USB 2.0; also supports USB 1.1 | | • | Copies high-quality video from camcorder or VCR | | • | Pinnacle Studio 8 award-winning video editing software | | • | Outputs recordings to analog tape or to your existing CD or DVD writer drive |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Pinnacle MovieBox USB has been designed by FA Porsche to be both elegant and ergonomic. Simply connect your camcorder or video recorder to MovieBox USB. Then, connect Movie Box USB to the USB port that comes with most laptop and desktop PCs. No need to open the PC!Use Pinnacle Studio MovieBox USB to copy high-quality video footage from almost any camcorder or video tape on your PC. You'll get the highest performances if you PC is USB2 equipped. Pinnacle Studio MovieBox USB includes Pinnacle Studio 8, the award winning video editing software. Record your videos back out to VHS or analogue camcorder tapes, burn it to CDs or DVDs that play on your set top DVD player, play it back on your PC or on your TV, email it to family or friends, or post it on the Web.
Amazon.com Review
Pinnacle Systems' Pinnacle Studio MovieBox captures and digitizes analog composite and S-video signals and delivers them through your PC's USB 2.0 port. Bundled Studio 8 software helps you edit and assemble clips for recording onto videotape or for burning onto CD or DVD media.p To set up MovieBox, we connected the power and video source cables and followed the Windows New Hardware Wizard to install the driver software on our notebook computer. Next, we followed onscreen prompts to install Studio 8. The entire process was intuitive and took 16 minutes. Note that MovieBox USB has neither input nor output support for FireWire, so you will likely use a VCR instead of a digital camcorder as the primary input device.p Before testing MovieBox with Stuido 8, we tried to see if other editing programs would recognize the device. Neither Nero Vision nor Windows Movie Creator was able to initialize MovieBox, so expect to use it exclusively with Studio 8. Upon starting Studio 8, the program presented us with a simple but thorough 17-minute video explaining the basics of capturing, editing, and making a movie.p In our tests, we captured and edited over two hours of clips without a single error--not even one lost frame. Studio 8 intuitively handled positioning and trimming clips, adding transition effects between scenes, and creating DVD menus. The biggest drawback was the lack of multi-level undo--that is, you can undo only one previous mistake, which means correcting even minor errors can quickly become time-consuming and very irritating.p Rendering and compiling finished DVDs took between a few minutes and several hours depending on complexity. The final results were mixed. Some movies looked very good, with video quality about average for the cost of the device; others suffered from out-of-sync video and audio. Overall, MovieBox is a simple, intuitive solution for novice home moviemaking. Professionals and serious amateurs will lament its lack support for popular video editing software, its intermittent quality, and its single-level undo. I--Mike Brown/Ip BPros:/B ul liEasy to install and learn liSimple to capture, edit, and add dazzling effects liNo lost frames in our tests /ul BCons:/B ul liSingle-level undo command liDoes not support third-party editing software liVideo and audio sometimes out of sync /ul
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Software doesn't capture well on PC or laptop July 9, 2007
I am unable to capture a non-jerky, perfect video to disk transfer no matter how I try to speed up my computer. The direct-to-disk wizard won't produce anything at all and the best I can get out of it is a jerky movie with audio after a 4-8 hour process of capturing and making it into a movie. I feel I was misled by the software as the reality is it can only be used properly on extremely fast computers. Shame on Pinnacle! Shame on Future Shop (where I bought it)! I guess the lesson in this is to thoroughly research not only the technical requirements but the forums too before buying.
 I love mine!! October 5, 2005
I love mine. No audio problems or dropped frames. It works great. Made a dvd with no problems. Don't know why all the complaints.br /br /Only a few minor gripes. br /br /1. It took me 4 hours with a XP 2400+ and 1GB of ram to make the DVD. Cuz it renders twice or something like that. I upgraded to a Sempron 2400+ now with 512MB of ram and everything is blazing fast. Sure I have a slow burner but it stil is their software and the way they render.br /br /2. The device is a little noisy. Don't know about grinding. But the motor has always been a little noisy. But it's livable.br /br /3. No matter what I try they only let me use studio 8 or Pinnacle software. They won't let me capture with any other software. br /br /I'd like to try other softwares too and not just be stuck with the slow studio 8.br /br /ivnjbr /br /
 Possible solution to audio synch January 22, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I haven't actually used the MovieBox, but came here to read reviews on it.pHowever, I have been using Studio 8 for a while with another capture device and have also experience the audio out of synch problem.pI have found a work-around that works for me and have been posting it everywhere I see other comments on the problem.pThe answer is to NOT allow the hardware to capture the audio. Rather than connecting the RCA audio to the box, connect the audio directly to your PC's line-in jack on the soundcard. I use one of those RCA to headphone jack splitters for connecting a portable CD player to a sound system. Then you set the audio capture source in the Studio program from the breakout box to line-in.pI was pulling my hair out like everyone else until I stumbled upon this solution (by attempting to capture with Adobe Premiere which doesn't recognize my hardware as an audio input). Since I've been doing it this way, I have made about a dozen DVD's, with lengths from 10 min to 1 hour with perfect audio synch.pMaybe it will work for you guys who've already bought the software. If you haven't bought it yet, though, look elsewhere.
 The product is flawed, but not hopelessly January 17, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I received the MovieBox for Christmas 2003 and have spent about 40 hours with it. First to pros. It is easy to install, captures video flawlessly, and the editing software (Studio 8) is fantastic. Being able to take 3 hours of home videos (which like everyone's included things that in hindsight didn't turn out great) and cut it down to an hour+ of fun scenes, add music and digital photos was worth every penny.pThe negatives. MovieBox only imports audio in mpeg format. I didn't even know this mattered until I went to make a DVD and I ran into the out of sync problem where the sound is 1 second behind the video. The product claims to be able to make DVDs from any source, but this audio limitation is a real problem. Second, my video ended up being 75 minutes long. Studio 8 appeared to burn the disc properly, using a lower quality setting to fit it all on the disk, but when the disc is played in a DVD player random sections of video are missing. Pinnacle says you can only put an hour on a DVD, which is a stupid and erroneous claim. Lastly, the support on this product is horrendous. pLuckily there is a fix. Instead of using Studio 8 to burn a DVD, I created an MPEG file of the video on my harddrive. This solved the audio syncing problem. I then used ULead's DVD Moviefactory (which came included with my PC) to turn the MPEG file into a DVD. It worked great. This method does require you to render the video twice, which can degrade the picture, but I didn't notice any difference in my case.pI'd call it an ok product that with some tweaks could be great.
 pretty damn good January 14, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Ive only used this product twice and captured my 2 hour wedding video with no problem. I upgraded from the 8.6 ver. it comes with to 8.10 and there are no sync problems. I'm running a p4 with 2.66ghz. 768mb ram and only a 40gb 7200rpm hard drive with no problems (knock on wood). I might get a second hard drive though just to keep my video seperate from my files. I would recommend this product only if your pc is fast enough
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