14 DAY TRIAL // Have you ever tried video editing when you know nothing about transferring home videos to your PC? It can really give you a lot of trouble. We all know most PCs don't come with FireWire, composite or S-video connection that enables the capture of video from a camcorder, VCR or other video device. And of course you want an easy way to capture and edit video. This is where Creative's Video Blaster Editor comes in. This device simplifies the capture process by enabling you to plug your video devices into a box that then plugs into a USB port on the PC. Right. It's a hardware-software combo that lets you capture analog and digital to the PC for editing, archiving, or burning to DVD. Finally, you can take care of that mini DV showing your 95-year old grandma screaming while listening to music coming from a Bluetooth headset.
Creative's "Turbo Rendering" lets you convert DV files to MPEG-2, the easy way. With the Video Blaster, you can capture MPEG-2 in only a few minutes, with no encoding after the capture (if your PC isn't really that old, of course). The device harnesses the power for both the Video Blaster Editor CPU and the CPU in your PC or laptop. The Video Blaster Editor comes with the Video Blaster Editor module, USB cables, AC adapter, and 4 pin DV cable. S-Video and A/V cables aren't included. The package contains installation and application CDs containing the VidCap software and Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0.
The device has steep requirements which old PCs or laptops might not support. Creative recommends a minimum 1.3 GHZ Pentium III or AMD equivalent CPU with 256 MB RAM and 20 GB hard disc. It will sell for 199$. Hopefully.