Snazzi has sent us a product that allows great flexibility and portability in video capturing and production. We used Snazzi's VideoMaker with great success. To be frank I was concerned with the USB connectivity and throughput necessary to produce high quality video. This product fits in the palm of my hand.

The hardware compression/encoder is fantastic. We have full quality MPEG-4 video handling in a very small package. We used the supplied software WinDVD Creator 2, MuVee 3 autoproducer to edit and produce our video on DVD. We had the full capture capability from our digital camera at full speed. We were able to capture high quality video in MPEG-1,MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. We were able to engage real time viewing while editing with out any noted problems. I have seen issues with this using other tools.

Below are the specifications:

Video Specifications
Video Format: MPEG-4 (AVI) MPEG-2, MPEG-1 (MPG)
Capture Resolution:
MPEG-4:
720 x 576, 352 x 288, 176 x 144 (PAL) 720 x 480, 352 x 240, 176 x 112 (NTSC)

MPEG-2:
720 x 576 (PAL) 720 x 480 (NTSC)

MPEG-1:
352 x 288 (PAL) 352 x 240 (NTSC)
Frame Rate: 30fps - NTSC, 25 fps - PAL
Video Bitrate: MPEG-4: 300Kbps to 6Mbps, MPEG-2: 2Mbps to 6Mbps,
MPEG-1: 300Kbps to 2Mbps
Input: Composite and S-Video
Playback Resolution: Computer: Up to full screen

Specifications-Audio
Audio Format: PCM (WAV), MP3, MPEG 1 Layer II
Sampling Frequency: 44.1Kbps, 48Kbps
Modes: Mono, Stereo
Line Input: Mini Stereo jack
Controls: Volume and input gain

As with all of the Snazzi products we had tested, we had extremely good results from this product. The product does what the company says it does and does it well.