Edit And Stream with Ease!

A complete video capture, editing, streaming and DVD authoring tool for business video and multimedia producers!

Introducing Osprey Ease from ViewCast!

Osprey Ease combines the Osprey-300 video capture card and Adobe® Premiere® Elements into a powerful video capture, editing, streaming, and DVD authoring tool all at an attractive price.

Ease offers business video producers a complete editing and authoring package for implementing an end-to-end video production tools. Multimedia producers will enjoy the simplicity of Ease because it combines the necessary video production elements into one easy-to-use tool!

Professional video production without investing a lot of money.

With a commercial DV camera, Osprey Ease, a desktop PC, and a DVD burner, Osprey Ease is an excellent package for capturing, editing and delivering training, distance learning, corporate communications and other business video content via DVD disks and video over IP networks.

Ease provides simultaneous capture and real-time video streaming through the analog port and direct capture from DV devices into Premiere Elements! And with the OHCI capability of the Osprey-300, you have complete control over your DV devices - stop, rewind, record from your desktop.

Osprey Ease includes:

Osprey-300
A video capture card with analog streaming capability when utilized with Windows Media Encoder and/or Real Producer. Also includes an OHCI compliant DV (FireWire) port providing DV control and capture using standard editing software.

RealProducer Basic

Windows Media Encoder

Key Features:

• Deck Control via DV port
• Video capture from analog devices into Windows Media, RealVideo & AVI formats
• Real-time video streaming from analog video devices into Windows Media & RealVideo formats
• Capture from DV devices directly into Premiere Elements
• Automatically transfer all footage from DV devices
• Output edited video to tape or stream in Windows Media and Real Video

Edit and author with a professional touch!

• Automatic timeline adjustment when editing video
• Smart “How-To” guides
• Edit in real time
• Add special effects; slow motion, warping, and picture-in-picture capability
• Create titles and credits
• Put text and graphics in motion
• Add scene transitions
• Overlay text with effects; shadows, glows, and other effects to text
• Burn custom DVD's
• Create professional-looking DVD menu
• Create scene indexes automatically
• Standard (4:3) or widescreen (16:9) support

FireWire and Streaming Capture Card Included!

Osprey Ease features ViewCast’s Osprey-300 video capture card. The Osprey-300 is an analog video capture and streaming card that includes an OHCI compliant DV (FireWire) port. Using Adobe Premiere Elements editing software and a DV device (e.g., DV camera or DV deck), you can capture, control, edit, and stream professional quality videos. And use the FireWire port to take your videos back out to tape.

The Osprey-300 also features PCI-X bus compatibility providing high-performance/high-bandwidth data transfer - a MUST for capturing full-resolution DVD-quality video. The Osprey-300 hardware is backward-compatible with the standard PCI bus interface as well so it will work in your current PC today and be future-ready for your next system upgrade tomorrow!

Click here for more information about the Osprey-300.

Minimum system requirements for Osprey Ease

• Intel® Pentium® III 800MHz or AMD Athlon XP processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition
• 256MB of RAM
• 1.5GB of available hard-disk space for installation
• CD-ROM drive (compatible DVD burner required for export to DVD)
• 1024 x768 16-bit (XGA) display
• Microsoft® DirectX 9 compatible sound and display drivers
• DV cable (6 pin, IEEE 1394a and/or 1394b) to connect to DV source device (camera, tape deck, etc.)

Video capture formats supported
Windows Media, Real Video, AVI (I & II), DV

Import/export formats supported
MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DV AVI, Windows Media, QuickTime, WAV, WMA (import only), MP3 (import only), PSD (import only), JPEG, DVD (export only)

If you have additional questions, contact us at [email protected] or call toll-free (US only) at 800.540.4119 or (international) +1.972.488.7200 for assistance.