Buz Multimedia Producer™ specifications
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Computer requirements

Buz for PC

  1. Pentium® 100 MHz or higher (not upgraded form 486 processor)

  2. Windows® 98/95

  3. Industry standard sound card and speakers

  4. PCI or Vesa Local Bus video card capable of at least 800x600 at 16 bit

  5. CD-ROM (8x CD-ROM minimum requirement for RecordIt™)

  6. Available PCI slot

  7. 16 MB RAM (32 MB recommended)

  8. 80 MB required for application software, additional 500 MB minimum space to capture video (Jaz® drive recommended for best video performance.)

Buz for G3

  1. Apple® Power Macintosh® (originals, not upgraded; Powerbook G3 not supported.)

  2. Available PCI slot

  3. 48 MB minimum required to use Adobe Premiere® 4.2 LE

  4. 130 MB required for full installation, additional 500 MB minimum space to capture video (Jaz® drive recommended for best video performance.)


Video specifications
Compression Hardware Motion JPEG (MJPEG)
Resolution
Buz for PC Up to 720x480 at 30 fields per second; (29.97 frames) NTSC
 Up to 720x576 at 25 frames per second (50 fields) PAL/SECAM Up to 24 bit (16 million) colors
Buz for G3 Up to 720x480 at 60 fields per second; (29.97 frames) NTSC
 Up to 720x576 at 50 frames per second (50 fields) PAL/SECAM Up to 24 bit (16 million) colors

Video Data Rate
Buz for PC Up to 6 MB/ sec. sustained
Buz for G3 6.75 to 225KB/frame; 200KB/sec. to 6.6MB/sec.
 3:1 to 100:1 compression (software selectable)

Capture Format
Buz for PC AVI
Buz for G3 QuickTime Movie (Motion JPEG A)

Production Format
Buz for PC AVI, MOV, MPEG, and ClearVideo web streaming output
Buz for G3 QuickTime Movie (Motion JPEG A or available QuickTime 3 codecs

Video Playback
Buz for PC Playback of MJPEG AVIs via onboard hardware
 Playback of MJPEG AVIs via software on non-Buz equipped computers
Buz for G3 QuickTime Movie (Motion JPEG A or available QuickTime 3 codecs
Still Images Capture up to 720x480 at 24 bit color form NTSC video
Video In/Out Composite and S-Video (Mini DIN)
Audio In/Out Composite and S-Video (Mini DIN)
Buz for PC Stereo RCA pass-through to existing industry standard sound card
 Audio synchronization and capture at up to 16 bit stereo, 44.1 KHz
Buz for G3 Stereo RCA pass-through to the Macintosh sound ports
 Audio synchronization and capture at up to 16 bit stereo, 44.1 KHz

SCSI specifications
Technology Ultra SCSI
Interface 32 bit PCI bus mastering, PCI 2.1 compliant
 Onboard BIOS for bootable operation
Transfer Rates Up to 20MB/sec. sustained
Connectors HD 50 external and 50 pin internal ribbon
08 July 1999