FastVDO SmartCapture Pro USB Based H.264/ AAC Encoder Device

FastVDO's SmartCapture™ Pro is the world's first and smallest USB based capture and H.264/AAC encoder hardware with live streaming

SmartCapture™ Pro captures NTSC or PAL video and analog stereo audio (L/R), digitizes and compresses the video/audio data using the latest video and audio encoding technologies (H.264/AAC) to deliver high quality multimedia at low bit rates. Captured and compressed video/audio streams are delivered to the PC/laptop/single board computer through simple USB interface for storage or live streaming. While having a portable form-factor and using very low power, SmartCapture™ Pro allows encoding at various bitrates and interfaces with a broad spectrum of AV sources. SmartCapture™ Pro Content creation, content repurposing, field acquisition, surveillance, news gathering, and a host of applications are now available in a compact, cost-effective form. SmartCapture™ Pro design is flexible and customizable to various interfaces and connectors.

This versatile device serves multiple functions apart from capture, encoding and streaming:

• Resize video - from 160X120 up to 720X576 : for mobiles, iPod®, PSP, TV and PC
• Compress at various bitrates - 32 kb/s to 4 Mb/s : for wireless, broadband and IPTV
• Unicast, multicast or Broadcast. Capture and streaming/web casting of live shows, games, field reports, tapes easy and fast in real time
• Stream live over the internet. Compatible with Wowza media server, Darwin server and players like Flash, Quicktime, VLC
• Make iPod® files - Convert home videos, TV shows, VHS and tapes easy and fast
• Distance learning - Store or live stream high quality videos to enable E-learning
• Training videos - Capture screens or presentations to create training videos
• News Gathering - Capture, compress and stream live news and interviews
• Security - Simple and compact solution for all surveillance applications
• Defense - Small form factor and light payload for unmanned and reconnaissance applications