Features
- Full PVR functionality: stop, pause,
and rewind live TV on the PC
- 3D interface powered by ATI graphics
cards
- MulTView functionality. Record and watch two shows at the
same time, or watch one show in a picture-in-picture window while
watching another full-screen.
- Advanced video compression
and conversion settings – record or convert
to MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX, WMV9, H.264
- Capture video from VCRs
or camcorders
- ThruView – translucent video window
over other desktop applications
- Hybrid tuner
support – both analog and digital TV with one TV card
- Advanced
electronic program guide (EPG)
Note for Canadian Customers: At this time, ATI Catalyst Media Center does
not support Canadian EPG data. EPG Services for North America are currently
provided through TitanTV for analog TV and PSIP for Digital TV (PSIP is DTV
content info retrieved from ATSC signal for free-to-air ATSC broadcast television).
Canadian customers are recommended to identify their TV programming guide
listings from one of the following providers:
Casual/Novice
Simplify the power of visual velocity with
ATI Catalyst Media Center™,
the ultimate software control suite for ATI TV Wonder™. Today’s
digital scene is a complex cast but ATI Catalyst™ puts everyone in
the director’s
chair, evaporating the boundaries of content, format, time and location.
Whatever the input type, compression requirement, scheduling issue
or playback device, ATI Catalyst™ comes through. Software can be hard
to use but ATI Catalyst Media Center™ puts a friendly face to it.
Basic PVR operations are as easy as clicking buttons on the remote control
or using simple mouse/keyboard
commands but advanced options are just a right mouse click away.
Enthusiast
The modern interface is approachable and attractive
but the controls run to the core of what makes ATI TV Wonder™ the natural
choice for multimedia enthusiasts.
The layered interface design keeps things simple but higher-end functions
are nested to be instantly available for harder play. Advanced options
evaporate the boundaries of content, format, time and location. ATI
Catalyst Media Center™ handles
analog or digital, live, canned or time shifted and processes it
to any advanced media format to stay or to go, be it H.264, MPEG2,
MPEG4, DivX
or WMV9.
Turn your PC into an Advanced PVR
Personal Video Recording
on the PC makes a giant leap into the future with Catalyst Media Center™, the software console that unleashes the hardware
power of ATI TV Wonder™.
Casual PVR is click-button simple with familiar mouse or keyboard strokes
or using the ATI TV Wonder™ remote. But an arsenal of performance options
is instantly available through advanced option menus or right mouse
click fly-outs.
Today’s home user lifestyle demands portability beyond the PC. ATI Catalyst™ comprehensive
format support means programming can easily be encoding to fit any
number of portable digital formats, be it Apple iPod Video, Windows Portable
Media
Center or Sony Playstation Portable.
Advanced Functionality for the Enthusiast
Newly engineered
from a clean sheet, ATCatalyst Media Center™ takes
over where other media centers leave off, launching power users to
new realms of functionality without the confusion often associated
with software console
solutions.
ATI Catalyst™ evaporates the boundaries of content, format location and time,
giving enthusiasts admission to leading edge multimedia standards from H.264
to DivX. Input flexibility means analog and digital co-exist. MulTView allows
picture-in-picture while ThruView offers play while you work. Today’s
media lifestyle means content portability, and Catalyst delivers there too – to
iPod Video or other portable formats
File Format Versatility
Catalyst Media Center™ unleashes the multimedia power of ATI TV Wonder™ by
evaporating the boundaries of source, format, time and space. Today’s
digital lifestyle demands content anywhere, any time and ATI Catalyst™ delivers
it to iPod Video or other portable formats. Rich video means advanced
formats like H.264, which retain incredible video quality while taming file
size.
This application makes anyone a player in this bandwidth-friendly sweepstake.
Media software can be intimidating, but Catalyst Media Center™ is new
and improved solution. Its layered interface provides a flexible and intuitive
environment that will serve casual users and power enthusiasts alike.
Easy Interface
Casual users turned off by software complexity
will appreciate The ATI Catalyst™ simple
functionality. For basic PVR tasks, familiar mouse clicks, keyboard
strokes or the external remote, used with the advanced online programming
guide mean
click-button simplicity.
But the arsenal of advanced tools is never far away. High performance
functions are layered into advanced option menus or right mouse click
fly-outs readily understood by advanced users. With these advanced
controls ATI Catalyst
Media Center™ elevates the multimedia PC to an entirely new level,
taking over where other media center solutions leave off.
