Director's Cut handles both NTSC and PAL video standards. It is only capable of importing or exporting in the original standard of the video. DV is the same video standard which is used by DV camcorders. It is considered to be ideal for video editing applications where file size and the ability to grab single frames is important. Most new editing software uses the DV format.
Images imported with USB devices appear choppy and are delayed.
It allows users to import and export all types of images quickly while maintaining video quality. Director's Cut is compatible with any 6-pin FireWire card which will support the data transfer rate of Director's Cut. The data transfer rate of Director's Cut is 25 megabits per second for video and 36 megabits per second. Some FireWire card manufacturers explain their card's capabilities in terms of megabytes. To find the data transfer rate of Director's Cut in megabytes, divide the 25 or 36 megabytes by 8.