System Requirements
The system requirements listed below are recommended as minimums for general digital video production work.
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System Requirements
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Screen Resolution
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- 1024 x 768, 16-bit color or higher
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OS
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- Windows Vista/XP (Windows XP Service Pack 2 is required for HDV capture).
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Memory
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- 512 MB required
- 2GB DDR2 or above recommended for editing HD videos
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CPU
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- AVI Capture/Producer: Pentium II 450 MHz or AMD Athlon 500 MHz
- VCD Quality (MPEG-1) Profiles: Pentium III 600 MHz or AMD Athlon 700 MHz
- DVD Quality (MPEG-2) Profiles: Pentium 4 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2200+
- High Quality MPEG-4 and Streaming WMV, QuickTime, RealVideo) Profiles: Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz or AMD Athlon XP 2400+
- AVCHD and MPEG-2 HD (for BD/HD burning) Profiles: Pentium Core 2 Duo E6400 or Athlon 64 X2 5000+
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Video Capturing Device
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- PCI or USB1.0/2.0 capture device compliant with WDM standard (i.e. PC Camera and TV tuner with WDM driver)
- DV camcorder connected via OHCI-compliant IEEE1394 (check CyberLink web site) for supported model list)
- DVD camcorder connected via USB2.0 (check CyberLink web site for supported model list)
- Sony MicroMV/AVCHD/HDV camcorder (check CyberLink web site for supported model list)
- JVC Everio camcorder (check CyberLink web site for supported model list)
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Hard Disk Space
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- 5 GB required (400MB for SmartSound Quicktrack Library)
- 10 GB (20 GB recommended) required for DVD production
- 60GB (100GB recommended) required for BD/HD/AVCHD production
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Burning Devices
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- A CD or DVD burner (CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW) is required to burn VCD/DVD/SVCD/AVCHD* titles
- A Blu-ray Disc recordable drive is required to burn Blu-ray Disc titles*
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Microphone
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- A microphone is required for recording voice-overs
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Note: please consult the CyberLink web site for the most recent system requirements information. http://www.cyberlink.com. * optional features in CyberLink PowerDirector. Check the readme file for detailed versioning information.
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System Requirements