System Requirements

The system requirements listed below are recommended as minimums for general digital video production work.

Screen Resolution:

• 1024 x 768, 16-bit color or higher

OS:

• Windows XP/2000 (Windows XP Service Pack 2 is required for HDV capture)

Memory:

• 256 MB required (512+ MB DDR recommended)

• 1 GB DDR2 Ram recommended for HD content editing

CPU:

• Capture/produce AVI: Pentium 2-450 MHz or AMD Athlon 500 MHz

• Capture/produce VCD Quality (MPEG-1): Pentium 3-600 MHz or AMD Athlon 700 MHz

• Capture/produce DVD Quality (MPEG-2): Pentium 4-2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2200+

• Capture/produce High Quality MPEG-4 and Streaming Videos (WMV, QuickTime, RealVideo, DivX): Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz or AMD Athlon XP 2400+

• Produce MPEG-4 AVC and MPEG-2 HD Files: Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz with HyperThreading or AMD Athlon 64 recommended

• Edit HD Contents: Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz Duel Core CPU recommended

• PowerDirector 5 is optimized for CPU with MMX/SSE/SSE2/3DNow!/3DNow! Extension/HyperThreading technology

• PowerDirector 5 editing engine is optimized for Intel Duel Core CPU.

Video Capturing Device:

• 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

• DVD camcorder connected via USB2.0

• Sony MicroMV camcorder

• JVC Everio camcorder (GZ-MC100, GZ-MC200)

• Sony HDR-FX1 (HDV)

• Sony HDR-HC1 (HDV)

• JVC GR-HD1U (HDV)

Hard Disk Space:

• 5 GB required (400MB for SmartSound Quicktrack Library)

• 10 GB (15 GB recommended) required for DVD production

• 100 GB (7200 rpm) recommended for HD content editing

CD/DVD Burning Device:

• CD/DVD burner (CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW) is required to burn VCD/DVD/SVCD titles

Microphone:

• A microphone is required for recording voice-overs.