Minimum System Requirements
- Windows® XP with SP2 or Windows Vista™ operating system (32 bit Windows Vista recommended)
- Intel® Pentium® or AMD® Athlon® 1.8 GHz or higher (2.4 GHz recommended)
- Intel Pentium HT or AMD Athlon 2.4 GHz or 1.6 GHz Dual core required for Windows Vista
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or higher required for AVCHD editing
- 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
- 1 GB required for HD and/or Windows Vista (2 GB recommended)
- 1.5 GB required for AVCHD (2 GB required on Windows Vista)
- DirectX® 9 or higher compatible graphics card with 64 MB (128 MB recommended)
- 128 MB required on Windows Vista (256 MB ATI® Radeon® 9600+ or NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6 or higher recommended)
- 256 MB required for HD and AVCHD editing (ATI Radeon 9600+ or NVIDIA GeForce 6 or higher recommended)
- DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card
- 1 GB of disk space to install software and 3+ GB to install bonus content
- DVD-ROM drive to install software
- Optional:
- CD burner for creating Video CDs or Super Video CDs (S-VCDs)
- DVD burner for creating DVD, HD DVD discs*
- Sound card with surround sound output required for preview of surround sound mixes**
Capture Options
- Capture from DV, HDV and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs (requires a FireWire® port on your PC)
- Capture from analogue camcorders, 8 MM, HI8, VHS, SVHS, VHS-C, SVHS-C, or VCRs (NTSC/PAL/SECAM). Requires DirectShow® compatible graphic board or TV tuner board with analogue (Composite or S-Video) inputs on your PC
- Import from AVCHD* camcorders (requires USB 2.0 on your PC and a UDF driver which comes with your camcorder)
Output Options
- Output to DV, HDV or Digital8 tape (requires camcorder with FireWire Input port and a PC with
a DV/FireWire port)
- Output to analogue videotape (requires DirectShow compatible video device or video card with TV-output)
- Output to Apple® iPod® and Sony® PSP™ formats*
Import Formats
- Video: AVCHD*, DV, HDV, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DivX®*, MPEG-4*, 3GP (MPEG-4)*, WMV,
Non-encrypted DVD titles*
- Audio: WAV, MP3
- Graphic: BMP, JPG, PCT, TGA, TIF, WMF
Export Formats
- Video CD (VCD) or S-VCD with optional CD burner (CD-R or CD-RW)
- HD DVD*, DVD* disc with optional DVD burner (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R or DVD+RW, dual layer)
- Apple iPod and Sony PSP compatible (MPEG-4) formats*
- DV, HDV, AVI, DivX, RealVideo® 8, Windows Media® 9, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4* files
- Dolby® Digital 2 channel* and 5.1 channel** audio
* Requires free product activation via Internet at the first use.
** Requires product activation via Internet at additional cost.
