System Requirements

The system requirements listed below are recommended as minimums for working with the program. You may find that your system, while meeting these recommended minimums, requires expanded capacity for specific tasks.

Minimum
System Requirements
CPU
  • Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon 1500+ and above for basic DVD authoring
  • Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 3000+ and above for high-definition authoring and direct DV/HDV recording
Memory
  • 512 MB (1 GB or above recommended)
OS
  • Windows Vista/XP/2000 (Home or Professional editions)
Windows Desktop Resolution
  • 1024 x 768
HDD Space
  • 1GB for making VCDs
  • 5GB for making DVDs
  • 25GB for making Blu-ray Discs
DV/HDV
  • OHCI IEEE 1394 compliant device
Capture
  • Analog video capture: USB or PCI capture devices compliant to WDM standards
  • DV Camcorder video capture: IEEE 1394 I/O devices compliant with OHCI standards
  • DSC photo import: USB interface
Burning
  • A burning device is required for burning CDs, VCDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs. See our web site (http://www.cyberlink.com) for additional information on burning device requirements.

Optional System Requirements

  • To preview HDV content while capturing videos, an nVidia 6200 (or better), or ATI X700 (or better) graphic card is recommended.
  • AVCHD playback is very system consuming. A CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra compatible graphic card is recommended. Please refer to http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/support/answerbox_productfaq.jsp?FID=2577&nProdId=31&ProdVerId=175&nCateId=5.

System Requirements