System Requirements
Operating System
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Microsoft Windows 7, Vista or XP (Windows XP Service Pack 2 is required for HDV capture) |
Screen Resolution
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1024 x 768, 16-bit color or above |
CPU Processor
PowerDirector 8 is optimized for CPUs with MMX/SSE/SSE2/3DNow!/3DNow! Extension/HyperThreading technology.
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AVI Capture/Production: Pentium 2 450 MHz or Athlon 64 2800+ |
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VCD Quality (MPEG-1) Profiles: Pentium 3 600 MHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ |
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DVD Quality (MPEG-2) profiles: Pentium 4 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 4000+ |
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High Quality MPEG-4 and WMV, QuickTime, RealVideo Profiles: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ |
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AVCHD and MPEG-2 HD Profiles: Pentium Core 2 Duo E6400 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ |
Memory
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512 MB required (2 GB DDR2 above recommended for editing HD videos) |
Hard Disk Space
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5 GB required minimum (note: 400 MB is for Magic Music Library) |
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10 GB (20 GB recommended) for DVD production |
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60 GB (100 GB recommended) for Blu-ray Disc/AVCHD production |
Video Capturing Device
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PCI or USB 1.0/2.0 capture device compliant with WDM standard (i.e. PC Camera and TV tuner with WDM driver) |
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PCI or USB 1.0/2.0 capture device compliant with WDM standard (i.e. PC Camera and TV tuner with WDM driver) |
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DVD camcorder connected via USB 2.0 |
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Sony MicroMV camcorder |
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JVC Everio camcorder (GZ-MC100, GZ-MC200) |
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Sony HDR-FX1 (HDV) |
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Sony HDR-HC1 (HDV) |
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JVC GR-HD1U (HDV) |
Supported AVCHD camcorders
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SONY HDR-SR1 |
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SONY HDR-UX1 |
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SONY HDR-CX7 |
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SONY HDR-SR7 |
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Panasonic SX5 |
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Canon HF10 |
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Canon HF11 |
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Canon HF20 |
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Canon HFS10 |
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Canon HG10 |
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Canon HG20 |
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Canon HG21 |
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Canon HR10 |
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Canon XLH1S |
Burning Drive
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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 |
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A Blu-ray disc recordable drive is required to burn Blu-ray Discs |
Specifications are subject to change without prior notice. All rights reserved. Copyright CyberLink Corp. |
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