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 Core2 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 Radeon9600+ or NVIDIA GeForce 6 or higher recommended)
- DirectX 9 or higher compatible graphics card with 64 MB (128 MB recommended) - 128 MB required on Windows Vista (256 MB ATI Radeon9600+ or NVIDIA GeForce 6 or higher recommended)
- 256 MB required for HD and AVCHD editing (ATI Radeon9600+ 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 DVDs and HD DVD discs (Requires free product activation via Internet at the first use.), Sound card with surround sound output required for preview of surround sound mixes (Requires product activation via Internet at additional cost.)
Capture Options
- Capture from DV, HDV and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs (requires a FireWire port on your PC)
- Capture from analog camcorders, 8 MM, HI 8, VHS, SVHS, VHS-C, SVHS-C, or VCRs (NTSC/PAL/SECAM). Requires DirectShow compatible graphic board or TV tuner board with analog (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)
- * Requires free product activation via Internet at the first use.
Output Options
- Output to DV, HDV or Digital8 tape (requires camcorder with DV Input port and a PC with a DV/FireWire port)
- Output to analog videotape (requires DirectShow compatible video device or video card with TV-output)
- Output to Apple iPod and Sony PSP formats*
- *Requires free product activation via Internet at the first use.
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
- *Requires free product activation via Internet at the first use.
Export Formats
- Video CD (VCD) or S-VCD with optional CD burner (CD-R or CD-RW)
- HD DVD* and 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.
