CPU

• Intel Pentium 4 2.6 GHz or higher with Hyper-Threading or higher (higher CPU speed will yield higher video quality)

Memory

• 512 MB of RAM (1 GB or more recommended)

Operation System

• Microsoft Windows Vista (Home, Basic or Premium)
• Microsoft Windows XP (Home edition or Professional edition)
• DirectX 9 or above
• Windows Media Player 9 or above

Hard Disk

• Creating MPEG-1 (VCD) files: 1 GB or higher is recommended
• Creating MPEG-2 (DVD) files: 5 GB or higher is recommended

Video Display Card:

• DirectX-compatible display adapter for 16-bit colors display (32-bit color displays recommended). When using 3D UI mode, a graphic card with 64 MB or more of video memory is recommended.

Audio Card

• DirectX-compatible PCI sound card, USB audio box, or built-in audio device required for audio playback and recording.

Optical Device

• DVD-R/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R/RW, DVD-Dual
• DVD-ROM/CD-RW, or DVD Multi-drive with 1394, USB 2.0, ATAPI, SCSI, or Card Bus interface.

Display

• Windows-compatible display with at least 1024x768 resolution.

Control Device

• Windows-compatible mouse or pointing device.
• Windows XP Service Pack I is required in order to operate a remote control