Operating System

• Microsoft Windows 7, Vista and XP

Screen Resolution

• 1024 X 768 pixels, 16-bit color or above

Memory

• 512 MB required (1 GB or above recommended)
• 2 GB DDR2 or above recommended for editing HD videos

Hard Disk Space

• 5 GB required (400 MB for SmartSound Quicktrack Library)
• 10 GB (20 GB recommended) for DVDs
• 60 GB (100 GB recommended) for Blu-ray Discs

Processor

• Pentium 4 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2200+ for DVD quality MPEG-2
• Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2400+ for high quality MPEG-4 and streaming WMV, QuickTime, and Real Video
• Pentium Core 2 DUO E6400 or Athlon 64 X2 5000+ for AVCHD and MPEG-2 HD (BD burning)
  

VGA

• Higher than Intel 945 GM
• 64 MB-VRAM or above
• Some animation effects may be turned off or degraded for lower end graphics systems

Video Capturing Device

• OHCI IEEE 1394 compliant device
• PCI or USB 1.0/2.0 capture device compliant with WDM standard
• DV camcorder connected via OHCI-compliant with IEEE 1394
• DVD camcorder connected via USB 2.0
• Sony MicroMV/AVCHD/HDV camcorder

Burning Device

• A BD-RE burner is required to burn Blu-ray Discs
• A DVD burner (DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW) is required to burn DVD/MiniDVD/AVCHD titles
• A CD burner (CD-R/RW) is required to burn VCD/SVCD titles

Microphone

• A microphone is required for recording voice-overs

Internet Connection

• Internet connection required for web services