Minimum System Requirements

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 11, 10 (64 bit OS only).
*Microsoft Windows 11 or 10 required for AI features and NVIDIA Audio/Video Denoise and Room Echo Removal.

Processor (CPU)

Intel
Intel Core™ i-series and above.
Haswell (4th generation) processor: Core i7-4770 (only Core and Xeon branded), and above required for AI features.
AMD
AMD Phenom® II and above.
AMD A8-7670K and above, AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 and above required for AI features.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

Standard Video: 128 MB VGA VRAM or higher.
360-video: DirectX 11 compatible.
AI Plugin: 2 GB VGA VRAM or higher.
NVIDIA Audio/Video Denoise and Room Echo Removal: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000, NVIDIA TITAN RTX, or higher.

Memory

4GB required (6GB or above recommended).
8GB or higher required for NVIDIA Audio/Video Denoise and Room Echo Removal.

Hard Disk Space

Burning Device

Burning drive is required for disc burning purpose.

Sound Card

Windows compatible sound card is required.

Internet Connection

Required for initial software and file format activation. It is also required to access the subscription version, for online services, some software features, and to download program and AI component updates.

Screen Resolution

1024 x 768, 16-bit color or above.

Language Support

English
French
German
Italian
Spanish (European)
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Japanese
Korean
Dutch

Format and Device Support

Video File (Import)

▪ H.265/HEVC (8bit/10bit/10bit with HDR10 and HLG)
▪ MOD
▪ MVC (MTS)
▪ MOV (H.264/HEVC/alpha PNG/Apple ProRes 10bit 4:2:2)
▪ Side-by-Side Video
▪ MPEG-1
▪ Top-under Video
▪ MPEG-2
▪ Dual-Stream AVI
▪ MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)
▪ FLV (H.264)
▪ MP4 (XAVC S, XAVC 8bit 4:2:0)
▪ MKV (multiple audio streams)
▪ TOD
▪ 3GPP2
▪ VOB
▪ AVCHD (M2T, MTS)
▪ VRO
▪ AVI
▪ WMV
▪ DAT
▪ WMV-HD
▪ WTV in H.264/MPEG2 (multiple video and audio streams)
▪ DV-AVI
▪ Dolby Digital audio*
▪ DVR-MS
▪ WebM (VP9)
▪ HDR (HEVC HDR10 & HLG)
▪ ProRes 4:2:2
▪ MXF AVC 4:2:0
▪ V210 4:2:2
▪ XAVC 4:2:0

360 Video: Equirectangular format MP4 (H.264). PowerDirector supports your movie editing specifications up to 4K resolution in 2:1 aspect ratio.

Audio File (Import)

▪ WAV, MP3, WMA, M4A, OGG, FLAC, AAC, AMR-NB, Opus

Audio Format (Import)

▪ AAC, Dolby Digital*, Dolby Digital Plus*, WAVE, MPEG-1 Layer III, FLAC, ALAC, ADPCM

Photo File (Import)

▪ MPO, JPS, RAW, GIF, BMP, JPG, TIF, PNG, Animated GIF, HEIC, APNG
360 Photo: Equirectangular format JPG/TIF in 2:1 aspect ratio.

Look-up Table (Import)

▪ 3DL, MGA, M3D, CUBE, CSP, CMS, RV3DLUT, VF

Video Capturing Device Support

▪ Analog TV tuner
▪ CI or USB capture device compliant with WDM standard

Video File Exporting (Production)

▪ High-Definition: AVCHD, AVCHD 2.0 (3D/ Progressive) MPEG-2 HD, WMV-HD
▪ 2K/4K resolution: H.264 AVC, WMV, H.265 HEVC, XAVC S
▪ MKV H.264 AVC/H.265 HEVC (.MKV) with LPCM/AAC Stereo/5.1 /Dolby Digital Stereo*
▪ MPEG-2 (.MPG) with LPCM /Dolby Digital Stereo*
▪ M2TS H.264 AVC/H.265 HEVC (.M2TS) with LPCM /Dolby Digital Stereo*
▪ MPEG-4 H.264 AVC/ H.265 HEVC (.MP4) with LPCM/AAC Stereo/5.1 /Dolby Digital Stereo*
▪ XAVC S (.MP4 with AAC Stereo/5.1 audio)
▪ Windows Media (.WMV)
▪ Windows AVI/DV-AVI (.AVI)
▪ AVCHD2.0 for SD/SDHC/SDXC/MS memory card or flash memory
▪ 3GPP2 for 3G mobile phones
▪ 3D Video: MVC, Side-by-Side, Anaglyph
▪ Image Sequence (JPG/PNG)
▪ Animated image (GIF/APNG)
▪ 360 Video: Equirectangular format MP4 (H.264 AVC/H.265 HEVC)

Audio File Exporting (Production)

▪ AAC (.M4A)
▪ WMA
▪ LPCM (.WAV)

Output Device Support

The list below consists of devices from major brands that were tested by CyberLink with your movie editing specifications in mind. However, the list is not comprehensive. If your device is not on the list, it may still be compatible with PowerDirector. Please feel free to download the free trial to test it out. Free trial

▪ iPad, iPhone
▪ Android Phones
▪ PlayStation Portable (PSP), PlayStation 3 & 4 , PlayStation VITA & VITA TV
▪ XBox 360 & One, Zune

Formats Supported for Disc Creation

▪ 3D Disc Burning: DVD/AVCHD/BD
▪ DVD
▪ BD Burning: BDMV
▪ AVCHD disc burning
▪ DVD & BD disc burning with LPCM 2ch

* Formats only available on Windows 10/11. CyberLink does not provide the codec for Dolby Digital audio in the product.