What are the minimum system requirements for CyberLink PowerDVD 24?

64 bit of Microsoft Windows 11/10.

[8K Ultra HD Video]
Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit with 2017 Oct. updates), Windows 11 (64-bit).

[TrueTheater Enhancements for 2K/4K Video]
Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit with 2017 Oct. updates), Windows 11 (64-bit).

[HDR 10 Playback]
Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit with 2018 Oct. updates), Windows 11 (64-bit).

[Media Library Sharing on Home Network]
Intel 7th Generation Core i5 (Kaby Lake) for single 1080p video streaming.

[8K Ultra HD Video Playback]
Intel 7th Generation Core i7 (Kaby Lake) with HD (UHD) Graphics 630.

[TrueTheater Enhancements for 2K/4K Video]
Intel 7th Generation Core i5 (Kaby Lake) with HD (UHD) Graphics 630.

[VR Mode]
Intel i5-4590, AMD FX 8350 equivalent.

[Audio Restoration, Karaoke]
Intel/AMD CPU that supports AVX2 technology to run AI related features.
e.g., Intel Core i7-4770 (only Core and Xeon branded), and above required; AMD A8-7670K and above, AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 and above required.

[4K Ultra HD with Hardware Acceleration]
Intel 3rd generation Core i5.

CyberLink PowerDVD supports 4K Ultra HD video in H.264 / MP4 format at bitrates up to 60 Mbps.

[Blu-ray Disc, DVD Playback]
Blu-ray Disc playback: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66GHz), AMD Phenom 9450 (2.10GHz).
TrueTheater HD for Blu-ray and HD video: Intel Core i5 (with 4 Cores), AMD Phenom II X6.
DVD playback: Pentium 4 (2.4 GHz), Athlon 64 2800+ (1.8 GHz), AMD Fusion E-series & C-series.

Some Fox titles released from Jul. 2013 will not support TrueTheater HD.

[AV1 Codec Playback]

Intel

• Intel Xe-LP Graphics (Tiger Lake and newer)
• Intel Arc Graphics
• Intel UHD Graphics 750/770 (Rocket Lake and newer)

AMD

• Radeon RX 6000 Series (RDNA 2), 7000 Series (RDNA 3)

NVIDIA

• GeForce RTX 30 Series, 40 Series, 50 Series

[AMD Video Frame Interpolation (Fluid Motion)]
AMD Radeon RX6000 series or above.

[Intel AI-Powered Video Frame Interpolation]
Intel® Arc™ series graphics (integrated GPU) with Meteor Lake CPU (Core Ultra 5 or above), Intel® Arc™ A-Series Graphics (discrete GPU), or above

[8K Ultra HD Video Playback]
AMD Radeon RX5500.
Intel 7th Generation Core i7 (Kaby Lake) with HD (UHD) Graphics 630.
NVIDIA GTX 1000 series or above with the HDMI 2.1 or DisplayPort 1.4 support.

CyberLink PowerDVD supports 8K Ultra HD video (up to 7680 × 4320 resolution, 30 FPS) in HEVC 8/10bits , VP9 8/10bits (depend on GPU ability).

[TrueTheater Enhancement for 2K/4K Video]
Intel HD/UHD Graphics 630 or Intel Iris Graphics 640 for 4K 30 fps video.
NVIDIA GTX 1060, or AMD RX580 equivalent for 4K 60 fps video..

[VR Mode]
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, or AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent with HDMI 1.4/DisplayPort 1.2 connection interface.

VR Mode is supported only if a display is powered by NVIDIA Graphics or AMD Graphics which meets or exceeds the above requirements. If your computer includes more than one graphics processor, VR Mode playback is supported only on the display that is connected and powered by NVIDIA Graphics or AMD Graphics.

[HDR 10 Video, and TrueTheater HDR Playback]
Intel 7th Generation (Kaby Lake) Core i Processors integrated with Intel HD Graphics 630 or Intel Iris Graphics 640. (For HEVC HDR 10)

AMD Radeon RX 400 series, RX 500 series, RX Vega series (For HEVC HDR 10)

NVIDIA GTX 950/960, 1000 series, RTX 2000 series (For HEVC HDR 10)
NVIDIA RTX 2000 series, GTX 1080 Ti, GTX 1050, GTX 1050 Ti, GT 1030 (For VP9 (YouTube) and HEVC HDR 10)

[4K Ultra HD Video with Hardware Acceleration]
H.264/AVC: 3rd Generation Intel Core i5 (Ivy Bridge).
H.265/HEVC (8bits): 5th Generation Intel Core i5 (Broadwell) or Nvidia GTX 960.
H.265/HEVC (10bits): 7th Generation Intel Core i5 (Kaby Lake) or Nvidia GTX 1060.

CyberLink PowerDVD supports 4K Ultra HD video in the H.264/MP4 formats at bitrates up to 60 Mbps.

[NVIDIA Video Super Resolution]
NVIDIA RTX 2000 series with the latest driver.

[Intel Video Super Resolution]
1080p to 4K: Arc series, Iris Xe Max (96EU) with 12th Gen CPU
720p to 1080p: Iris Plus (64EU) with 10th Gen CPU, Iris Xe Max (80EU) with 11th Gen CPU
480p to 1080p: Iris Plus (32EU) with 10th Gen CPU

[Blu-ray Disc, and TrueTheater HD Playback]
Intel HD Graphics (4th generation or above), ATI Radeon HD 5000, NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT.

We strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version.

[DVD Playback]
PCI Express graphic accelerator supporting DirectX 9.0.

[8K Ultra HD Video Playback]
Display device and the GPU with HDMI 2.1 or DisplayPort 1.4 connection interface.

[HDR 10 Video, and TrueTheater HDR Playback]
To enable the High Dynamic Range (HDR) feature of HDR 10 video playback, the display device must support the HDR display feature and 10-bit color depth display capability with an HDMI 2.0a/DisplayPort 1.4 connection interface. If your display device or GPU doesn't support the HDR feature, PowerDVD will play back the HDR 10 Video under Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) mode.

[Blu-ray Disc, DVD Playback]
For Blu-ray titles with AACS and DVD titles with CPRM playback, PowerDVD only allows output to display devices using DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort connector in order to be compliant with copy protection (HDCP).

For other DVD and Blu-ray Disc playback: HDCP compliant display for digital output. TV or computer monitor for analog output.

When playing video on displays larger than Quad HD+ (or any file greater than 3300 X 1900 resolution), CyberLink PowerDVD enters a high-performance mode that disables some non-essential playback features. In this mode the following features are unavailable:

• Video rotation.
• Video Scene Selector (Video mark in/out).
• Instant Preview.
• Instant Zoom (Zoom in/out).
• Dual subtitle display.
• Subtitle customization for font, color, and size.
• Video snapshot.

If required, you can disable high performance mode in video settings.

4 GB (6 GB recommended).

[Blu-ray Disc]
BD-ROM/BD-RE or Super Multi Blu combo disc drive.

[DVD]
DVD-ROM, DVD+-R/RW, DVD-RAM or DVD Super Multi combo disc drive.

1 GB free space for installation.

[VR mode]
HTC Vive®, Oculus Rift® VR headset

[Media Casting]
Apple TV®. ChromeCast™, Fire TV™, Roku®

[Karaoke]
A microphone that is compatible to Windows platform is required

Required for program activation, file format activation, CyberLink Cloud access, Media Library sharing on home network features, and other online services.

Windows Media Player 9 or above (Microsoft Windows Media Feature) is required.