System Requirements
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 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