Technical Specifications
Minimum System Requirements
- Windows® XP
- Intel® Pentium® or AMD® Athlon® 1.4 GHz or higher (2.4 GHz or higher recommended, 2.4 GHz required for HD)
- 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended. 1 GB required for HD)
- DirectX® 9 or higher compatible graphics card with 64 MB (ATI® Radeon® or NVIDIA® GeForce™ 3 or higher with 128 MB recommended for SD (128 MB required for 720p HD, 256 MB required for 1080i HD))
- DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card (Creative® Audigy® or M-Audio® recommended)
- 1 GB of disk space to install software and 3 GB to install bonus content
- Optional:
- DVD-ROM drive (required to install Bonus Content)
- CD burner for creating Video CDs or Super Video CDs (S-VCDs)*
- DVD burner for creating DVDs*
- Sound card with surround sound output required for preview of surround sound mixes**
Capture Options
- Capture from DV, HDV* and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs (requires a DV/FireWire® port on your PC)
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Capture from analog camcorders, 8 MM, HI 8, VHS, SVHS, VHS-C, SVHS-C, or VCRs (NTSC/PAL/SECAM). Requires DirectShow® compatible graphic board or TV tuner board with analog (Composite or S-Video) inputs on your PC
Output Options
- Output to DV, HDV* or Digital8 tape (requires camcorder with DV Input port and a PC with a DV/FireWire port)
- Output to analog videotape (requires DirectShow compatible video device or video card with TV-output)
- Output to video iPod and PSP formats
Import Formats
- Video: DV, HDV*, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2*, DivX®*, MPEG-4 (AVI)*, Windows Media® Format, Non-encrypted DVD Titles*
- Audio: WAV, MP3
- Graphic: BMP, JPG, PCT, TGA, TIF, WMF
Export Formats
- Video CD (VCD) or S-VCD* with optional CD burner (CD-R or CD-RW)
- DVD* with optional DVD burner (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R or DVD+RW)
- iPod and PSP compatible (MPEG-4) formats
- DV, HDV*, AVI, DivX*, RealVideo® 8, Windows Media® 9, MPEG-1, MPEG-2*, MPEG-4* files
- Dolby® Digital 2 channel* and 5.1 channel** audio
* Capture, import and export of HDV, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and DivX files, Dolby Digital 2 channel audio and DVD Titles and burning of S-VCD and DVDs require free product activation via Internet at the first use.
** Output of Dolby 5.1 format requires Advanced Codec Pack, which can be activated inside Studio Plus at an additional cost.
Product specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.