Minimum System Requirements
- Windows® XP SP2 (SP3), Windows Vista™ (SP1)
Intel® Pentium® or AMD Athlon™ 1.8 GHz (2.4 GHz or higher recommended)
- Intel Pentium HT or AMD Athlon 2.4 GHz or 1.6 GHz Dual core required for Windows Vista
- Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.4 GHz or higher required for 1440x1080 AVCHD editing
Intel® Core™2 Quad 2.66 GHz or higher required for 1920x1080 AVCHD editing
- 1 GB system memory recommended
- 2 GB required for AVCHD*, recommended for HD and/or Windows Vista
- DirectX® 9 or 10 compatible graphics card with 64 MB (128 MB or higher recommended), 128 MB required for Plug-ins (for Magic Bullet Looks: Pixelshader 2 required, Intel GMA integrated graphics not supported; for VitaScene with HD: 512MB recommended)
- 128 MB required on Windows Vista (256 MB or higher recommended)
- 256 MB required for HD and AVCHD*
- DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card
- 3 GB of disk space
- DVD-ROM drive to install software
- Optional:
- CD burner for creating VideCDs or Super VideCDs (S-VCDs)
- DVD burner for creating DVD, HD-DVD and AVCHD discs on standard media*
- Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray discs*
- 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 FireWire® port)
- 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-Vide) inputs
- Import from AVCHD* camcorders (requires USB 2.0 and a UDF driver)
Output Options
- Output to DV, HDV or Digital8 tape (requires camcorder with FireWire Input port and a PC with a DV/FireWire port)
- Output to analog videotape (requires DirectShow compatible videdevice or videcard with TV-output)
- Output to Apple® iPod® and Sony® PSP™ formats*
Import Formats
- Video: AVCHD*, DV, HDV, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DivX®*, MPEG-4*, 3GP(MPEG-4)*, WMV, Non-encrypted DVD titles*
- Audio: MP3, MPA, WAV, AC3*
- Graphic: BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, PSD, TGA, TIF, WMF
Export Formats
- VideCD (VCD) or S-VCD with optional CD burner (CD-R or CD-RW)
- AVCHD*, Blu-ray BD*, HD-DVD*, DVD* disc with optional disc burner (incl. dual layer)
- Apple iPod and Sony PSP compatible (MPEG-4) formats*
- DV, HDV, AVI, DivX*, RealVide® 8, WMV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4*, Flash, 3GP*, WAV, MP3* files
Dolby® Digital 2 channel* and 5.1 channel audi*