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What are the minimum system requirements for PowerDirector5 Premium?

  • OS:Windows XP/2000 (Windows XP Service Pack 2 is required for HDV capture)
  • Screen Resolution:1024 X 768, 16-bit color or above
  • Memory:256MB required (1GB DDR2 above recommended)
  • Hard Disk Space:
    5GB required minimum (note: 400MB is for SmartSound Quicktrack Library)
    10GB (20GB recommended) required for DVD production
  • CPU: CyberLink PowerDirector 5 is optimized for CPU with MMX/SSE/SSE2/3DNow!/3DNow! Extension/HyperThreading technology
    AVI Capture/Producer: Pentium 2 450 MHz or AMD Athlon 500 MHz
    VCD Quality (MPEG-1) Profiles: Pentium 3 600 MHz or AMD Athlon 700 MHz
    DVD Quality (MPEG-2) Profiles: Pentium 4 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2200+
    High Quality MPEG-4 and Streaming WMV, QuickTime, RealVideo, DivX) Profiles: Pentium4 2.4 Ghz or AMD Athlon XP 2400+
    MPEG-4 AVC and MPEG-2 HD Profiles: Pentium 4 3.0Ghz with HyperThreading or AMD Athlon 64 recommended
  • Video Capturing Device:
    PCI or USB1.0/2.0 capture device compliant with WDM standard (i.e. PC Camera and TV tuner with WDM driver)
    DV camcorder connected via OHCI-compliant IEEE1394
    DVD camcorder connected via USB2.0
    Sony MicroMV camcorder
    JVC Everio camcorder (GZ-MC100, GZ-MC200)
    Sony HDR-FX1 (HDV)
    Sony HDR-HC1 (HDV)
    JVC GR-HD1U (HDV)
  • CD/DVD Burning Device:
    A CD or DVD burner (CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW) is required to burn VCD/DVD/SVCD titles
  • Microphone: A microphone is required for recording voice over.


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