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What are the minimum system requirements for PowerDirector 7?

  1. Screen Resolution:
    • 1024 x 768, 16-bit color or higher
  2. OS:
    • Windows Vista/XP (Windows XP Service Pack 2 is required for HDV capture)
  3. Memory:
    • 512 MB required
    • 2GB DDR2 or above recommended for editing HD videos
  4. CPU:
    • 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) Profiles: Pentium4 2.4 Ghz or AMD Athlon XP 2400+
    • AVCHD and MPEG-2 HD (for BD/HD burning) Profiles: Pentium Core 2 Duo E6400 or Athlon 64 X2 5000+
  5. 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)
    • 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 (check CyberLink web site) for supported model list)
    • DVD camcorder connected via USB2.0 (check CyberLink web site for supported model list)
    • Sony MicroMV/AVCHD/HDV camcorder (check CyberLink web site for supported model list)
    • JVC Everio camcorder (check CyberLink web site for supported model list)
  6. Hard Disk Space:
    • 5 GB required (400MB for SmartSound Quicktrack Library)
    • 10 GB (20 GB recommended) required for DVD production
    • 60GB (100GB recommended) required for BD/AVCHD production
  7. Burning Devices:
    • A CD or DVD burner (CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW) is required to burn VCD/DVD/SVCD/AVCHD titles
    • A Blu-ray Disc recordable drive or an HD DVD recordable drive isrequired to burn Blu-ray Disc/HD DVD titles
  8. Microphone:
    • A microphone is required for recording voice-overs.

Note: Please consult the CyberLink web site for the most recent system requirements information. https://www.cyberlink.com/

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