PowerDirector 7
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows Vista or XP(Windows XP Service Pack 2 required for HDV capture)
Screen Resolution:
1024 x 768, 16-bit color or above
Processor:
AVI Capture/Production: 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+
Magic Clean and Magic Fix: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon 64
High Quality MPEG-4 and WMV, QuickTime, RealVideo Profiles: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2400+
AVCHD and MPEG-2 HD Profiles: Pentium Core 2 Duo E6400 or Athlon 64 X2 5000+
Memory:
512 MB required (2GB DDR2 above recommended for editing HD videos)
Hard Disk Space:
5 GB required minimum (note: 400 MB is for Magic Music Library)
10 GB (20 GB recommended) for DVD production
60 GB (100 GB recommended) for Blu-ray Disc production
Video Capturing Device
PCI or USB 1.0/2.0 capture device compliant with WDM standard (i.e. PC Camera & TV tuner with WDM driver)
DV camcorder connected via OHCI-compliant IEEE1394
DVD camcorder connected via USB 2.0
Sony MicroMV camcorder
JVC Everio camcorder (GZ-MC100, GZ-MC200)
Sony HDR-FX1, Sony HDR-HC1, JVC GR-HD1U (HDV)
Supported AVCHD camcorders:
SONY HDR-SR1, SONY HDR-UX1, SONY HDR-CX7, SONY HDR-SR7, Panasonic SX5
Burning Device:
CD or DVD burner required to burn VCD/DVD/SVCD/AVCHD titles
Blu-ray disc recordable drive is required to burn Blu-ray Discs
Microphone:
Required for recording voice-overs