Operation Manual

Introduction
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System Requirements
The system requirements listed below are recommended as
minimums for general digital video production work.
Screen Resolution:
• 1024 x 768, 16-bit color or higher
OS:
• Windows XP/2000 (Windows XP Service Pack 2 is required
for HDV capture)
Memory:
• 256 MB required (512+ MB DDR recommended)
• 1 GB DDR2 Ram recommended for HD content editing
CPU:
• Capture/produce AVI: Pentium 2-450 MHz or AMD Athlon
500 MHz
• Capture/produce VCD Quality (MPEG-1): Pentium 3-600
MHz or AMD Athlon 700 MHz
• Capture/produce DVD Quality (MPEG-2): Pentium 4-2.2
GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2200+
• Capture/produce High Quality MPEG-4 and Streaming
Videos (WMV, QuickTime, RealVideo, DivX): Pentium 4
2.4 Ghz or AMD Athlon XP 2400+
• Produce MPEG-4 AVC and MPEG-2 HD Files: Pentium 4 3.0
Ghz with HyperThreading or AMD Athlon 64 recommended
• Edit HD Contents: Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz Duel Core CPU
recommended
• PowerDirector 5 is optimized for CPU with MMX/SSE/
SSE2/3DNow!/3DNow! Extension/HyperThreading
technology
• PowerDirector 5 editing engine is optimized for Intel Duel
Core CPU.
Video Capturing Device: