Minimum System Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows XP Home/Pro/MCE (Service Pack 2) Windows XP Pro x64 Edition, or Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or later)
• For burning music and data discs:
  • 500 MHz Intel® Pentium III or equivalent; 128 MB RAM
• For DVD, slideshow or video authoring:
  • 1.2 GHz Intel® Pentium III or equivalent; 256 MB RAM
• For real-time MPEG-2 capture and burning:
  • 1.6 GHz Intel® Pentium 4 or equivalent
• 1 GB of free hard disk space for typical installation of all components
• 1 GB of free hard disk space for every 5 minutes of video for video capture
• Up to 9 GB of free hard disk space for copying DVDVideo* discs
• 1024x768, 16-bit color graphics card. 24-bit or 32-bit true color recommended
• DirectX 9 or higher compatible graphics card
• QuickTime 6.4 or greater for playback of m4a files
• CD-ROM compatible drive
• Windows Media Player 7.1 or higher and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher

Optional:

• For burning: multimedia compliant CD or DVD Recordable drive
• For audio: 16-bit Windows compatible sound card and speakers
• Internet connection required for registration, product updates, sharing or downloading content, emailing and CDDB support (to retrieve CD artist, album and track information). Any charges incurred are the responsibility of the user
• For video capture: OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 FireWire card (for use with DV camera) or video capture device
• Floppy disk drive required for disaster recovery