- Intel® Pentium® III1.6 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent required for real-time MPEG-2 capture and burning
- Windows XP Professional, Home or MCE Edition, with Service Pack 2 or later
- Windows 2000, with Service Pack 4 or later
- 256MB RAM (512MB recommended)
- DirectX 9.0c
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 10.0 or later
- CD/DVD recordable drive
- Color video display adapter with at least 16MB VRAM (64MB recommended)
- 1024 x 768, 16-bit color graphics card
- 16-bit Windows-compatible sound card
- 1GB of free hard disk space for typical installation of all components
- 1GB of free hard disk space for every 5 minutes of video (for video capture)
- QuickTime 6.5 software recommended
Use Windows Update to ensure you have the latest Service Packs and fixes for your operating system, and to get the latest versions of Media Player, DirectX, and Internet Explorer.
Some video, audio, and image formats require QuickTime Player 6.5 or later (free download from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/). Install QuickTime using the Recommended Installation option.