Hi Pippo

These are the MINIMUM requirements to run PowerDirector 8. Remember that the more power you have, the better it is. You can never have enough RAM and processor power.

I hope this helps you

Regards

Robert

Screen Resolution 1024 x 768, 16-bit color or higher

OS Windows 7/Vista/XP (Windows XP Service Pack 2 is required for HDV capture).

Memory 512 MB required

2GB DDR2 or above recommended for editing HD videos

CPU AVI Capture/Producer: Pentium II 450 MHz or AMD Athlon 500 MHz

VCD Quality (MPEG-1) Profiles: Pentium III 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: Pentium 4 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+

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)

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)

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/HD/AVCHD production

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 is required to burn Blu-ray Disc titles*

Microphone A microphone is required for recording voice-overs

Visit this link, Donwload BD Advisor and test your PC: http://www.cyberlink.com/stat/bd-support/enu/index.jsp
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Thanks, my system is Window Xp home with Service pack3.

I think do not use Power director 8 with HD or blue ray disc i only have to do DVD of my video of vacancy and my family with mini dv Canon MD215.

Thanks

Should be OK then, Pippo

I hope that you enjoy using PD8. It's a super package.

Good luck

Robert