System Requirements
WinDVD 9 and WinDVD 9 Plus
- Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista®
- Minimum CPU:
• Intel® Pentium® III 800 MHz or equivalent AMD Athlon® processor
• Intel Pentium 4 1.0 GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon processor - Recommended CPU:
Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon, or higher - 256 MB system memory or above (512 MB recommended)
- 200 MB of hard-disk space for program installation
- 4:3 or 16:9 (widescreen) monitor
- AGP or PCI-Express graphics card/accelerator with DirectDraw™ overlay support
- Windows®-compatible sound card and stereo speakers (PCI or on-board audio card)
- Multi-channel sound card and speakers required for surround sound support
- DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo, DVD-R/RW, DVD+RW or DVD-RAM drive
Supported Formats:
Disc: DVD-Video, VCD, SVCD, Mini DVD (DVD on CD), WMV HD, Audio CD. The Plus version also supports AVCHD™ disc
Video: MPEG-1, 2, 3GPP/3GPP2, DivX®, Windows Media®, AVI, RealPlayer®, QuickTime® formats, HDV, MPEG-2 HD. The Plus version also supports H.264 and AVCHD
Audio: Dolby Digital®, MP3, AAC, MPA, M2A, WAV, WMA, DTS®, LPCM
WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray
Check your system for Blu-ray compatibility.
For standard DVD and video playback, see system requirements above. For Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD playback:
- Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista
- Minimum CPU:
• Intel® Core™ Duo T2400 1.83 GHz
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0 GHz - Recommended CPU:
• Intel: Core™ Duo T2500 2.0 GHz, Core Duo E6400 2.13 GHz, Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHZ, Core 2 Duo 5500 1.66 GHz, or higher
• AMD: AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 2.6 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2 GHz, AMD Turion™ 64 X2 TL-60 2.0 Ghz, or higher - 512 MB system memory or higher (1 GB recommended)
- VGA Chipset: please ensure your VGA chipset supports hardware acceleration
- 128 MB VGA VRAM or higher (256 MB recommended)
- Graphics Cards:
Minimum:
NVIDIA GeForce® 7600, ATI Radeon™ X 1600
Recommended:
NVIDIA GeForce 8400, ATI Radeon HD 2400 or higher - VGA Driver Version: To ensure you can enjoy full quality of Blu-ray and HD DVD movies, please visit the ATI and NVIDIA websites to download the latest drivers
- Optical Drive: Blu-ray optical drive for Blu-ray titles or HD DVD drive for HD DVDmovies. Both Blu-ray and HD DVD drives can play back standard DVD titles. Standard DVD optical drives can play back HD-REC (HD DVD video burned on a standard DVD), as well as AVCHD discs
- Display Device: If you are using a Digital Visual Interface (DVI) or High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connection to a digital output, please make sure your display device is High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)-compatible and your VGA supports HDCP
Supported Formats for Blu-ray/HD DVD Playback:
Disc: Commercial HD DVD & Blu-ray discs, HD DVD-R, BD-R and RE, HD-REC
Video: MPEG4-AVC (H.264), MPEG-2 HD, and VC1
Audio: Dolby Digital® Plus, Dolby® TrueHD and DTS
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