Burning & Copying:

• Burn and copy data, audio, photo, video CDs and DVDs
• Copy your music movies & photos to iPod, PSP or mobile phones
• Create virtual disc drives and load disc images
• Burn a disc and create a disc image file at the same time
• Compress an entire 9 GB DVD video to a standard 4.7 GB DVD disc
• Copy DVDs to double layer discs and preserve the original quality
• Secure your data with 128-bit encryption and password-protection

Music:

• Send your music to a mobile phone, PSP, iPod or Windows Media portable player
• Capture streaming Internet radio and music instantly
• Enjoy up to 50 hours of music on a DVD
• Create custom ringtones for your mobile phone
• Automatically add title, artist and genre tags to any audio track
• Create smooth transitions across all the tracks on your audio CD
• Span dozens of songs and compilations across multiple audio CDs
• Convert music from LPs and tapes into MP3 or wma format in 3 steps
• Combine audio tracks from CD, DVD or Internet radio
• Rip CDs, create compilation audio or mp3 CDs

Photo & Video:

• Burn your TiVo shows to DVD and watch them anywhere
• Create 16:9 DVD video productions and photo slideshows
• Capture, import and edit High Definition (HD) video files
• Create DivX HD discs with full DVD-like menus to watch on HDTV
• Create high quality multi-image photo slideshows in HD or on DVD
• Access files across all home PCs & play back from UPnP-compliant devices
• Easily share your photos using peer-to-peer technology
• Automatically organize thousands of photos and create custom views
• Edit video like a pro with Timeline
• Preview and only capture the scenes you want from a DV camcorder

DVD Creation:

• Create compilation DVDs from DVD-Video, DivX and WMV files
• Copy DVD movies to DivX or WMV files and compress to CD or memory card
• Produce DVDs with movable menus, resizable buttons and text credits
• Exercise full creative control over DVD menu options
• Text editing with motion, rotation and 3D controls
• Menu-to-menu and title-to-menu transitions
• Take footage from a camcorder to a DVD in one click with Plug-n-Burn
• Control end-of-play action and link menu elements to specific files
• Add a menu overlay - change size, orientation, transparency and more
• Play Hollywood DVD movies and Video CDs on your PC with CinePlayer

Backup:

• Quickly restore a system without reinstalling Windows
• Schedule full, partial and unattended backups
• Back up everything from local or network PCs
• Recover data and applications in case of a crash, system failure, or virus

DVD Playback:

• Create personalized disc labels, DVD case inserts and booklets
• Choose from professional-quality templates or create your own
• Add a photo index to your disc label or insert to locate your photos
• Calibrate your printer to take the guesswork out of printing disc labels

Processor:

• Intel Pentium III 500 MHz or equivalent (For burning music and data discs)
• Intel Pentium 4, 1.4 GHz or equivalent (For DVD, slideshow or video authoring)
• Intel Pentium 4, 2 GHz or equivalent (For viewing DivX HD or H.264 video files in full screen mode)
• Intel Pentium 4, 1.6 GHz or equivalent (For real-time MPEG-2 capture and burning)

Operating systems:

• Windows Vista Home/Business/Ultimate, Windows Vista/XP Home/Pro/MCE with Service Pack 2, Windows Vista/XP Pro x64 Edition, Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later

Hard Disk:

• 7200 RPM hard disk drive recommended for video projects
• 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
• Up to 9GB of free hard disk space for copying DVD-Video discs

Memory:

• 128MB RAM (For burning music and data discs)
• 256MB RAM (For DVD, slideshow or video authoring)
• 256MB RAM (For real-time MPEG-2 capture and burning)
• 512MB RAM(For viewing DivX HD or H.264 video files in full screen mode)

Optical Drive:

• CD-ROM

Others:

• 1024x768, 16-bit color graphics card; 24-bit or 32-bit true color recommended
• DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card and graphics card
• QuickTime 7 or greater for burning of M4A files
• Windows Media Player 9 or higher for Windows 2000 systems; Windows Media Player 10 or higher for Windows Vista/XP and Vista systems
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher
• Internet connection required for registration, activation, product updates, and some features including photo sharing and Gracenote MusicID support (to retrieve artist, album and track information).

Optional:

• For burning: multimedia compliant CD, DVD, or BD recordable drive
• For audio capture or playback: 16-bit Windows compatible sound card and speakers
• For video capture: OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 FireWire card (for use with DV camera) or analog video capture device
• Broadband Internet connection required for LiveShare photo sharing features
• UPnP compliant home network router for the LiveShare and MediaSpace features

• For mobile phone support: multimedia capable mobile phone with ObexFTP support and USB cable or Bluetooth connectivity
• For Windows Media portable player support: player compatible with Windows Media Device Manager 9 or higher
• For iPod support: iTunes 6.0.1 or higher
• For PSP support: PSP firmware 2.6 or higher
• For TiVo file support: TiVo Desktop 2.3 or higher