Roxio DVDit Pro HD, User Manual

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Chapter 1 Introduction
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About the documentation
DVDit Pro HD includes the following documentation:
• DVDit Pro HD User Guide: Documents how to use DVDit Pro HD to author DVD
discs. This includes project planning, asset preparation and importing, authoring
projects, testing, and writing to disc and digital linear tape (DLT).
• DVDit Pro HD Tutorial: Takes you step-by-step through the authoring process of
importing media assets, creating movies and titles, adding links between the content,
setting playback order, and writing to disc.
System requirements
Software
• Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or later.
• Microsoft Windows Media Player 10.0 or later.
• QuickTime Player 6.5 ( http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ ) is required for
some video, audio, and image formats.
Use Windows Update to ensure you have the latest Service Packs and fixes for your
operating system. To use Windows Update, click the Windows Start button and choose
Windows Update or All Programs > Windows Update.
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Use only “official” releases of the above software with DVDit Pro HD. “Beta” versions are
not supported.
Hardware
• 800 MHz Pentium III (2 GHz Pentium 4 or better recommended; 3 GHz Pentium 4
required for Blu-ray projects).
• 128 MB RAM (512 MB recommended; 512 MB required for Blu-ray discs).
• DVD recorder or DLT drive (BD recorder required for writing BD discs).
• AGP video graphics adapter with at least 16 MB VRAM (64 MB recommended).
• Monitor supporting 16-bit color at 1024 x 768 minimum screen area (24/32-bit color
and larger screen area recommended).
• Windows-compatible sound card.
• At least 10 GB free hard drive space (20 GB or more recommended; 75 GB required for
authoring Blu-ray projects). If your C: drive does not have enough free space, you must
change DVDit Pro HD’s Temporary Storage location to a drive with enough space (see
“Changing DVDit Pro HD’s preferences” on page 159 ).
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