Specifications and system requirements
The environment described below is required in order to use this product.
*This does not guarantee full operation.
*A higher than recommended environment may be necessary depending on the number of authoring contents and volume.
System Requirements
| OS | Mac OS X v10.2.8, v10.3.1 to v10.3.9, v10.4 * Mac OS X Server is not supported. |
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| CPU | PowerPC G4 800MHz or more * Macintosh equipped with Intel Processor operates on Rosetta. |
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| Memory | 128MB or more (256MB or more recommended) | |
| Hard Disk | 30MB or more of free space required for installation | |
| Display | 1024 x 768 pixels or more, full color recommended | |
| Required Software | QuickTime 6.5 or later * If you have QuickTime 6.5 or previous versions, download the updater from Apple's website. |
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Operating Limitations
- Does not support MPEG-1 format files.
- Does not support VOB format files.
- Cannot load files of less than 0.5 seconds or more than 12 hours.
- Cannot load files with the timetable reset in midstream.
- Maximum length of files created is 12 hours and minimum length is 0.5 seconds. Note that for DV stream and QuickTime movie, maximum length of files is 2 hours.
- Handles PCM, MPEG-1 Audio Layer-2, and Dolby Digital Audio formats.
- Handles 48kHz of audio sampling rate. Converts audio sampling rate of files other than 48kHz to 48kHz.
- MPEG-2 with audio sample size other than 16-bit is not supported.
- Handles video bit rate of 2Mbps to 9.8Mbps. Note that when audio format is PCM, maximum bit rate is 8Mbps.
- If video bit rate exceeds 8Mbps, you cannot select PCM as audio format.
- Does not support files with multiple audio streams.
- Handles up to 18 frames in a GOP for NTSC and 15 frames in a GOP for PAL.
- Handles system bit rate up to 10.08Mbps. Even if system bit rate is lower than 10.08Mbps, video bit rate higher than 9.8Mbps cannot be handled.
- Files can be combined in File Combination Mode if they are MPEG-2 format files and their video size, frame rate, aspect ratio, format of interlace and field order, audio sampling rate, and the number of audio channels are identical.
- Handles MPEG-2 format files as follows:
NTSC : 704 x 480, 720 x 480, 352 x 480, 352 x 240
PAL : 704 x 576, 720 x 576, 352 x 576, 352 x 288
- System bit rate is the total bit rate size comprising audio bit rate of MPEG-2 format files and video. Video bit rate varies according to audio bit rate.
(e.g.) When the system bit rate of MPEG-2 format file is 8Mbps, the result is as follows:
When the audio bit rate is 224kbps, video bit rate will be approximately 7.2Mbps.
When the audio bit rate is 384kbps, video bit rate will be approximately 6.9Mbps.
