1GB of RAM (2GB of RAM recommended when working with compressed HD and uncompressed SD sources; 4GB of RAM recommended when working with uncompressed HD sources)
ATI or NVIDIA graphics processor. Integrated Intel graphics processors are not supported except the Intel HD Graphics 3000.
128MB of VRAM
Display with 1280-by-800 resolution or higher
Mac OS X v10.5.6 or later
QuickTime 7.6 or later
DVD drive for installation
For burning Blu-ray discs: a Blu-ray recorder
High-Performance Encoding
H.264 multi-pass encoding for Blu-ray discs and files
Support for red laser burning of AVCHD discs for playback in compatible Blu-ray players
H.264 for Apple devices, web, mobile devices
HD DVD encoding for DVD Studio Pro authoring
Support for image sequence sources: TIFF, Targa, DPX, JPEG, and OpenEXR
Support for encoding to TIFF, Targa, DPX, JPEG, and OpenEXR image sequences
Full QuickTime support
MPEG-2 encoding
MPEG-1 encoding
MPEG-4 encoding
Distributed encoding with segmentation options
Two-pass VBR encoding for MPEG-2
Provides Dolby-certified encoding to Dolby Digital Professional AC-3 format
Accepts QuickTime (single-channel or multichannel), AIFF, Sound Designer, and WAV files
Advanced chaptering for Apple TV and podcasting
Closed caption support for Apple devices, QuickTime, and MPEG-2
Batch templates with job actions for automating workflows from encoding to delivery, including:
Add to iTunes Library
Create DVD
Create Blu-ray Disc
Create Web Reference Movie
Open with Application
Run Automator Workflow
Publish to YouTube
Automatic setting creation via drag and drop of a QuickTime file
Scaling and down-converting
Standards conversions
Retiming
Preview with split-screen comparison
High-quality image processing
More than 100 presets included
Automated encoding with droplets
Automatic and custom cropping
Automatic and custom padding
Automatic copying of source media for reference media to encoding nodes
Four audio filters: dynamic range; peak limiter; Apple: AUGraphicEQ and fade in/out
Automatic post to FTP
Reverse telecine
Deinterlacing
Enhanced droplets for easy desktop encoding
Dolby Digital Professional Encoding
Dolby-certified encoding to Dolby Digital Professional AC-3 format
Accepts QuickTime (single-channel or multichannel), AIFF, Sound Designer, and WAV format sound files for encoding
Support for all channel formats from mono to 5.1 surround sound
Automatically creates 2.0 or 5.1 based on number of channels in the source media file
Confidence decoding for preview of AC-3 files
Video Filters
BlackWhite Restore
Brightness and Contrast
Color Correct Highlights
Color Correct Midtones
Color Correct Shadows
Deinterlacing
Fade In/Out
Gamma Correction
Letterbox
Noise Removal
Sharpen Edge
Text Overlay
Timecode Generator
Watermark (Image, animated with QuickTime or Motion files)