DVD Studio Pro 1.0 - Technical Specifications

A Macintosh with a G4 processor and an Apple-supplied AGP graphics card

Mac OS 9.0.4 or 9.1

QuickTime 4.1 (included on DVD Studio Pro CD) or later

128 megabytes of RAM

A DVD drive

Display software and hardware capable of 1024 x 768 pixels at thousands or millions of colors

For writing to disc: DVD-R recorder, DVD-RAM drive, or DLT tape drive

Apple DVD Player 2.3 or later (installed with the DVD Studio Pro software)

Edited video and audio files in MPEG or AC-3 format; or video creation and editing software, such as Final Cut Pro or any video and audio editing programs that support QuickTime and its component technology

MPEG encoding software, such as the QuickTime MPEG Encoder included with DVD Studio Pro. (You can also use any MPEG encoder, software or hardware based, that produces DVD-compliant streams.)

Adobe Photoshop (version 4.0 or later) for creating menus and buttons

QuickTime Pro must be installed and unlocked.

You should have at least twice as much hard disk storage space as the size of your project. (For DVD-5, for example, you need 5 gigabytes [GB] for the source files, and another 5 GB to hold the multiplexed project.) For best multiplexing performance, dedicate two or three Ultra Wide A/V or FireWire hard disks to your project (make sure they contain only your media and no other programs that might fragment the disk and decrease performance).

If you have three disks, use one for video assets, one for audio assets, and the third for the finished files.

If you have two disks, use one for source assets and one for final files.