- Operating system: Microsoft® Windows 7 (64-bit), Windows 8 (64-bit) or Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor: 2.5 GHz 4-core processor (3 Ghz and 8 cores recommended for 4K)
- RAM: 8 GB RAM minimum (16 GB recommended; 32 GB recommended for 4K)
- Hard drive space: 1.5 GB hard-disk space for program installation; Solid-state disk (SSD) or high-speed multi-disk RAID for 4K media
- Graphics card: Supported NVIDIA®: For hardware rendering (NVEnc), GeForce 9XX series or higher with 4 GB; AMD/ATI®: Radeon with 4 GB and VCE 3.0 or higher (Radeon Pro series with 8 GB for HDR and 32 bit projects) or Intel®: GPU HD Graphics 530 series or higher
- Other: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 SP1 (included on application disc)
- Internet connection: Required for registering and validating the program, as well as for some program functions. Program requires one-time registration.
Import
Video: AAC, AA3, AVI, BMP, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV, HEVC
Audio: AAC, AIFF, FLAC, LPEC, MP3, OGG, PCA, W64, WAV, WMA
Image: BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WDP, WMPhoto, DDS, DPX, EXR
Other: AAF, Premiere/After Effects (*.prproj), Final Cut Pro 7/ DaVinci Resolve (*.xml), Final Cut Pro X (*.fcpxml), EDL Text File (*.txt), Broadcast Wave Format, DVD Camcorder Disc, Closed Captioning
Export
Video: AVC/AAC, AVCHD, AVI, HEVC, MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MVC, RM, WMV, XAVC S
Audio: AAC, AIFF, FLAC, LPEC, MP3, OGG, PCA, W64, WAV, WMA
Image: BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WDP, WMPhoto, DDS, DPX, EXR
Other: VEGAS Project Archive (*.veg, *.vf), Pro Tools AAF File (*.aaf), Media Composer AAF File (*.aaf), Premiere/After Effects (*.prproj), Final Cut Pro 7/DaVinci Resolve (*.xml), Final Cut Pro X (*.fcpxml), EDL Text File (*.txt), XDCAM Disc
Supported DVD recordable drives
VEGAS DVD Architect software has been tested with a wide range of drives and should work with most DVD and BD recordable drives.
To test DVD burning with your system, you can download the VEGAS DVD Architect demo and the sample project for burning. This is available on the download page. From the File menu, choose Make DVD, click the Burn button, and browse to the prepared project folder.
| Media | Capacity | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DVD-R DL (aka DVD-R9) | 8.5 GB | Dual Layer DVD-R |
| DVD-R | 4.7 GB | Highly compatible with drives and standalone players |
| DVD-RW | 4.7 GB | Rewritable DVD-R |
| DVD+R | 4.7 GB | Philips, Sony, HP, Dell, Ricoh, Yamaha |
| DVD+R DL (aka DVD+R9) | 8.5 GB | Dual Layer DVD+R |
| DWD-RW | 4.7 GB | Rewritable DVD+R (Writable ~1,000 times) |
| BD-R | 25 & 50 GB | Write-once recordable media |
| BD-RE | 25 & 50 GB | Rewritable media |