You need a 64-bit version of one the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10
2 GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor CPU recommended for HD or stereoscopic 3D)
1.5 GB hard-disk space for program installation
4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended; 16 GB recommended for 4K)
USB 2.0 connection (for importing from AVCHD, XDCAM EX, NXCAM, or DVD camcorders)
512 MB GPU memory
Supported NVIDIA, AMD or Intel GPU
Windows-compatible sound card
DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning only)
Supported DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW (for DVD burning only)
Supported BD-R/-RE drive (for Blu-ray Disc burning only)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 SP1 (included on application disc)
Internet connection: Required for registration

Supported GPU

NVIDIA

1 GB recommended for 4K — required for Smart Zoom / Smart Scale / Smart adaptive deinterlacing, and GPU-accelerated video processing.

For hardware rendering (NVEnc):

GeForce 600 series onwards (6xx, 7xx, 9xx, 10xx)
Quadro Kxxx, Mxxx and Pxxx

AMD/ATI

Requires an OpenCL-enabled GPU and Catalyst driver 11.7 or later with a Radeon HD 57xx or higher GPU. If using a FirePro GPU, FirePro unified driver 8.85 or later is required.

Intel

Intel Skylake or newer processor required for QSV accelerated 8-bit HEVC/AVC decoding and encoding, Intel KabyLake or newer processor required for QSV accelerated 10-bit HEVC encoding and decoding.

Supported formats

Import

Video: HEVC (only Platinum and Suite), AVC/AAC, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV
Audio: AAC, AA3, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, OGG, PCA, SND, W64, WAV, WMA
Picture: GIF, JPEG, PNG, WDP, BMP
Other: CDA, SFA

Export

Video: HEVC (only Platinum and Suite), AVC/AAC, AVI, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV, MOV, AVCHD, RM, MVC, XAVC S
Audio: AAC, AIFF, FLAC, LPEC, MP3, OGG, PCA, W64, WAV, WMA
Picture: BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WDP, WMPhoto, DDS, DPX, EXR