General System Requirements Nero 12 Burning Rom
- A DVD-ROM drive is required for installation
- Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Vista (no SP) and SP1, Windows Media Center 2005 SP2, Windows ® Server 2003
- Microsoft® Windows Vista® x64 Edition (all applications besides InCD, and Nero DiscCopy Gadget work in the x86 emulator for 32-bit Windows® applications).
- Windows® Internet Explorer® 6.0 or higher
- 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® III or equivalent AMD and Intel® processor (2 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent AMD and Intel® processor for Windows Vista®), 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM for Windows Vista®)
- 1.5 GB hard drive space for a typical installation of all components
- CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc recordable or rewritable drive for burning
- DirectX® 9.0c revision 30 (August 2006) or higher
- Up to 9 GB available hard drive space for DVD images and temporary DVD files
- Graphics card with at least 32 MB video memory and minimum resolution of 800 x 600 pixels and 16-bit color settings. 24-bit or 32-bit true color is recommended
- Installation of the latest WHQL certified device drivers is strongly recommended
- Online connection required for Nero online services. DSL-1000 or faster is recommended for video services (or any other broadband Internet connection with equivalent performance).
- Online connection required for registration − e.g.: activate full DVD, MPEG-2 functionality after 30-day trial period for free.
- Online connection also required for online back up, product updates, Gracenote (TM) services, and other features (such as photo sharing).
- Internet connection charges are the user's responsibility
- The Microsoft .NET 3.0 runtime environment must be installed on the target system prior to the Nero product installation
Optional Requirements
- 16-bit Microsoft® Windows® compatible sound device and speakers (16 bit sound device required for Nero Wave Editor and Nero SoundTrax)
- Installation of latest WHQL certified device drivers recommended
- Blue laser reading/writing device for Blu-ray Disc support* (check special blue laser system requirements)
- Up to 50 GB free hard drive space for Blu-ray Disc BD-R/support-nero9-system-requirementsRE dual layer disc images
- SecurDisc compatible optical drive for SecurDisc features
- OHCI compliant FireWire controller (IEEE 1394) for DV or HDV capturing
*Certain Blue Laser functionalities require purchase of an additional plug-in available atwww.nero.com.
Special Requirements for Home Entertainment
Nero Show Time
- Optical drive with DVD capability to play DVD-Video
- Optical disc drive with Blue-ray Disc support to play BD Video titles*(check special blue laser system requirements)
- Graphics card with hardware overlay support.
- 16-bit Microsoft® Windows® compatible sound device and speakers
Special Requirements for video editing and authoring with Nero Vision
- For TV recording, DVD-Video authoring, capturing and burning in real time 2 GHz CPU and 512 MB RAM
- For analog or digital recording: TV tuner or video recording card
- OHCI compliant FireWire® card (IEEE 1394) for DV capturing
- For Smart 3D menus: DirectX® 9.0 compliant graphics card with 3D acceleration, 16 bit color, and a minimum of 64 MB video memory is required (32 bit, true color, 128 MB video RAM and support for Shader Model 3.0 is recommended)
- For High Definition Capturing and Editing: HD capable video board, FireWire® controller conforming to OHCI (IEEE 1394) for HDV recording, 2,4GHz or faster processor (HT or dual core), 1 GB of RAM or more
For a list of supported capture cards please see: www.nero.com.
Special Requirements for LightScribe and Labelflash™
- LightScribe compatible recorder and medium
- LightScribe host software must be installed
- Labelflash™ compatible recorder and medium
Special Requirements for working with high definition content with Nero Vision
- Intel Pentium IV 2 GHz or equivalent AMD and Intel processors (faster recommended)
- Blu-ray Disc drive with recording functionality for data, audio and video recording
- Minimum of 512MB RAM
- Windows XP SP2 or later; Windows 2003 server SP1 or later, Windows Media Center Edition 2005 SP 2
- Windows Vista or later
- Microsoft© Windows Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
- Microsoft© DirectX 9.0c (Oct 10th 2006) or later
For playback of unprotected high definition content, like AVCHD, additionally
One of the following processors:
- AMD Athlon 64 FX 2.6 GHz or faster
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.2 GHz or faster
- AMD Turion 64 X2 2 GHz or faster
- Intel Core Duo 2 GHz or faster
- Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or faster
- Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 3.2 GHz or faster
- Intel Pentium D 3.4 GHz or faster
1GB of RAM recommended
A graphics card with at least 256MB of video RAM based on one of the following:
- nVidia GeForce 6600GT, 7600GT, 7800GTX512, 7900GS, 7900GT, 7900GX, 7900GTX, 7950GT, 7950GTX, 8500, 8600, 8800, 8400M, 8600M or newer
- ATI X1600, X1650, X1800, X1900, X1950, Radeon HD series or newer
For playback of HDi interactive content on HD DVD-Video, the Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 or higher must be installed prior to installing Nero.
For playback of protected high definition content (home recorded BD-AV or AVCREC discs), additionally:
- For 64bit systems, Windows Vista or later is required
- The installed Blu-ray Disc drive must support AACS
- One of the following graphics setups
- PCI-Express/onboard video card with built-in display (e.g. notebook or integrated PC)
- PCI-Express video card with DVI/HDMI and HDCP-support, Display/TV with HDMI input or HDCP-enabled DVI input
- PCI-Express video card with VGA output and VGA monitor (some discs may not play or play with reduced resolution on analog displays)
- PCI-Express video card with component/video output and support for CGMS-A and Macrovision, TV/projector (some discs may not play or play with reduced resolution on analog displays)
- Latest graphics drivers with COPP support (ATI Catalyst 8.1, NVIDIA ForceWare 169.21 (Windows XP), ForceWare 169.25 (Windows Vista) or newer recommended).
