Technical Specifications

System Requirements

 

Mac

  • Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later
  • Intel Based Mac or Apple Power PC G5
  • Minimum 512MB RAM
  • QuickTime 7 or higher
  • 100 MB HD (For install)
  • HD space for recording to disk
  • A Quartz Extreme capable graphics card
  • Intel Core Duo or dual G5 is for HDV decoding
  • QTSS/DSS 4.1.3 or later is needed for automatic "announce" unicasting
  • A supported GPU is required for Core Image and GPU video compression acceleration
  • Flash Streaming on Mac requires Intel based processor
 

Windows

  • Windows Vista, Processor: 3 GHz 32-bit (x86) (Vista 64 not supported), 1 GB RAM, or:
  • Windows XP, SP2, Processor: 2.3 GHz 32-bit (x86), 512 MB RAM
  • QuickTime 7.5
  • 100 MB HD (for install)
  • HD space for recording to disk
  • 32 MB AGP or PCI-Express graphics card with 3D acceleration (GeForce or Radeon class card recommended)
  • Microsoft® DirectX 9.0c
  • GeForce 5200, Radeon 9600 or better for Chroma Key

Sufficient Upload Speed (300kps for low quality, 700kbps for good, 1.3 mb and up for HD)

 

CDN/Streaming Media Host Requirements

 

RTMP

  • Live Streaming of H.264 Flash (VP6 or Spark codec not available)
  • Flash Media Server (5 or later) or Wowza Server (3.5 or later)
  • FME Authentication (this may no longer be a problem with 3.5.3)
  • Sufficient Upload Speed (300kps for low quality, 700kbps for good, 1.3 mb and up for HD)
 

RTSP

  • Live Streaming for RTMP (H.264 or MPEG4 recommended)
  • Sufficient Upload Speed (300kps for low quality, 700kbps for good, 1.3 mb and up for HD)
 

MMS (Windows Only)

  • Live Streaming for MMS
  • Sufficient Upload Speed (300kps for low quality, 700kbps for good, 1.3 mb and up for HD)