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Operating Systems Support
Cinegy Desktop runs on the following operating systems: Windows XP SP3 32bit / 64bit, Windows 7 32bit / 64bit SP1, Windows Server 2008 64bit SP2 and Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 or higher (supported but not recommended).
Operating system recommendation: Windows 7 Professional 64bit SP1
Supported Hardware
The required hardware largely depends on the working video resolution to be used at each desktop machine. The hardware requirements for working with low-quality-SD files are met by virtually any machine (e.g. Intel Pentium E2160 1.8GHz or better). For all other formats the performance requirements are the same as those given for Cinegy Air (see Cinegy Air playout matrix here). For example when doing cuts-only medium-quality-SD editing (DVD-quality MPEG2) a single processor 2.7 GHz Intel Pentium E5400 machine is sufficient. However for more demanding tasks such as creating effects and titles in real-time, then a dual processor machine is required or single processor machine with dual cores
Hardware Requirements for SD Operations
Dual core processor with 2GHz or better (Core2Duo, Core i5). 2GB of RAM or better (4GB when using 64bit OS). Gigabit Ethernet recommended.
Recommended hardware: Any Windows 7 certified PC. Nvidia GT240 or GT430 graphics card or better.
Hardware Requirements for HD Operations
Single six-core processor with 2GHz or better (Core i7 or single Xeon 56xx) or dual quad or six-core processors. 6GB of RAM. Gigabit Ethernet.
Recommended hardware: HP Z600 or Z800 or similar. Nvidia GTS260 or GTS460 graphics card or better.
SDI Video Card Support for Monitoring
Cinegy Desktop supports the following SD/HD SDI video cards: AJA Kona LHi, Blackmagic Decklink family of cards, DVS Centaurus II and Centaurus II LT.
Recommended hardware: Black Magic is good value for money for this task.
Memory
Standard Definition video - at least 1GB RAM
High Definition video - at least 2GB RAM
If other applications are running on the machine at the same time, additional memory may be advised.
Graphics Card
There are no particular requirements with regards to graphics card unless the optional video output of such card is supposed to be used as a control video monitor output. Any recent graphics card from vendors such as NVidia or ATI will work. Even integrated graphics adapters as found in motherboard chipset by vendors such as Intel will work fine in most scenarios.
For HD applications the graphics adapter should be equipped with at least 256MB of memory and the memory bus width should be 128bit or better. PCIExpress graphics adapters tend to have a better memory bus performance then AGP based cards. For HD playback motherboard integrated graphics, to date, are not fast enough.
Supported video hardware for control monitor video output:
• Any VGA card that can output the DirectX overlay on video out (many ATI, NVidia and other video cards)
• BlackMagic Design Decklink series SDI video boards
• DVS SDStation and Centaurus SDI video boards
