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Nero 8
The digital media solution that does it
all...Create, Edit, Burn, Share, Enjoy
Nero 8 brings a world of digital
opportunities to your PC. The award-winning suite lets you organize your multimedia
projects easily, helping you get the most from your digital content!
- Direct access to all features from the project launcher
- High Definition format support
- Data restoration on damaged discs
- Xbox 360™ and PlayStation® 3 streaming features
- Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD burning support
- SecurDisc data protection support
- Copy a disc with just one click
- Graphics optimized for Windows Vista®
- Continual free updates
Latest Features for Nero 8
Nero 8 has been updated to include great new features for living the
digital life. With improvements geared towards better performance, as well as enhanced
features for authoring, editing and enjoying digital content, see for yourself how Nero
8 continues to bring simplicity and excitement to your digital world.
Get interactive BD ROM support with Nero 8
Nero 8 users can now enjoy more interactive features and games on BD ROM discs through
enhanced compatibility features available in the suite’s latest update.
SmartEncoding for AVCHD
SmartEncoding detects if your incoming AVC or AVCHD source
content is compliant with the destination format. This lets you save time by skipping the
recoding step for AVCHD content when the destination file is also AVCHD, thereby
maintaining the highest quality.
Increased encoding options
With Nero 8, now you can encode content with video pre-processing options
for color correction and noise removal. The video pre-processing enables you to enhance
and modify the content prior to encoding. Advanced features include adaptive
de-interlacing and adaptive frame rate conversion.
Home entertainment enhancements
Do you use Nero 8 to stream content around your home on game consoles?
Now you can play content beginning from a selected time in the video. This means you can
answer the phone, get another cup of coffee, or let the dog out for a walk without having
to restart your movie!
Blu-ray Disc format authoring and playback
With Nero 8 and the Blu-ray/HD DVD Video Plug-in, you can now author and
play back High Definition content in Blu-ray Disc format. Brilliant 3D menu templates and
advanced authoring features up to 1080i, combined with playback support for commercial
Blu-ray Discs and those created with Nero 8, combine for the ultimate home entertainment
experience.
Mini HD DVD-Video authoring and playback
Get all the advantages of working with Mini HD DVD-Video with Nero 8. Now
you can author, write, and play back HD DVD-Video format content on regular DVD-R/RW
media. The Mini HD DVD-Video format supports resolutions up to 1080p. MPEG-2 and MPEG-4
content as well as Dolby® Digital 5.1 audio tracks can also be added. The Blu-ray/HD DVD
Plug-in is required for this feature.
Nero 8 Features
Create and Edit
Audio
Are you a music lover and want to keep your favorite songs close at hand? Convert your
music collection to MP3 format and experience listening pleasure at home and on the go.
Impress your friends at your next party by mixing and editing your favorite songs with
professional effects and tools. With Nero 8, you get crystal-clear audio
for your video files and up to 7.1 surround sound.
Video
Your last vacation, your brother’s wedding, your daughter’s graduation – do
you record every memorable moment on video? Now get more from your camcorder recordings.
With Nero 8 you can easily edit High Definition content in AVCHD format
with professional results. Insert chapters and menus, and even enhance videos and slide
shows with background music. Enjoy your favorite TV shows without interruption simply by
editing out the commercial breaks.
Photo
Do you have hundreds or even thousands of digital photos saved on your hard drive? Give
your pictures a touch-up with tools that let you make improvements, add visual effects,
and much more. Surprise your kids by presenting a family slide show on your television
set! No more searching through tons of files for the images you want. With Nero 8,
it’s easy to organize your photos!
Convert and Share
Internet
Share the latest news of your life with friends right over the Internet! Post your best
videos and photos with easy upload to online communities like My Nero, YouTube, and
MySpace.
Video Conversion
Want to bring your video content along with you? With Nero 8, you can
simply convert DVD content to play back on an iPod® or PSP™. Use the world’s
fastest MPEG-4 encoder to compress DVD content while maintaining optimal quality, then
burn to a CD or save to a USB stick, Flash memory, or an SD card.
High Definition
Do you have High Definition video content but no blue laser burner? Convert HD
content easily into AVCHD format, and compress content without losing quality. Your HD
content can then be burned to a normal DVD and played on a Blu-ray Disc player or
PlayStation® 3 for the ultimate blue laser experience.
Music
Nero 8 offers unlimited MP3 support. Convert your audio files to MP3, the
world’s most popular audio format, and enjoy your favorite songs at home or on the
go.
Home Entertainment
Television
Don’t miss another episode of your favorite series! Use your PC to record all your
favorite shows. The EPG support in Nero 8 makes selecting and recording
broadcasts easy! Even if the phone rings while you’re watching TV, with the Time
Shift feature you can take your phone call, and then resume watching your show exactly
where you left off!
Media Center
Turn your living room into a real media center and experience home entertainment like
never before! Stream live TV to an Xbox 360™ or PlayStation® 3. Connect your game
consoles to a TV and enjoy your favorite shows in any room in the house!
Rip and Burn
Rip audio CDs and non-copy-protected DVDs quickly and easily with the world’s leading
burning engine. Burn audio files or data to CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, or HD DVD. Want to burn
movies to DVD? With DVD-R Dual Layer and DVD+R Double Layer support, you’ll get more
data on a disc than ever before!
Music Streaming
No more wasted time changing CDs at your next party. With Nero 8, you can
create playlists and stream music from your PC to your stereo for uninterrupted tunes all
night long!
SecurDisc Technology
With Nero 8 and a SecurDisc-compatible drive, you can burn CDs and DVDs with password
protection against unauthorized access, or add a digital signature to ensure that your
sensitive data remains unchanged. SecurDisc increases the readability of data even on
damaged discs, and also lets you know when a disc is nearing decay, so you have time to
save the data to another disc. The SecurDisc Copy Protection feature prevents unauthorized
duplication of confidential PDF documents.
Nero DiscCopy Gadget
The Nero DiscCopy Gadget is optimized for use with Windows Vista® and lets you copy a
disc with just one click from the Vista® Sidebar!
Back Up
SecurDisc
With the SecurDisc technology within Nero 8, you can ensure increased
readability of your data even on a damaged disc. In addition, the early warning system in
SecurDisc examines CDs and DVDs to determine if an aging disc is in danger of decay, so
you have time to back up the data on another disc.
Data Restoration
No more worries about losing data from damaged discs or burning errors! Nero 8
lets you restore data from scratched or burn-damaged discs.
Nero 8 System Requirements
General System Requirements
DVD-ROM drive for the installation
Windows® 2000 (SP4 or later), Windows® XP (SP1 or later), Windows® Server™ 2003
(SP1 or later), Windows® XP Media Center Edition Windows Vista®
Gadgets are not available for Windows Vista® x64
Nero ImageDrive currently supports Windows® 2000 and Windows® XP (32 Bit only)
Windows® XP Professional x64, Windows® Vista® x64 (all applications except InCD, and
Nero Scout work in the x86 emulator, which allows 32-bit applications to run)
DirectX 9.0c or better
Windows® Internet Explorer® 6.0 or higher
1 GHz Intel® Pentium® III processor, AMD Sempron™ 2200+ or equivalent
Minimum 256 MB RAM (for Windows Vista® minimum 512 MB RAM)
1.2 GB hard drive space for standard installation of all components
Up to 9 GB available drive space for DVD images and temporary DVD files
Graphics card with at least 32 MB video memory and a minimum resolution of 800 x 600
pixels and 16-bit color settings. However, we recommend 24-bit or 32-bit for true color.
CD and/or DVD/DVD-RAM recorder
Installation of the latest WHQL (Microsoft® Windows® Hardware Quality Labs) certified
device driver strongly recommended
Internet connection with DSL 1000 speed or higher for the registration and the update of
the Nero 8 help files and other functions. It is also required for the activation of the
complete functional range (DVD, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and AVC), which will be required 30 days
after installation. This activation is free of charge. The costs for the Internet
connection are carried by the user.
To install Nero 8 you must have administrative rights for all operating systems higher
than Windows® 2000.
For capturing and burning in real time: at least 1.6 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or
AMD Sempron™ 2600+
At least 1.4 GHz Intel® Pentium® processor with 256 RAM for TV recording and DVD video
editing
Drive with SecurDisc support
16-bit Windows® compatible sound devices and speakers
Specific Requirements for Each Application
Nero ShowTime
DVD-Video Multichannel Plug-in, DVD-Video Plug-in, and/or Multichannel Plug-in* for DVD
playback
Graphics card with hardware overlay support
Nero Home
TV tuner or video capture card for analog or digital (DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C, and ATSC)
recording, compatible with the BDA (Broadcast Driver Architecture) driver standard. Nero
Home does not support video recording via FireWire® (OHCI 1394).
List of compatible devices: http://www.nero.com/link.php?topic_id=91
DVD-Video Multichannel Plug-in or DVD-Video Plug-in and/or Multichannel Plug-in* for DVD
functions and encoding in Dolby® Digital 2-channel
For EPG support an XML file is needed from a third party
Nero MediaHome
Analog or digital TV card (analog, DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C, and ATSC) to the BDA driver
standard
Certified UPnP™ devices for streaming with the Nero MediaHome server (you will find a
list of the certified UPnP™ devices at
http://www.upnp-ic.org/certification/default.asp#devices)
Nero Vision
FireWire® (IEEE 1394) Controller for DV capturing
USB recording device (web cam)
Analog or digital TV card (analog, DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C, and ATSC) according to the BDA
driver standard
DirectShow compatible video capture card (optional)
Graphics card with 3D accelerator and at least 64 MB video memory for Smart3D templates
Blu-ray/HD DVD Video-Plug-in for playing Blu-ray and/or HD DVD media
Nero Mobile (Free 30-Day Trial)
Cellular phone or PDA with Windows® Mobile 2003 for PocketPC, Microsoft® PocketPC Phone
Edition, Microsoft® Smartphone Second Edition (SE) Windows Mobile 5.0
Intel® XScale™, minimum clock speed required: 200 MHz (Audio + Video Soft), 24 MHz
(LC AAC Audio), 78 MHz (HE-AAC Audio)
Freescale i.MX21/31, mimimum clock speed required: 200 MHz (Audio + Video Soft), 24 MHz
(LC AAC Audio), 78 MHz (HE-AAC Audio)
ARM®4 compatible, minimum clock speed required: 200 MHz (Audio + Video Soft), 24 MHz (LC
AAC Audio), 78 MHz (HE-AAC Audio)
TI OMAP 17xx/24xx
4 MB hard drive space required for a full installation
Microsoft® ActiveSync, USB cable, and/or Bluetooth® connection for the communication
between smartphone/PDA and computer
To continue the use of Nero Mobile, an upgrade to Nero Mobile Pro is available at
www.nero.com.
Nero Burning ROM, Nero Express, Nero BackItUp
LightScribe® capable recorder (LightScribe® host software must be installed) and
LightScribe® capable disc
LabelFlash™ capable recorder and LabelFlash™ capable disc
Blu-ray recorder and disc
HD DVD recorder and HD DVD
SecurDisc capable drive (only Nero Express)
Nero Recode
DVD-Video Multichannel Plug-in, or DVD-Video Plug-in, and/or Multichannel Plug-in* for DVD
video recording and the "DVD-9-to-5" function.
Multi-core processor
Nero CoverDesigner
LightScribe® recorder (LightScribe® host software must be installed) and LightScribe®
disc
LabelFlash™ recorder and LabelFlash™ disc
InCD, InCD Reader
SecurDisc capable drive to remove duplication protection from SecurDisc discs
SecurDisc Viewer
SecurDisc capable drive with SecurDisc protected disc
MCE Plug-ins (Nero Burn™ and Nero Burn Settings, Nero MediaStreaming™)
Windows Vista® Home Premium or Windows Vista® Ultimate with Media Center or Windows® XP
Media Center Edition 2005 Rollup 2
At least 1.6 GHz or equivalent processor, 256 MB RAM
Graphics card with overlay support, at least 8 MB video memory and a minimum resolution of
800 x 600 pixels and 16-bit color settings. However, 24-bit or 32-bit true color is
recommended
Nero MediaHome 2.0 must be installed on the server (when using the Nero Media-Streaming
MCE Plug-in)
Mini Application Nero DiscCopy
Windows Vista®
Additional System Requirements for Blu-ray disc and HD DVD
Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD capable drive with recorder function for data, audio and video
Windows® XP (SP2 or later), Windows® Server™ 2003 (SP1 or later), Windows® XP
Media Center Edition 2005 or later, Windows Vista®
2 GHz Intel® Pentium® IV processor, AMD Sempron™ 3000+ or faster
Minimum 512 MB RAM
Windows® Internet Explorer® 6.0 or higher
DirectX 9.0c (October 10, 2006) or higher
Additional Requirements for Playing Protected High-ResolutionContent
One of the following processors with at least the specified clock speed: AMD Athlon 64 FX
2.6 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.2 GHz, AMD Turion 64 X2 2 GHz, Intel® CoreDuo 2 GHz, Intel®
Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz, Intel® Pentium® Extreme Edition 3.2 GHz, Intel® Pentium® D 3.4 GHz
Minimum 1 GB RAM
Up to 50 GB free hard drive space for Blu-ray Disc BD-R/RE dual layer disc images
Up to 30 GB free drive space for HD DVD-R/RW dual layer disc images
Minimum Vista® for 64-bit systems
AACS support by means of the installed Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD drive
Graphics card with at least 256 MB video RAM based on: nVidia GeForce 6600GT, 7600GT,
7800GTX512, 7900GS, 7900GT, 7900GX, 7900GTX, 7950GT, 7950GTX, 8500, 8600, 8800, 8400M,
8600M or newer. ATI series X1600, X1650, X1800, X1900, X1950, Radeon HD or newer in one of
the following board and screen combinations: PCI-Express/Onboard video board with built-in
display (e.g. notebook or integrated PC). PCI-Express video board with support for
DVI/HDMI and HDCP, screen/television with HDMI input or HDCP supported DVI input.
PCI-Express video board with VGA output and VGA monitor. PCI-Express video board with
component video output and video output, CGMS-A and Macrovision support, television or
projector. On analog monitors some discs display only at low resolution or not at all.
The newest graphics drivers with COPP support. Recommended: ATI Catalyst 7.5, nVidia
ForceWare 94.24 (Windows XP), ForceWare 158.22 (Windows XP / GeForce 8 Series), ForceWare
158.24 (Windows Vista) or higher
Microsoft® .Net Framework 2.0 must be installed prior to Nero Suite in order to play
interactive HDi content on HD DVD-Video
For optimal resolution, the graphics card and the screen should support HDCP - some
combinations of graphics card and screen produce poor resolution
Internet connection for updating AACS keys. These are needed in order to play AACS
protected Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD videos. See the respective device manual to determine
whether a screen or TV device supports HDCP.
Optional System Requirements for Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD
HD capable video board and DVB(-T) adapter
TV tuner or video capture board for analog recording. You will find a list of compatible
devices at http://www.nero.com/link.php?topic_id=91
FireWire® controller conforming to OHCI (IEEE 1394) for HDV recording
* Already available in the full version.
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