• Supported video formats: HDV; DV; AVCHD (input only)
  
• Supported hardware: Generic OHCI, HDSPARK, FIRECODER Blu
  
• Project settings: Easier project setting at start-up
  
• Protection: None (dongle used for EDIUS 5)
  

Features NOT included:

• Rendering format cannot be selected (already preset)
  
• TC PRESET/mode is fixed
  
• Overscan size is fixed
  
• Audio channel mapping is fixed
  
• No project importer/exporter plugin
  
• No Consolidate
  
• No Multicam
  
• No TitleMotion Pro
  
• No Third Party Plugins
  
• No Combine effects
  
• No Vectorscope/waveform
  
• No Audio Mixer
  
• No EDIUS Watch
  
• No User Profiles
  
• No Time Remap
  
• No 3D Picture-in-Picture
  
• No Batch Export
  
• No SMPTE Transitions
  
• No JPEG2000 Infinity, P2, XDCAM EX, Ikegami support
  
• No K2 Connect
  

Minimum System Requirements: Windows

• Windows Vista Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Home Premium/Basic, Windows® XP Home or Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2 or later)
• Intel® Pentium® 4 3.0GHz CPU or faster (Intel Core2 Duo processors recommended for HD/HDV editing, Hyper-Threading supported)
• 512MB RAM (1GB RAM recommended)
  
• 300MB free disk space for the application
  
• DVD-ROM drive for software installation
  
• DirectX 9.0c or later
  
• Graphics card with support for PixelShader Model 2.0 or later and 32-bit color display at a 1024x768 resolution (256MB of graphics memory is required when editing in HD resolution)
  
• ATA100/7200rpm or faster hard disk recommended (RAID 0 is required for HD editing)
  
• Soundcard
  
• Note: external video decks/cameras may require either a free IEEE 1394 FireWire port or USB 2.0 port for connectivity