Chapter 1: Installing RealProducer
Installing RealProducer is quick and easy. Before you begin, make sure your computer meets the necessary system requirements. See "System Requirements" for more information.
How to Install
Follow this procedure to install the product onto your computer.
To install RealProducer:
- Download the installation program.
- Close any other applications that may be open and double-click on the installation program icon.
The installer begins by preparing your system for RealProducer. When complete, the installer opens to the Software License page.
- Read the terms and conditions carefully, and click Accept if you agree. You can click Cancel at any time to abort the installation.
- Enter your e-mail address in the appropriate field.
- Modify the directory RealProducer will install into by clicking the Browse button and selecting the new path.
- Click Finish.
The install program installs all necessary programs and opens RealProducer.
System Requirements
This section outlines the basic hardware and software requirements needed to run RealProducer. Requirements are based upon whether you are recording from existing media files or from media devices.
RealProducer is currently available for the following operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows 95®
- Microsoft Windows 98®
- Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 (Service Pack 3)
Requirements for Recording from Files
The following table lists the minimum and the recommended requirements for converting existing audio and video files into RealMedia files:
Recording from Files
| Requirement |
Minimum |
Recommended |
| CPU |
Pentium® 120 |
Pentium® 166 with MMX |
| RAM |
16 MB |
32 MB |
| Hard Disk space (software) |
8 MB |
| Hard Disk space (data) |
500 MB |
1 GB |
| Color Display |
16-bit |
24-bit (TrueColor) |
| Sound Card |
16-bit sound card or better |
Requirements for Recording from Media Devices
High-quality, live recording requires greater computer power than recording from media files. The following tables list the minimum and recommended requirements for recording either Single Rate or SureStream from media devices.
Media Devices - Single Rate
| Requirement |
Minimum |
Recommended |
| CPU |
Pentium® 166 MHz with MMX |
Pentium® 200 MHz with MMX |
| RAM |
32 MB |
64 MB |
| Hard Disk Space |
1 GB |
1 GB |
| Color Display |
16-bit |
24-bit (TrueColor) |
| Video Capture Card |
Any native Video for Windows® capable capture card |
| Sound Card |
16-bit sound card or better |
16-bit sound card or better |
Media Devices - SureStream
| Requirement |
Minimum |
Recommended |
| CPU |
Pentium® 200 MHz with MMX |
Pentium II® 400 MHz |
| RAM |
32 MB |
64 MB |
| Hard Disk Space |
1 GB |
1 GB |
| Color Display |
16-bit |
24-bit (TrueColor) |
| Video Capture Card |
Any native Video for Windows® capable capture card |
| Sound Card |
16-bit sound card or better |
16-bit sound card or better |
In addition to normal hardware and software requirements, you must possess any of the following live capture and recording devices:
- VHS, S-VHS, or Beta-SP video player
- Digital Video Disk (DVD) player
- live video camera and microphones
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This file last updated on 11/20/98 at 14:03:00.