Nero 9

• Rip and burn faster and easier than ever

• Backup files to CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs

• Fast and easy auto backup and copy functions

• Playback and manage all popular audio files, videos, photos and web media

• Create professional-looking DVD movies with integrated 3D menus

• Copy, burn, share, upload, and create music mixes like a DJ

• Convert music, photos, and DVDs to play on your iPod® and other mobile devices

• Quick photo and video upload to My Nero, YouTube™, and MySpace

• Play AVCHD and other HD formats

• Watch, record and pause High Definition TV

• Achieve your favorite tasks faster than ever directly from Nero StartSmart

• Add track and album information of your audio files and audio CDs via the new Gracenote® integration

• Automatically backup all your files with Auto Backup

• Playback and manage all popular audio files, videos, photos and web media

• Easily capture, quickly edit, author, and output your videos to professional looking DVDs with Dolby® surround sound

• Recover damaged data

• A DVD-ROM drive is required for installation

• Windows® XP SP2 or SP3, Windows Vista®, Windows Vista® SP1, Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP2, Windows® Server 2003 SP 1, Windows Vista® x64 Edition (all applications except InCD and Nero DiscCopy Gadget work in the x86 emulator for 32-bit Windows® applications)

• Windows® Internet Explorer® 6.0 or higher

• 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® III or equivalent AMD and Intel® processor (2 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent AMD and Intel® processor for Windows Vista®), 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM for Windows Vista®)

• 1.5 GB hard drive space for a typical installation of all components

• CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc recordable or rewritable drive for burning

• DirectX® 9.0c revision 30 (August 2006) or higher

• Up to 9 GB available hard drive space for DVD images and temporary DVD files

• Graphics card with at least 32 MB video memory and minimum resolution of 800 x 600 pixels and 16-bit color settings (24-bit or 32-bit true color is recommended)

• Installation of the latest WHQL certified device drivers is strongly recommended.

• For the Nero Online services: Nero product registration, product updates, patent activation, Gracenote® services, Nero Online Backup, and other features (such as photo sharing) an Internet connection is required.

• 16-bit Microsoft® Windows® compatible sound device and speakers (16 bit sound device required for Nero Wave Editor and Nero SoundTrax)

• Installation of latest WHQL certified device drivers recommended

• Blue laser reading/writing device for Blu-ray Disc support* (check special blue laser system requirements)

• Up to 50 GB free hard drive space for Blu-ray Disc BD-R/RE dual layer disc images

• SecurDisc compatible optical drive for SecurDisc features.

• OHCI compliant FireWire controller (IEEE 1394) for DV or HDV capturing

• TV tuner or video capture card for analog and digital video recording