Hardware Specs

 

The HD Wave does require a modern PC running Window7 Operating System. If you are capturing the desktop you will need to have a machine that is at least as powerful as the examples given below for the 1080p and 720p broadcasts.

If streaming an external video source (from capture card or camera) then the following PC requirements apply based off of the video source you would like to stream.

MINIMUM BROADCASTING REQUIREMENTS

BROADCAST BITRATE CPU MEMORY HDD
1080p HD
(1920×1080)
2000 Kbs recommended Intel Core ™ i7 Extreme
i7-975 3.33GHz
Intel Core ™ i7 Extreme
i7-965 3.2GHz
4GB – any DDR3 memory 10MB available disk space
720p HD
(1280×720)
1200 Kbs recommended Intel Core ™ Quad 3GHz 4GB 10MB available disk space
480p HD
(854×480)
512 Kbs recommended Intel Core ™ Duo 2.66GHz 1GB 10MB available disk space

APPROVED CAPTURE AND BROADCASTING DEVICES

MANUFACTURER CARD WEBSITE
EMS Imaging XtremeRGB EMS Imaging
ViewCast Osprey 100 / 210 / 230 / 240e / 260e / 530 / 700eHD ViewCast
K World Plus TV 120 K World
AJA Kona Lse / Lhe / Lhi AJA.com
Grass Valley ADVC 110 / 300 / 700 / 1000 Grass Valley
AverMedia EZMaker USB Gold AverMedia
Digital Rapids DRC 500 Digital Rapids