System requirements
Composer requires an NVIDIA GPU and a recent CPU. The exact minimum is governed by your output resolution, frame rate, scene complexity, encoder load and AI-operator usage; the figures below are starting points.
Windows
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 (20H2) or Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro |
| RAM | 16 GB | 64 GB |
| CPU | Intel i7, 6 cores | AMD EPYC 9xxx or Intel Xeon (server-grade) |
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX 2060 or newer | NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell |
| Capture card | Blackmagic Decklink Duo 2 | Blackmagic Decklink Quad 2 |
| Runtime | .NET 9.0, FFmpeg 6.1 (RealSprint patched build) | same |
Linux
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS |
| RAM | 16 GB | 64 GB |
| CPU | Intel i7, 6 cores | AMD EPYC 9xxx or Intel Xeon (server-grade) |
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX 2060 or newer | NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell |
| Capture card | Blackmagic Decklink Duo 2 | Blackmagic Decklink Quad 2 |
Linux is currently a Runtime-only platform — Composer Desktop is Windows-only. Author your project on a Windows workstation, then deploy the .prj to a Linux Runtime host for headless playback.
For tuning advice once the system is up and running, see the Operations & Tuning manual.