Mermaid softwares currently run on Windows XP or Vista operating systems. Both 32Bit (x86) and 64Bit(x64) versions of both the operating systems are supported. On Vista all flavors including home, premium, business and ultimate are supported.

If you have Windows XP, you will need Service Pack 2 and .NET Runtime Version 3 or above to be installed. We would suggest .NET Runtime 3 as we have tested with that. Once both of them are done, just download the Mermaid softwares, install them, restart the system and you are ready to go.

If you are using Vista then you don't need to do anything else. Just download the softwares and install them, restart the computer and you are good to go.

Mermaid softwares can be used on the LAN e.g. at office, campus etc. without any internet connection. To use them on the internet you require a "Globally Routable IPV6 Address" for your computer. Ask your ISP for one and it should get done within 15-20 minutes. They will do whatever is required. You don't have to do anything.

Apart from that a powerful computer always helps. And even though Mermaid softwares will run on 256MB RAM systems 1GB is good and 2 GB is awesome.

As far as the internet connection speed goes. We recommend a minimum of 256Kbps (for all our audio/video based applications) for the rest 128Kbps would do. But nowadays its best to get a 512Kbps or 1MBps connection if you are starting your own TV Station.