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What you can do with a Windows computer
When you install the “Picture Motion
Browser” on a Windows computer from the
supplied CD-ROM, you can enjoy the
following operations.
x
Creating a disc with images taken with
your camcorder by one simple
operation
By pressing DISC BURN on the Handycam
Station (p. 19), you can save images
recorded on your camcorder to a disc on
your computer.
x
Importing images taken with your
camcorder to a computer
x
Viewing imported images on a
computer
x
Creating a disc with edited images
For details on “Picture Motion Browser,”
see “Picture Motion Browser Guide.”
Attention
This camcorder captures high definition
footage in the AVCHD format. Using the
enclosed PC software, high definition
footage can be copied onto DVD media.
However, DVD media containing AVCHD
footage should not be used with DVD based
players or recorders, as the DVD player/
recorder may fail to eject the media and
may erase its contents without warning.
DVD media containing AVCHD footage
may be played on a compatible Blu-ray
Disc™ player/recorder or other compatible
device.
x
When using “Picture Motion Browser”
OS:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
SP4/Windows XP SP2
*
/Windows
Vista
*
Standard installation is required.
Operation is not assured if the above OS
has been upgraded or in a multi-boot
environment.
CPU:
Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz or faster
(Intel Pentium 4 3.6 GHz or faster, Intel
Pentium D 2.8 GHz or faster, Intel Core
Duo 1.66 GHz or faster, or Intel Core 2
Duo 1.66 GHz or faster is
recommended.)
Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or faster
enables the following operations:
Memory:
For Windows 2000/Windows
XP: 512 MB or more (1 GB or more is
recommended.)
For processing SD (standard definition)
image quality content only, 256 MB of
memory or more is necessary.
For Windows Vista: 1 GB or more
Hard disk:
Disk volume required for
installation: Approximately 800 MB
(10 GB or more may be necessary when
creating AVCHD format discs.)
Display:
DirectX 7 or later-compatible
video card, Minimum 1,024 × 768 dots,
High Color (16 bit color)
Others:
USB port (this must be
provided as standard), Hi-Speed USB
(USB 2.0 compatible is recommended),
x
Using a Macintosh computer
The supplied software “Picture Motion
Browser” is not supported by Macintosh
computers. To use a Macintosh computer
connected to your camcorder, see the
following website for details.
http://guide.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/mac/
ms/us/
System requirements
*
64-bit editions and Starter (Edition) are not
supported.
– Importing the contents to the computer
– One Touch Disc Burn
– Creating an AVCHD format disc/DVD-
video
– Copying a disc
– Processing only the contents in SD
(standard definition) image quality
