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Saving movies and photos with a computer
Preparing a computer
(Windows)
You can perform following operations using
“PMB (Picture Motion Browser).”
Importing images to a computer
Viewing and editing imported images
Creating a disc
Uploading movies and photos to websites
To save movies and photos using a
computer, install “PMB” from the supplied
CD-ROM beforehand.
Do not format the internal memory of your
camcorder from a computer. Your camcorder
may not operate correctly.
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.
Step 1 Checking the computer
system
OS
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Microsoft Windows XP SP3
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/Windows Vista
SP1
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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.)
However, Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or faster is
sufficient for the following operations:
Importing the movies and photos to the
computer
One Touch Disc Burn
Creating an Blu-ray disc/AVCHD format
disc/DVD-video (Intel Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz
or faster, is required when creating a DVD
video by converting high definition image
quality (HD) to standard definition image
quality (SD).)
Copying a disc
Application
DirectX 9.0c or later (This product is based
on DirectX technology. It is necessary to have
DirectX installed.)
Memory
For Windows XP: 512 MB or faster (1 GB or
more is recommended.)
However, 256 MB or more is sufficient for
processing only the movies with standard
definition image quality (SD).
For Windows Vista: 1 GB or more
Hard disk
Disk volume required for installation:
Approximately 500 MB (10 GB or more may
be necessary when creating AVCHD format
discs. 50 GB maximum may be necessary
when creating Blu-ray discs.)
Display
Minimum 1,024 × 768 dots
Others
USB port (this must be provided as standard,
Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0 compatible)), Blu-
ray disc/DVD burner (CD-ROM drive is
necessary for installation) Either NTFS or
exFAT file system is recommended as the
hard disk file system.
Operation with all computer environments is
not assured.
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Standard installation is required. Operation is
not assured if the OS has been upgraded or in a
multi-boot environment.
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64-bit editions and Starter (Edition) are not
supported.
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Starter (Edition) is not supported.
