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Before use
System requirements
RAM
For Windows
®
7: 1 GB or more (32 bit), 2 GB or more (64 bit)
For Windows Vista
®
: 512 MB or more
For Windows
®
XP: 512 MB or more
For AVCHD/AVCHD Lite/MP4 motion picture function: 1 GB or more
For short movie story-creating function: 2 GB or more
Display
High Color (16 bit) or more (32 bit or more recommended)
Desktop resolution of 1024×768 pixels or more (1920×1080 pixels or more recommended)
Video card
For Windows
®
7: Graphics card complying with DirectX
®
10
For Windows Vista
®
: Graphics card complying with DirectX
®
10
For Windows
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XP: Graphics card complying with DirectX
®
9.0c
DirectDraw
®
overlay support
PCI Express™ x16 is recommended
Video memory of 256 MB or more is recommended
Direct3D
®
accelerator: Enabled
*
To check the Direct3D
®
acceleration settings, enter "dxdiag" in the text field in the [Start] menu. (If using Windows
®
XP, click
[start] → [Run], and enter "dxdiag" in the [Run] window.) The [DirectX Diagnostic Tool] window appears. Select the [Display]
tab and check [Direct3D Acceleration] under [DirectX Features].
Free hard disk
space
Ultra DMA-100 or higher
450 MB or more for installing software
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When writing to a DVD, twice the amount of free space as the disc is necessary.
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If the compression setting is enabled, errors will occur during recording. If you set the drive compression to save disk space
in [Properties] for the hard disk drive, remove that check mark.