Saving Movies And Photos With A Computer; Preparing A Computer (Windows) - Sony CX115E Operating Manual

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
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Viewing and editing imported images
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Creating a disc
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Uploading movies and photos to websites
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To save movies and photos using a
computer, install "PMB" from the supplied
CD-ROM beforehand.
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Notes
Do not format the media of your camcorder
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from a computer. Your camcorder may not
operate correctly.
This camcorder captures high definition footage
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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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1
Microsoft Windows XP SP3
SP2 /Windows 7
* 3
GB
34
/Windows Vista
* 2
CPU
* 4
Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz or faster, or Intel
Core 2 Duo 1.66 GHz or faster (Intel Core
2 Duo 2.26 GHz or faster is required when
processing HD FX/HD FH movies)
However, Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or faster is
sufficient for the following operations:
Importing the movies and photos to the
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computer
One Touch Disc Burn
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Creating a Blu-ray disc/AVCHD disc/DVD-
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video (Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz or faster
is required when creating a DVD video by
converting high definition image quality
(HD) to standard definition image quality
(STD).)
Copying a disc
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Processing only the movies with standard
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definition image quality (STD)
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 more (1 GB or
more is recommended.)
However, 256 MB or more is sufficient for
processing only the movies with standard
definition image quality (STD).
For Windows Vista/Windows 7: 1 GB or
more
Hard disk
Disk volume required for installation:
Approximately 500 MB (10 GB or more may
be necessary when creating AVCHD 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.