Sony HDRXR100 Operating Guide - Page 27

Saving movies and photos with a computer Preparing a computer Saving movies and photos with 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 hard disk 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*1 Microsoft Windows XP SP3*2/Windows Vista SP1*3 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 Software 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 (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)), Bluray 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. *1 Standard installation is required. Operation is not assured if the OS has been upgraded or in a multi-boot environment. *2 64-bit editions and Starter (Edition) are not supported. *3 Starter (Edition) is not supported. When using a Macintosh The supplied software "PMB" is not supported by Macintosh computers. To process photos using a Macintosh computer connected to your camcorder, see the following website. http://guide.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/mac/ ms/us/ US 27