Sony HDR-XR100 User Guide

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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 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*

Microsoft Windows XP SP3*

/Windows Vista

SP1*

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

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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)), 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.

Standard installation is required. Operation is

not assured if the OS has been upgraded or in a

multi-boot environment.

64-bit editions and Starter (Edition) are not

supported.

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/

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