Creating avchd discs, Types of discs that can be used with “pmb, Playing an avchd disc on a pc – Sony DSC-WX5 User Manual

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An AVCHD disc with HD picture quality can be created from AVCHD movies imported to a PC
using supplied “PMB” software.

1 Turn on the power of the PC and insert an unused disc in the DVD drive.

2 Start “PMB”.

3 Select the AVCHD movie to be written to the disc.

4 Click

(Create Discs), then select [Create AVCHD Format Discs

(HD)].

5 Create the disc by following the on-screen instructions.

• Be sure that “PMB” has already been installed (page 134).
• Still images and MP4 movies cannot be recorded on an AVCHD disc.
• Disc creation may take time.

Creating Blu-ray discs

You can create Blu-ray discs from AVCHD movies imported to a PC.
The PC in question must be capable of creating Blu-ray discs. BD-R (not re-writable) or BD-RE
(re-writable) discs can be used. Multi-session recordings cannot be made.
To create Blu-ray discs, be sure to install [BD add-on software] on the “PMB” installation
screen. To install, your PC must be connected to the Internet.
For detailed operations, see “PMB Help”.

Creating AVCHD discs

Notes

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Types of discs that can be used with “PMB”

The following 12-cm discs can be used with “PMB”. For information on Blu-ray discs, see
page 141.

• Always maintain your PlayStation

®

3 to use the latest version of the PlayStation

®

3 system software.

• The PlayStation

®

3 may not be available in some countries/regions.

Disc type

Characteristics

DVD-R / DVD+R / DVD+R DL

Cannot be re-written.

DVD-RW / DVD+RW

Can be re-written and used again.

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Playing an AVCHD disc on a PC

AVCHD discs can be played on a PC using “Player for AVCHD” installed along with
“PMB”. To start the software, click on [Start]

t [All Programs] t [PMB] t [PMB

Launcher]

t [View] t [Player for AVCHD].

For detailed operations, see the Help for “Player for AVCHD”.

• Images may not play back smoothly depending on the PC environment.

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