Sony VBD-MA1 - Manual (Page 62)

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When using as an external disc drive, available functions on Windows differ depending on
version or edition. You need to install a commercially available software for BD/DVD/CD
drive depending on the application. (Software for BD/DVD/CD drive is not supplied.)
For details on requirements for using an external drive, refer to the following table. For
details, refer to “Help and Support” in Windows or the operating instructions of your
software.
Reading/Writing data
: functions and operation on Windows are available.
Playing a disc/Creating a compatible disc for Blu-ray Disc or DVD players
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• Examples of usable software and its versions (as of April 2011)
– Writing files to disc Power2Go (Cyberlink Corp.)
– Playback of AVCHD disc Player for AVCHD ver. 5.3 (Sony Corporation)
– Creation of AVCHD disc PMB-Picture Motion Browser ver. 5.3 (Sony Corporation)
– Playback of DVD/Blu-ray Disc Power DVD 9 (Cyberlink Corp.)
– Creation of DVD/Blu-ray Disc Power Producer 5 (Cyberlink Corp.)
Using as an External Disc Drive
About functions on Windows
Operating System Reading files on disc Writing files to disc
Windows 7
Windows Vista
(SP2)
BD
DVD
CD
Windows XP
(SP3) BD Supporting software required* Supporting software required
DVD Supporting software required* Supporting software required
CD
* If you use the “PMB” (Picture Motion Browser) software supplied with Sony cameras, you may need to
install the UDF reader plug-in, depending on a version of “PMB,” to recognize a Blu-ray Disc or
AVCHD disc on Windows XP. For details, refer to “Help” or “Support” in “PMB.”
Operating System Playback/Creation
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows XP
DVD Depending on the edition of Windows, correspondence
differs.
AVCHD disc Supporting software required
BD Supporting software required