Specifications and system requirements
Supported Files
Importing
| Recording standard | SD-Video standard (reading from the camcorder bundled with "ImageMixer™ 3 SE for SD" only) DVD-Video standard (reading from disc drive only) |
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| File format (extension) | MPEG-2 (.mpg .mpeg) JPEG (.jpg .jpeg) BMP (.bmp) WAVE (.wav) |
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| Disc type | DVD-R 12cm/8cm DVD-R DL 12cm/8cm DVD-RW 12cm/8cm |
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Writing
| Recording standard | DVD-Video standard | |
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| File format (extension) | Movie Editing: MPEG-2 (.mpg) Still image : JPEG (.jpg) File export (for video-sharing site) : MPEG-2(.mpg) File export (for iTunes) : QuickTime Movie (.mov) | |
| Disc type | DVD-R 12cm/8cm DVD-R DL 12cm/8cm DVD-RW 12cm/8cm * You cannot overwrite recorded DVD-R and DVD-R DL discs. * When using a DVD-RW disc, erase the recorded data with "ImageMixer™ 3 SE for SD" before writing. * Writing on an 8 cm disc cannot be performed when you select [Create Disc] from the "ImageMixer™ 3 Launcher" screen. |
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System Requirements
| OS |
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition Service Pack 2/Professional Service Pack 2 Following language versions of above operating systems (32 bit) : Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese (Europe/Brazil), Spanish, Swedish. Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Basic/Home Premium/Business/Ultimate/Enterprise Following language versions of above operating systems (32 bit) : Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese (Europe/Brazil), Spanish, Swedish. * To install and use this software, you must be authorized as an Administrator. * Updating to Windows® XP Service Pack 2 is required for Microsoft® Windows® XP users. |
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| Supported Computer | IBM PC/AT compatible computers(DOS/V) with above OS pre-installed. * Built-to-order computers excepted. |
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| CPU | Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 Intel® Pentium® 4 1.49GHz or higher Intel® Celeron® 1.7GHz or higher Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Intel® Pentium® 4 2.4GHz or higher Intel® Celeron® D 3.0GHz or higher * Operation is not guaranteed when using over-clocked CPUs. |
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| Memory | Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 : 512GB or higher
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ : 512MB or higher |
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| Hard Disk | 300MB or more free disk space (for software installation) Free space at least twice the volume of data to be written on the disc is required for creating a disc. |
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| Graphics |
1024x768 pixels or more 16bit (High Color) or more |
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| Sound | Sound card supporting Microsoft® DirectSound® | |
| Drive | Standard DVD drive with writing capabilities | |
| Others | Standard USB 2.0 port An environment in which DirectX® 9.0c operates properly An Internet-accessible environment (for software installation) |
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Cautions
- If recorded and/or edited content includes copyrighted works created by the third parties, be sure to use them for personal use.
- Use an AC adaptor to power a notebook computer.
- Use the compact power adaptor to power the camcorder.
- Connect the camcorder and the computer directly with a USB cable. Operation using USB hubs is not guaranteed.
- Do not put computer in Standby mode when a camcorder is connected.
- Read protected data and copy protected data cannot be imported.
- You cannot overwrite recorded DVD-R and DVD-R DL. When using a DVDRW disc, erase the recorded data with "ImageMixer™ 3 SE for SD" before writing.
- Do not to operate other software during disc writing.
- You cannot write back videos to the SD Memory Card inside the camcorder if the card is protected against writing.
Operating Limitations
- In some language, some instructions in the installation screens are written in English.
- Unicode is not supported in "ImageMixer™ 3 SE for SD".
- Even if video recordings are in a supported format, you may not be able to use them depending on the recording method.
- You cannot use "ImageMixer™ 3 SE for SD" when connecting two or more camcorders to the computer.
- Except the following camcorders and discs, videos may not be imported to "ImageMixer™ 3 SE for SD" :
- A Canon camcorder with "ImageMixer™ 3 SE for SD" bundled.
- Disc recorded with such a camcorder, and disc is created using "ImageMixer™ 3 SE for SD". - System folders, Windows-only folders, the root directory C:\ and optical drives cannot be selected as the saving destination for the Library and file export.
- You cannot add files to the Library by drag and drop in "Explorer" from removable disks.
- After exporting files with "ImageMixer™ 3 SE for SD", the picture quality of the exported video will be lower than that of the original.
- It is required to finalize DVD discs to import videos to "ImageMixer™ 3 SE for SD".
- In the Movie Edit, you can set up to 20 trimming ranges for a clip.
- The preview screen in the Movie Edit may not be played back smoothly depending on your computer performance.
- In the Movie Edit, the titler displayed on the preview screen may be distorted depending on the computers. This is not reflected in the edited content.
- Discs created with "ImageMixer™ 3 SE for SD" may not be played back on some players.Applying fade-in/fade-out effect on the clips in front/rear of the noise may solve this problem.
- When playing back titles, the joining points between chapters may not be played back smoothly.
- Disc writing cannot be performed if the Windows file system is FAT32.
- "ImageMixer™ 3" may not operate correctly when a disc writing software other than "ImageMixer™ 3" is installed. In this case, we recommend not to use multiple disc writing software at the same time.
- When erasing data on a DVD-RW disc, the progress bar may not be displayed correctly in some drives.
- You cannot write back videos of recorded in a video format or video system different from that of the camcorder. It may cause the camcorder to malfunction.
