Specifications and system requirements
Product Specifications
Supported disc format
| Reading from camcorder | BD-R : BD-R Ver.2.0 standard compliance BD-RE : BD-RE Ver.3.0 standard compliance DVD-RAM : DVD-VR DVD-RW : DVD-VR, DVD-Video DVD-R : DVD-Video * For users using HYBRID BDCAM can read contents in camcorder's HDD. |
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| Writing to discs | BD-R : BD-R Ver.2.0 standard compliance BD-RE : BD-RE Ver.3.0 standard compliance DVD-R : DVD-Video DVD-R(DL) : DVD-Video DVD-RW : DVD-VR, DVD-Video DVD-RAM : DVD-VR DVD+R : DVD-Video DVD+R(DL) : DVD-Video |
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System Requirements
| OS | Microsoft® Windows® XP - Home Edition - Professional Microsoft® Windows Vista® (32bit only) - Home Basic - Home Premium - Ultimate - Business - Enterprise * English versions of above OS. * To install and use this software, you must be authorized as an Administrator. |
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| CPU | Intel® Pentium® 4 2.4GHz or higher (Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.13GHz or higher recommended) * Operation is not guaranteed when using CPU with verclocked. |
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| Memory | 512MB or more (1GB or more recommended) | |
| Hard Disk | 300MB or more disk space is required for 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, Can be displayed in 16bit(Hi-color) or more. - A graphic accelerator supporting DirectX® 9.0c or later. |
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| Sound | - Sound card supporting Microsoft® DirectSound® | |
| Supported Drives | Drives manufactured and sold in 1997 or later. * We do not guarantee all functions of the drives. * To create a disc, you will need a drive that supports the disc type you are creating. * Operations of the software depends on whether the OS supports your drives and hardware devices. For the OS support information, please contact the drive and hardware device manufacturers. |
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| Others | An environment in which DirectX® 9.0c operates properly. | |
When disc writing is performed incorrectly
Discs may be written incorrectly due to the following reasons:
- OS does not recognize drives.
- Old driver and/or firmware of the drive is used.
- Writing software other than PIXELA is installed.
- Power-saving function is set.
- Hard disk is not optimized.
- A drive not in the supporting drive list is used.
- Resident software is active.
- "Auto insert notification" of the drive is set.
Limitations
- Read protected data and copy protected data cannot be imported.
- It is required to finalize DVD disc to import videos to "ImageMixer 3 AVCHD Edition for HITACHI".
- When playing back Title or Playlist, jointing points between chapters may not be played back smoothly.
- When connecting your computer and the importing device with USB 1.1, processing may be slow or drop frame may occur due to the transfer speed.
- Importing may not be performed correctly when importing data from camcorder other than Hitachi or discs created with the software other than "ImageMixer 3 AVCHD Edition for HITACHI".
- "ImageMixer 3 AVCHD Edition for HITACHI" may not operate correctly when a writing software other than "ImageMixer 3 AVCHD Edition for HITACHI" is installed. In this case, we recommend not to use multiple writing software.
- Supported file format may not be used according to recording method.
- We recommend not to operate other software during disc writing.
- When erasing data in DVD-RW, the progress bar may not operate correctly in some drives.
- With the Movie conversion function, the picture quality of the converted movie will be lower than the original.
