Playing Movies
Windows Media Player, which is already installed on most computers, can be used for movie playback. To play back a movie, first copy the movie to your computer and then
.Minimum Computer System Requirements for Movie Playback
The minimum system requirements described below are necessary to play back movies recorded with this camera on a computer.
Operating System : Windows 7 / Vista / XP / 2000
CPU: Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or higher
Required Software : Windows Media Player, DirectX 9.0c or higher
•The above are recommended system environments. Configuring one of these environments does not guarantee proper operation.
•Certain settings and other installed software may interfere with proper playback of movies.
.Movie Playback Precautions
•Be sure to move the movie data to the hard disk of your computer before trying to play it. Proper movie playback may not be possible for data accessed over a network, from a memory card, etc.
•Proper movie playback may not be possible on some computers. If you experience problems, try the following.
–Try recording movies with a quality setting of “STD”.
–Try upgrading Windows Media Player to the latest version.
–Quit any other applications you have running, and stop resident applications.
Even if proper playback is not possible on the computer, you can use the AV cable that comes bundled with the camera to connect to the video input terminal of a TV or computer and play back movies that way.
136Using the Camera with a Computer