With a

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Operating environment

 

computer

 

 

 

 

 

Operating environment required for VideoCam Suite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PC

 

IBM® PC/AT compatible personal computer with an Intel® Pentium® 1.0 GHz or higher

 

 

 

 

 

CPU (including compatible CPU)

)

 

 

 

 

When using Playback function and the MPEG2 conversion function, Intel® Pentium® 4

 

 

 

 

( 1.8 GHz or higher is recommended.

 

 

OS

 

Preinstalled

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Basic or Service Pack 1

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium or Service Pack 1

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft® Windows Vista® Ultimate or Service Pack 1

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business or Service Pack 1

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition Service Pack 2/Service Pack 3

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Service Pack 2/Service Pack 3

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional Service Pack 4

 

 

 

RAM

 

512 MB or more (1 GB or more recommended)

 

 

 

Display

 

High Colour (16 bit) or more (32 bit or more recommended)

 

 

 

 

 

Desktop resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels or more

 

 

 

 

 

(1280 x 1024 pixels or more recommended)

 

 

 

 

 

Video card complying with DirectX® 9.0c

 

 

 

 

 

DirectDraw® overlay support

 

 

 

 

 

PCI Express™ x 16 is recommended

 

 

 

Hard disk

 

Ultra DMA-33 or higher

 

 

 

 

 

450 MB or more free space for installing software

 

 

 

 

 

● Recording to optical discs or SD cards requires twice the amount of free space as

 

 

 

 

 

the size of the disc or SD card to be created. When automatically splitting data over

 

 

 

 

 

multiple DVDs, 17 GB of free space are required.

 

 

 

 

 

● If the compression setting is enabled, errors will occur during recording. Clear the

 

 

 

 

 

check for [Compress this drive to save disk space] in [Properties] for the hard disk

 

 

 

 

 

drive.

 

 

 

 

Necessary

 

Windows Vista®: Microsoft® DirectX® 10

 

 

 

software

 

 

(preinstalled in Windows Vista®)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 (preinstalled in Windows Vista® SP1)

 

 

 

 

 

Windows® XP/2000: Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c

 

 

 

 

 

 

(preinstalled in Windows® XP SP2)

 

 

 

 

 

● Installing the software on a computer that is not compatible with these versions

 

 

 

 

 

DirectX® may cause the computer to stop operating normally. If you are unsure if your

 

 

 

 

PC is compatible, contact the manufacturer.

 

 

 

Sound

 

DirectSound® support

 

 

 

Drive

 

CD-ROM drive (for installation)

 

 

 

 

 

(When writing to DVD, a compatible drive and media are necessary.)

 

 

 

Interface

 

USB port (Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0))

 

 

 

Video cameras

 

Panasonic digital video cameras this software is provided with (SD card/Hard disk)

 

 

 

connected via

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Content

 

Content captured using Panasonic digital video cameras this software is provided with

 

 

 

 

 

(SD card/Hard disk)

 

 

 

Other

 

Mouse or equivalent pointing device, SD card reader/writer (required for reading and

 

 

 

requirements

 

writing to SD cards; performing these operations with SD cards 4 GB or larger requires

 

 

 

 

 

an SDHC-compatible SD card reader/writer), and an environment with Internet access

 

 

 

 

 

(required for online functions “YouTube Uploader”)

 

Even if the system requirements mentioned in these operating instructions are fulfilled, some personal computers cannot be used.

Supplied CD-ROM is available for Windows only.

This software is not compatible with Microsoft® Windows® 3.1, Windows® 95, Windows® 98, Windows® 98 SE, Windows® Me, and Windows NT®.

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