Using Video software

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About the software on your Sony desktop

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Shooting video clips

With a video camera connected to your computer you can use Smart Capture to capture video clips, as well as play them or send them via e-mail.

To capture video clips, proceed as follows:1Launch Smart Capture.

2Select Net Movie using the Switch Capture Mode button. The image appears in the Finder.

3Turn the camera towards the subject.4Adjust the image.

5Click the Capture button to shoot a video clip (you can shoot up to 120 seconds, according to the settings you chose in the Recording options section).

6Click the Capture button when finished.The Movie Player window appears, it contains the captured video clip.7Click to playback the images. Click to pause, to stop playback.8To end Smart Capture, click .

Make sure a camera is plugged to the i.LINK™ connector and turned on. You can shoot video clips in the following formats:

Non-compressed:

-Video 160 x 120, 24 bits, max. 10 frames/sec.

-Audio PCM, 11.025 kHz, 16 bits, monophonic

Compressed:

-Video MPEG1 160 x 112, maximum of 30 frames/sec.).

-Audio MPEG1, 44.1 kHz (effective maximum equivalent to 11.025 kHz), monophonic.

A gap may appear when a rapid-moving object is displayed. However, this is not a malfunction.