Sony DCR-TRV260 - Digital Handycam Camcorder Guida utente

3-087-936-11(1)

Computer

Applications Guide

Digital Video Camera Recorder

Read this first

The supplied CD-ROM includes the following

software.

For Windows computer : Picture Package

For Macintosh computer : ImageMixer VCD2

System requirement

For Windows users

When viewing pictures recorded on a

tape on a computer

•OS: Microsoft Windows 98SE, Windows

2000 Professional, Windows Millennium

Edition, Windows XP Home Edition or

Windows XP Professional

Standard installation is required.

Operationisnotassurediftheabove OS has

been upgraded.

You cannot hear sound if your computer is

running Windows 98. You can only transfer

and view still images.

•CPU: Intel Pentium III 500 MHz or faster

(800 MHz or faster recommended)

•Application: DirectX 9.0b or later (This

product is based on DirectX technology. It is

necessary to have DirectX installed.)

Windows Media Player 7.0 or later

Macromedia Flash Player 6.0 or later

•Sound system: 16 bit stereo sound card and

stereo speakers

•Memory: 64 MB or more

•Hard disk:

Available memory required for installation:

200 MB or more

Available free hard disk space recommended:

6 GB or more (depending on the size of the

image files edited)

•Display: 4 MB VRAM video card, Minimum

800 × 600 dots, High color (16 bit color,

65 000 colors), DirectDraw display driver

capability (this product will not operate

correctly at 800 × 600 dots or less, and 256

colors or less.)

•Others: USB port (this must be provided as

standard), DV Interface (IEEE1394, i.LINK)

(to connect via an i.LINK cable), disc drive

(you need a CD-Rdrive to create a Video CD.)

When playing pictures recorded on a

“Memory Stick” on a computer (only the

models with a Memory Stick slot)

•OS: Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 98SE,

Windows 2000 Professional, Windows

Millennium Edition, Windows XP Home

Edition or Windows XP Professional

Standard installation is required.

OperationisnotassurediftheaboveOShas

been upgraded.

•CPU: MMX Pentium 200 MHz or faster

•Application: Windows Media Player (this

must be installed to play back movies.)

•Others: USB port (this must be provided as

standard), disc drive

For Macintosh users

bNote

• When you connect your camcorder to a Macintosh

computer using a USB cable, you cannot copy

pictures recorded on a tape to the computer. To copy

pictures, connect your camcorder to the computer

with an i.LINK cable and use the standard software

in the OS.

When using ImageMixer VCD2

•OS: Mac OS X (v10.1.5 or later)

Standard installation is required.

•Application: QuickTime 4.0 or later (this

must be installed to play back movies.)

•Others: USB port (this must be provided as

standard), DV Interface (IEEE1394, i.LINK)

(to connect via an i.LINK cable), disc drive

When only copying pictures recorded

on a “Memory Stick” on a computer

(only the models with a Memory Stick

slot)

•OS: Mac OS 9.1/9.2 or Mac OS X (v10.0)

•Applications: QuickTime 3.0 or later (this

must be installed to play back movies.)

•Others: USB port (this must be provided as

standard), disc drive

• For camera operations, read the separate

Camera Operations Guide supplied with

your camcorder.

About this manual

• The name of the power switch on the

camcorder varies depending on the model.

To record on a tape : CAMERA-TAPE or

CAMERA

To play : PLAY/EDIT or VCR

CAMERA-TAPE and PLAY/EDIT are used

in this manual. Refer to the separate Camera

Operations Guide supplied with your

camcorder for details.

• The screens shown in this manual are from a

Windows XP computer. The screens may vary

depending on the OS.

On copyrights

Music works, sound recording or other third

party musical contents you may acquire from

CDs, the Internet or other sources (the “Music

Contents”) are the copyrighted work of the

respective owners thereof and are protected by

each country. Except to the extent expressly

permitted by applicable laws, you are not

permitted to use (including, without limitation,

coping, modifying, reproducing, uploading,

transmitting or placing to the external network

accessible to the public, transferring,

distributing, lending, licensing, selling and

publishing) any of the Music Contents without

obtaining authorization or approval of the

respective owners thereof. License of Picture

Package by Sony Corporation would not be

construed as conferring to you by implication,

estoppelor otherwise any license orrightto use

the Music Contents.

On trademarks

• Picture Package is a trademark of Sony

Corporation.

• “Memory Stick” and are registered

trademarks of Sony Corporation.

• Microsoft and Windows are registered

trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the

United States and/or other countries.

• Macintosh, iMac, Mac OS, iBook and Power

Mac are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc.

• QuickTime and the QuickTime logo are

trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.

• Roxio is a registered trademark of Roxio, Inc.

• Toast is a trademark of Roxio, Inc.

• Windows Media is a trademark of Microsoft

Corporation.

• Macromedia and Macromedia Flash Player

are trademarks or registered trademarks of

Macromedia, Inc. in the United States and / or

other countries.

• Pentium is a trademark or registered

trademark of Intel Corporation.

All other product names mentioned herein may

be the trademarks or registered trademarks of

their respective companies. Furthermore, “”

and “” are not mentioned in each case in this

manual.

Read this first............................................................................................. 2

Connecting to a Windows computer

Introduction to editing pictures on a computer........................................... 6

Features ......................................................................................................................6

Overview of the preparation ........................................................................................7

Step 1: Installing the software on a computer............................................ 8

Step 2: Connecting your camcorder to a computer.................................. 10

Using the USB cable (supplied) when viewing pictures on a tape ............................11

Using the USB cable (supplied) when copying pictures on a “Memory Stick” ...........13

Using the i.LINK cable (optional) ...............................................................................15

Managing pictures on a Windows computer

Copying, viewing and creating pictures.................................................... 17

Viewing video and pictures on your computer

– Picture Package Viewer ...................................................................................17

Creating an original video

– Picture Package Auto Video ............................................................................18

Creating an original slide show

– Picture Package Auto Slide ..............................................................................21

Saving the images on CD-R

– Picture Package CD Backup ............................................................................23

Creating a Video CD (Direct Access to Video CD Burn)

– Picture Package VCD Maker ...........................................................................24

Copying images for MEMORY MIX to a “Memory Stick” (only the models

with a Memory Stick slot) ....................................................................................26

Connecting to a Macintosh computer

Connecting your camcorder to a computer.............................................. 28

Copying pictures recorded on a “Memory Stick”

(only the models with a Memory Stick slot)......................................... 29

Installing software on a computer ............................................................ 29

Other functions

Creating a DVD (Direct Access to “Click to DVD”)................................... 30

Connecting an analog VCR to the computer via your camcorder

—Digital convert function................................................................... 33

Table of Contents

Additional information

Troubleshooting ....................................................................................... 35

Index ........................................................................................................ 41

Connecting to a Windows computer

Introduction to

editing pictures on a

computer

Features

When installing the Picture Package from the supplied CD-ROM, you can manage still images and

movies recorded on your camcorder as digital data on your computer along with several features.

Copying pictures from a “Memory Stick” automatically

You can easily transfer pictures recorded on a “Memory Stick” just by connecting your camcorder to

the computer.

Creating your own original video

You can easily create original videos with added music and effects using pictures recorded on a tape

as materials. You can also create video CDs.

Creating your own slide show

You can select your favorites from pictures imported from a “Memory Stick” and easily create your

original slide show with added music and effects.

Saving the images on CD-R

You can save pictures copied onto a computer on a CD-R.

Connecting to a Windows computer

Overview of the preparation

Follow the steps below to complete the preparation.

* These illustrations are of models with a Handycam Station.

For models with a Handycam Station, place your camcorder on the Handycam Station, then connect the

Handycam Station to a computer. You cannot directly connect your camcorder to the computer.

CD-ROM (supplied)

On your camcorder

Step 2: Connecting your camcorder to a computer

On your computer (for the first time only)

Step 1: Installing the software on a computer

Now, start from Step1 !

There are two ways to connect your camcorder to a computer.

• Connecting with a USB cable (supplied)

• Connecting with an i.LINK cable (optional)

See “Step 2: Connecting your camcorder to a computer” (p. 10) for details.

Connecting to a Windows computer

Step 1: Installing the

software on a

computer

You need to install the software to your

computer to have fun with your recorded still

images and movies. The installation is

required only for the first time. From the

second time on, you only need to connect

your camcorder and the computer.

For Windows 2000/Windows XP

Log on as Administrators for installation.

bNote

• Do not connect the USB cable (supplied) before

installing the software.

1Turn on the computer.

Close down all applications running on the

computer before installing the software.

2Place the supplied CD-ROM in the

disc drive of your computer.

The installation screen appears.

If the screen does not appear

1Double-click [My Computer].

2Double-click [PICTUREPACKAGE]

(Disc drive)*.

* Drive names (such as (E:)) may vary

depending on the computer.

3Click [Install].

4Select the language for installation,

then click [Next].

5Click [Next].

6Read [License Agreement], check [I

accept the terms of the license

Connecting to a Windows computer

agreement] when you agree, then click

[Next].

7Select where to save the software, then

click [Next].

8Click [Install] on the [Ready to Install

the Program] screen.

The installation starts.

9Make sure [Yes, I want to restart my

computer now.] is checked, then click

[Finish].

The computer turns off once, then starts up

againautomatically(Restart).Theshort-cut

icons for [Picture Package Menu] and

[Picture Package Menu destination Folder]

appear on the desktop.

When DirectX 9.0b or later is not

installed on the computer, follow the

steps below to install DirectX 9.0b.

1Read [License Agreement], then click

[Next].

,continued

Connecting to a Windows computer

2Click [Next].

3Click [Finish].

The computer restarts automatically, then a

short-cut icon for [Picture Package Menu]

appears on the desktop.

10Remove the CD-ROM from the disc

drive of your computer.

If you have any questions about Picture

Package

For details, refer to the operating instructions

supplied on the CD-ROM supplied with your

camcorder, or on-line help.

Step 2: Connecting

your camcorder to a

computer

About connection

There are two ways to connect your camcorder

to a computer:

– USB cable (supplied)

– i.LINK cable (optional)

Connecting with the USB cable

(supplied)

This method is good for copying pictures and

sound recorded on a tape to the computer,

copying files from a “Memory Stick” to a

computer, and copying files to a “Memory

Stick.”

• When connectingthe camcorder toacomputer

withaUSBcable(supplied),thecomputerand

camcorder must be recognized beforehand.

Follow the steps below.

– Using the USB cable (supplied) when

viewing pictures on a tape (p. 11)

– Using the USB cable (supplied) when

copying pictures on a “Memory Stick”

(p. 13)

Connecting with an i.LINK cable

(optional)

• This method is good for copying pictures and

sound recorded on a tape.

Image data is transferred with more precision

than with a USB cable.

bNotes

• When you are using a USB cable or an i.LINK cable

to connect your camcorder to a computer, make sure

you insert the connector in the correct direction. If

you insert the connector forcibly, it may be

damaged, and causes a malfunction of your

camcorder.

• You cannot copy pictures from a “Memory Stick” to

a computer with an i.LINK cable.

• You cannot connect with an i.LINK cable when you

use Windows 98/Windows 98SE.

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