Avchd Format - Sony Handycam HDR-HC7 Brochure & Specs

Take Control of Every Moment with
Versatile Software Solutions
Picture Motion Browser Software
Picture Motion Browser is a supplied software application that gives you more control and possibilities with a variety of solutions available to customise
your personalised media.
Personalised Functionality
Picture Motion Browser performs these shared features across all capable models:
1 Importing
• It is possible to import
videos to your PC' s hard
drive and save them to
your viewed folder.
4 Authoring
• Enables you to create discs by selecting videos
to be imported to your PC.
• You can choose also to rearrange the order
of the scenes and create your own DVD video
with a menu of the contents.
Other Functions
These specific features give you more advanced control for model
specific capabilities:
Player for AVCHD UX7 UX5 SR1
Player for AVCHD is a PC software application designed to play AVCHD format videos
recorded by your Handycam camcorder on your PC in full screen.
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Video Disc Copier
UX7 UX5 SR1
Video Disc Copier is a PC software application that lets you convert your AVCHD format
videos to DVD format and make multiple disc copies in either format easily.
Easy Exporting
SR1 HC7 HC5
Quickly and easily export your favourite edited videos back into the Hard Disk
(for HDR-SR1) or the MiniDV/HDV tape (for HDR-HC7 / HDR-HC5).
• All supplied software applications for HDR-UX7, HDR-UX5, HDR-HC7 and HDR-HC5 are compatible with the x.v.Colour standard.
• Picture Motion Browser software functions differ between HDV, AVCHD (Disc) and AVCHD (HDD) models.
• For more information on playback compatibility and PC software and system specifications, please visit http://www.css.ap.sony.com/ui/avchdcam.aspx.
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2 Organising
• Browse and organize your images and videos in either
Folder View or Calendar View with thumbnails sorted by
Year, Month or Hour as you prefer.
3 Editing
• This function lets you edit out unnecessary recorded
video sections and keep only the video you want.
• You can also extract and save high quality still images
from the recorded footages.
More Recording Freedom with your
Preferred Media Format
With a variety of storage media options to pick from, you can choose the HD Handycam
customise your recording experience to match your personal style.

AVCHD Format

UX7 UX5
The AVCHD format is a High Definition digital camcorder format for recording video signals by using highly efficient codec technologies.
It employs MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec for video compression, and Dolby
format technology is capable of compressing images at a higher efficiency than that of conventional image compressing formats, allowing
for much smaller recordings without loss of image quality. Choose your preferred recording media with either the built-in Hard Disk Drive
or 8cm DVD Disc media options to suit your preference. Both types of non-linear media allow you to enjoy random access with thumbnail
displays of recordings and without any worries about overwriting.
8cm DVD Discs
Enjoy the simplicity and convenience of storing, sharing and
playback of videos directly from DVD Discs.
Choose between 4 types of 8cm DVD Disc formats - DVD+R DL
(Double Layer), DVD+RW, DVD-RW and DVD-R Discs.
8cm DVD+R DL (Double Layer) can record approx. 1 hour* of
HD video.
Hard Disk Drive
Enjoy long recording hours and seamless connectivity/transfer of
recorded contents to PCs for editing and sharing.
Built-in 30GB Hard Disk Drive in the HDR-SR1 enables recording
up to an impressive 11 hours* of HD video.
* In LP 5Mbps Recording Mode.
HDV Format
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Under the HDV standard, the MPEG-2 format has been adopted to efficiently compress HD image data and record onto MiniDV tapes
at high density, while maintaining high picture quality. The MPEG-2 format is a standard compression method used for video media including
DVDs as well as satellite and terrestrial digital broadcasts. Under the HDV standard, there are 2 types of HD recording systems - namely
720p and 1080i. Sony has adopted the 1080i specifications for its range of HD camcorders.
MiniDV Tape
Record HD video directly onto widely available and affordable
MiniDV tapes, with same recording duration as standard DV
format.
Backward compatibility with existing MiniDV tape libraries.
Widely available HDV editing software solutions.
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Digital or Linear PCM for audio codec. This promising recording
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VIDEO DATA
MPEG-4 AVC
1440 X 1080 60i/50i
(ASPECT RATIO 16:9)
AUDIO DATA
Dolby ® Digital 5. 1 ch.
VIDEO DATA
MPEG-4 AVC
1440 X 1080 60i/50i
(ASPECT RATIO 16:9)
AUDIO DATA
Dolby ® Digital 5. 1 ch.
VIDEO DATA
MPEG-2
MiniDV Tape
1440 X 1080 60i/50i
(ASPECT RATIO 16:9)
AUDIO DATA
MPEG-1
Audio Layer II
HDV Tape
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