The latest version of the system software update is compatible with the following hardware: Hard disk space: 300MB or more; RAM: 512MB or more Note: Please close all other application software before updating the system software. Power source for the camera Fully charged rechargeable battery pack NP-FV70 or the AC Adaptor. IMPORTANT: For computers running Mac OS X version 10.13, the DriverLoader1013 software must be installed before installing the camera software update for each camera that's being updated. Camera power supply.
The article mainly guide you through how to convert Sony Handycam files so that you can edit, play, share or upload your Sony Handycam videos on Mac and Windows with ease.
The Sony Handycam was the first camcorder released specifically to fit in the palm of the user's hand. Over the years, the Handycam has evolved from using analog formats such as VHS-C and Hi8, to digital solutions such as MiniDV and DVD.
What's more, owing to its professional capturing ability with 1920*1080 Full HD AVCHD format, the Sony Handycam becomes one of the hottest camcorders on the market.
However, it is difficult for Mac or Windows users to play and edit the Sony Handycam AVCHD videos due to its high rate compression and special codec.
'I want to use Windows Movie Maker on my Windows 7 to edit videos from Sony HandyCam camera, but the problem is that I can not deal with the MTS video files. Anyone here can help me?'
'I have checked carefully that FCP 7 can deal with AVCHD videos. But why I always get the error message? Have you met the same problem? Pls help. PS: the AVCHD video is from my Sony Handycam camcorder.Thank you in advance'
In order to make the AVCHD videos from Sony Handycam compatible with Windows and Mac, the easy workaround is to convert the Sony Handycam files. For this purpose, this article mainly shows you how to transcode Sony Handycam videos for editing, playing, sharing or uploading in detail. Below is how.
Guide: How to convert Sony Handycam AVCHD videos on Mac and Windows:
First of all, free download Brorsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac or Windows:
(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)
The MTS/M2TS Converter is an easy-to-use yet professional app which can be used as a Sony AVCHD AVCHD MTS Converter under OS X Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), Mountain Lion (10.8). It is free, clean and safe to install and use. With it, you can effortlessly convert Sony Handycam MTS files to MP4, MOV, FLV, AVI etc. videos for different uses, and it works well and converts flawlessly. Just make sure you get the right version according to your computer's operating system.
P.S. The quick start guide below uses the MTS/M2TS Mac screenshots.
Step 1: Install and launch Sony MTS Converter on your Mac. Transfer your footage from your Sony Handcam camcorder to the software.
Tip: If you want, you can merge several AVCHD clips by ticking “Merge into one” box.
Step 2: Click 'format' bar to choose the output format. There are many output format for you to choose.
For Mac User:
For Windows User:
Step 3: Tap 'Settings' button to customize the output parameters, adjust the resolution, bitrate as you want.
Step 4: Click conversion button to start transcoding Sony Handycam AVCHD videos on Mac & Windows.
After AVCHD conversion finished , you can click 'Open' to find the output file. Then playing and editing Sony Handycam AVCHD files on Mac&Windows becomes easy and smooth.
Tips:
1. For your original 1080/60i footages, you need to deinterlace 1080/60i AVCHD footages to remove all these interlacing artifacts from videos via ticking the 'Deinterlacing' box in the Video Editor interface.
2. 3D conversion. The Red-Blue/Red-Green 3D conversions are supported.
3. Crop: Edit --> Crop and you can get the imported videos cropped as you want.
4. Double click the imputed file, you can preview your footages in the software window.
Related Guides:
How to edit Sony Handycam files in Windows Movie Maker
How to Load Sony Handycam AVCHD videos to Mac
Summary: Sony Handycam is a famous brand for camcorder. It’s widely used among home and amateur users. Many users shoot videos with Sony Handycam camcorders. Here are some issues that will cause data loss on Sony Handycam. Fortunately, TogetherShare is able to help you recover lost videos from Sony Handycam with quick and easy steps.
Sony Handycam, as a portable and small device, is very popular for most users. It’s easy to handle and shoot videos with the camcorder especially for common users. Users like to shoot videos with the camcorder and the videos are stored in the memory card. You can then view the videos on the device directly, or you can move the videos to the computer later.
However, if you accidentally lose the videos on the memory card, you may lose the precious videos for your memorable moments, such as the videos for party, sport event, baby’s time, and so on. In such cases, it would be very lucky if there is a reliable data recovery tool for Sony Handycam.
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TogetherShare Data Recovery is such a data recovery software for Sony Handycam. It can easily recover lost videos from Sony Handycam. You can just download it first to have a try.
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The data recovery tool can recover lost videos from different kinds of camcorders. It can also support video recovery for GoPro, Hasselblad, Leica, Fujifilm, Polaroid, Lumix, Pentax, Olympus, Casio, Nikon, Canon, Samsung, and other camcorders or cameras.
Actually, the software can not only recover lost videos, it can also recover lost or deleted photos, documents, audio files, emails, archives and other types of files. Besides, it can also recover lost files from MP4 player, MP3 player, voice recorders, internal/external hard drive, USB stick, etc.
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If you lose videos on Sony Handycam, please don’t worry. With the easy video recovery software, you can get back the lost videos effectively but it’s not hard to handle the software. You can just follow the wizard of the software with only a few steps, and then you are able to recover the lost videos from your Sony Handycam.
How to recover lost videos from Sony Handycam?
As a home user without too much computer skills, you will be panic once you lose videos on Sony Handycam. But fortunately now as TogetherShare can help you get back the lost videos easily. As mentioned above, it provide the best but very simple solution for Sony Handycam video recovery.
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With TogetherShare video recovery software, you can recover lost video from Sony Handycam with only a few clicks. There are only 3 steps necessary for the data recovery. Just follow the simple guide below to handle the data recovery task.
Step 1. Choose the memory card of Sony Handycam.
If you lose videos from Sony Handycam by mistake, please stop using the memory card. Connect it o the computer with a card reader. Then run the software, select the memory card to scan.
Step 2. Scan the Sony Handycam memory card.
The data recovery tool will scan the Sony Handycam memory card automatically and deeply. It can search for the lost videos with different methods.
Step 3. Preview and recover the lost videos.
If the scan is completed, all the lost files will be listed in the software. You are able to preview and check all the found videos first. Then only select the wanted videos to recover.
Sony Handycam users may lose videos due to accident deleting, formatting, or lose files because of file system corruption and many other factors. No matter how you lose videos on Sony Handycam, you can download TogetherShare Data Recovery to restore the lost videos.
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