Saving videos in a Playlist (Playlist Disc Creation)

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Creating a disc from the Playlist on your camcorder (Playlist Disc Creation)

You can save videos listed in a Playlist on your camcorder on a disc using [Playlist Disc Creation] in the Handycam Utility.

Notes

• Player for AVCHD or equipment that is compatible with the AVCHD format is needed to play back AVCHD format discs you have created with videos included in a HD Playlist.
• AVCHD format discs cannot be played back with a DVD player or DVD recorder since DVD players and DVD recorders are not compatible with the AVCHD format.
• Do not insert AVCHD format discs into a DVD player or DVD recorder. AVCHD format discs may not be ejected properly from a DVD player or a DVD recorder.
• You cannot create a Blu-ray Disc using this function.

1. Turn on your camcorder, and connect it to the computer using the USB cable.
   Use the AC Adaptor as the power source.
   For how to connect your camcorder to a computer, refer to the Operating Guide supplied with your camcorder.
   
   
   
   The [USB SELECT] screen is displayed on the LCD screen of your camcorder.
2. Select [USB CONNECT] or [USB CONNECT] on the LCD screen of your camcorder.
   The [Handycam Utility] window is displayed on the screen of the computer.
3. Click [Playlist Disc Creation] in the [Handycam Utility] window.
   The [Create discs from a Playlist] window is displayed.
   
   
4. Click [HD Playlist] or [SD Playlist].
   When you select [HD Playlist], an AVCHD format disc is created.
   When you select [SD Playlist], a DVD video with standard definition image quality (SD) is created.
   
5. Click [Start].
   Scenes of videos listed in a Playlist on your camcorder are displayed as thumbnail images.
   
   
6. Confirm the videos to write to a disc.
   Videos with checkmarks at the top right are written on the disc in the Playlist order.
7. Click [Next].
   Image of the AVCHD or DVD-Video menu to create is displayed.
   
   

   Hints

   • When you create an AVCHD format disc, selecting [Each Date Taken] automatically changes the order of videos into the order of the date on which they were taken.
   • When you create a DVD video with standard definition image quality (SD), selecting [Menu Sorted by Date Taken] automatically changes the order of videos and still images into the order of the date on which they were taken.
   • Clicking [Font] lets you select the text color of the disc name and title, etc.
   • When you create a DVD video with standard definition image quality (SD), clicking [Preview] lets you check the completed image of the DVD video.
   • When you create a DVD video with standard definition image quality (SD), clicking [Settings] lets you set video quality, display time for each still image in slide show, and the various operations that take place upon the first play of a disc.
8. Confirm the menu style to be created, and click [Start].
   Disc creation begins.
   
   

   Notes

   • Creating a disc may take some time.
   • You cannot use an 8 cm disc with the DVD drive of a computer.

   Hint

   • You can choose to create more copies of the same disc after writing to the disc is completed.