New to 4k, help please!

cassidyfan said:

The new software has been "updating database" since Sunday morning and still says it has 98 hours to go, so no playing with the new pictures yet.

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Well, the database is what I do not care about at all. After uploading the new new clips from the camcorder, I cancel further "database" creation/processing. This database is useless in my opinion, it is, like any database generally, important only if you want to make specific selections of your recordings. What I do with the uploaded clips is this:

1. I check each clip, I edit (trim) it if needed, or delete it.

2. I stitch the clips into one (m2ts) file and that it.

Thanks! I see that now. Wish I could get my PMB (the previous camera's software) back because it's what I'm familiar with and it worked great for me. I'm not big on change, if you haven't noticed.

The Play Memories software. It's "building database." It's up to 391 hours now. Today is Day 7. As soon as I can convince myself that stopping it won't delete any of my nearly 1 TB of photos and videos dating back to 2004, I'm going to abort. I have everything on disks and my hubby's hard drive and Carbonite, so I know I'm ok. I really, really hate change.

cassidyfan said:

Thanks! I see that now. Wish I could get my PMB (the previous camera's software) back because it's what I'm familiar with and it worked great for me. I'm not big on change, if you haven't noticed.

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I think that you can still "clean out" the mess.

1. Just go to your folder, where you have your clips/videos uploaded from your camcorder. Delete every file (including the subfolders), which doesn't contain the ".m2ts" extension, or ".mov", or whatever your video files use.

2. Launch the PMB if you can. If it is corrupted, then try to reinstall (download it first from the Sony web site and then run the executable file - as per Sony instructions found on their web site) it.

3. If reinstalling fails, then uninstall the PMB application (going to the "Control panel/Programs and features, at least this is on the Windows 7) first and now install it as if you haven't had it. But! The newest PMB versions might require to have (some) original PMB version already installed. If it is so, then, if you still have the original Disk with this program, install it first.

3. If after the successful installation the PMB announces that it is building the database, click the cancel. And do the same (i.e. cancel the database creation) after any video(s) upload.

Good luck.

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Regards,
Peter

I'm finally back! Thanks for your helpful suggestions. I recorded my first event, and I love the ability to get still pictures after the fact. My next problem is that I'm going to need a new computer. It took over a day to get the video off the card and onto the computer. Also when I view the video, it "skips" and the audio isn't quite right, but it works fine when viewing on the camera. Do you have recommedations for a new computer or a site where I could go to research?

Alao, I need to "downgrade" the video in order to put it on a DVD. When doing that with PlayMemories I don't see a "save as" feature. I'm afraid to try it for fear of overwriting the 4K version.