Camera Compatibility

jpflkeys

Newbie Location: Florida Keys Joined: Nov 24, 2015 09:00 Messages: 2 Offline

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Feb 16, 2016 16:25

Will PD 14 (all versions) accept photos & video from a Sony A7II? I see there are quite a lot of camera's it supports from Sony but not the A7II. Hope to hear from someone....jp

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Feb 16, 2016 16:51

Quote: Will PD 14 (all versions) accept photos & video from a Sony A7II? I see there are quite a lot of camera's it supports from Sony but not the A7II. Hope to hear from someone....jp

It should.

File Formats Still Images: JPEG, RAW

Movies: AVCHD Ver. 2.0, MPEG-4, XAVC S

Audio: AAC LC, Dolby Digital 2ch, Linear PCM (Stereo)

Powerdirector cannot import RAW images. JPEG is OK.

Movies: I know Powerdirector will import AVCHD, and MPEG4. Not sure about XAVC S

The Specs for Powerdirector 14, Check the Format and Device Support.

http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdirector-ultimate/spec_en_US.html Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Anonymous

Feb 17, 2016 00:20

Quote: Will PD 14 (all versions) accept photos & video from a Sony A7II? I see there are quite a lot of camera's it supports from Sony but not the A7II. Hope to hear from someone....jp

Hi, jpflkeys!

If your camera is SD Card-based, and connects to your computer via USB, then the camera should behave like an external hard-drive and you should be able to import the files you want(with the exception of RAW files, as Carl312 pointed out). I have Panasonic and Canon cameras that hook up to my computer via USB, I have the option of importing content in this fashion, or I can remove the SD Card from the camera(turning it off, first), then inserting the SD Card into a card reader device(also USB-connected) and extract the files directly from the card to my Media Room, or copy the files to my internal drive, and import them from there.

Cheers!

Neil.

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Feb 17, 2016 01:46

Hi JP -

ALL the files from your Sony A7II are completely compatible with PDR.

PDR will import the .ARW files (RAW), but convert them to JPG in the process.

The XAVC video files are the same profile as some of the clips from my Sony 4K Action Cam and PDR has no issues importing & editing.

Confirmed by downloading some video samples from here - and original photos from the same site.

Cheers - Tony
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