Panasonic HC-W580 Advanced Operating Manual - Page 111

Advanced (Playback) Convert to MP4 You can convert and copy AVCHD scenes, scenes recorded as Backup for Twin Camera, and MP4 scenes. The image quality will be converted into a format that supports playback on a PC and online sharing (MP4 (1280k720/30p) or MP4 (640k360/30p)). ≥ Scenes recorded in iFrame or saved as MP4 (640k360/30p) cannot be converted to MP4. 1 Select the menu. MENU : [EDIT SCENE] # [CONVERT TO MP4] 2 Touch the scene you want to convert. ≥ The scene selection is made as you touch it, and the cancel the operation, touch the scene again. ≥ You can select up to 99 scenes in succession. 3 Touch [Enter]. 4 Select the quality after conversion. indication appears on the thumbnail. To [HD (1280k720/30p)]*: Convert to MP4 (1280k720/30p) and copy. [VGA (640k360/30p)]: Convert to MP4 (640k360/30p) and copy. * You cannot convert and copy MP4 [720/30p] scenes. ≥ MP4 scenes after conversion are saved to the same media as the scenes before conversion. 5 Touch [YES]. ≥ To continue converting scenes to MP4, repeat steps 2 to 5. To stop converting to MP4 halfway Touch [CANCEL] during format conversion. To exit the MP4 conversion Touch [Return]. ≥ A scene recorded over a long time may take time. ≥ When the following scenes are converted to MP4 scenes and copied, those exceeding 4 GB (approx.) or 30 minutes (approx.) will be automatically divided: j Scenes recorded with [1080/50M] in [MP4/iFrame] j AVCHD scenes j Scenes recorded as Backup for Twin Camera ≥ If you convert protected scenes to MP4, their protection will be cleared after the conversion. ≥ Scenes recorded as Backup for Twin Camera will be saved as normal MP4 scenes when converted to MP4 scenes and copied. - 111 -