![]() There's an entire thread on this forum dedicated to sharing Panasonic softwares for various device models (but mostly dedicated to camcorders), based on the fact that this particular policy is (for good reason) deemed outrageous on the part of the manufacturer.Īlso, it's quite puzzling that there seems to be no proper third-party software to replace that kind of camera-specific utility, which could work with a variety of models, with a customizable file naming scheme and other options. I know that they sell the CD for a quite hefty price, even to customers who purchased the camera new and lost the disc (for instance someone here mentions that they ask $14.95 for HD Writer AE 1.5 which is the equivalent software for the HDC-TM15 camcorder). Please don't get mad this is simply an idea: Have you tried contacting Panasonic? If AVCHD is a standard, how come there are no standard softwares to import those damn files and working with all camera models ? I also have a Panasonic camcorder, which comes with a different software, HD Writer, same functionality but no compatibility either. Of course, the version of PhotoFunStudio which works with those compact cameras refuses to import the videos from the GH2. And spanned files are recognized as such, so they are exported with the same base name and an incremental number for each one after the first. ![]() With the ZS3/ZS7, the PhotoFunStudio software imported the files in a convenient way, renaming them according to time of recording, along with three metadata files – although I don't know their exact purpose (one of them is just a thumbnail picture), it seems thorough, while being easier to handle than having to keep the whole AVCHD directory structure, which is often recommanded on forums when a similar question is asked. Then, if I really can't find that software, what is the recommended way of importing AVCHD / MTS files with this model ? Of course I can just copy the files as they are, but the naming scheme is not convenient, and spanned files won't be recognized as such. First, is there a reason for that ? Is Panasonic specifically preventing users from downloading their software for higher-end cameras ? For compact cameras like the ZS7 I could find and download the original software quite easily. On Panasonic's website, I can find an update for that software, but not the software itself, and of course the update doesn't work if the whole thing is not installed first. The original CD is missing, so I don't have the dedicated software, which should be PhotoFunStudio 6.0, and I can't find it anywhere for download (I've searched twice already, just spent an hour searching with various keywords and came up with nothing relevant).
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