Sony’s latest Image Converter 3 has landed! As we have reported previously, Image Converter 3 will ship with the new NW-A800 series and it will serve as the Walkman’s principal video management utility – converting AVC Baseline, AVC Main Profile, AVI, MPEG1/2/4, QuickTime format and WMV to AVC Baseline and MPEG-4. In addition to converting videos, Image Converter 3 also converts BMP, JPEG, GIF, PGP (Picture Gear file format), PNG and TIFF format to JPEG format (to transfer the file to Walkman) as well as facilitating transfer off RSS video to the Walkman.
For owners of Image Converter 2 and Image Converter 2 Plus, Sony has made available an Image Converter 3 update program for your convenience. NOTE: This update cannot be installed to update from Image Converter 1.5. This update can only be installed to update from the CD-ROM version Image Converter 2 or Image Converter 2 plus.
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This update provides the following enhancements:
★ Automatic conversion of recorded TV programs. This feature is only available with VAIO computers with Giga Pocket or VAIO zone software. This feature is not available for Windows XP Media Center Edition/ Windows Vista Media Center computers.
★ Support for video RSS channels (podcasting). (*screenshot shown below)
★ Automatic transfer of videos to a Memory Stick. TV programs and RSS videos recorded on a computer can be automatically transferred to a Memory Stick inserted in your computer (directly or via adapter) or in your portable Playstation (PSP).
★ Conversion to MPEG-4, MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile, MPEG-4 AVC Baseline profile (depending on the device used).
★ Windows Vista Support.
COMPATIBLE FORMATS:
VIDEO FILES
Input:
★ avi (non Windows supported files may not be converted).
★ MPEG-1.
★ MPEG-2 (DVD cannot be converted).
★ MPEG-4 (only files recorded in Memory Stick video format are guaranteed to be compatible).
★ QuickTime format/ M4V files (latest version of QuickTime Player must be installed on your computer).
★ WMV.
★ DVR-MS (with Windows XP Media Center Edition or Vista).
★ TV programs recorded with Giga Pocket 5.0 or later or VAIO Zone (only available on some VAIO computers).
Note: copyright protected formats cannot be converted. All avi videos are not guaranteed to be compatible.
Output:
★ Memory Stick Video Format
★ MPEG-4 simple profile
★ H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC baseline profile
★ H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC main profile
STILL IMAGES (*screenshot shown below)
★ Input: BMP, JPEG, GIF, PGP, PNG, TIFF
★ Output: JPEG
Compatible Operating Systems
★ Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Sp4 or later
★ Microsoft Windows XP HOME Edition/Professional SP1/SP2
★ Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (2004/2005)
★ Microsoft Vista Home Basic/Home Premium/Business/Ultimate
Note: Windows Vista 64bit version is not supported.
Converting/Transferring Still Images via Image Converter 3
Video Podcast Support
