Content Manager 3D->2D conversion (HDR-TD20V)

[iain.carrieoghpbf]

If I plug in the HDR-TD20V into my computer and start the Sony content manager I can import the 3D movies. I can then right click on them and select "create separate 2D movies for left and right" and thats exactly what I does. If I take out the memory card and copy the entire contents to another memory device and import the same 3D movies something strange happens. They still appear with info suggesting they are in fact 3D but when I right click and select the "create separate 2D movies for left and right" it says "0002.mts video not supported". Can anyone tell me why it works when I do it directly form the camera bnut not from copied 3D movies?

[Mick2011]

Hi Iain, welcome to the Sony Forums

The camera builds a specific file structure to support recordings that's intended solely for camera playback and transfer of the recording to PC. However, in theory, if you keep that exact file structure intact when you copy to another storage medium the content manager should recognise it in the same way.

Is it possible you've missed some files and/or folders?

Cheers

Mick

[iain.carrieoghpbf]

Mick,

I copied the entire folder structure accross from the top level (folder called private). It looks like when I import the files via the camera it reads them in as .m2ts but when I import them after copying them they are imported as .mts. The strange thing is the software knows its 3D as it has the little 3D icon on the video

[Mick2011]

I missed the part about the .mts conversion. Basically the file structure has to be read by the camera to export properly.

It's probably due to the fact that, due to the large file sizes and consequent demands on internal memory, a recording will be divided into a number of smaller files which are stitched together either on playback or on export to an appropriate editing app.

It should (technically) be possible, as I said, to archive the original file structure to another drive and resurrect it later, but it's likely to be much more complicated and time-consuming than a simple import to PC > export and archive.

Mick