Lumix & Panasonic Photofun....

[Deerfoot]

Having just bought a Panasonic Lumix I`m having some problems getting the movies onto my PC.

With my old Cybershot it was just a case of connecting it up and moving them. The Lumix wants me to do this via Panasonic Photofun which I find awkward to use.

Is there anyway I can just get them on without using Photofun?

[Kuroblack350]

Are they HD movies?

My Lumix FZ38 records in HD, and subsequently I need to use the Panny software to view them. Haven't found any way around this yet!

[nick s]

what OS are you using? when i plug my gf's Lumix into my PC running windows 7. The HD movies play straight away on media player. No plugins or anything installed?

[nogsk]

Hi, try using VLC media player, it's free, not resource hungry and seems to work on just about everything!
Once you've uploaded images to your PC , right click the vid file, open with VLC media player.
Works in XP and Win 7

[_dobbo_]

Can you take the memory card out and plug it into the PC? You should then simply see the files on the card.

[Deerfoot]

Thanks for all your replies!

I`ll try to answer some of the questions....

Yep, the movies are in HD.

I`m using windows 7.

I have no idea what VLC media player is, can I just down load it?

I can`t plug the SD into my PC I`m afraid.

I have managed to do it but it`s a bit of a PITA to be honest. Everything was easier with my cybershot....

[The_Jackal]

Surely once you connect the camera, it is only a case of dragging the files off to move them onto your PC?
Is this what you are having a problem with or the playing of them?
And are we talking just the pics or the HD movies?

[Deerfoot]

The_Jackal said:

Surely once you connect the camera, it is only a case of dragging the files off to move them onto your PC?
Is this what you are having a problem with or the playing of them?
And are we talking just the pics or the HD movies?

It`s just the films that are causing dramas. They will not play through anything apart from Photofun which I find especially clumsy. I can get them on the PC reasonably easily, it`s the playback that`s not userfriendly.

The stills are very good and the quality of the films is a lot better than my old Sony (circa 2002!) but I just find using Photofun time consuming.

[theboyfold]

Panasonic use the AVCHD codec, which can be fussy at times, it depends what you are trying to play it with.

If you want to read up http://www.avchdplayer.com/ will teach you everything you need to know.

Otherwise have a look for the VLC Media player and make sure it's the default player http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

[Deerfoot]

Cheers for the links above^

I`ll have a read tonight when I`m back from work.

[clonmult]

theboyfold said:

Panasonic use the AVCHD codec, which can be fussy at times, it depends what you are trying to play it with.

If you want to read up http://www.avchdplayer.com/ will teach you everything you need to know.

Otherwise have a look for the VLC Media player and make sure it's the default player http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

VLC is pretty good, it tends to tie with Media Player Classic Home Cinema for playback.