Many Sony Handycams record the audio and video content onto a blank miniDVD. With the DVD you are able to not only import the contents onto your computer without the help of a video editor, but play the video files on a standalone DVD player. If the files on the DVD are not playing on your computer, however, you need to troubleshoot the issue to determine what the problem is. Writer Bio

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