Support > Digital AV > Digital AV Software > Download > HD Writer 2.5E Update Program for Windows 8 / Windows 10. HD Writer 2.5E Update Program for Windows 8 / Windows 10. Date Updated: Dec. 18, 2012: Objective users. User using the HD Writer 2.5E (supplied with the HDC-SD9/HS9) Improvement. This program is available for Windows 8 / Windows.

AFAIK there have never been 'drivers', as such, for Panasonic camcorders. The cameras shipped with different versions of HD Writer (Version 2.5e for the SD9) which allowed you to copy the whole folder structure from the SD cards, onto your computer, for simple editing (just file deletion, or merging of complete files, for these earlier version of HD Writer). It also allowed you to write to Bluray discs, or 'AVCHD' DVD discs, or convert the files to SD for writing to standard DVDs. That was about it. This software has never been released in a complete form as a freebie download by Panasonic,AFAIK, although there have been various updates for download - providing you have the original disc to work with!

The later versions of HD writer (AE 1.0 onwards) do not work with the files from these earlier camcorders. There are pirate versions available online -- although, as with most of those types of file, you take your computer's life into your own hands, with the nasties that might be lurking there! How to install an oil catch can. You don't need HD Writer to get the actual video files from the card onto your computer. The card can be read as a standard USB bulk storage device, and the.MTS video files copied across for processing with other software, but if you want to be able to return the files to the camcorder for playback in the future, you will need HD Writer 2.5e, to keep the file structure intact.