I was told that Kdenlive might work.

I bought a Sony HDR-CX220 camera this week.

I can not install Windows software for it.

I thought maybe some version of Linux could allow me to copy movies and jpegs to my hard drive via the USB port.

I current have OpenSuse, Ubuntu, Slacko Puppy, and Mageia

Best regards,
Andy

It might. Why don't you plug it in and see?

I could use a more complete answer.

Andy

If I understand the rather cryptic question correctly, the the OP expects a nonlinear video editor such as Kdenlive to be file manager for copying video and image files. I too have problems understanding this. I would suspect that Kdenlive is not part of the solution, sounds like a driver problem for some non-standard Sony device.

If you want a more complete answer, please state more exactly what you already tried and what happened.

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    Memory Card Slot : Memory Stick PRO Duo™ and SD/SDHC/SDXC compatible
    SD Output : Composite Video Out(AV CABLE(sold separately))
    HD Output : HDMI Out(micro)(supplied)
    USB Port(s) : TypeA(built-in)/USB2.0 Hi-speed (mass-storage/MTP)
    BRAVIA® Sync™ : Yes
    PhotoTV HD : Yes
    DC IN : Yes
    HDMI Terminal : Yes (HDMI micro) 
    Multi/Micro USB Terminal : Yes

According to the specs USB is mass-storage device. If that is correct then you should simply be able to plug in the device mount it and copy the files from it. mass-storage is a generale system used by multiple storage devices. Drivers are already in the kernel in linux for mass storage. Plug it in and it should come up as a drive

If not and it does need specific drivers, your options are to use a card with a card reader, but from the specs, it should work.


Kdenlive is for video editing, not copying files from cameras.

There actually may be problems with the MTP functionality, as some Linux distros have problems with correctly handling MTP devices.