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Reference
How to handle data recorded on P2 cards
TheP2cardisasemiconductormemorycardthatisusedastherecordingmediumintheprofessional
videoproductionandbroadcastingdevicesthatmakeuptheDVCPROP2Series.
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SincedatarecordedintheDVCPROP2formatorAVC-
Intraareinaleformat,theyhaveexcellentcompatibility
withPCs.Thelestructureisauniqueformat,whichin
additiontovideoandaudiodatainMXFlescontains
variousotherimportantinformationitems.Thefolder
structurelinksthedataasshownontheright.
Device:\
CONTENTS
AUDIO
CLIP
ICON
PROXY
VIDEO
VOICE
LASTCLIP.TXT*
All these folders are required.
* This is the file in which the information
on the final clip that was recorded with
the P2 device is written.
Changing or deleting just one information component
could make it impossible to recognize the data as P2
data or use the card in a P2 device
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WhentransferringdatafromaP2cardtoaPC,orwhenrewritingdatasavedonaPCtoaP2card,to
preventdatalossbesuretousethespecialP2Viewersoftware.Downloaditfromthefollowingwebsite.
YoucanalsovisitthesupportdeskatthefollowingwebsitefordetailsonthesystemrequirementsofP2
Viewer.
http://pro-av.panasonic.net/
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WhenusingregularITtoolssuchasMicrosoftWindowsExplorerorAppleFindertotransferdatatoa
PC,followtheinstructionsbelow.
However,besuretousetheP2ViewerwhenreturningdatatoaP2card.
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TransferthecorrespondingCONTENTSfolderandLASTCLIP.TXTletogetherasaset.
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DonottransferindividuallesfromtheCONTENTSfolder.
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Whencopying,copytheLASTCLIP.TXTleatthesametimeastheCONTENTSfolder.
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WhentransferringmultipleP2cardstoaPC,createafolderforeachP2cardtopreventclipswiththe
samenamefrombeingoverwritten.
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DonotdeletedatafromtheP2card.
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BeforeusingaP2card,besuretoformatitwithaP2device.