Sony PDW-530 Camcorder User Manual


 
Chapter 3 Recording and Playback
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3-2 Recording
Titles are used as user-defined clip names on this unit.
Therefore, the available characters are limited to those
supported by the title function.
Files generated along with clips and clip lists use the
same names (the “C*” or “E*” part of the following file
names).
- Clips: Metadata files (C*M01.XML), proxy AV files
(C*S01.MXF)
- Clip lists: Metadata files (E*M01.XML)
The following names cannot be assigned.
- Clips: C0000.MXF
- Clip lists: E0000E01.SMI, E0100E01.SMI to
E9999E01.SMI, E0000.SMI, E0100.SMI to
E9999.SMI
The following names should be avoided.
- Clips: C5000.MXF to C9999.MXF
- Clip lists: E0001.SMI to E0099.SMI
To assign clip names on this unit
The title assigned to clip becomes its clip name (file
name).
1
Before starting, set TITLE in the “CLIP TITLE” page
to “ENABL”, and set a title (see page 53).
2
Holding down the MENU knob, move the MENU ON/
OFF switch from OFF to ON.
The TOP menu appears.
3
Turn the MENU knob to select “OPERATION”, and
press the MENU knob.
If this is the first time the OPERATION menu has been
displayed, the CONTENTS page of the OPERATION
menu appears. If the menu has been used before, the
last accessed page appears.
4
If the CONTENTS page is displayed, turn the MENU
knob to move the b mark to “FILE NAMING”, and
then press the MENU knob.
If a different page is displayed, turn the MENU knob
to scroll the screen to “FILE NAMING”, and then
press the MENU knob.
The FILE NAMING page appears. The current
settings of the items on the page appear to the right of
the items.
5
Turn the MENU to select “NAMING FORM”, and
then press the MENU knob.
6
Turn the MENU to display “FREE”, and then press the
MENU knob.
You can now enter a user-defined name.
7
Turn the MENU knob to select “AUTO NAMING”,
and then press the MENU knob.
8
Turn the MENU knob to display “TITLE”, and then
press the MENU knob.
The same name will now be given to newly recorded
clips.
Note
An FTP client that supports UTF-8 is required to use
Unicode characters other than ASCII characters.
Command prompt FTP commands do not support
UTF-8.
When the first letter of the title setting on the CLIP
AUTO TITLING menu is a space or period (.), the
clip name is the title string minus the first letter.
To use clip names and clip list names by FAM and
FTP
Carry out steps 2 and 6 of “To assign clip names on this
unit”.
It is now possible to write, transfer, and rename clips and
clip lists with user-defined names over file access mode
(FAM) connections (see page 104) and FTP connections
(see page 106).
C0001.MXF
TITLE00001
TITLE00001.MXF
TITLE00001
When sub item “AUTO NAMING” is set to “C****”
When sub item “AUTO NAMING” is set to “TITLE”
NAMING FORM: free
AUTO NAMING: C****
M24 FILE NAMING TOP