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Recording – Advanced Operations
Chapter 3 Recording and Playback
Display the CLIP STATUS page of the DIAGNOSIS
menu, and then press the MENU knob.
The current settings for each item are displayed on the
right side.
To create a list of title prefix strings
Prepare the data beforehand according to the following
rules.
File name
Assign the name “TITLES.TXT” to the file.
Input format
Enter title prefixes one at time, separated by newline
(CRLF) characters.
Prefixes can be up to 10 characters long. A prefix file can
contain up to 20 prefixes.
Allowable characters
• Digits: 0 to 9
• Alphabetic characters: a to z, A to Z
• The following symbols: ! , #, $, %, &, ', ( , ) , ~, =, -, ^,
@, [, ], {, }, +, ; (semicolon), , (comma), . (period), _
(underscore)
• Space
Title prefix list example
Tennis<CRLF>
Basketball<CRLF>
Skiing_1<CRLF>
Skiing_2<CRLF>
To transfer a title prefix list to the unit’s
internal memory
Proceed as follows.
1
Copy the title prefix file (TITLES.TXT) to the
following folder on the “Memory Stick”.
\\MSSONY\PRO\XDCAM\GENERAL\VAL_LIST
This folder is created when you insert a “Memory
Stick” into the camcorder. Do not create this folder
yourself on a computer.
2
Insert a “Memory Stick” with the title prefix file
(TITLES.TXT) into the “Memory Stick” slot of the
camcorder.
3
On the CLIP TITLE page, select LOAD PREFIX
DATA and then press the MENU knob.
“MEMORY STICK ACCESS” appears, and the file
on the “Memory Stick” (TITLES.TXT) is transferred
to the internal memory of the unit.
The message “COMPLETE!” appears when the
transfer finishes.
The message “FILE NOT FOUND!” appears if no list
of title prefixes is found.
Check the location where the file is stored on the
“Memory Stick”.
To select a prefix from the title prefix list
Proceed as follows.
1
On the CLIP TITLE page, select SELECT PREFIX
and then press the MENU knob.
A list of up to 20 title prefixes appears.
When no list of title prefixes has been transferred to
the internal memory of this unit, only the initial value
“TITLE” appears.
2
Select the desired title prefix from the list, and then
press the MENU knob.
The CLIP TITLE page appears again, and the selected
prefix appears in the PREFIX field.
Viewing Camera Video During
Playback (Live & Play Function)
By carrying out the following procedure before starting
playback, you can view camera video (live video) during
playback from the disc. This is a convenient way to frame
the next shot and adjust the exposure and focus while
viewing recorded video and playback video.
Note
TOP D03 CLIP STATUS
CLIP NO : 001/010
NAME : C0001
TITLE: (no name)
RECORD DEVICE: PDW-F350
SERIAL : 10001
DATE : 08/01/06
TIME : 15:00:05
Note
Note
F350
?P00 TITLE PREFIX ESC
001: Tennis
002: Basketball
003: Skiing_1
004: Skiing_2
005: Athletics
006: Aquatics
007: Cycling
008: Softball
009: Fencing
010: Sailing