Canon 1629B001 - XH G1 Camcorder Manual

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Recording onto the Hard DiskVarious Settings and [Performance Check] Camera and Picture Control Recording onto the Hard Disk Playback the Recorded FilesCONSOLE Windows 5-48Data Dropping• If the hard disk is accessed while recording, a part of the data input from the camcorder may not bewritten to the file (data dropping). This may happen also when the processing capacity of thecomputer is insufficient.• When the data dropping occurs, the number of data droppings occurred in a file will be displayed inthe [Information] tab of the [Camera Control] window. When recording in DV, a number of droppedframes and when recording in HDV, a number of dropped blocks are displayed. Dropping one blockin HDV recording corresponds to dropping from a few frames to up to 20 frames in DV recording.• When the data dropping occurs, [ ] changes to [ ] for a few seconds.• When the file is created on the hard disk after recording, you can check the scenes where datadropping occurred under [Recording history].• If the [CPU usage] displayed in the [Performance Check] window ( 3-19) shows 100%, changethe software settings using one or more of followings to reduce the rate. (90% or less isrecommended.)- When recording in HDV standard, select [File][Option] and click on the [HDV Rec] tab. Select asmaller size in [Preview resolution] and/or select [I picture and P picture] or [I picture only] in[Preview picture].- Hide or reduce the window size of the [Rec Viewer] window.- Hide or reduce the window size of the [Vector and Wave Monitor] window.Recording HistoryWhen you stop recording the picture in [Standard] mode, or when a file is created after finalizing in[Sequence] or [Frame] mode, the created file information will be displayed under [Recording history]in the [Camera Control] window.The recording history will disappear when you close CONSOLE. When you wish to review thehistory after you have closed CONSOLE, open the “CONSOLE.LOG” file in the video folderwith a text editor. You can check the file name, recording date, file size, length, file type, andthe information about dropped data.1 File name Shows the file name recorded with CONSOLE. The file information appearswhen you leave the mouse pointer on the file name for a moment.2 Information ondropped dataIf data dropping occurred, the position and number of dropped data areshown here.3 Playback When a file name is selected: Clicking starts the playback panel andthe file is played back from the beginning.When information on dropped data is selected: Clicking plays back thefile in the [Play Viewer] window from the point where the data droppingoccurred.132