Datavideo DN-60A Instruction Manual

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22Before transferring CF card to a computerPrior to using the DN-60 CF card with a computer and seeing your video as files instead of clipsthe MAKE MEDIA FILES menu process under TOOLS mode must be undertaken otherwise thecomputer may see a blank card.This menu operation prepares the recorded video content on the CF card to be seen by acomputer by building pre-selected file wrappers around the recorded video content andemulating the chosen computer file system. It takes roughly 1 minute to prepare 1 hours worthof video.CF Card Connection to a ComputerWhen the DN-60 CF card is presented to a computer it appears to the computer as a drivevolume and not as a video device. The connection to the computer is via the computers own CFcard slot or an attached CF card reader. When the DN-60 CF card is seen the volume name isshown as Datavideoxx were xx is a value between 0 and 99. See Set Volume ID also on page16.DN-60 File naming schemeAfter the Make Media Files conversion is performed, all bins that contained video on the CFcard will appear to the computer as folders named BINxx where xx represents the DN-60 BINnumber ranging from 01 to 99.Inside each BIN folder, each clip will be represented as a file with a file extension depending onthe type chosen prior to recording (eg .avi, .mov .mxf and .m2t). Each file will be namedBxxCnnyy where xx again represents the bin number and nn represents the Clip numberranging from 01 to 99. The number yy is the number of the spilt file caused by the FAT32 2GBlimitation.