PIX 250i User Guide and Technical Information
v. 2.00
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Recor
ding
Recording
The PIX 250i records video and audio together to a QuickTime .mov file. The PIX 250i can record to
up to two drives simultaneously or in sequence (Setup Menu option
[File Storage - Record Mode]
).
Each drive can be configured independently to be available for recording, available for playback
(read-only), shared on the network via Samba, or switched to network sharing after becoming full
(Setup Menu option
[File Storage - Drive Record/Network Mode]
). Any number of PIX 250i units
can be assigned to one of four available network groups for grouped record and playback of video
on multiple units simultaneously (
See “Network Grouping”, page 40
Pressing the REC button will start recording provided there is valid video signal present. Recording
will continue until the Stop (
) button is pressed or until all available media is full. Record and Stop
can also be triggered by other devices via a web browser, RS-422, GPIO, SDI Triggers, and Timecode.
External control of such functions is set in
Remote Control
.
See External Control and Timecode for more
details
While recording, the REC button will illuminate red and the OSD items Timecode, File Name, ABS
Time, and drives actively recording turn red. The PIX 250i is a record-priority device and will enter
record any time the REC button is pressed. If the PIX 250i is not ready to record when a record com-
mand is given, the PIX 250i will enter a Record Pending state. In this state the REC button will flash
red. This is usually caused by file storage mounting or response time, loss of video input, or Play/
Pause/Shuttle.
The Setup Menu is not accessible during recording and playback. The File List is not accessible dur-
ing Playback.
Recorded video files are split automatically at the interval selected in Setup Menu op-
tion
[File Storage - QuickTime File Split every]
. When the Setup Menu option
[System - REC button File Split]
is set to
On
, pushing the REC button during recording will split
the file manually (Unless Setup Menu option
[File Storage - QuickTime File Split every]
is set to
Split Disabled
). When a split occurs, a new file will be created and grouped with the other files from
the clip in the File View (
see File Management and Metadata
).
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