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March 2009
SYNCHRONOUS
– This will enable recording to both tape and compact flash. The
camera will still start recording if one media type is missing.
RELAY
– Will record only to tape until there is less than 5 minutes remaining on the
tape. At this point it will start recording to compact flash as well, and the compact
flash recording will continue after the tape runs out.
EXT ONLY
– The camera will disable recording to tape. Recording will only occur
onto compact flash.
Down-converting prior to record to compact flash
As the memory recorder uses the i.LINK connection from the camera, then by default
it will record at the same resolution as the camera. However, if the camera is set to
record to HDV, then the i.LINK down-conversion settings can be used to configure
the i.LINK output to SD. This will enable the recording of HD onto tape, while
recording SD onto compact flash. It is not possible to record SD onto tape, while
recording HD onto compact flash.
Status information
The newer cameras can also display status information relating to the attached
memory recorder. The exact status information supported will depend on the camera.
Typically this will consist of some brief information in the main on-screen display,
and an additional page in the status menu.
Figure 5.
Screen shots from HVR-Z7E showing main screen on-screen display
(left) and the additional page in the status menu (right)
File structure and Timecode
(a) File types
The memory recorder can record 3 different file types; .m2t, .dv and .avi. .m2t files
will be created whenever an HDV signal is being recorded. When recording an SD
signal, it is possible to choose in the menu of the memory recorder (
SETTING -> DV
FIlETYPE
) whether to record .dv files or .avi files. Generally .avi files will work
better on windows based systems, and .dv will work better on mac based systems,
although many NLEs and playback software will support both filetypes.
