Operating Instructions

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Chapter 3 Recording and Playback
Handling P2 Card Recording
The P2 card is a semiconductor memory card designed
for the DVCPRO P2 series, Panasonic’s line of professional
video and broadcast equipment.
• Since the DVCPRO P2 format and AVC-Intra record data
as files, it is ideally suited for computer processing. The
file structure is in a proprietary format that includes audio
and video data recorded in the MXF file format as well as
various other essential data forming an interrelated folder
structure as shown below.
Drive:\
CONTENTS
AUDIO
CLIP
ICON
PROXY
VIDEO
VOICE
LASTCLIP.TXT.
*
All these folders are required.
* This file contains the last clip data recorded
on a P2 device.
 NOTE
If any of this data is changed or lost, it will not be recognized
as P2 data or the P2 card may no longer be possible to use in
a P2 device.
• To prevent data loss in transferring P2 card data to a
PC or write back PC data on a P2 card, use P2 Viewer,
which can be downloaded from the Web site listed below.
(Supported operating systems: Windows 2000, Windows
XP, Windows Vista)
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/support/
desk/e/index.htm
• Follow the steps below to use general software such as
Microsoft Windows Explorer or Apple Finder to transfer
the data to a PC. Be sure to use P2 Viewer to write data
back to a P2 card.
• Treat the CONTENTS folder and the LASTCLIP.TXT file
as a unit.
• Do not modify the data below the CONTENTS folder.
• In copying, be sure to copy both the CONTENTS folder
and the LASTCLIP.TXT file together.
• When transferring data from multiple P2 cards,
create separate folders for each P2 card to prevent
overwriting clips with identical names.
• Do not delete data on a P2 card.
• Format P2 cards only on a P2 card device.