User`s manual

Alcorn McBride Digital Video Machine HD User’s Manual Rev 1.0

Transferring Files to the DVMHD

There are 2 ways to transfer files to the Digital Video Machine. The most common

way is to copy the files to the Compact Flash card directly using a USB or PCMCIA

Compact Flash card reader. You can also transfer files over an Ethernet connection

using the DVMHD’s File Transfer Protocol (FTP) interface.

Copying Files Using a Compact Flash Card Reader

Here is a step-by-step procedure for copying files from your computer to the Compact

Flash card using a Compact Flash card reader:

• You will need a Compact flash card reader for your computer. Most of these

are available with a USB interface, but there are also some available for

IEEE-1394 (Firewire) and PCMCIA.

• Remove the card from the DVMHD (Power off the unit. Remove the front

panel’s metal plate, and look inside and push the square ejector button to get

it out.)

• Insert the Compact Flash card into your computer’s card reader, and look for

the drive letter your computer has assigned to your Compact Flash Card

drive. In Windows, you can do this in the ‘My Computer’ window. The

computer will see the Compact Flash card as an extra drive, like F:.

• Copy and Paste your media files to the Compact Flash card. Again, in

Windows this can be done with ‘My Computer’ or ‘Windows Explorer’.

• When you are finished copying files to the flash card, DO NOT REMOVE IT

FROM THE CARD READER. You must first tell your computer that you will

be removing the device. In Windows, you do this by double-clicking on the

‘Safely Remove Hardware’ icon on the right side of the windows taskbar

(system tray). Select the Compact Flash card reader from the list, and click

the ‘Stop’ button. Do not remove the card until Windows says that you may

do so safely. Removing the card too soon may corrupt the contents of

the flash card.

• Remove the card from your computer, and place it back in the Digital Video

Machine.

Copying Files Using an FTP Connection (FileZilla)

This procedure provides step-by-step instructions on transferring files to the Digital

Video Machine over Ethernet using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) protocol. This

procedure assumes that you already have the DVMHD configured to operate on the

same network as your computer. You can do this by configuring your computer to be

on the same network as the DVMHD’s default IP address of 192.168.0.254 and using

the including red crossover cable, or you can configure the DVMHD’s IP address to

integrate it with your network. Either way, make sure your DVMHD is networked

properly with the computer before proceding with this procedure.

• Also, there are many different FTP software packages out there. In this

example, we’re going to use a very common free FTP client program called

FileZilla.

• Download and Install the FileZilla software from

http://filezilla-project.org/