Image File Storage Destinations And Image File Names - Sony MVC-FD100 Service Manual

For Mac OS 9.1/9.2 Mac OS X(v10.0/v10.1) users
You do not have to install a USB driver. Macintosh recognizes the camera as a drive
as soon as it is connected it to the Macintosh using the USB cable. Begin the
procedure from Step 2.
Step 1 Installing the USB driver to the computer
Before connecting your camera to your computer, install the USB driver to the
computer. The USB driver is included with the application software in the CD-ROM
which is supplied with your camera.
1
Turn on your computer and allow the Mac OS to load.
2
Insert the supplied CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive of your
computer.
The CD-ROM window (Pixela ImageMixer) appears.
3
Double-click the "Setup Menu" icon in the CD-ROM window.
The "PIXELA ImageMixer for Sony" appears.
4
Click "USB Driver" button (folder button).
The folder containing the six Sony USB driver related files opens.
5
Select the following two files and drag and drop them to the
system folder. When the message is displayed, click "OK."
• Sony USB Driver
• Sony USB Shim
6
Restart your computer.
Viewing an image of a "Memory Stick"
Desired file type Double-click in this order
t
Still image "Dcim" folder
t
Moving image* "Mssony" folder
Clip Motion
t
"Dcim" folder
image
E-mail image
t
TIFF image "Mssony" folder
(uncompressed)
∗ Copying a file to the hard disk of your computer before viewing it is recommended. If
you view the file directly from a floppy disk or a "Memory Stick," the image may break
off.
To copy image data to your computer
Open the folder that contains an image data you want to copy, and drag and drop the
image data to the hard disk icon.
The image file is copied to the hard disk.
Notes on using your computer
Floppy disk and "Memory Stick"
• Be sure to format a floppy disk and a "Memory Stick" using your camera (page 81).
You cannot format a floppy disk or a "Memory Stick" from a computer connected
using the USB cable.
• Use the DOS/V format 2HD type floppy disk. A computer cannot correctly
recognize a floppy disk other than this type.
• Do not compress the data on the "Memory Stick." Compressed files cannot be
played back on your camera.
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t
"100msdcf " folder Image file
t
"Moml0001" folder Image file*
t
"100msdcf " folder Image file
t
"Imcif100" folder Image file
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Step 2 Connecting your camera to your computer using the USB
cable
See page 30 for the procedure to connect your camera to your computer using the
USB cable.
When you disconnect the USB cable from your computer,
when you remove a floppy disk or a "Memory Stick" from the
camera being connected to the computer using the USB
cable, and when you switch the MS/FD selector
Drag and drop the floppy disk or the "Memory Stick" icon into the recycle bin and
then perform operations such as disconnecting the USB cable.
For Mac OS X(v10.0) users
Turn off your computer first and then perform operations such as disconnecting the
USB cable.
Step 3 Viewing images on Macintosh
You can view the images recorded in your camera while the camera is connected to
your computer.
For Mac OS X(v10.0/v10.1) users
You can use only a "Memory Stick" with a computer running Mac OS X(v10.0/
v10.1). Even if you insert a floppy disk, Mac OS X(v10.0/v10.1) cannot recognize it.
To use data saved on a floppy disk, copy it to a "Memory Stick" first (page 77).
1
Double-click the newly recognized icon on the desktop.
The folders in a floppy disk or a "Memory Stick" are displayed.
2
Select and double-click the desired image file from the folder.
See "Image file storage destinations and image file names" (page 38) for
further information.
Viewing an image of a floppy disk
Desired file type
E-mail image "E-mail" folder
Other files Image file
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Image file storage destinations
and image file names
Image files recorded with your camera are grouped in folders by recording mode.
Images in a floppy disk and ones in a "Memory Stick" have different file names. The
meanings of the file names are as follows.
When using floppy disks
sss
stands for any number within the range from 001 to 999.
f
stands for one of the following characters below.
S: Still image file recorded at 640×480 size
F: Still image file of more than 640×480 size
V: Moving image file recorded at 160×112 size
W:Moving image file recorded at 320×240 size
T: Still image file recorded in TEXT mode
C: Clip Motion file recorded in NORMAL mode
M:Clip Motion file recorded in MOBILE mode
For Windows Me users (The drive recognizing the floppy disk
is [A:].)
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1-9
Double-click in this order
t
Image file
Storage destination containing still image,
moving image, TEXT mode image and Clip
Motion image data
Folder containing E-MAIL mode image data