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Mounting FireWire Disk Drives to Windows 2000,
98SE and ME Computer Systems (cont)
The FireWire disk drive contains several different files. Clips can appear as
AVI Type 1, AVI Type 2, AVI Type 2 Canopus or .dv. Each clip also features
a text file that lists information about the clip itself. These are automatically
created during recording. Below, we can see the different files on the disk:
From the example above, we can see that .dv clip files appear with a QuickTime
icon. AVI Type 1, AVI Type 2 and AVI Type 2 Canopus all use the AVI icon.
The FAT32 file system has a limitation where any particular file cannot ex-
ceed 2GB in size. This equates to roughly 9 minutes of recording time. When
clips are being recorded to FireStore that exceed 9 minutes in length, FireStore
automatically creates a new file without dropping any frames. The two clips
will have the same primary file name, however, the last two digits will be
different. The first 2GB part of the clip will be labeled with "-01" after the
primary file name. The second 2GB segment will be labeled with a "-02".
Additional 2GB segments will be labeled with a "-0X" number (where X is the
sequence number).
.dv Clip File
VIDEONICS FIRESTORE
Clip Log Text File Folder
Raw DV (.dv) Clip File.
A larger than 2GB .dv file
(just over 9 minutes of
recording) is split into
two with the first 2GB
segment labeled -01 and
preceding 2GB segments
labeled -0X.
AVI Type 1, AVI Type 2 or
AVI Type 2 Canopus Clip
File.
A larger than 2GB AVI
Type 1, AVI Type 2 or AVI
Type 2 Canopus file (just
over 9 minutes of
recording) is split into
two with the first 2GB
segment labeled -01 and
preceding 2GB segments
labeled -0X.