Playing Recorded Clips - Sony PMW-500 Operation Manual

You can use MAINTENANCE >Camera
Config >Rec Review in the setup menu (see
page 126) to change the playback time.
When the Rec Review function is assigned to
the RET button on the lens, you can also
conduct a review by using the RET button.
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10
Repeat steps
recording.
With each repetition, another clip is created
on the memory card.
Clip 1
Notes
• You cannot resume recording for about one second
after stopping recording.
• The maximum number of clips that can be recorded on
one memory card is 600. Even if the memory card has
enough free capacity to record more clips, when 600
clips have been recorded, no further recording is
possible.
Clip file sizes
Clip file sizes vary according to file formats.
File File size
format
MP4 Less than 4 GB
AVI Less than 2 GB
MXF Less than 43 GB
If you continue recording for an extended period,
recorded materials may be segmented into
multiple files, depending on the file size (the
maximum number of partitions is 99).
The camcorder regards continuous recording as
one clip even if it has been segmented into
multiple files.
Clip names
Eight-character clips names (consisting of a four-
character prefix and a four-digit number) are
generated automatically for clips recorded by this
camcorder.
Example: ABCD0001
You can also use OPERATION >Clip >Title
Prefix (see page 112) in the setup menu to set the
clip name prefix to a user-specified string of
characters (four to 46 characters in length). (A
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and to continue
Clip 2 Clip 3
Clip size
Less than half an
hour
Less than 9 minutes
and 30 seconds
Less than 6 hours
user-specified prefix cannot be changed after
recording.)
The four-digit number at the end of clip names is
generated automatically, counting up in order as
clips are recorded.

Playing Recorded Clips

When the camcorder is in standby (STBY) mode,
you can play all or part of the most recently
recorded clip (see page 69).
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Insert the S×S memory card to play (see
page 65).
2
Press the PREV button (see page 20) or
the F REV button (see page 19) to cue
up the clip to play.
3
Press the PLAY/PAUSE button.
The PLAY/PAUSE indicator lights, and the
playback picture appears in the viewfinder.
To pause the playback
Press the PLAY/PAUSE button.
The PLAY/PAUSE indicator flashes during
pause.
Press the button again to return to playback mode.
To play at high speed
Press the F FWD button (see page 20) or the
F REV button (see page 19).
To return to normal playback, press the PLAY/
PAUSE button.
To switch between memory cards
When two memory cards are loaded, press the
SLOT SELECT button (see page 23) to select the
active slot.
It is not possible to switch between memory cards
during playback.
To end playback
Press the STOP button: Playback stops, and the
camcorder enters E-E mode.
Press the THUMBNAIL button: Playback
stops, and a thumbnail screen (see page 80)
appears in the viewfinder.
Playback also stops and the timecode screen
appears in the viewfinder when you start
recording during playback, and when you eject an
S×S memory card.