Edit Directory; Sub Directory; General Directory - Sony PDW-V1 Operation Manual

Notes
• Directories cannot be created in the Clip directory.
• When the following operations, supported by version 1.5
and higher XDCAM devices, are carried out on a disc,
then it becomes impossible for version 1.4x and lower
XDCAM devices to record new clips or delete existing
clips on that disc. (The only possible operations are
playback and disc formatting.)

Edit directory

File name Content
a) Clip list file
E*E01.SMI
*: 0001 to 0099
a) Metadata file generated
E*M01.XML
automatically when E*E01.SMI file
is created.
*: 0001 to 0099
Other files Files other than the above
a) With firmware version 1.5 and higher, the unit can handle files with user-
defined names in the "E*E01" part.
b) Only files which can be overwritten by XDCAM. Partial overwriting is not
possible.
c) Possible with firmware version 1.5 and higher.
d) Only files which can be overwritten by XDCAM
e) Only when the write inhibit tab on the disc is set to enable recording.
f) With firmware version 1.5 and higher, when the "E*01" part of an
E*E01.SMI file name is changed, an E*M01.XML file with the same
name in the "E*" part is generated automatically.

Sub directory

File name Content
a) Proxy AV data (MXF) file generated
C*S01.MXF
automatically when a C*.MXF file is
created.
*: 0001 to 4999
Other files Files other than the above
a) With firmware version 1.5 and higher, the unit can handle files with user-
defined names in the "C*" part.
b) With firmware version 1.5 and higher, when the "C*" part of a C*.MXF
file name is changed, a C*S01. MXF file with the same name in the "C*"
part is generated automatically.
c) When a C*.MXF file is created, a C*S01.XML file with the same name in
the "C*" part is created automatically.

General directory

File name Content
Any file
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6-1 Overview
- Writing of clips with user-defined names
- Locking of clips
- Deletion of clips (except the last recorded clip)
• If you attempt to write a C*.MXF file which does not
meet the conditions specified as remark d) on this table
via a FAM connection, a Windows error message
appears to the effect that the file or directory is corrupt
and cannot be read.
Operations
Read/ Overwrite/ Rename
Partial read Partial
overwrite
Yes b)
Yes No
Yes b)
Yes No
− −
No
g) When an E*E01.SMI file is created, an E*M01.XML file with the same
name in the "E*" part is created automatically.
h) When an E*E01.SMI file is deleted, the E*M01.XML file with the same
name in the "E*" part is also deleted automatically.
Note
Directories cannot be created in the Edit directory.
Operations
Read/ Overwrite/
Rename
Partial read Partial
overwrite
Yes No
No
− −
No
d) When a C*.MXF file is deleted, the C*S01.XML file with the same name
in the "C*" part is also deleted automatically.
Note
Directories cannot be created in the Sub directory.
Operations
Read/ Overwrite/ Rename
Partial read Partial
overwrite
Yes Yes
Yes
Create Delete
c) d)
Yes Yes
f) g) h)
No No
−
No
Create Delete
b) c) d)
No No
−
No
Create Delete
a)
Yes Yes
e)
b)