Frame Stepping; Loop Play; Power On Auto Play; Transferring Files To A Computer - Datavideo DN-600 Instruction Manual

Frame stepping

Pressing the Menu key again will present an alternate set of soft keys, these will be <ll and ll> for
reverse and forward Frame Stepping.
Note: Holding either key down for more than 2 seconds will cause a rapid stepping in that direction.

Loop Play

When loop play is enabled and the last frame of the clip is reached the unit will start playing over from
the first frame of the first clip with no time lost. To set up Loop Play see page 15.

Power on Auto Play

When this option is enabled the recorder will immediately begin playing back the current BIN or CLIP
when first powered up. To set up Power On Auto Play see page 15.

Transferring files to a computer

Preparation

The MAKING MEDIA FILES menu process must be undertaken with the recorder before removing
and connecting the HE-1 drive enclosure to a computer with a USB 2.0 cable.

MAKING MEDIA FILES

This menu operation prepares the video content already on the HE-1 drive to be seen by a computer
by building the selected file wrappers around the recorded content and emulating the chosen
operating file system. Two choices are available, FAT32 and NTFS and they are chosen using the
SETUP FAT32/NTFS menu option. See pages 15 and 16 for more information.

Operating File System limitations

The FAT32 format is compatible with both Macs and PCs. This format limits the size of a file to a
maximum of 2GB, that translates to approximately nine minutes of video. A clip that lasts longer than
nine minutes is broken into multiple files each 2GB long with the last one making up any remaining
time. When these files are placed on an editing time line, no video is lost in the transition between
files. FAT32 also has a clip boundary of 2 seconds so it is best to make a recording longer than 2
seconds.
The NTFS format is fully compatible with PCs and is read compatible with Macs. Its main advantage
is that it does not impose a file size limitation resulting in one file per recording. NTFS' clip boundary
is frame accurate.
Note: Some editing software packages cannot accept video file sizes greater than 40GB, make sure
your edit software is not affected if you plan on shooting one long continuous take greater than two
hours and using NTFS.

File Organization

After the media conversion is made using MAKING MEDIA FILES, all bins that contain video will
appear to the computer as folders named BINxx. Where xx represents the BIN number ranging from
01 to 99. Inside each BIN folder, each clip will be represented as a separate file with an extension
name like .avi, .mov depending on the setting chosen prior to recording. Each file will be named
BxxCnnyy where xx again represents the BIN number; nn represents the CLIP number ranging from
01 to 99. The number yy is the number of the spilt file caused by the FAT32 limitation.
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