Playing Recorded Clips - Sony PMW-TD300 Operating Instructions Manual

You can use MAINTENANCE >Camera
Config >Rec Review in the setup menu (see
page 136) to change the playback time.
When the Rec Review function is assigned to
the RET button, you can also conduct a
review by using the RET button.
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Repeat steps and
recording.
With each repetition, another clip is created
on the memory card.
Clip 1 Clip 2
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
The XDCAM EX-series products limit the
maximum file size of a clip to 4 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
The camcorder automatically furnishes a nine-
character clip name (for 3D clips) or eight-
character clip name (for 2D clips) to each
recorded clip.
Example: ABCD001L
ABCD: Four-character alphanumeric prefix. You
can change the prefix to an arbitrary length (4
to 46 characters) using OPERATION >Clip
>Title Prefix in the setup menu. (The prefix
cannot be changed after recording begins.)
0001: Four-digit number that automatically
increments as each clip is recorded. When
recording in 3D, the media in the left slots
and right slots are compared, and the larger
number of the two is appended to both clips.
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to continue
Clip 3
L: When recording in 3D, "L" is appended to left
image clips and "R" to right image clips.
When recording to 2D, no suffix is added.

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 76).
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Insert the SxS memory card to play (see
page 72).
2
Press the PREV button (see page 26) or
the F REV button (see page 26) 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 26) or the
F REV button (see page 26).
To return to normal playback, press the PLAY/
PAUSE button.
To switch between memory cards
When memory cards are loaded in both slots A
and B, press the SLOT SELECT button (see
page 29) 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 91)
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
SxS memory card.
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