PC Operation
Media Files for Playback
When using the Mobile Video HDD as a media player, it can only browse and play back some specific media file formats. Please read the following before using it as a media player.
When using the Mobile Video HDD as a media player, it can only browse and play back media files located in the first “Primary” partition.
The Mobile Video HDD can play back the following media files:
DVD movie files
DivX/Xvid movie files: The filename extensions are AVI, DIVX, XVID
DivX/Xvid subtitle files: The filename extensions are SRT, SUB, IDX/SUB, SMI, PSB, ASS, SSA
VCD files: The filename extension is DAT
MPEG1 / MPEG2 files: The filename extensions are MPG, MPEG, M2P, VOB
Audio and music files: The filename extensions are WAV, MP3,
Photo and graphic files: The filename extensions are JPG, JPEG
The Video file Recorded by a Capture Card
If you use a capture card or TV card to record TV programs, the recorded files will usually be encoded in MPEG1 or MPEG2 format (the filename extensions are MPG, MPEG, and M2P). To copy these media files, just create a folder in the Mobile Video HDD, and then copy these files into that folder.
If your hard disk uses NTFS file system, the recorded file is probably larger than 4GB, so please partition the Mobile Video HDD as NTFS to store the large file.
The Video Recorded by DV
To play back the video recorded by a DV, you’ll need to transfer the DV files to a computer and convert it to MPEG1, MPEG2 or DivX file format, and then copy the converted files into a folder in Mobile Video HDD.
To transfer the DV file to computer, you can:
Use the utility bundled with the DV. A DV is often bundled with some utility for user to transfer the DV file to computer, and to encode it into other file format. Please use this utility as your first choice.
If your computer is equipped with a capture card, connect DV’s
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