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P2 Card Recording Times

P2 cards available with this camera

This camera supports the optional AJ-P2C064AG (64 GB) and AJ-P2E032XG (32 GB) P2 cards, and other 4 GB to 64 GB P2 cards (as of Nov. 2011).

NOTE

•This unit cannot use AJ-P2C002SG (2 GB) cards.

•Depending on the type of P2 card used, you may need to update the camera driver.

For details, refer to [Updating the Firmware Incorporated into the Unit] (page 131).

•For the latest information not available in the Operating Instructions, visit the support desk at the following website.

http://pro-av.panasonic.net/

P2 card recording times (When using two 64 GB cards)

Recording format (codec)

Recording time

AVC-I 100

Approx. 60 min.

AVC-I 50

Approx. 120 min.

NOTE

•The above recording time is for normal recording. Recording in native mode will extend recording time depending on system mode.

For details, refer to [List of Recording, Playback and Output Formats] (page 45).

•Use of 32 GB, 16 GB and 8 GB P2 cards will provide 1/2, 1/4 and 1/8, respectively of above recording times.

•The indicated capacities include a management area so the total area available for recording is somewhat smaller.

Splitting clips recorded on P2 cards

This camera will automatically generate additional clips for a continuous recording on an 8 GB or higher capacity P2 card when the recording exceeds the durations given below. Even so, a P2 device will handle such clips as a single clip in thumbnail operations (display, delete, recover, copy, etc.). Such recordings may be handled as separate clips by nonlinear editing software or a PC.

Recording format

Continuous recording time

(excluding Native format)

AVC-I 100

Approx. 5 min.

AVC-I 50

Approx. 10 min.

Handling P2 Card Recording

The P2 card is a semiconductor memory card designed for professional video and broadcast equipment.

•Since the AVC-Intra record data as files, it is ideally suited for computer processing. The file structure is in a proprietary format that includes audio and video data recorded in the MXF file format as well as various other essential data forming an interrelated folder structure as shown below.

Drive:\

CONTENTS

AUDIO

CLIP

ICON

PROXY

VIDEO

VOICE

LASTCLIP.TXT.*

All these folders are required.

*This file contains the last clip data recorded on a P2 device.

NOTE

If any of this data is changed or lost, it will not be recognized as P2 data or the P2 card may no longer be possible to use in a P2 device.

•To prevent data loss in transferring P2 card data to a PC or write back PC data on a P2 card, use P2 Viewer, which can be downloaded from the website listed below. You can also visit the support desk at the following website for details on the system requirements of P2 Viewer.

http://pro-av.panasonic.net/

•Follow the steps below to use general software such as Microsoft Windows Explorer or Apple Finder to transfer the data to a PC. Be sure to use P2 Viewer to write data back to a P2 card.

•Treat the CONTENTS folder and the LASTCLIP.TXT file as a unit.

•Do not modify the data below the CONTENTS folder.

•In copying, be sure to copy both the CONTENTS folder and the LASTCLIP.TXT file together.

•When transferring data from multiple P2 cards, create separate folders for each P2 card to prevent overwriting clips with identical names.

•Do not delete data on a P2 card.

•Format P2 cards only on a P2 card device.

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