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Handling P2 Card Recording

The P2 card is a semiconductor memory card designed for the DVCPRO P2 series, Panasonic’s line of professional video and broadcast equipment.

•Since the DVCPRO P2 format and 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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