Creating Files (under Superuser Privilege)

This procedure allows the superuser to create a file by specifying a segment on an already recorded tape. Use the following procedure to create a file.

1 Right-click in an empty section of the file list and select Create File & Entry from the popup menu which appears. Or click on the Create File & Entry button on the toolbar.

The Input Filename window and the File Entry window appear.

Input Filename window

File Entry window

2 Enter the name of the new file in Input Filename window and click on the OK button.

The Input Filename window closes and a new file is created. The file consists of one frame at the current tape position.

To cancel the file creation operation, click on the Cancel button. This closes the Input Filename window and the File Entry window.

Note

Filenames can be up to 23 characters long. Filenames can contain letters, digits, and symbols

(.-~@_).

3 Use the VTR control buttons or the shuttle control slider at the bottom of the File Entry window to cue up the position that you want to make the top of the file.

4 click on the TOP button in the File Entry window.

The file top is defined.

5 In the same way, cue up the position that you want to make the end of the file and click on the END button in the File Entry window.

The file end is defined.

Creating Record Entries

A record entry is a section of the tape for which a start and end timecode pair has been defined. There must be at least one record entry in a file (file top and file end). Up to 64 record entry pairs (including the file top and end) can be defined for a single file. When you transfer a file containing multiple record entries, the record entries are transferred in the order in which they are defined in the file. Use the following procedure to create record entries.

1 In the File Entry window, click on the Add button.

A record entry is created with the current tape position as the entry top. A currently unused number is assigned to the record entry.

2 Execute steps 3 to 5 for creating files to set the entry top and entry end.

Modifying record entries

1 In the record entries list, activate the record entry that you want to modify by clicking its number.

2 Cue up the desired position on the tape and click on the TOP or END button.

That position is set as the entry top or end.

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