Sony PDW-1500 Sub Directory, Edit Directory, General Directory

Operations File 7 Chapter

Edit Directory

File name	Content	Operations
		Read/		Overwrite/	Rename	Create	Delete
		Partial read		Partial
				overwrite
E*E01.SMI	Clip list file	Yes		Yes a)	No	Yes b)	Yes c)
	*: 0001 to 0099
E*M01.XML	Metadata file generated	Yes		Yes a)	No	No d)	No e)
	automatically when E*E01.MXF file
	is created.
	*: 0001 to 0099
Other files	Files other than the above	−		No	−	No	−
a) Only files which can be overwritten by XDCAM. Partial overwriting is not			e) When an E*E01.MXF is deleted, the E*M01.XML file with the same
possible.			number is also deleted automatically.

b)Only files which can be overwritten by XDCAM

c)Only when the write inhibit tab on the disc is set to enable recording, and

when extended menu item 310 REC INHIBIT is set to “off.”			Note
d) When an E*E01.MXF file is created, an E*M01.XML file with the same			Directories cannot be created in the Edit directory.
number is generated automatically.
Sub Directory
File name	Content	Operations
		Read/		Overwrite/	Rename	Create	Delete
		Partial read		Partial
				overwrite
C*S01.MXF	Proxy AV data (MXF) file generated	Yes		No	No	No a)	No b)
	automatically when a C*.MXF file is
	created.
	*: 0001 to 0300
Other files	Files other than the above	−		No	−	No	−
a) When a C*.MXF file is created, a C*S01.MXF file with the same number
			Note
is generated automatically.
			Directories cannot be created in the Sub directory.
b) When a C*.MXF is deleted, the C*S01.MXF file with the same number is
also deleted automatically.
General Directory
File name	Content	Operations
		Read/		Overwrite/	Rename	Create	Delete
		Partial read		Partial
				overwrite
Any file		Yes		Yes	Yes a)	Yes	Yes b)

a)File name up to 63 characters

b)Only when the write inhibit tab on the disc is set to enable recording, and when extended menu item 310 REC INHIBIT is set to “off.”

The following directory operations are possible in the General directory.

•Directory creation (up to 64 levels, including the General directory)

•Deletion and renaming of directories

Notes

•The maximum number of files which can be created on a disc, including directories, is 5000.

•The following characters can be used in file names and directory names.

0 to 9 (digits), a to z (lowercase alphabetic), A to Z (uppercase alphabetic), @ (at mark), – (minus), _ (underscore), . (period), and ~ (tilde).

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