4-1-2 File Operation Restrictions

This section explains which operations are possible on files stored in each directory.

Root directory

File name

Content

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read

Overwrite

Rename

 

Create

Delete

INDEX.XML

Contains

Yes

No

No

 

No

No

 

 

information about all

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

material on the disc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISCMETA.

Contains the disc ID

Yes

Yes a)

No

 

No

No

XML

and disc label.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other files

Files other than the

No

 

No

 

 

above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a) Only files which can be overwritten by XDCAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The directories in the root directory

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Clip, Edit, Sub, and General) cannot be

• Directories cannot be created in the root

deleted or renamed.

 

 

directory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clip directory

File name

Content

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Read

Overwrite

Rename

Create

Delete

C*.MXF

Clip file created by

Yes

No

No

Yes a)

Yes b)

 

recording (MXF file)

 

 

 

 

 

 

*: 0001 to 0300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C*M01.XML

Metadata file

Yes

Yes c)

No

No d)

No e)

 

generated

 

 

 

 

 

 

automatically when

 

 

 

 

 

 

C*.MXF file is

 

 

 

 

 

 

created.

 

 

 

 

 

 

*: 0001 to 0300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other files

Files other than the

No

No

 

above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a) Only files which are 2 seconds or longer in

sections of the disc, and which can be

length, in a format matching the line mode

overwritten by XDCAM.

 

format (525/625) and recording format

 

b) Only most recently recorded clip

 

(IMX50/IMX40/IMX30/DVCAM and

 

c) Only files which can be overwritten by

number of audio channels) of the recorded

XDCAM

 

 

 

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