Toshiba GSC-R30 About the Fi le Configuration, Fo ld er Confi gura tion for Image Backups

AbouttheFile Configuration

When you connect the camera to a PC, images shot using the camera appear as follows:

[XXXTOSHI]

This denotes that the images in the folder were shot using a Toshiba camera. A folder number between 100 and 999 is allocated according to the circumstances.

Still images

File names are in the GSC_XXXX.jpg format (where XXXX is a number between 0001 and 9999). The “.jpg” file extension indicates that the

image is a JPEG-format (see “Glossary” p.198) file.

Photographed images are saved in the Exif format

(see “Glossary” p.197).

Videos (with sound)

Example

File names are in the GSC_XXXX.mpg format (where XXXX is a number between 0001 and 9999). The “.mpg” file extension indicates that the video is an MPEG-format (see

“Glossary” p.198) file.

The “.thm” file extension indicates that the file is a video thumbnail.

System files

The “.xml” file extension indicates that the file contains information on the connection between the camera and the PC.

IMPORTANT

•“.xml” files contain album information.

Deleting an “.xml” file will cause part of the software to malfunction. Do not delete “.xml” files.

FolderConfiguration for Image Backups

When you back up your camera images onto a PC, the images are stored in the “My Pictures” folder in the configuration shown below.

Folder name

****_**_**_***

Year			Folder number
		Day
	Month

The names of the folders created inside My Pictures include data such as the camera model and image information. When you use the synchronize function to back up images to a PC, these folder names are used as keywords.

For this reason, you should not change the folder configuration or the names of the saved image files.