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Before mounting your camera, Operating environment windows, Macintosh – Sanyo 9.1 User Manual

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BEFORE MOUNTING YOUR CAMERA

The following is an explanation of the format of data recorded by your
camera, as well as the configuration of directories in the card.

Cautions when using the camera as an external
drive

i Do not alter files or folders in your camera in any way. Doing so may result

in your camera not recognizing that data.
If you want to edit files, first copy them to your computer’s hard drive.

i Cards formatted on your computer cannot be used by your camera. Format

all cards to be used by your camera with your camera.

Operating environment

Windows

A computer with a standard-equipped USB port, and preinstalled with
Windows 2000, XP or later is required. Correct operation cannot be
guaranteed for models with upgraded Windows systems.

Macintosh

A model with a standard-equipped USB port, and preinstalled with Mac OS X
10.3.6 or later is required.

Data file formats

The format of the files saved on the card and the method in which the file
names are determined are explained below.

* Consecutive numbers assigned in the order the data was saved.

Type of data

Data format

File name structure

Still image
data

JPEG

File name begins with SANY.
Extension is “.jpg”.
SANY****.jpg

Video clip
data

MPEG-4

File name begins with SANY.
Extension is “.mp4”.
SANY****.mp4*

Audio
recording
data

MPEG-4 Audio
(AAC compression)

File name begins with SANY.
Extension is “.m4a”.
SANY****.m4a*