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Disk recorder/extended vtr file operations – Sony Multi Interface Shoe Adapter User Manual

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Control of VTRs, Extended VTRs, and Disk Recorders

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Alternatively, you can select the reverse arrangement, whereby when the
[REWIND] button is pressed, this executes the action set for the first keyframe,
and when the [RUN] button is pressed the first keyframe action is not executed.
In this case, the Rewind Action setting is still valid.

For details of the setting, see “Setting the First Keyframe When a Rewind Is
Executed” in Chapter 19 (Volume 3).

Disk Recorder/Extended VTR File Operations

Material held on a disk recorder/Extended VTR is managed in units of files.
You can recall a file to play it back. (In the case of an Extended VTR, the
register number is recalled.)
To carry out disk recorder/Extended VTR file operations, use the Device menu.

Accessing the file list

Before playback and suchlike operations on a disk recorder/Extended VTR, it
is first necessary to display a list of the disk recorder files on the DCU. The file
list includes the following information.
• File name
• Date of last update

1)

• Duration of recorded material

1)

To recall the file list, use the Device menu.

1) Not displayed in the case of an Extended VTR

Recalling a file

In the recalled list of files, select the file you want to play back, and open the file.

File list sharing

You can connect multiple DCU serial ports to a single disk recorder/Extended
VTR.
You can share the recalled list of files between serial ports connected to the
same disk recorder/Extended VTR.

For settings relating to file list sharing, see “Serial Port Settings (Serial Port
Assign Menu)” in Chapter 22 (Volume 3).

File creation

To record a new file on the disk recorder, use the Device menu to create a new
file.

Note

In the case of an Extended VTR, it is not possible to record a new file.