Canon CONSOLE Image Control & Storage Software v1.1 Console Software Operation - Page 40

Data Dropping, Recording History

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CONSOLE Windows [Option settings] and [Performance check] Camera and Picture Control Recording onto the Hard Disk Playback the Recorded Files 5-5 Recording onto the Hard Disk Data Dropping • When a program accesses the hard disk during recording, a part of the data input from the camcorder may not be written to the file (data dropping). This may happen also when the processing capacity of the computer is insufficient. • When the data dropping occurs, the number of data droppings occurred in a file will be displayed in the [Information] tab of the [Camera Control] window. When recording in DV, a number of dropped frames and when recording in HDV, a number of dropped blocks are displayed. Dropping one block in HDV recording corresponds to dropping from a few frames to up to 20 frames in DV recording. • When the data dropping occurs, [ ] changes to [ ] for a few seconds. • When the file is created on the hard disk after recording, you can check the scenes where data dropping occurred under [Recording history]. Recording History When you stop recording the picture in [Standard] mode, or when a file is created after finalizing in [Sequence] or [Frame] mode, the created file information will be displayed under [Recording history] in the [Camera Control] window. The recording history will disappear when you close CONSOLE. When you wish to review the history after you have closed CONSOLE, open the "CONSOLE.LOG" file in the video folder with a text editor. You can check the file name, recording date, file size, length, file type, and the information about dropped data. 1 2 3 1 File name 2 Information on dropped data 3 Playback Shows the file name recorded with CONSOLE. The file information appears when you leave the mouse pointer on the file name for a moment. If data dropping occurred, the position and number of dropped data are shown here. When a file name is selected: Clicking starts the playback panel and the file is played back from the beginning. When information on dropped data is selected: Clicking plays back the file in the [Play Viewer] window from the point where the data dropping occurred.

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Recording onto the Hard Disk
[Option settings] and [Performance check]
Camera and Picture Control
Recording onto the Hard Disk
Playback the Recorded Files
CONSOLE Windows
5-5
Data Dropping
• When a program accesses the hard disk during recording, a part of the data input from the
camcorder may not be written to the file (data dropping). This may happen also when the processing
capacity of the computer is insufficient.
• When the data dropping occurs, the number of data droppings occurred in a file will be displayed in
the [Information] tab of the [Camera Control] window. When recording in DV, a number of dropped
frames and when recording in HDV, a number of dropped blocks are displayed. Dropping one block
in HDV recording corresponds to dropping from a few frames to up to 20 frames in DV recording.
• When the data dropping occurs, [
] changes to [
] for a few seconds.
• When the file is created on the hard disk after recording, you can check the scenes where data
dropping occurred under [Recording history].
Recording History
When you stop recording the picture in [Standard] mode, or when a file is created after finalizing in
[Sequence] or [Frame] mode, the created file information will be displayed under [Recording history]
in the [Camera Control] window.
The recording history will disappear when you close CONSOLE. When you wish to review the
history after you have closed CONSOLE, open the “CONSOLE.LOG” file in the video folder
with a text editor. You can check the file name, recording date, file size, length, file type, and
the information about dropped data.
1
File name
Shows the file name recorded with CONSOLE. The file information appears
when you leave the mouse pointer on the file name for a moment.
2
Information on
dropped data
If data dropping occurred, the position and number of dropped data are
shown here.
3
Playback
When a file name is selected: Clicking
starts the playback panel and
the file is played back from the beginning.
When information on dropped data is selected: Clicking
plays back the
file in the [Play Viewer] window from the point where the data dropping
occurred.
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