Canon XL-H1 Console Software Operations Manual - Page 19

CONSOLE Windows [Option settings] and [Performance check] Camera and Picture Control Recording onto the Hard Disk Playback the Recorded Files 3-4 [Option settings] and [Performance check] 3 Click [Start] on the right side. The performance check of the system starts. 4 Review the result and click [Close]. • CONSOLE writes the data to the selected folder to evaluate the CPU usage ratio and graphs out the results every second; furthermore, it evaluates the occurrences of the data dropping and the frame rate of the preview.  Even if all bars are above the red line after executing the hard disk performance check or no data dropping has occurred during the system performance check, data may be dropped when a program accessing the hard disk (e.g. anti-virus software) is activated.  A bar below the red line indicates that data may be dropped during recording (a part of the picture may not be written to the file).  When recording in HDV standard is selected and data dropping occurs, select a smaller size at [Preview Resolution] or [I picture only] at [Preview picture] in the [HDV Rec] tab. ( 3-2) The recording picture will not be affected even if you change the [Preview resolution] or [Preview picture]. • The performance check takes 30 seconds. • To cancel the performance check, click [Stop].  When CONSOLE executes the performance check, the recording data type used for writing (DV or HDV) will be according to the recording settings in the [DV Rec] tab. - When receiving the DV standard data from the camcorder while [Frame] is selected in the [DV Rec] tab, the writing test of the performance check will not be executed. The performance check cannot be executed when CONSOLE cannot access to the hard disc.