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4-1 Overview
Chapter 4 Handling Files
4-1-2 File Operation Restrictions
This section explains which operations are
possible on files stored in each directory.
Root directory
a) Only files which can be overwritten by XDCAM
• Directories cannot be created in the root
directory.
• The directories in the root directory
(Clip, Edit, Sub, and General) cannot be
deleted or renamed.
Clip directory
a) Only files which are 2 seconds or longer in
length, in a format matching the line mode
format (525/625) and recording format
(IMX50/IMX40/IMX30/DVCAM and
number of audio channels) of the recorded
sections of the disc, and which can be
overwritten by XDCAM.
b) Only most recently recorded clip
c) Only files which can be overwritten by
XDCAM
File name Content Operations
Read Overwrite Rename Create Delete
INDEX.XML Contains
information about all
material on the disc.
YesNo NoNoNo
DISCMETA.
XML
Contains the disc ID
and disc label.
Ye s
Ye s
a)
No No No
Other files Files other than the
above
—No — No —
Notes
File name Content Operations
Read Overwrite Rename Create Delete
C*.MXF Clip file created by
recording (MXF file)
*: 0001 to 0300
Ye s N o N o
Ye s
a)
Ye s
b)
C*M01.XML Metadata file
generated
automatically when
C*.MXF file is
created.
*: 0001 to 0300
Ye s
Ye s
c)
No
No
d)
No
e)
Other files Files other than the
above
—No — No —