Panasonic AG-HPX370P User Manual

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The P2 card is a semiconductor memory card designed 
for the DVCPRO P2 series, Panasonic’s line of professional 
video and broadcast equipment.
•  Since the DVCPRO P2 format and AVC-Intra record data 

as files, it is ideally suited for computer processing. The 
file structure is in a proprietary format that includes audio 
and video data recorded in the MXF file format as well as 
various other essential data forming an interrelated folder 
structure as shown below.

Drive:\

CONTENTS

AUDIO
CLIP
ICON
PROXY
VIDEO
VOICE

LASTCLIP.TXT.*

Allthesefoldersarerequired.

*Thisfilecontainsthelastclipdatarecorded

onaPdevice.

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•  To prevent data loss in transferring P2 card data to a PC 

or write back PC data on a P2 card, use P2 Viewer, which 
can be downloaded from the website listed below. You 
can also visit the support desk at the following website for 
details on the system requirements of P2 Viewer.

http://pro-av.panasonic.net/

•  Follow the steps below to use general software such as 

Microsoft Windows Explorer or Apple Finder to transfer 
the data to a PC. Be sure to use P2 Viewer to write data 
back to a P2 card.

•  Treat the CONTENTS folder and the LASTCLIP.TXT file 

as a unit.

•  Do not modify the data below the CONTENTS folder.
•  In copying, be sure to copy both the CONTENTS folder 

and the LASTCLIP.TXT file together. 

•  When transferring data from multiple P2 cards, 

create separate folders for each P2 card to prevent 
overwriting clips with identical names.

•  Do not delete data on a P2 card.
•  Format P2 cards only on a P2 card device.