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Ger Griffin · January 20th, 2009, 08:45 PM

Being new to tapeless aquisition Im wondering why I cant simply insert my CF card from my sony HVR-MRC1k into my card reader built into my pc. It doesn't seem to detect the card.
The only way that works for me is to transfer the files from the unit itself into my pc.

Is this normal?

Steve Renouf · January 22nd, 2009, 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ger Griffin

Being new to tapeless aquisition Im wondering why I cant simply insert my CF card from my sony HVR-MRC1k into my card reader built into my pc. It doesn't seem to detect the card.
The only way that works for me is to transfer the files from the unit itself into my pc.

Is this normal?

No. You should be able to mount it like any other drive and drag&drop the files like any other files. If you reformat it though, it must be done in the MRC1 - DON'T format it on the PC as it won't get the control data that the MRC1 needs on the card in order to function correctly.

Tiffany McMichael · January 25th, 2009, 10:39 PM

I just want to add to the above statement.

In my excitement to test out the MRCK I recorded some stuff on a CF card, transferred it to my computer, and deleted the files on my PC. You shouldn't do this, but all is not lost if you do.

Once I inserted the card back into the unit, it did not read the card and I thought I'd just screwed up a brand new card. But even though the card goes unrecognized you still get the option to reformat it to the standards the the MRCK needs.

Ger Griffin · January 26th, 2009, 12:24 PM

yea and it says in the manual not to delete those little 1kb accompanying files either.

I wonder why my cards arent being read by any outside cf reader.
I've tried both cards I have on 2 different readers and 2 different pc's.
Nothing happens when i insert card.

Having to use the unit to transfer the files from it to the pc is a bit of an inconvenience.

Mark Job · January 31st, 2009, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ger Griffin

yea and it says in the manual not to delete those little 1kb accompanying files either.

I wonder why my cards arent being read by any outside cf reader.
I've tried both cards I have on 2 different readers and 2 different pc's.
Nothing happens when i insert card.

Having to use the unit to transfer the files from it to the pc is a bit of an inconvenience.

...I'm going to take a stab at your question if you don't mind. You know those 0kb files on the CF card this device formats ? One of those files is a boot log control dummy file which tells the media to *boot* up an OS when it is started in the CF recording device. I do believe there is a basic sort of OS (operating System) which boots from an internal EPROM chip in the CF recorder and places a swap file and other temp files onto the CF media (Like any other HDD in a computer would), and when you format the CF media using a different OS (such as Windows), then those control files get erased and the internal OS is not loaded, thus, it cannot read or write to the media.

Stelios Christofides · February 27th, 2009, 02:29 PM

If you delete all the clips on the MRC unit using the menu on the unit ii self does it delete those little 1kb files as well?

Stelios

January 20th, 2009, 08:45 PM	#1
Ger Griffin Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 579	HVR MRC1 - CF card not being read by card reader. Being new to tapeless aquisition Im wondering why I cant simply insert my CF card from my sony HVR-MRC1k into my card reader built into my pc. It doesn't seem to detect the card. The only way that works for me is to transfer the files from the unit itself into my pc. Is this normal?

February 27th, 2009, 02:29 PM	#6
Stelios Christofides Trustee Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Nicosia, CYPRUS Posts: 1,080	If you delete all the clips on the MRC unit using the menu on the unit ii self does it delete those little 1kb files as well? Stelios __________________ My Blog: http://steliosc.blogspot.com "I hope for nothing, I fear nothing, I am free" Nikos Kazantzakis

January 25th, 2009, 10:39 PM	#3
Tiffany McMichael New Boot Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 23	I just want to add to the above statement. In my excitement to test out the MRCK I recorded some stuff on a CF card, transferred it to my computer, and deleted the files on my PC. You shouldn't do this, but all is not lost if you do. Once I inserted the card back into the unit, it did not read the card and I thought I'd just screwed up a brand new card. But even though the card goes unrecognized you still get the option to reformat it to the standards the the MRCK needs.

January 26th, 2009, 12:24 PM	#4
Ger Griffin Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 579	yea and it says in the manual not to delete those little 1kb accompanying files either. I wonder why my cards arent being read by any outside cf reader. I've tried both cards I have on 2 different readers and 2 different pc's. Nothing happens when i insert card. Having to use the unit to transfer the files from it to the pc is a bit of an inconvenience.