Mobile Video HDD HV356T - Manual (Page 35)

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Media Files for Playback
When using the Mobile Video HDD as a media player, it can only browse and play back some
specific media file formats. Please read the following before using it as a media player.
When using the Mobile Video HDD as a media player, it can only browse and play
back media files located in the first “Primary” partition.
The Mobile Video HDD can play back the following media files:
‰ DVD movie files
‰ DivX/Xvid movie files: The filename extensions are AVI, DIVX, XVID
DivX/Xvid subtitle files: The filename extensions are SRT, SUB, IDX/SUB, SMI, PSB, ASS, SSA
‰ VCD files: The filename extension is DAT
‰ MPEG1 / MPEG2 files: The filename extensions are MPG, MPEG, M2P, VOB
‰ Audio and music files: The filename extensions are WAV, MP3,
‰ Photo and graphic files: The filename extensions are JPG, JPEG
The Video file Recorded by a Capture Card
If you use a capture card or TV card to record TV programs, the recorded files will usually
be encoded in MPEG1 or MPEG2 format (the filename extensions are MPG, MPEG, and M2P).
To copy these media files, just create a folder in the Mobile Video HDD, and then copy these
files into that folder.
If your hard disk uses NTFS file system, the recorded file is probably larger than
4GB, so please partition the Mobile Video HDD as NTFS to store the large file.
The Video Recorded by DV
To play back the video recorded by a DV, you’ll need to transfer the DV files to a computer
and convert it to MPEG1, MPEG2 or DivX file format, and then copy the converted files into
a folder in Mobile Video HDD.
To transfer the DV file to computer, you can:
„ Use the utility bundled with the DV. A DV is often bundled with some utility for user to
transfer the DV file to computer, and to encode it into other file format. Please use this
utility as your first choice.
„ If your computer is equipped with a capture card, connect DV’s AV-Out to the capture
card’s AV-In, and start capturing the video from the DV.