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Steve Montoto
May 10th, 2009, 02:52 PM
The manual for the MRCk is not clear on how to join three 4gb m2t files into a single file.

I read in the forums and downloaded the Sony Recording unit Utility ver 1.1 but even though the utility identified the 3 files as being together, when I imported, they did not join.

I cant find any information on how to join these clips so any help or link would be appreciated.

John Knight
May 10th, 2009, 10:16 PM
http://www.sony.com.au/objects/Other/HVRDR60/html/soft.html

Specifically the M2T File connection section.

SOME NLE's will automatically stitch for you - others don't but probably will in future patches.

Apple Final Cut Pro 6.02 and Edius 4.6 - DOES support stitching
Adobe Premiere CS3 - Needs stitching tool
Sony Vegas Pro 8.0 - Needs stitching tool for Z7 unit (but support stitching from DR60 Hard disk

Hope this helps.

Steve Montoto
May 11th, 2009, 07:39 AM
http://www.sony.com.au/objects/Other...html/soft.html

Specifically the M2T File connection section.

SOME NLE's will automatically stitch for you - others don't but probably will in future patches.

Apple Final Cut Pro 6.02 and Edius 4.6 - DOES support stitching
Adobe Premiere CS3 - Needs stitching tool
Sony Vegas Pro 8.0 - Needs stitching tool for Z7 unit (but support stitching from DR60 Hard disk

Hope this helps.


Thanks for the reply. I checked the link you gave and it is broken.

I was under the impression that the sony ru_util (sony recording unit utility) would automatically stitch together the files that were able.

But it doesnt do it for me.

Tim Ducharme
May 11th, 2009, 09:02 AM
Hi, Steve
The first thing to check is your destination folder. The destination folder needs to be formatted in the NTFS file system. If you are on a PC and the drive is formatted FAT32, the sub-clips will not be stitched together.

This link provides instructions on using the Sony Recording Unit Utility (for both Windows based software and Final Cut Pro):
Digital HD Video Camera Recorder - Memory Recording Unit (http://pro.sony.com/bbsccms/ext/hdv/z7u_s270u_m35u/HVR-Z7U/unit_software.html)

I am using Sony Vegas Pro 8c and the import utility is built in, but I have also tested the stand alone Sony Recording Unit Utility. They have both worked perfectly for me. I recently finished shooting a two day conference with 17 1-hour presentations. All of the files stitched together flawlessly.

Good luck.

Steve Montoto
May 11th, 2009, 09:31 AM
Hi, Steve
The first thing to check is your destination folder. The destination folder needs to be formatted in the NTFS file system. If you are on a PC and the drive is formatted FAT32, the sub-clips will not be stitched together.

This link provides instructions on using the Sony Recording Unit Utility (for both Windows based software and Final Cut Pro):
Digital HD Video Camera Recorder - Memory Recording Unit (http://pro.sony.com/bbsccms/ext/hdv/z7u_s270u_m35u/HVR-Z7U/unit_software.html)

I am using Sony Vegas Pro 8c and the import utility is built in, but I have also tested the stand alone Sony Recording Unit Utility. They have both worked perfectly for me. I recently finished shooting a two day conference with 17 1-hour presentations. All of the files stitched together flawlessly.

Good luck.

Thanks for the information Tim. I am using Vista 64 so it is not fat 32. I ran the program set the destination to one of my HDD. The program recognized that there were 4 files to be stitched together but when it was finished there were 4 seperate files.

I tried it twice. I thought i might be doing something wrong.

John Knight
May 11th, 2009, 04:25 PM
Thanks for the reply. I checked the link you gave and it is broken.

Whoops.... fixed now
HVR-DR60 | Hard Disk Recording Unit (http://www.sony.com.au/objects/Other/HVRDR60/html/soft.html)