KODAK mc3 Portable Multimedia Device
User's Guide
Locating Files on a Picture Card

Music, video, and picture files are stored on the KODAK Picture Card according to a standard agreed upon by many device manufacturers.

If you use a card reader to retrieve your pictures or you cannot locate your pictures using the software, the following description of the file structure may be helpful. These folders are created when a new Picture Card is inserted in the mc3 device:

• System folder: A root-level folder where the mc3 firmware resides prior to an update.
  
  
• Music folder: Contains music files downloaded from the Internet.
  
  
• DCIM folder: A root-level folder containing the 100__MC3 folder. Each time you turn the mc3 device on or insert a different Picture Card, any empty folders within the DCIM folder are removed.
  
  
• 100__MC3: Stores pictures and videos taken with the mc3 device.

Note: Depending on your operating system and settings, you may see the System, Music, and 100__MC3 folders displayed as SYSTEM, MUSIC, and 100__MC3 on the Picture Card.

How Pictures are Named

Files on the Picture Card are named as follows:

• Music files retain their original filename with the file extension MP3. Music files are stored in the Music folder on the Picture Card.
  
  
• Video clips are named VID_xxxx.MOV, where xxxx represents the video clip file number and MOV indicates the file is a QuickTime video clip. Video clips are stored in the 100__MC3 folder on the Picture Card.
  
  
• Still pictures are named PIC_xxxx.JPG, where xxxx represents the picture number and JPG indicates that the picture is taken in the JPEG file format. Still pictures are stored in the 100__MC3 folder on the Picture Card.

How Pictures and Videos are Numbered

Pictures and videos are numbered in the order in which they are taken. For example, the first picture in the \DCIM\100__MC3 folder is PIC_0001.JPG. The mc3 device maintains a count of the number of pictures taken, which is used to determine the number of the next picture taken.

• Even if you transfer pictures or videos to the computer or delete these files from the Picture Card, the mc3 device uses consecutive numbers for all subsequent pictures. For example, if the last picture was PIC_0007.JPG, the next picture is PIC_0008.JPG.
  
  
• When you insert a different Picture Card into your mc3 device, the next number is derived by incrementing the higher of the last picture or video in the device or the highest existing number in the folder on
  the card.
  
  
• When you insert the Picture Card into a different mc3 device, the next picture or video number is derived by incrementing either the highest existing number or the highest number previously taken by that device.

Once you take picture PIC_9999.JPG in the \DCIM\100__MC3 folder, subsequent pictures will appear in a new folder (\DCIM\101__mc3) on the Picture Card, beginning with picture PIC_0001.JPG.

If you use the Picture Card in a camera or device other than the KODAK mc3, and that manufacturer adheres to this file structure standard, the \DCIM folder will contain a folder named by that camera or device. Any pictures taken with that camera or device are stored in the folder using the naming conventions established by the manufacturer.

For more information, refer to the documentation that accompanied that camera or device.

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Working With Music, Video, Picture Files:
Connecting to Computer,TV,Stereo | Transfer Files, Windows | Transfer Files, Macintosh | Locating Files on Picture Card | Renaming Files