Topic: Files associated with a recording

[rnvinc]

If I take 1 recording (of a section of water) on my 1197 and then put the SD card in my reader in my pc....

How many files does the 1 recording have associated with it...??

What are they...??

[Jolly Roger]

If you download one recording and run HumViewer, there should be one folder and one .DAT file showing. Both should have the same name i.e. R001 folder and R001 .dat file. To watch the recording you just have to doubleclick on the .DAT file icon.
This file will be opened and you can start watching the recording by checking the "play" check box in the upper right corner.

Regards / Harry

[rnvinc]

If you download one recording and run HumViewer, there should be one folder and one .DAT file showing. Both should have the same name i.e. R001 folder and R001 .dat file. To watch the recording you just have to doubleclick on the .DAT file icon.
This file will be opened and you can start watching the recording by checking the "play" check box in the upper right corner.

Regards / Harry

That leads to my next question.....in a scenario form..

Fishing trip Monday....1 recording...transfer to Humviewer...one R001 folder and R001 .dat file...

Erase SD card....

Fishing trip Tuesday...1 recording...transfer to Humviewer...another  R001 folder and R001 .dat file...??

How do you keep them organized in Humviewer...??

[George]

rnvinc

I do not understand unless you have two units you your system should index the file numbers in sequence. 

If you have 2 units then I might make two folders to keep them in like 1197 and 997 folders.

Yes I either erase the files or cut and paste them.

George

[soretoe]

The Humminbird units will save pictures or recordings in a sequential number. It shouldnt use the same number twice.

[RGecy]

Ok to answer your question!

If you are recording, the files that are recorded are stored in the RECORD folder.  In this folder you will have the following:

R00###.dat  (### is the incremental recording number)
This is basically the waypoint info, time and starting position info, etc. when the recording was started.

Then you will have a folder inside the RECORD folder named R00### that corresponds to the .dat file above.  Inside this folder you will have at least 6 files.

For each Sonar Channel 50/83khz, 200khz, 262/455/800khz SI Left(Port), and 262/455/800khz SI Right(Strbd) you will have an associated B000#.SON and B000#.IDX file for each.

B0000 is the 50 or 83khz channel
B0001 is the 200khz channel
B0002 is the Port SI (262, 455, or 800) whichever one is on
B0003 is the Strbd SI

So if you have only 200khz 2d on and SI you will have 7 files.  If you have 50khz/83khz and 200khz with SI then you will have 9 files.

If you do not have a SI transdcuer attached, you will have fewer files.

Hope that helps.

Robert 

[RGecy]

That leads to my next question.....in a scenario form..

Fishing trip Monday....1 recording...transfer to Humviewer...one R001 folder and R001 .dat file...

Erase SD card....

Fishing trip Tuesday...1 recording...transfer to Humviewer...another  R001 folder and R001 .dat file...??

How do you keep them organized in Humviewer...??

Did you erase all the Nav Data between recordings or delete the R0001 waypoint that was created?  If so, this probably explains why the system started back at 1.

Robert

[rnvinc]

I'm just running scenarios in my head of how to keep the snapshots, recordings, waypoints, route, tracks identified and organized in....the 1197 unit... in HB PC...and in Humviewer....(lots of different applications with lots of different file extensions)....

I don't want to end up with a bunch of files that I don't know what they are or which recording/snapshot/waypoint/route/track they belong to....

OCD is my downfall sometimes...

[RGecy]

Unless you delete the NAV data and do not import it back in, the recording files, waypoints, etc are incremental and will continue to increase based on the last waypoint or recording number in the system.

As for keeping track, I have a Humminbird Files folder in My Documents.  I usually just copy everything over to the Humminbird folder.  I get rid of any recordings and snapshots that are no good, if I keep them, I leave them in their appropriate folders.  If I want to rename them, I make a copy and move it to another folder.

If I have some specific files for dates or locations, I may make a special folder for just those files.

Robert 

[rnvinc]

Unless you delete the NAV data and do not import it back in, the recording files, waypoints, etc are incremental and will continue to increase based on the last waypoint or recording number in the system.

As for keeping track, I have a Humminbird Files folder in My Documents.  I usually just copy everything over to the Humminbird folder.  I get rid of any recordings and snapshots that are no good, if I keep them, I leave them in their appropriate folders.  If I want to rename them, I make a copy and move it to another folder.

If I have some specific files for dates or locations, I may make a special folder for just those files.

Robert

That helps alot with that part of my confusion...thanks....
Now, maybe you guys can help my OCD with this part of organizing...

Let's say after a day's fishing I have several recordings, snapshots, waypoints, routes, tracks, ...all on 1 SD Card....

Now, when I get ready to organize all this data in my pc.....
   1. Some files will work in HB PC, some won't...
   2. Some files will work in Humviewer, some won't...
   3. Some files will work in Windows picture viewer, some won't...

How do you organize all these different file types to know what they are and which application they should be put it...

OR..MAYBE..I'm trying to make this more difficult than it actually is....

After you copy all the files to your "Hummingbird" folder...will each application (HB PC, Humviewer, Windows)..automatically retrieve the correct files from this "Hummingbird" folder when it is called for from the app that I am using...??...