Setting of Clip Meta Data

Information such as the name of the person who shot the video, the name of the reporter, or the shooting location, can be read from the SD memory card, and can be recorded as Clip Meta Data.

The camera does not support recording of text memo data

Reading the SD memory card that contains the Clip Meta Data (metadata upload file)

1

Insert the SD memory card that contains the

 

 

Clip Meta Data (metadata upload file).

 

 

 

2

Press the THUMBNAIL button.

 

 

• The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD

monitor.

NOTE

Press the THUMBNAIL button while pressing DISP/ MODE CHK button when a thumbnail is displayed to move to step 4.

3 Press the MENU button and Select META DATA

LOAD from the thumbnail menu, and press the SET button.

4 Meta Data names of metadata upload files stored on the SD memory card are displayed. Select the desired files using the cursor buttons, and choose YES.

Uploading starts.

Uploaded metadata is retained even if the power is turned off.

For more information on confirmation of uploaded data, see [Checking and modifying read metadata] (page 98).

NOTE

Press the cursor button (Q) when the Meta Data name is displayed to change the display to the file name. Press the cursor button (W) to return to display of the Meta Data name.

Clip Meta Data items

Clip Meta Data includes the following items: Underlined items can be set by reading the metadata upload file on the SD memory card. Other items are set automatically during shooting. Using the latest update version of P2 Viewer, metadata upload files can be written to SD memory cards using a PC. Download the latest update version of P2 Viewer from the support desk at the following website, and install it on your PC.

http://pro-av.panasonic.net/

Regarding SD memory cards to be used, see [SD memory card precautions] (page 22).

NOTE

Files edited using software other than P2 Viewer are displayed as “UNKNOWN DATA!”, and may not be read.

GLOBAL CLIP ID:

Displays the global clip ID, which indicates the shooting status of the clip.

USER CLIP NAME:

Displays the clip name specified by the user.*1

VIDEO: Displays [FRAME RATE] (frame rate of the clip), [PULL DOWN], and [ASPECT RATIO].

AUDIO: [SAMPLING RATE] (sampling frequency of recorded sound) and [BITS PER SAMPLE] (digitized bit[s] of recorded sound).

ACCESS: Displays [CREATOR] (person who recorded the clip), [CREATION DATE] (date when the clip was recorded), [LAST UPDATE DATE] (date of the latest update of the clip), and [LAST UPDATE PERSON] (person who made the latest update of the clip).

DEVICE: Displays [MANUFACTURER] (name of the device manufacturer), [SERIAL NO.] (serial number of the device) and [MODEL NAME] (model name of the device).

SHOOT *2:

Displays [SHOOTER] (name of the person who shot the video), [START DATE] (start date of shooting), [END DATE] (end date of shooting), and [LOCATION] ALTITUDE/LONGITUDE/ LATITUDE/SOURCE/PLACE NAME (altitude, longitude, latitude, and source of the information and name of the location).

SCENARIO:

Displays [PROGRAM NAME], [SCENE NO.], and [TAKE NO.].

NEWS: Displays [REPORTER] (name of the reporter), [PURPOSE] (purpose of shooting), and [OBJECT] (object of shooting).

*1 The USER CLIP NAME recording method is selectable. For details, refer to [Selecting the USER CLIP NAME recording method] (page 99).

*2 During recording, the camera does not automatically set altitude, latitude and longitude of the shoot.

Such data can be set in the property of a recorded clip.

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