Panasonic AG-HPX170P operating instructions Clip metadata, What the clip metadata consists

Clip metadata

You can add the video and audio systems, name of the videographer, shooting location, text memos and other information to the video data you have recorded on the P2 card. This data is called the clip metadata. (Display method: Page 69)

There are two kinds of clip metadata: the data that is recorded automatically during shooting, and the data in the metadata upload file created on the SD memory card which is loaded in the unit. (Loading method: Page 72)

Creating the metadata upload file on the SD memory card

You will need the latest updated version of P2 Viewer. Download it from the URL address given below, and install it in the computer. https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/

What the clip metadata consists of

You can set the items underlined below by loading the metadata upload file on the SD memory card. All other items are set automatically during shooting.

GLOBAL CLIP ID:

This indicates the global clip ID that shows the shooting status of the clip.

USER CLIP NAME:

This indicates the name of the clip that the user has set.*1

VIDEO:

This indicates the recorded image’s FRAME RATE, PULL DOWN system and ASPECT RATIO.

AUDIO:

This indicates the recorded sound’s SAMPLING RATE (sampling frequency) and BITS PER SAMPLE (number of quantizing bits).

ACCESS:

This indicates the CREATOR (name of the person recording), CREATION DATE (recording date), LAST UPDATE DATE (date on which the data was last updated), and LAST UPDATE PERSON (the person who last updated the data).

DEVICE:

This indicates the MANUFACTURER (manufacturer of the equipment), SERIAL NO. (serial number of the equipment) and MODEL NAME (equipment model name).

SHOOT:

This indicates the SHOOTER (name of the videographer), START DATE (date and time at which shooting started), END DATE (date and time at which shooting ended) and LOCATION/ ALTITUDE/LONGITUDE/LATITUDE/SOURCE/ PLACE NAME (shooting location, altitude, longitude, latitude, information source, name of location).

SCENARIO:

This indicates the PROGRAM NAME, SCENE NO. and TAKE NO.

NEWS:

This indicates the REPORTER (name of the reporter), PURPOSE (purpose of data collection) and OBJECT (target of data collection).

MEMO: *2

This indicates the No. (memo No.), OFFSET (frame position from the beginning of the clip), PERSON (name of the person who recorded the text memo), and TEXT (contents of memo).

THUMBNAIL:

Indicates thumbnail image offset.

It is used in editing thumbnails with the EXCH. THUMBNAIL function.

*1 If there is no information in the metadata upload file, the global clip ID serves as the USER CLIP NAME. The USER CLIP NAME recording method is selectable. Please refer to Appendix (page 124).

*2 When MEMO is to be input, you must input

TEXT. You cannot input PERSON only.

•It may not be possible to load files which have been edited using a viewer other than the P2 Viewer. (In this case, UNKNOWN DATA will be displayed.)

•Only printable ASCII characters can be displayed by this unit.

•Due to the limitations imposed by this unit on the number of characters which can be displayed, not all the data can be displayed.

(This does not mean that the data which is not displayed has been deleted.) Use a P2 viewer or other program to check all the data.

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