Manipulating ChapterClips 6  

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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 24).

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).

MEMO*3: Displays [NO.] (the number of the text memo), [OFFSET] (location of the frame with added text memo in relation to the beginning of the clip), [PERSON] (person who recorded the text memo added to the clip), and [TEXT] (contents of the text memo).

THUMBNAIL:

Displays the location of the frame (frame offset) and the size (height and width) of the image selected as the thumbnail image.

*1 The USER CLIP NAME recording method is selectable.

For details, refer to [Selecting the USER CLIP NAME recording method] (page 121).

*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.

*3 Be sure to enter [TEXT] when entering MEMO. It is not possible to record only [PERSON] or [OFFSET].

NOTE

This unit only displays printable ASCII characters.

Checking and modifying read metadata

The unit allows you to check details of metadata read from SD memory cards.

1 Press the THUMBNAIL button.

•The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.

2 Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button to select META DATA PROPERTY from the thumbnail menu.

• Then the screen shown below appears.

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