Setting of Clip Meta Data
Information such as the name of person who shot the video, the name of the reporter, the shooting location, or a text memo can be read from the SD memory card, and can be recorded as Clip Meta Data.
Reading Clip Meta Data (metadata upload)
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 MODE CHECK button when a thumbnail is displayed to move to step 4.
3 Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button and Select META DATA LOAD from the thumbnail menu, and press the SET button.
4 Names of metadata upload files stored on the SD memory card are displayed*. Select the desired files using the cursor buttons, and choose YES. Upload 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]
*Press the cursor button (Z) to display the full name of the file, up to 100 characters, at the cursor position. Press the cursor button (Y) to return to the original state.
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 following URL and install it to your PC:
Regarding SD memory cards to be used, see <Cautions in using SD memory cards> (page 22).
Note
The file which was edited by except P2 Viewer is 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: 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*2: 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 133).
*2 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.
Thumbnails with Clips Manipulating
Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails: Setting of Clip Meta Data 131