Chapter 6 Thumbnail Operations for
-[NO COPY TO SAME CARD!]
Copying could not be performed because you are attempting to copy to the same card.
-[TOO MANY CLIPS!]
Copying could not be performed because there are too many clips selected.
tt If copying is performed while a text memo is selected in the lower part of the text memo, the section between the selected text memo position and the next text memo will be copied. If no text memo is found after the selected one, then the part after the selected text memo to the end of the clip will be copied. For details, refer to “Using a text memo to divide a clip and copy the necessary portion” (page 114).
tt To interrupt copying, press <SHIFT> button + <EXIT> button or the <SET> button to cancel the operation. The clip being copied will be deleted from the copy destination.
tt When identical clips (same [GLOBAL CLIP ID]) exist on the destination, [OVERWRITE?] is displayed. Select [YES] when overwriting the clip, and select [NO] when not overwriting the clip.
Setting clip metadataInformation such as the name of the person who shot the video, the name of the reporter, the shooting location, or text memos can be read from an SD memory card, and can be recorded as clip metadata.
Loading clip metadata (metadata upload)
Fig. 1 | Fig. 2 |
1Insert the SD memory card that contains the clip metadata (metadata upload file).
2 Select [LOAD] in main menu → [REC/PB] → [REC METADATA] and press the <SET> button.
The metadata name of the metadata upload file on the SD memory card is displayed. (Fig. 1)
3Use the cursor buttons to select the desired file to be loaded, and select [YES]. ffUpload starts.
ffUploaded metadata is retained even if the power is turned off.
ffFor confirmation of uploaded data, refer to “Checking and modifying uploaded metadata” (page 117).
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tt While displaying metadata names, press the cursor button (I) to switch to display of file names. (Fig. 2) Press the cursor button (Y) to return to display of metadata names.
Clip metadata items
Clip metadata includes the following items. Underlined items can be set by loading the metadata upload file on the SD memory card. Other items are set automatically during shooting. Using the latest update version of P2 Viewer Plus, metadata upload files can be written to SD memory cards using a computer. Download and install the latest version of P2 Viewer Plus from the following website.
For details on SD memory cards to be used, refer to “Cautions when using SD memory cards” (page 22).
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tt Files which were not edited by P2 Viewer Plus are displayed as [UNKNOWN DATA!] and may not be readable.
[GLOBAL CLIP ID] | Displays the global clip ID that shows the shooting status of the clip. |
[USER CLIP NAME] | Displays the clip name set by the user.*1 |
[VIDEO] | Displays [FRAME RATE] (frame rate of the clip), [PULL DOWN] |
[AUDIO] | Displays [SAMPLING RATE] (sampling frequency of recorded audio) and [BITS PER SAMPLE] (quantizing bits for recorded audio). |
[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 where the text memo is added), [PERSON] (person |
| who recorded the text memo added to the clip), and [TEXT] (content of the text memo). |