ING
ING stands for "IT news gathering." The P2 system proposed and advanced by Matsushita Electric Industrial
aims to replace conventional ENG (electric news gathering) with ING employing advanced information
technology (IT).
MXF File
MXF stands for "material exchange format," a general-use media container format used in the video
industry. It functions as a container for storing and transferring video and audio data as well as related
metadata. Video and audio data using a variety of sizes, codecs, and sampling rates can be stored. MXF is
not a compression format or video type. P2 uses the MXF wrapper to store data in formats such as DV,
DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50, and DVCPRO HD. The use of the MXF wrapper makes it possible to transfer and
store specialized media data using general-use computer systems. It also provides compatibility with
multiple media types.
Native Mode
In native mode the video data is recorded on the P2 card at the frame rate used by the camera, such as
720/24pN, 720/25pN, or 720/30pN. Only valid frames are recorded, extending the recording time.
Shot Marker
This is a marking function that can be used, for example, to distinguish between good takes and outtakes. A
shot marker may be added to each clip in the P2 data. Marks may be added or removed during or after
recording. It is possible to display only marked clips when mounting video data on a PC (using P2Viewer).
Span Files
Span files are created when a video file is recorded spanning two or more P2 cards. When P2Viewer or a
nonlinear editing (NLE) system supporting P2 is used, a set of span files is treated as a single video file
rather than as multiple files.
Text Memo
By pressing the Text Memo button during video recording or preview, you can record blank text memos
wherever you want (up to a maximum of 100 memos). Later you can search for memos using P2Viewer and
insert appropriate text, such as the shooting location or scene information.
Non-linear Editing Terms
Redundant and Duplicate Frames
In the FCP manual the term duplicate frames is used to refer to cases where the same material is used
two or more times in a single timeline, and redundant frames refers to cases where multiple instances of
the same frame exist before pull-down processing. However, in new information concerning FCP5,
duplicate frames is used in place of redundant frames, so the terms may be considered as
interchangeable.
Production Note
AG-HPX500 Camera Operation;HIDEUMI OKA / Videonetwork
NLE Engineer : KOTARO TAKANO / VFX Director
Model : YOU TEJIMA
Still Camera: HYOJI OHFUDE (Studio OXI),MITSUKO HONDA
Design : MORIHIRO YAKABI
Special Thanks to : MASANORI(Igrec.co.,ltd), NAOYA TAIRA,YUZO FUSE,SANAE ITO
Kurosawa Film Studio
Edit : Yukihiro Ishikawa / Editor in Chief DVJAPAN