3 Rotate the MENU knob to move the x mark to the desired character in the list of selectable characters, and then press the MENU knob.

4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to enter the remaining characters.

5 When you have finished entering the prefix, rotate the MENU knob to move the x mark to “END”, and then press the MENU knob.

The camcorder exits prefix input mode, and the original CLIP TITLE page appears.

To set the initial value of the clip title serial number

You can set the initial value of the clip title serial number to 00001 (default) or to any 5-digit value.

To return the initial value to 00001

Proceed as follows.

1 On the CLIP TITLE page of the OPERATION menu (see page 54), select “CLEAR NUMERIC” and then press the MENU knob.

The message “CLEAR OK? bYES NO” appears.

2 Select YES and then press the MENU knob.

The value in the NUMERIC field returns to 00001.

To set the initial value to any number Proceed as follows.

1 On the CLIP TITLE page of the OPERATION menu (see page 54), select “CLEAR NUMERIC” and then press the MENU knob.

An initial value appears.

23 CLIP TITLE

0123456789

INS DEL RET ESC END CLEAR NUMERIC : EXEC LOAD PREFIX DATA: EXEC PREFIX : TITLE NUMERIC : 00001

2 Move the x mark to the digit you want to change and then press the MENU knob.

3 Rotate the MENU knob to move the x mark to the desired digit in the list of selectable digits, and then press the MENU knob.

4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to enter the remaining digits.

5 When you have finished entering the value, rotate the MENU knob to move the x mark to “END”, and then press the MENU knob.

The camcorder exits numeric input mode, and the original CLIP TITLE page appears.

To check clip titles

Press the THUMBNAIL button to display thumbnail screen, and select the clip whose title you want to check.

The title of the selected clip appears in the upper left of the screen.

See “Cuing up with sub clip thumbnails” (page 64) for more information about the thumbnail screen.

Notes

It is not possible to specify 00000 as the initial value. Even if you enter 00000, the value is reset to 00001 when the camcorder exits numeric input mode.

The value of the serial number is incremented by 1 every time a title is generated. When the value reaches 99999, the next number restarts from 00001.

Duplicate clip titles can be generated if you reset the serial number after recording several clips or the same is true depending on the value setting. Care should be taken when setting the serial number.

3-2-9 Assigning User-Defined Clip

and Clip List Names

The following standard format names are assigned automatically to clips and clip lists that are created or recorded by XDCAM devices.

Clips: C0001.MXF to C0300.MXF

Clip lists: E0001E01.SMI to E0099E01.SMI

When you record or create clips and clip lists, you can assigned user-defined names instead of the standard format names. 1) Assigning meaningful names to clips and clip lists can facilitate file management.

1) This is supported from firmware version 1.5.

Limitations

Letters, numbers and symbols from the Unicode 2.0 character set can be used.

However, the following control characters and symbols cannot be used.

-Control characters: U+0000 to U+001F, U+007F

-Symbols: ", *, /, :, <, >, ?, \,

Depending on the character type, names may be limited to 14 characters in length.

(The limit for ASCII characters is 56 characters.)

All file name extensions are converted automatically to uppercase.

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