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# Clip metadata recording function

Information such as the name of the person recording or the name of the reporter, recording location, text memo, etc., can be loaded from the SD card and recorded as a clip metadata.

## Items of the clip metadata

The clip metadata has following items:

[GLOBAL CLIP ID] | Displays the global clip ID indicating the recording condition of the clip.
[USER CLIP NAME] | Displays the name of the clip that the user has set.*1
[VIDEO] | Displays [FRAME RATE] (frame rate of the clip), [PULL DOWN] (pull-down method), and [ASPECT RATIO] (aspect ratio).
[AUDIO] | Displays [AUDIO SAMPLING RATE] (sampling frequency of the recording audio) and [AUDIO BIT RATE] (quantized number of bits for the recording audio).
[ACCESS] | Displays [CREATOR] (name of the clip creator), [CREATION DATE] (date the clip was created), [LAST UPDATE DATE] (date the clip was last updated), and [LAST UPDATE PERSON] (name of the person last updated the clip).
[DEVICE] | Displays [MANUFACTURER] (name of the manufacturer of the device used to record), [SERIAL NO.] (serial number of the device used to record), and [MODEL NAME] (model name of the device used to record).
[SHOOT] | Displays [SHOOTER], [START DATE], [END DATE], [ALTITUDE], [LONGITUDE], [LATITUDE], [SOURCE], and [PLACE NAME].
[SCENARIO] | Displays [PROGRAM NAME], [SCENE NO.], and [TAKE NO.].
[NEWS] | Displays [REPORTER], [PURPOSE], and [OBJECT].
[MEMO]*2 | Displays [NO.] (number of the text memo), [OFFSET] (frame position from the start of the clip where the text memo is added), [PERSON] (person recording the text memo added to the clip), and [TEXT] (content of the text memo).
[THUMBNAIL] | Displays the frame position (frame offset) and the size (height and width) of the image to be the base of the thumbnail.
[PROXY] | Displays information such as the format of the proxy if the proxy is added.

The recording method for [USER CLIP NAME] can be selected. For details, refer to “Selecting the recording method for [USER CLIP NAME]”.

Always enter [TEXT] when entering [MEMO]. Recording only with [PERSON] or [OFFSET] is not possible.

Following items can be set by loading a metadata upload file in the SD card.

- [USER CLIP NAME]

- [CREATOR], [LAST UPDATE PERSON] in [ACCESS]

- [SHOOTER], [PLACE NAME] in [SHOOT]

- [PROGRAM NAME], [SCENE NO.], [TAKE NO.] in [SCENARIO]

- [REPORTER], [PURPOSE], [OBJECT] in [NEWS]

- [PERSON], [TEXT] in [MEMO]

Other items will be automatically set during the recording.

The metadata upload file can be written in an SD card by using P2 Viewer Plus on a computer.

Install P2 Viewer Plus into the computer from the support desk in following website.

https://pro-av.panasonic.net/

For details of the SD card to be used, refer to “Memory cards supported by the camera”.

NOTE

- The file edited with anything other than P2 Viewer Plus will display [LOAD NG], and it may not be able to load.

## Loading the clip metadata (metadata upload)

Fig. 1

Insert an SD card with a file describing the clip metadata (metadata upload file) into the camera.

Select the [RECORDING] menu → [REC META DATA] → [LOAD].

A list of metadata upload files stored in the specified folder in the SD card is displayed.

The card slot to perform loading and saving can be set in the [OTHERS] menu → [FILE] → [SLOT FOR LOAD/SAVE].

Select the name of the file to load. (Fig. 1)

Select [SET].

The file is loaded.

- The loaded metadata is held even if the power is turned off.

- For details about confirming the loaded data, refer to “Confirming and modifying the loaded metadata”.

- An error message may be displayed. For details about the error message, refer to “Cases indicated by error messages”.

NOTE

- Only the characters that can be displayed in the camera will be displayed for the metadata upload file name and the metadata name. The characters that cannot be displayed will be truncated. It will be displayed as [*****...] if all characters cannot be displayed.

- It will be displayed as [NO DATA] if the metadata name is not described in the metadata upload file.

## Confirming and modifying the loaded metadata

Content of the metadata loaded from the SD card can be confirmed.

Fig. 1

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Fig. 3

Select the [RECORDING] menu → [REC META DATA] → [PROPERTY].

A list of the metadata is displayed. (Fig. 1)

Select the item to confirm.

Content of each setting of the loaded metadata can be confirmed. (Fig. 2)

To modify the metadata, select [EDIT].

If there are multiple items that can be modified, a selection screen is displayed, so select the item to modify. (Fig. 3)

## Setting to record/not record the loaded metadata

Set the [RECORDING] menu → [REC META DATA] → [RECORD] → [ON]/[OFF].

- The factory setting is [OFF].

## Selecting the recording method for [USER CLIP NAME]

The recording method of [USER CLIP NAME] can be selected from two methods of either [TYPE1] or [TYPE2] in the [RECORDING] menu → [REC META DATA] → [USER CLIP NAME].

#### [TYPE1] (factory settings)

Condition of the clip metadata | [USER CLIP NAME] to be recorded
--- | ---
If the clip metadata is loaded | Uploaded data
If the clip metadata is not loaded, or set not to record the loaded clip metadata | Same as [GLOBAL CLIP ID]

#### [TYPE2]

Condition of the clip metadata | [USER CLIP NAME] to be recorded
--- | ---
If the clip metadata is loaded | Uploaded data + [COUNT]*
If the clip metadata is not loaded, or set not to record the loaded clip metadata | Same as [CLIP NAME]

[COUNT] is displayed as a four-digit number.

[COUNT] is increased one at a time when a new clip is generated if the clip metadata is loaded and the recording method is set to [TYPE2].

### Resetting [COUNT]

Fig. 1

Select the [RECORDING] menu → [REC META DATA] → [PROPERTY].

Select [USER CLIP NAME], then select [EDIT].

Move the cursor to [COUNT RESET]. (Fig. 1)

A confirmation screen is displayed.

Select [SET].

[COUNT] is set to 1.

## Selecting recording the [CARD SERIAL]

Enable the function to record the card serial number to the metadata (text memo without offset).

Select the [RECORDING] menu → [REC META DATA] → [CARD SERIAL] → [ON].

## Initializing the metadata setting

Select the [RECORDING] menu → [REC META DATA] → [INITIALIZE].

A confirmation screen is displayed.

Select [SET].

The settings in the [RECORDING] menu → [REC META DATA] including the loaded metadata are returned to the factory settings.

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