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