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Clip Management: Attaching Metadata to Clips
■ Incrementing the COUNT value of the USER
CLIP NAME for clips exceeding 4 GB
In the following case, one shot is recorded as multiple clips
and the COUNT value is automatically incremented and
recorded for each shot.
• When an 8 GB or larger P2 card is used in this unit and each
continuous recording exceeds a preset time.
➝For details, refer to “Dividing clips over 4 GB in length”
(page 34)
• When one recording spans multiple cards.
A P2 device will indicate the thumbnail and COUNT value of
clip 1 when thumbnails and property of the clip are displayed.
Use the following procedure to load metadata from an SD
memory card.
1 Insert the SD memory card storing the metadata
upload file.
2 Open the thumbnail screen.
3 Press the MENU button.
4 Use the cursor buttons to select [META DATA] –
[LOAD] and press the SET button.
The filename of the metadata upload file on the SD
memory card appears.
◆ NOTE:
• When the file name is displayed, use the right cursor button to
show the metadata name. Use the left cursor button to show the
file name.
5 Use the cursor buttons to select the file to load and
press the SET button.
6 Select [YES] and press the SET button.
The file is now loaded.
7 Press the MENU button to end processing.
Use the following steps to check metadata loaded from an SD
memory card.
1 Press the THUMBNAIL button.
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2 Press the thumbnail menu button and select [META
DATA] – [PROPERTY] from the Thumbnail menu.
The screen shown below appears.
Loading Set Metadata Values
Example of a recording on one P2 card (DVCPRO HD):
Example of recording a clip on two P2 cards:
REC start
(start of recording)
Stop
(recording stop)
REC start
(start of recording)
Stop
(recording stop)
Recording duration = 6 minutes
Clip 1
COUNT value = A
Clip 2
COUNT value = A + 1
Approx. 5 min. Approx. 1 min.
Clip 1
COUNT value = A
Clip 2
COUNT value = A + 1
1st card 2nd card
Checking and Revising Loaded Metadata