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3. Shooting: Useful Functions
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Planning Metadata
Planning metadata is information about
shooting and recording plans recorded in an
XML file.
You can shoot using clip names and shot
mark names defined in advance in a planning
metadata file.
You can send and receive planning metadata
via a network using the “Content Browser
Mobile” application.
[Notes]
When the media slot cover is opened, the transfer
of planning metadata via the network is interrupted.
Planning metadata cannot be transferred while the
cover is open. The transfer resumes when the cover
is closed.
To define clip names or shot mark names, use a
font set for the language specified using Language
>Select (page 107) in the Maintenance menu. Text
characters may not be displayed correctly if you use a
language that is different from the language setting
of the camcorder.
If you define clip and shot mark names in French,
Dutch, or Finnish, some characters are displayed in a
different but similar font.
Loading a planning metadata file
To record planning metadata together with
clips, it is necessary to load a planning
metadata file into the camcorder’s memory
beforehand.
Insert the XQD memory card with the planning
metadata file (.xml) saved to the directory
below into the camcorder card slot, then select
and load the file using Planning Metadata
(page 85) >Load Media(A) or Load Media(B)
in the Project menu.
exFAT: XDROOT/General/Sony/Planning
Confirming the detailed information in
planning metadata
After loading planning metadata into the
camcorder, you can check the detailed
information that it contains, such as file
names, date and time of creation, and titles.
Select Planning Metadata (page 85)
>Properties >Execute in the Project menu.
Clearing the loaded planning metadata
You can clear the planning data loaded in the
camcorder memory.
Select Planning Metadata (page 85) >Clear
Memory >Execute in the Project menu.
Defining a clip name in planning
metadata
The following two types of clip name strings
can be written in a planning metadata file.
ASCII-format name that is displayed on the
viewfinder screen
UTF-8 format name that is actually
registered as the clip name
When you specify a clip name in planning
metadata, the name is displayed under the
operation status indication on the viewfinder
screen.
Example of clip name strings
Use a text editor to modify the description for
the planning metadata <Title> tag.
The shaded fields in the example are clip
name strings.
“Typhoon” is described in ASCII format (up to
44 characters). “Typhoon_Strikes” is described
in UTF-8 format (up to 44 bytes).
“
sp
” indicates a space and indicates a
carriage return.
<?xml
sp
version="1.0"
sp
encoding="
UTF-8"?>
<PlanningMetadata
sp
xmlns="http://
xmlns.sony.net/pro/metadata/
planningmetadata"
sp
assignId="
P0001"
sp
creationDate="
2011-08-20T17:00:00+09:00"
sp
lastUpdate="
2011-09-28T10:30:00+09:00"
sp
version="1.00">
<Properties
sp
propertyId="
assignment"
sp
update="
2011-09-28T10:30:00+09:00"
sp
modifiedBy="Chris">
<Title
sp
usAscii="Typhoon"
sp
xml:lang="en">Typhoon_Strikes
</Title>
</Properties>
</PlanningMetadata>
[Notes]
When you create a file, enter each statement as a
single line by breaking a line with a carriage return
only after the last character of the line, and do not
enter spaces except where specified with “
sp
.”
A string of up to 44 bytes (or 44 characters) is valid as
a clip name.
If the UTF-8 format string exceeds 44 bytes, the first
44 bytes are used as the clip name.
If only a string in ASCII format is specified, the ASCII
format name up to the 44th character is used as the
clip name.
When neither the ASCII format name string nor
UTF-8-format name string is valid, a clip name in the
standard format is used.
The following characters cannot be used in clip
names, and are replaced by an underscore character
(_).
Invalid characters: “*/:<>?\|
Using a clip name defined in planning
metadata
Load a planning metadata file that contains
the clip name into the memory of the
camcorder, then select Clip Name Format
>Auto Naming (page 90) >Plan in the TC/
Media menu.
Clip names are generated by adding an
underscore (_) and a 5-digit serial number
(00001 to 99999).
Example: Typhoon_Strikes_00001, Typhoon_
Strikes_00002, …
[Notes]
If the serial number reaches 99999, it returns to 00001
upon the next recording.
When you load another planning metadata file, the
5-digit serial number returns to 00001.
Defining shot mark names in planning
metadata
When you record shot mark 1 or shot mark 2,
you can apply a name to the shot mark, using
a string defined in planning metadata.
Example of shot mark name strings
Use a text editor to modify the description for
the planning metadata <Meta name> tag.
The shaded fields in the example are shot
mark name strings.
Names can be either in ASCII-format (up
to 32 characters) or UTF-8-format (up to 16
characters).
“
sp
” indicates a space and indicates a
carriage return.
[Note]
If a name string contains even one non-ASCII character,
the maximum length of that string is limited to 16
characters.
<?xml
sp
version="1.0"
sp
encoding="
UTF-8"?>
<PlanningMetadata xmlns="http://
xmlns.sony.net/pro/metadata/
planningmetadata"
sp
assignId="
H00123"
sp
creationDate="
2011-04-15T08:00:00Z"
sp
lastUpdate="
2011-04-15T15:00:00Z"
sp
version=
"1.00">
<Properties
sp
propertyId=
"assignment"
sp
class="original"
sp
update="2011-04-15T15:00:00Z"
sp
modifiedBy="Chris">
<Title
sp
usAscii="Football
Game"
sp
xml:lang="en">
Football Game 15/04/2011
</Title>
<Meta
sp
name="_ShotMark1"
sp
content="Goal"/>
<Meta
sp
name="_ShotMark2"
sp
content="Shoot"/>
</Properties>
</PlanningMetadata>
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