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Panasonic AJ-SF771AP Reference Manual

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  • Page 1 ClipCopy Application Ver 2.5 Reference Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Concerning this manual ....... .4 1. INTRODUCTION ........5 1.1 Foreword .
  • Page 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 6. EXPORTING CLIP DATA ......22 6.1 Exporting Clip ........22 6.2 Direct Exporting from newsBYTE/QuickCutter BINs .

  • Page 4: Concerning This Manual

    Concerning this manual Thank you for purchasing Panasonic’s ClipCopy. This Panasonic ClipCopy Reference Manual explains how the ClipCopy application is used. This reference manual only intends to give detailed information of ClipCopy Ver.2.5. The functions and restrictions described in this manual may change without notice.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    1.2 ClipCopy Application The ClipCopy application is an add-on software program which runs in Panasonic’s AJ-DE77 (newsBYTE/QuickCutter) nonlinear editing system. Use of ClipCopy opens the door to importing DVCPRO format data existing in the video servers, etc.
  • Page 6 1. INTRODUCTION Restrictions on names for BINs and clips The following restrictions apply to the naming of BINs and clips. T The following characters can not be used in names: ¥ (yen sign), / (slash), : (colon), , (comma), ; (semicolon), 2 (asterisk), ? (question mark), ‘‘ ’’ (quotation mark), < (less than), >...

  • Page 7: Screen Configuration

    1. INTRODUCTION 1.4 Screen Configuration As shown in Fig. 1-1, the main window of ClipCopy is composed of the Menu Bar, Tool Bar, Volume View, List View and Status Bar. Menu Bar Volume View Tool Bar List View Status Bar Fig.

  • Page 8: System Configuration

    2. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Fig. 2-1 shows an example of the ClipCopy application’s operating environment. News Automation Server Ethernet/ FibreChannel newsBYTE/ Video Server QuickCutter Fig. 2-1...

  • Page 9: Installing The Clipcopy Application

    3. INSTALLING THE CLIPCOPY APPLICATION 3.1 Prior to Installation In order to use the ClipCopy application to transfer newsBYTE/QuickCutter AV data to and from the video server, the following conditions must be satisfied by the system environment in which the ClipCopy application is to be installed. 1.
  • Page 10 3. INSTALLING THE CLIPCOPY APPLICATION 2. The dialog window shown in Fig. 3-2 will now appear. Click on the [Next] button. Fig. 3-2 3. The dialog window shown in Fig. 3-3 will now appear. Select NTSC or PAL as the signal type, and click on the [Next] button.
  • Page 11 3. INSTALLING THE CLIPCOPY APPLICATION 4. The dialog window shown in Fig. 3-4 will now appear. Use the [Yes] or [No] radio button to select whether operations linked with the News Automation system (See Note 3 below.) are to be supported, and click on the [Next] button. Fig.

  • Page 12: Installing The Newsbyte/Quickcutter Application

    3. INSTALLING THE CLIPCOPY APPLICATION 3.3 Installing the newsBYTE/QuickCutter application Follow the instructions in the newsBYTE/QuickCutter manual to install the newsBYTE/QuickCutter application software program. 3.4 Registering the user in the video servers The ClipCopy application performs FTP transfer between newsBYTE/QuickCutter and the video servers.

  • Page 13: Starting Up Clipcopy

    4. STARTING UP CLIPCOPY The ClipCopy application operates in tandem with the newsBYTE /QuickCutter application. This means that the newsBYTE/QuickCutter application must be launched before the ClipCopy application is launched. This section describes how the ClipCopy application is started by the following steps. 1.
  • Page 14 4. STARTING UP CLIPCOPY Fig. 4-2 3. The Setup Panel window will now appear as shown in Fig. 4-2. Double click on the ClipCopy icon. The ClipCopy application is now launched, and the window shown in Fig. 4-3 will appear. Fig.

  • Page 15: Media Browsing

    5. MEDIA BROWSING 5.1 Clip browsing When the clips registered in newsBYTE/QuickCutter are to be browsed, click on the TopBin icon (See Fig. 5-1.) which is displayed on volume view. Fig. 5-1 The clips which are present in TopBin are displayed on list view of ClipCopy as (See Note 5 below.) shown in Fig.
  • Page 16 5. MEDIA BROWSING On volume view, by clicking on the ‘‘+’’ symbol to the left of the TopBin icon displayed as described above, it is possible to display the BIN hierarchically below TopBin. However, this can also be accomplished by double clicking on the TopBin icon. At the same time as the BIN hierarchically below TopBin is displayed on volume view, its ‘‘+’’...

  • Page 17: File Browsing

    5. MEDIA BROWSING 5.2 File browsing 5.2.1 Server setting Files on a video server can be browsed using ClipCopy. However, when ClipCopy starts up for the first time, the server icon does not appear on Volume View since no video server has yet been mounted.
  • Page 18 5. MEDIA BROWSING 3. The dialog window shown in Fig. 5-10 will now appear. Enter the desired group name in the [Group Name] box. (See Note 8 below.) 4. Enter the name of the video server to be used in the [Server] box. 5.
  • Page 19 5. MEDIA BROWSING 9. The dialog box shown in Fig. 5-11 appears. The detailed settings of the video server can be performed here. Fig.5-11 An example of the setting was shown in Fig. 5-12 and Fig. 5-13. (See note 9 below.) Fig.

  • Page 20: File Browsing

    5. MEDIA BROWSING 10.Click on the [OK] button. When the steps outlined above are performed, the video server icon shown in Fig. 5-14 is displayed. Fig. 5-14 However, when the video server cannot be mounted because the wrong password was set or there is a network problem, the icon shown in Fig.
  • Page 21 5. MEDIA BROWSING The video server’s mount directory has a hierarchical structure, and how to browse the files in the directories which are hierarchically lower is described next. When the mount directory does have a hierarchical structure, a ‘‘+’’ symbol such as the one shown in Fig.

  • Page 22: Exporting Clip Data

    6. EXPORTING CLIP DATA Using ClipCopy, the clips registered in the BIN in newsBYTE/QuickCutter can be exported to the video server. The types of clips which can be exported as defined below. A) AV Clip B) Sequence Clip 6.1 Exporting Clip When clip is exported, Audio and Video data is formatted with SMPTE314M (DVCPRO) or SMPTE360M (GXF) format then transferred as a file and recorded on the video server.

  • Page 23: Direct Exporting From Newsbyte/Quickcutter Bins

    6. EXPORTING CLIP DATA 6.2 Direct Exporting from newsBYTE/QuickCutter BINs To export a clip, the clip icon displayed in the BIN at the newsBYTE/QuickCutter end can be dragged onto the server icon of the ClipCopy application rather than dragging the clip icon displayed in List View.

  • Page 24: Importing Clip Data

    7. IMPORTING CLIP DATA Use of ClipCopy makes it possible to import the DVCPRO/GXF format files recorded on the video server into the desired BIN of newsBYTE/QuickCutter and record them as AV clips. The procedure for importing files recorded on the video server is given below. 1.
  • Page 25 7. IMPORTING CLIP DATA Fig. 7-2 The information concerning the file on the video server which is to be imported appears in the group box (top right of the dialog box) marked ‘‘Clip Information’’. The ‘‘Subclip’’ radio button will be selected, a part of a file can be specified by the start and end timecodes in the edit box.

  • Page 26: Option Setting

    8. OPTION SETTINGS This section gives a detailed description of the ClipCopy options and explains how to pro- ceed with the settings for the video server to be mounted and News Automation. (See note 13 below) The options dialog window shown in Fig.8-1 is displayed from the [Options…] menu item on the [File] menu.

  • Page 27: Option Settings

    8. OPTION SETTINGS Fig. 8-2 [Group Name] The group name is entered here. It represents the video server when media browsing or transfer is performed. [Use Backup Server] Check this to use the backup server. The individual settings as those for the main server must be performed in order for the backup server to be used.
  • Page 28 8. OPTION SETTINGS [Password] Enter here the passwords corresponding to User IDs. A setting without a password cannot be performed. (See note 14 below) [DIF File Directory] Specify here the directories serving as the base points for mounting into ClipCopy. [Enable Sub-clip mode] This activates the subclipping function.
  • Page 29 8. OPTION SETTINGS [Transfer Format] (See note 15) This specifies the file transfer format. (The SMPTE 314M DIF format is the default format.) [Transfer Protocol] (See note 15) This specifies the file transfer protocol to be used for file transfer. (FTP is the default proto- col.) [Check file attributions] (See note 15) When clip data is to be exported, this checks file attributions (overwrite prohibitation) if there...

  • Page 30: Other Options

    8. OPTION SETTINGS 8.2 Other Options General settings In general settings, the setting to ClipCopy operation can be performed. Select the General tab on the Options dialog window shown in Fig. 8-3. Fig. 8-4 [ Show all files ] This option is for displaying all the meta data files on the video server or local drive as well. If this is not checked, the .DIF extensions of the DIF files are not displayed.
  • Page 31 8. OPTION SETTINGS NewsAutomation settings The settings relating to News Automation can be performed when the NewsAutomation tab is selected. Select this tab on the Options dialog window shown in Fig. 8-5. Fig. 8-5 [ Enable NewsAutomation ] Checking this enables the News Automation functions. [ Register Clip Timing ] This is valid when Register Clip after specified time below has been checked.

  • Page 32: Clipcopy Menus

    9. CLIPCOPY MENUS ClipCopy has the following menus: [File], [Edit], [View], [Volume], [Tools] and [Help]. [File] menu This menu is for initiating the ClipCopy’s overall operations as well as the file and clip operations. [Delete] menu item This is for deleting selected files. BIN clips cannot be deleted. [Options…] menu item This opens the dialog window for the settings.
  • Page 33 9. CLIPCOPY MENUS [Volume] menu This menu is for performing volume operations. [Mount] menu item This opens the video server mounting dialog box shown in the Fig. 9-1. Select the group to be mounted from the server group list displayed, and press the [OK] button. Fig.

  • Page 34: Clipcopy Toolbar

    10. CLIPCOPY TOOLBAR The ClipCopy toolbar consists of the News Automation Mode for selecting the News Automation usage format as well as the [Copy] and [Paste] buttons for copying and pasting files and clips as shown in Fig.10-1. Fig. 10-1 10.1 News Automation Mode This is for selecting the News Automation usage format.

  • Page 35: Concerning The Use Of The Backup Server

    11. CONCERNING THE USE OF THE BACKUP SERVER The backup server can be used by checking and enabling the Use Backup Server among the server options in Section 8-1. When the backup server is used, the clips transferred to the main server are also transferred to the backup server.

  • Page 36: Appendix.1 Troubleshooting

    Appendix1. Troubleshooting Please read through this section when you are not sure what to do. An “X” mark appears at the server icon on Volume View and the video server cannot be connected even though the server was set up using the [Options…] menu item on ClipCopy’s [File] menu.
  • Page 37 Appendix1. Troubleshooting An error may result when an attempt is made to use ClipCopy to export clips captured by a digitizer or sequence clips created by a sequence editor, to the server. Verification is performed using the A/V clips or sequence in which various A/V clips are combined.
  • Page 38 Appendix1. Troubleshooting Listed below are the error codes used by ClipCopy. Error Code Error Message –20001 Application error was occurred. –20010 Transfer operation was cancelled. –20100 There is not enough free memory. –20101 Windows system error. –20106 WIN32 function error. –20109 Failed to connect with server.
  • Page 39 Appendix1. Troubleshooting Error Code Error Message –20506 Resource temporarily unavailable. –20507 Operation now in progress. –20508 Operation already in progress. –20509 Socket operation on nonsocket. –20510 Destination address required. –20511 Message too long. –20512 Protocol wrong type for socket. –20513 Bad protocol option.
  • Page 40 Appendix1. Troubleshooting Error Code Error Message –20539 Ran out of quota. –20540 Ran out of disk quota. –20541 File handle reference is no longer available. –20542 Item is not available locally. –20543 Graceful shutdown in progress. –20544 Network subsystem is unavailable. –20545 Winsock.dll version out of range.
  • Page 41 Appendix1. Troubleshooting Error Code Error Message –21007 VST/MVCP Buffer Underrun. –21008 VST/MVCP Line Number Overflow. –21009 VST/MVCP Line Number Underflow. –21010 VST/MVCP No Data In Buffer. –21011 VST/MVCP Data Count Exceeded. –21012 VST/MVCP Invalid Socket. –21013 VST/MVCP Protocol Error. –21014 VST/MVCP Unknown Error.
  • Page 42 Appendix1. Troubleshooting Error Code Error Message Invalid character in clipname. Please input new clip- –30013 name. –30014 Clip Name too long. –30015 Subclip mode is not supported on your system. –30016 The device is not ready. Specified Timecode Type is different from the Clip –30017 Timecode Type.
  • Page 43 Appendix1. Troubleshooting Error Code Error Message News Automation Error-There is no such clip name in –32010 News Automation Database. News Automation Error-Rundown Window cannot be –32011 opened. –32012 News Automation Error-Illegal Clip information. News Automation Error-News Automation server cannot –32022 be found.

  • Page 44: Appendix.2 How To Check The Windowsnt Network Software

    Appendix2. How to check the WindowsNT network software The TCP/IP protocol in WindowsNT must be installed in order for the ClipCopy application to be run. Whether this protocol has been installed can be checked by following the steps below. If it has not been installed, consult your dealer. 1.
  • Page 45 Appendix2. How to check the WindowsNT network software Fig. 3 3. The Control Panel window (See Fig. 4.) will now appear. Double click on the network icon. Fig. 4 4. When the network properties sheet (See Fig. 5.) has appeared, click on the Protocols tab. Caution: If a network card has not been installed, a message dialog window will appear prompting the user to check whether a network card is to be installed.
  • Page 46 Appendix2. How to check the WindowsNT network software Fig. 5 5. Click on the Protocols tag on the network settings panel. (See Note 19 below.) Fig. 6 6. Check that the TCP/IP protocol is displayed in the network protocol field of the protocols tab.
  • Page 47 Appendix2. How to check the WindowsNT network software 7. Click on the TCP/IP protocol in the network protocol field to select it, and click on the [Properties...] button. The ‘‘TCP/IP properties’’ will now be displayed. Check the IP address and subnet mask settings. Consult your system administration manager before establishing and/or checking the set- tings.
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