Planning Metadata Operations - Sony PMW-400K Operating Instructions Manual

Planning Metadata
Operations
Planning metadata is information about shooting
and recording plans, recorded in an XML file.
Example of a planning metadata file
You can shoot using clip names and shot mark
names defined in advance in a planning metadata
file.
The camcorder can display clip names and shot
mark names defined in the following languages.
• English
• Chinese
• German
1)
• French
• Italian
• Spanish
1)
• Dutch
• Portuguese
• Swedish
• Norwegian
• Danish
1)
• Finnish
1) Some characters are displayed as different but similar
characters.
Note
If you define clip name and shot mark names in
languages other than the above, they may not be
displayed on the viewfinder screen.
On the viewfinder screen, only alphanumeric characters
and symbols can be displayed.
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Planning Metadata Operations

Loading a planning metadata file into
camcorder's internal memory
To record planning metadata together with
recording clips, you need to load a planning
metadata file into the camcorder's memory before
starting to shoot.
Insert the SxS memory card on which the
planning metadata (.xml) is stored in the
following directories, into the SxS memory card
slot of the PMW-400. Then select the loading file
by selecting "OPERATION" > "Plan.Metadata"
> "Load/Slot(A)" or "Load/Slot(B)" (see
page 122) in the setup menu.
Media Directory to which files are
written
SxS memory BPAV/General/Sony/Planning
card
SDHC PRIVATE/SONY/BPAV/General/
Sony/Planning
• When a Wi-Fi connection is made between the
camcorder and a computer, operate the Web
menu built in the camcorder from the computer
to transfer a file.
To display 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 "OPERATION" > "Plan.Metadata" >
"Properties" (see page 122) in the setup menu,
then select "Execute."
To clear the planning metadata loaded
Select "OPERATION" > "Plan.Metadata" >
"Clear" (see page 122) in the setup menu, then
select "Execute."
Defining clip names in planning
metadata
The following two types of clip name strings can
be written in a planning metadata file.
• The ASCII format name that appears in the
viewfinder
• The UTF-8 format name that is actually
registered as the clip name