Planning Metadata Operations; Loading A Planning Metadata File Into Camcorder's Internal Memory - 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.
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.
There are two ways to load files.
• Load a file that has been written to the following
directories on an SxS memory card or a USB
flash drive.
Recording Media
mode
FAT SxS memory
card
SDHC
exFAT SxS memory
card
USB flash
drive
UDF SxS memory
card
USB flash
drive
• 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 load a planning metadata file by menu
operation
Do the following procedures with
"OPERATION" > "Planning Metadata" in the
setup menu.
To load a file in an SxS memory card
1
Insert an SxS memory card into the
memory card slot A or B, and set
"Load/Slot(A)" or "Load/Slot(B)" to
"Execute."
A file list appears.
Note
The file list displays up to 64 files.
Even if the total number of planning metadata files
is 64 or less, all of the planning metadata files may
not appear if the directory where they are located on

Planning Metadata Operations

Directory to which
files are written
BPAV\General\Sony\
Planning
PRIVATE\SONY\
BPAV\General\Sony\
Planning
XDROOT\General\
Sony\Planning
General\Sony\Planning
General\Sony\Planning
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