Planning Metadata - Sony PXW-Z450 Operating Instructions Manual

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4. Shooting

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
using the "Content Browser Mobile" application.
[Note]
Use a font set that is compatible with the language set using
Maintenance >Language in the setup menu when defining
clip names and shot mark names. Using fonts for a language
that is different from the language setting on the camcorder
may cause characters to be displayed abnormally.
Loading a Planning Metadata File
into Camcorder Memory when
Recording a Clip
1
Save the planning metadata file on an SxS
memory card beforehand.
Planning metadata files are stored in the
"General/Sony/Planning" directory.
2
Insert an SxS memory card in slot A or B.
3
Select Operation >Planning Metadata >Load
Media(A) or Load Media(B) in the setup menu.
A file list screen appears.
Up to 64 planning metadata files are displayed
in the list.
4
Turn the MENU knob to select a file to load
and press the knob.
5
Turn the MENU knob to select [Load] and press
the knob, then select [Execute] and press the
knob again.
[Note]
Data cannot be loaded from SDXC cards.
Displaying 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.
1
Select Operation >Planning Metadata
>Properties in the setup menu.
2
Turn the MENU knob to select [Execute], and
then press the knob.
The planning metadata information is
displayed.
Item Information
File Name File name
Assign ID Assign ID
Created Date and time of creation
Modified Date and time of most recent
modification
Modified by Name of person who
modified the file
Title Title1 specified in file (ASCII
format clip name)
Title2 Title2 specified in file (UTF-8
format clip name)
Material Group Number of material groups
Shot Mark0 to Names defined in file for Shot
Shot Mark9 Mark 0 to Shot Mark 9
a) Material group: A group of clips recorded with the
same planning metadata.
You can turn the MENU knob to scroll the list.
Clearing the Loaded Planning
Metadata
1
Select Operation >Planning Metadata >Clear
Memory in the setup menu.
2
Turn the MENU knob to select [Execute], and
then press the knob.
Deletion starts.
The message "Clear Planning Metadata File
OK" appears when the deletion finishes.
Defining Clip Names in Planning
Metadata
The following two types of clip name strings can
be written in a planning metadata file.
ˎ An ASCII format name that appears in the ˎ
viewfinder
ˎ A UTF-8 format name that is actually registered ˎ
as the clip name
You can select which type of clip name is
displayed with Operation >Planning Metadata
>Clip Name Disp in the setup menu.
a)
When a clip name is set with planning metadata,
the clip name is displayed.
[Note]
When you define both an ASCII format name and a UTF-8
format name with planning metadata, the UTF-8 format
string is used as the clip name string. If you define either an
ASCII format name or a UTF-8 format name with planning
metadata, the defined format name is displayed though it is
not selected by menu setting.
Clip name string example
Use a text editor to modify the two fields in the
<Title> tag that contain the clip name strings.
The shaded fields in the example are clip name
strings. "Typhoon" is described in ASCII format
(up to 44 characters). "Typhoon_Strikes_Tokyo" is
described in UTF-8 format (up to 44 bytes).
"sp" indicates a space and  indicates a carriage
return.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="
sp sp
UTF-8"?>
<PlanningMetadata xmlns="http://
sp
xmlns.sony.net/pro/metadata/
planningmetadata" assignId="
sp
P0001" creationDate="
sp
2016-11-30T17:00:00+09:00"
sp
lastUpdate="
2016-12-06T17:00:00+09:00"
sp
version="1.00">
<Properties propertyId="
sp
assignment" update="
sp
2016-12-06T17:00:00+09:00"
sp
modifiedBy="Chris">
<Title usAscii="Typhoon"
sp sp
xml:lang="en">Typhoon_Strikes_Tokyo
</Title>
</Properties>
</PlanningMetadata>
[Notes]
ˎ When you create a file, enter each statement as a single ˎ
line with a CRLF only after the last character in the
statement line, and do not enter spaces except where
specified.
ˎ Up to 44 bytes (or characters) can be entered for the clip ˎ
name.
If the UTF-8 format string exceeds 44 bytes, the first 44
bytes are used as the clip name.
If only an ASCII format name is specified, a 44-character
string is used as the clip name.
When neither an ASCII format name string nor UTF-8
format name string can be used, the standard format clip
name is used.