Using The Live Logging Function - Sony PDW-F800 Operation Manual

For details on menu operations, see "Basic
menu operations" on page 205.
2
Select REC VIDEO SOURCE, and turn
the MENU knob to display "EXT".
3
Select EXT VIDEO SOURCE, and turn
the MENU knob to select the desired
signal to be recorded.
As you turn the MENU knob, the setting
changes as follows: HDSDI
2)
y VBS
.
1) HDSDI cannot be selected when an SD recording
format is selected.
2) Does not appear when the optional CBK-SC02
Analog Composite Input Board is not installed.
After you complete this setting, you can record
the video signals of external devices by inputting
the SDI signals selected in step 3 to the SDI IN
(OPTION) connector.
Recording analog composite signals
(with the CBK-SC02 installed)
When the optional CBK-SC02 Analog
Composite Input Board is installed in this unit,
you can record analog composite signals input to
the GENLOCK IN connector. When an HD
recording format (MPEG HD422 50, or MPEG
HD420 HQ/SP) is selected, analog composite
signals are upconverted to HD signals before
recording.
Note
Even if the GENLOCK item on the GENLOCK page of
the MAINTENANCE menu is set to OFF, the unit
automatically genlocks to external video signals that are
input to the GENLOCK IN connector. When
GENLOCK is set to OFF, the genlock is cancelled when
the input of external video signals stops and the unit
switches to camera shooting.
1
Display the SOURCE SEL page of the
OPERATION menu.
106 Advanced Operations for Shooting
2
3
After you complete this setting, you can record
external video signals by inputting analog
composite signals to the GENLOCK IN
connector.

Using the Live Logging function

The Live Logging function allows you to transfer
proxy AV data to a computer as you are shooting,
1)
y SDSDI
or to send and receive metadata between this unit
and a computer.
This function can transfer data via Ethernet or a
wireless LAN.
It allows you to do the following, mainly by using
the supplied PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software
Version 2.7.
• View proxy AV data
• Add and edit metadata (titles, comments,
essence marks, and so on)
• Create clip lists
After adding or editing metadata, or creating a
clip list, you can transfer the metadata or clip list
from the computer back to this unit for recording
on the original disc.
1) The CBKZ-UPG01 Software Upgrade Key must be
installed to use the Live Logging function.
2) To make wireless LAN connections, you must install
the optional CBK-WA01 Wi-Fi adapter and the
CBKZ-UPG01 Software Upgrade Key.
See page 224 for more information about wireless
LAN settings.
Refer to the PDZ-1 help file for more information
about the functions provided by the PDZ-1 software
and how to use them.
There are two Live Logging operating modes:
Live mode and Live View mode. The following
table lists the main functions provided by each
operating mode.
Select REC VIDEO SOURCE, and turn
the MENU knob to display "EXT".
Select EXT VIDEO SOURCE, and turn
the MENU knob to display "VBS".
1) Does not appear when the optional CBK-SC02
Analog Composite Input Board is not installed.
1)
2)
1)