Planning Metadata - Sony PXW-X180 Operating Manual

Planning Metadata

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.
This camcorder can display clip names and shot
mark names defined in the following languages:
• Japanese
• English
• Chinese
• German
• French
• Italian
• Spanish
• Dutch
• Portuguese
• Swedish
• Norwegian
• Danish
• Finnish
Notes
• If you define clip and shot mark names in languages
other than those listed above, they may not be
displayed on the LCD/viewfinder screen.
• If you define clip and shot mark names in French,
Dutch, or Finnish, some characters are displayed in a
different but similar font.
Loading a Planning Metadata file
To record planning metadata together with clips,
it is necessary to load a planning metadata file
into the camcorder's memory in advance.
Notes
• The Planning metadata cannot be loaded from an
SDXC card.
38 Useful Functions
To use an SxS memory card
Insert the SxS memory card with the planning
metadata file (.xml) saved to the directory below
into the camcorder's card slot, then select and
load the file via "Load Media(A)" or "Load
Media(B)" in "Planning Metadata" (page 82) of
the File menu.
/XDROOT/General/Sony/Planning
Confirming the detailed information in planning
metadata
After loading a planning metadata file into
memory of the camcorder, you can check the
details of the file, such as the filename, time and
date of file creation, and the titles specified in the
file.
Select "Properties" in "Planning Metadata"
(page 82) of the File menu, then select "Execute."
Clearing the loaded planning metadata
To clear the planning data loaded in the
camcorder's memory, proceed as follows:
Select "Clear Memory" in "Planning Metadata"
(page 82) of the File menu, then select "Execute."
Defining a clip name in Planning
Metadata
The following two types of clip name strings can
be written in a planning metadata file.
• ASCII-format name, which is displayed on the
viewfinder screen
• UTF-8-format name, which is actually
registered as the clip name
When you specify a clip name in planning
metadata, the name is displayed under the
operation status indication on the viewfinder
screen.
Example of clip name strings
Use a text editor to modify the description for the
<Title> tag.
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).
Here, "sp" indicates a space, and 3 indicates a
carriage return.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="
sp sp
UTF-8"?>3