Planning Metadata - Sony PMW-200 Operating Instructions Manual

2
Select "Recall" in "Camera Data" (page
95) in the OTHERS menu, then select
"EXECUTE."
An in-progress message is displayed during data
reading. When the read-out is completed, a
completion message is displayed, indicating that
the camcorder settings have been changed
according to the setup file.
To use a USB flash drive (PMW-200 only, in UDF
mode)
Connect the formatted USB flash drive to the
external device connector (page 29).
Select All Save(USB) >Execute in step 2.
Resetting to the standard values
The current camcorder settings you made through
various menu and button operations can be
collectively returned to the standard statuses
(factory settings) by executing "All Reset" in the
OTHERS menu.

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:
• English
• Chinese
• German
• French
• Italian
• Spanish
• Dutch
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• 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 monitor/EVF 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.
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 / Slot(A)" or "Load /
Slot(B)" in "Plan.Metadata" (page 100) in the
OTHERS menu.
UDF: General/Sony/Planning
FAT: BPAV/General/Sony/Planning
To use a USB flash drive (PMW-200 only, in UDF
mode)
1
Connect a USB flash drive formatted
with the FAT32 file system to the
external device connector (page 29).
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 the USB flash
drive (General/Sony/Planning) contains 512 or more
files.
2
Using the up/down/left/right buttons or
the jog dial, select the file which you
want to load in the file list, then press
the SEL/SET button or the jog dial.
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