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HVX200 Labeling Clips on Camera???
Hi,
I’m about to start shooting a feature with an HVX200 and I’m trying to figure out how to label the clips on camera, so they can carry scene # and take # when imported…
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanx,
T
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10 Replies
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YOu can’t. You can only give them that information when you import them. And if you have FCP 5.1.2 you can do it WHEN you import, not after. But I still recommend that you keep the number the camera assigned to the clip somewhere in the name, in case you even need to re-import.
Shane
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Thanx for your reply!-)
Is there any way you can make the camera number/label the clips sequencially, instead of having it happening randomly?
Thanx;
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It actually does label them sequentially. The 1st 4 digits in the file name are a sequential number. Only The last 2 digits are random.
Arnie
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Which is precisely why it’s useless in terms of organizing the clips…
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Looks to me like the camera is designed to have rather impressive metadata capabilities. Have a look at pages 57 and 130 of the manual [mine is called ENGLISH.PDF and came on a CD that was shipped with the unit]. It looks one can preset the metadata that the camera writes into the clips. Whether an editing tool can use that metadata is a another issue.
“You can set the items underlined below by loading the metadata upload file on the SD memory card.
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USER CLIP NAME
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SCENARIO
This indicates the PROGRAM NAME, SCENE NO. and TAKE NO.” -
Thanx for you input!-)
I would really like to test this further, but I don’t undesrtand how you write the data on the card.
Is there an application that I’m missing? Or some kind of template you write in as a text file?Thank you!
T
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I looked at the P2 logger, but I’m already over budget everywhere and was trying not to spend another $200…
Besides it still feels that the clips should be labeled on camera, not after they’ve been shot. Other wise, Panasonic claims of a “no loggin workflow” is nothinhg but a marketing miss leading hype…Thanx,
T
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I’m sorry but I don’t know the details, only that the functionality is supposedly built in to the camera. See your manual. I think you may need the Panasonic supplied P2 viewer application to write the metadata you require onto an SD card, which would then be put into the camera and that’s how one would get the data into the media.
i did ask a Panasonic rep why the USB port on the HVX wouldn’t allow me to connect a keyboard….the camera is a computer after all, and I’d find attaching a keyboard to the camera a lot less kludgy than going PC >> SD Card >> Camera. And typing with those menu buttons is just….worse than doing SMS on a cel phone, that’s for sure.
dbk
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I cannot believe how ignorant we were about this camera six years ago. And anyone that thinks attaching a keyboard to the camera is not ‘kludgy…. getting the data onto the sd card is simple using the same software that is used to read the p2 card onto your computer. If you look at the Panasonic site it is explained quite clearly, and it doesn’t take much to do. AND you can have several files for different situations stored on the card to recall & use at any time.
In short, read the documents that come with your equipment, and life will be a tad bit easier.
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