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Any metadata substitute for timecode?
Since the P2 format is tapeless, I am guessing it doesn’t use timecode, at least not in the way we are used to. Is there a way to embed metadata into the footage being captured??
I would love to be able to embed metadata that includes project name, date/time stamp, and even generate a unique alphanumeric sequence similar to keycode used on film.
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The P2 stores the files as mxf-files. These files have room for *lots* of metadata, so be sure, it is full of it. Potentially the mxf-format has unlimited room for stuff like doc’s, pictures, soundbites, subtitles, whatever.
Timecode is embedded as timecode, just as with normal tape. It can/will also include a lot more metadata such as tapename( i.e., ‘diskname’), F-stop, shutter, thumbnails,… , simular to jpg-pictures on a digital photo-camera.
eLeventy
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So we are waiting Panny to give us a handy software to insert all this metadata to mxf?
Or is there any good 3rd party programs for this already? -
The metadata that is recorded by the camera at ‘recording time’ is of course handled by the camera itself.
Some of it you can set yourself in the camera menus.
It can later be viewed/changed/added by either standalone apps like the MXFexplorer, or possibly by your editing software. Mind, mxf is still very young, and support is only starting to appear. It is mainly intented for integration with large databases and newsroom-automation( for stuff like subtitling, archiving, linking of text-sources to clips, etc).
Pana has P2-viewer soft for download that enables you to view the clips and metadata, and add stuff like comments, extra info, ….
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