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1. SMOpUIM 104 13 SMOpUIM 104 14 A List or Normal MP4 file Details view MP4 file with OK status as set on the XDCAM EX device An MP4 file in which some of the video cannot be displayed However other parts of the video can be previewed and the properties of the MP4 file can be edited like the properties of normal MP4 files Abnormal MP4 file without data cannot be decoded etc a Normal MXF file MXF file with OK status as set on f the XDCAM device An MXF file in which some of the video cannot be displayed However other parts of the video can be previewed and the properties of the MXF file can be edited like the properties of normal MXF files Abnormal MXF file without data H cannot be decoded etc Names and Functions of Parts View mode Thumbnail display Description example Thumbnails p Normal clip Clip with OK status as set on the XDCAM EX device Part of a clip that spans several media discs or memory devices A clip in which some of the video cannot be displayed However other parts of the video can be previewed and the properties of the clip can be edited like the properties of normal clips A clip that cannot be loaded The clip cannot be previewed and its properties cannot be edited 9 a Clips with OK status can be moved or deleted by this application b XDCAM EX devices automatically save video that exceeds 4 GB in s
2. Set Audio Channels CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8 mE ME E 2 To edit essence marks Use the Edit Essence Marks dialog To open the Edit Essence Marks dialog load a clip into a Preview window and activate the Preview window Then select Edit and then select Edit Essence Marks from the Preview menu Edit Essence Marks Comments _ShotMark1 _ShotMark1 _ShotMark1 Timecode 139 10 33 12 13 10 34 27 13 10 35 27 oe Cancel Note Essence marks in clips on XDCAM drives cannot be edited To edit a comment Select an essence mark in the list and click the Edit button This opens the Edit Comments dialog Edit the comment in the dialog and click the OK button The maximum length of comments is 32 bytes The edited comment appears in the Comment field of the Edit Essence Marks dialog ShotMark1 Cancel OK To delete an essence mark Select an essence mark in the list you can select multiple essence marks by selecting with the Shift key held down and press the Delete button To confirm changes Click the OK button in the Edit Essence Marks dialog To discard changes Click the Cancel button in the Edit Essence Marks dialog e The only essence marks that can be displayed on XDCAM EX devices are ShotMark1 and ShotMark2 During playback on XDCAM EX devices essence marks set by this application are displayed next to the frames where they were
3. Copy All Copies all of the clips in the selected media or folder to a new folder This application creates the new folder automatically Reference Cut Cut the selected Page 61 ES clip m Copy the selected Page 59 clip Tool buttons Pastes a clip that has been cut or copied This can be used to move a clip to another media or folder lw Delete Delete the selected Page 62 l clip or folder Page 70 Path This is the full path to the media or folder that is selected in the Tree View pane Page 59 Page 61 SO Je 404 Capacity Displays the used capacity and remaining capacity of the media selected in the Tree View pane View buttons Selects the List View pane view mode Thumbnails Puts The List View Pane Into Thumbnails View Mode Details Puts The List View Pane Into Details View Mode QO Tree View pane Displays a tree of media and folders contained in drives The following icons represent the type of the media or folder Icon Type of media or folder Hard disk drive val CD DVD or Blu ray Disc drive ao XDCAM drive normal XDCAM drive UserData SxS memory card drive Mass storage device removable drive connected by USB Mounted network drive 53 Names and Functions of Parts SO eN 404 54 Type of media or folder Normal folder not managed by this application T Folder with EX attributes Folder with MXF attributes The Tree View pane support
4. Jserbata Priority in Move Specifies whether to give priority to operating speed or data protection when moving clips see page 20 e Processing speed Normal move processing without creating a duplicate of the clip e Data protection Creation of a duplicate before deletion of the original clip Convert in MXF for copying EX to a normal folder When EX format files are copied to a normal folder without EX or MXF attributes with this check box checked the copies are automatically converted to the MXF format Perform CRC check after copy When this check box is checked the application performs a CRC cyclic redundancy check error check after copying a file and displays a message if a copy error is detected Copy all files to Specifies the destination folder for the Copy All command that copies all clips in a folder or on a media disc or memory card see page 20 Enter a path beginning with a drive name in the edit box Or click the button to open a browse dialog select a folder and click the OK button Clip ID Specifies up to four characters added to the start of imported clip names and to the name of the folder where the imported clips are saved see page 22 XDCAM Drive Specifies the folder on an XDCAM drive that this application will use Appendix e Clip Uses the Clip folder In this mode only MXF clips on the XDCAM drive can be operated XDCAM EX clips cannot be operated An XDCAM Drive no
5. O N Y 3 280 782 14 1 XDCAM EX Clip Browsing Software User s Guide version2 5 2007 Sony Corporation NOTICE TO USERS Documentation 2007 2009 Sony Corporation All rights reserved This manual or the software described herein in whole or in part may not be reproduced translated or reduced to any machine readable form without prior written approval from Sony Corporation SONY CORPORATION PROVIDES NO WARRANTY WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUAL THE SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUAL THE SOFTWARE OR SUCH OTHER INFORMATION IN NO EVENT SHALL SONY CORPORATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES WHETHER BASED ON TORT CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MANUAL THE SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE THEREOF Sony Corporation reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without notice The software described herein may also be governed by the terms of a separate user license agreement Table of Contents For Windows NINUR OGUICUIONN sss aa Eea 7 PUEPOSE OF this manual esscriuan a e ra s 7 Notes on use of XDCAM devices isssccosndvsedsassinestdaveiadiaxeeseetacsantntbasteadss 7 OV SW ca secs ess cee serach eh eer ete aerate P
6. The Combine Folders dialog opens i Combine Folders Combined with Material Target Folder Bsample Delete the folder after combine 3 Check the check boxes of the folders that you want to combine into the folder selected in step 1 Check the Delete folders after combine check box if you want to delete the combined folders after the combine The combined folders are not deleted when e They contain other folders e You do not have delete write privileges to the original folders e The folders are write protected 4 Click the Start button The folders selected in step 3 are combined into the destination folder specified in step 1 The clips in all of the folders are gathered into the destination folder If any of the clips are split clips they are automatically grouped allowing them to be handled as a single clip Reasons why a folder combine operation may fail Folder combine operations may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and the combine is not executed e There is not enough free capacity in the combine destination folder e You do not have write privileges to the source or destination folders e The source or destination folders are write protected Folder and Media Operations SMOpUIM 104 31 SMOpUIM 104 32 e Multiple instances of the same clip exist Checking editing disc metadata You can check and edit the disc metadata DISCME
7. XDCAM EX XDCAM EX clip MP4 file XDCAM HD HD422 MPEG HD file created from XDCAM HD or XDCAM HD422 clip MXF file XDCAM HD Proxy Proxy file created from XDCAM HD or XDCAM HD422 clip MXF file Number of essence marks Displays the number of the essence marks set in the clip in the format of actually set number maximum allowable number Timecode Displays the timecode of the current position playline position and the duration of the section between In and Out points in the clip A counter value is displayed when no timecode is recorded in the clip For NTSC clips a period between the minutes and seconds of the current position indicates drop frame and a colon indicates non drop frame It is possible to jump to a specified position by clicking the current position timecode entering a numeric value and pressing the Return key This operation is ignored when invalid timecode is entered You can change the timecode display format For details see User settings page 74 Button Keyboard name operation Play Into Shift Plays the section from Out Space the In point to the Out F point During play the button icon lights green Stops play if clicked during play lt Mark Out Sets an Out point at the current position Can be Fi done during play play continues O Position bar Displays the time scale of the clip The following marks are shown on the position bar to provide i
8. e Show all frames The frame number increases on each frame Example of frame number display for 60p clips 00 01 02 gt gt 58 59 00 Show The frame number increases on every second frame An asterisk is added to indicate the second frame in each frame number pair This 1s the display format used by Sony VTRs Example of frame number display for 60p clips 00 gt 00 gt 01 29 29 00 When no more clips can be previewed Specifies what to do when the number of clips in Preview windows simultaneously open windows or tabs exceeds the number that can be previewed at one time e Show a warning Play tab Preferences General Display Play Conversion Resolution Auto G MXF Play mode MPEG HD Proxy Cancel Go Resolution Specifies the preview playback resolution e Auto Decodes the playback video at a resolution which is automatically adjusted to match the screen size e Normal Decodes the playback video at the original resolution of the clip regardless of the screen size e 1 2 1 4 Decodes the playback video at half or quarter resolution The image quality is lower but response is better because of the lower demands placed on the decoder e Replace the clip that was viewed first MXF Play mode Specifies the playback mode of MXF clips from among the following e MPEG HD Plays the clips at high resolution plays MXF cl
9. or Shift Command Explorer window Explorer windows are where you operate on clips files and folders and where you check clip metadata You can operate on XDCAM EX XDCAM HD format folders and media View buttons Capacity B Toolbar Explorer Users BlJ Downloads Sample_ Used space 26 6GB Free space 47 5GB Zz Applications _ Library A gt DUR 00 00 08 06 DUR 00 00 23 18 DUR 00 00 04 29 L7 System 2007 01 03 22 15 2007 01 03 22 20 2007 01 03 22 34 J Users 709 0009 01 709 0015 01 709 0019 01 Yv oa BIJ Desktop f gt Docume Downloa gt l Materi Y Samp gt j Test DUR 00 00 10 02 2007 01 03 22 42 709_0024_01 a Library CE5 gt Oo Selected clips 1 Total duration 00 000 Total size 52 2 MB List View pane Information about Folder selected clips type Tree View pane Tab The tab displays the name of the media or folder that is selected in the Tree View pane When two or more Explorer windows are open you can drag and drop the tab on another window to convert this window into a tab on the other window see page 51 Toolbar Contains tool buttons for operations on clips and folders a preton Pree New Folder Creates a new folder in the currently selected media or folder EJ Find Opens the Find Page 68 p dialog Up Moves up to the next higher folder Split Folder Opens the Split Page 71 Folder dialog
10. that is compatible with MXF files recorded by XDCAM MPEG IMX devices Export Extension subcommand after conversion Description MXF for XDCAM DVCAM Converts to an MXF format that is compatible with MXF files recorded by XDCAM DVCAM devices dv Converts to RAW DV format This is for DV format editing Depending on the editing environment use either this subcommand or the AVI DV subcommand Converts to AVI Type 2 format This is for DV format editing Depending on the editing environment use either this subcommand or the RAW DV subcommand AAF mxf Converts to the following two file formats AAF file Use to load clips into Avid editing system The extension is AAF and the output destination is the media or folder specified in the Export dialog see page 23 AAF files produced by the conversion can be registered in your Avid editing system project by dragging from Windows Explorer to a bin in the project MXF OPAtom file The extension is mxf and the output destination is the media or folder specified in the Conversion tab of the User Configuration dialog see page 35 Normally this is the media folder of your Avid editing system project For details refer to the user s manual of your editing system Avid AAF Windows Media wmv Converts to Windows File Media Player 9 compatible format mp4 Converts to a format that allows clips to be previewed on the PlayStation P
11. Ctrl W Ctrl J Space Saves the current sort order for the current folder Opens the Customize Columns Page 15 dialog Subsequently displays the message box which was set to be hidden by the setting of the Do not show this message in the future check box Moves up one level in the folder hierarchy Refreshes the information displayed in the active tab of the Explorer window Creates a new clip from the section between In and Out points of the selected clip Splits the selected folder into Page 30 folders of the specified size Combines the selected folder to Page 31 another specified folder Plays the selected clip Page 25 Opens the User Configuration Page 34 dialog Page 22 Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page Window New Explorer Window ee Opens a new Explorer window Page 11 New Preview Window ee Opens a new Preview window Close Window fe Ctrl F4 Closes the active window New Tab Adds a new tab in the active window Previous Tab Ctrl Selects the previous tab Page 11 PageUp Next Tab Ctrl Selects the next tab PageDown Optimize Window Layout Optimizes the positions of Explorer Page 11 and Preview windows in the main Cascade Arranges the currently open windows in cascading order from the upper left Tile Windows Vertically Tiles the currently open windows vertically Tile Windows Tiles the currently open windows Horizontally horizontally Help About
12. Other usage of this product may be required to obtain license from MPEGLA Please contact MPEG LA for any further information MPEG LA L L C 250 STEELE STREET SUITE 300 DENVER COLORADO 80206 http www mpegla com MPEG 2 Video Patent Portfolio License ANY USE OF THIS PRODUCT OTHER THAN CONSUMER PERSONAL USE IN ANY MANNER THAT COMPLIES WITH THE MPEG 2 STANDARD FOR ENCODING VIDEO INFORMATION FOR PACKAGED MEDIA IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED WITHOUT A LICENSE UNDER APPLICABLE PATENTS IN THE MPEG 2 PATENT PORTFOLIO WHICH LICENSE IS AVAILABLE FROM MPEG LA L L C 250 STEELE STREET SUITE 300 DENVER COLORADO 80206 Appendix AVC Patent Portfolio License THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE AVC PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER TO i ENCODE VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AVC STANDARD AVC VIDEO AND OR ii DECODE AVC VIDEO THAT WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NON COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND OR WAS OBTAINED FROM A VIDEO PROVIDER LICENSED TO PROVIDE AVC VIDEO NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA L L C SEE HTTP WWW MPEGLA COM VC 1 Patent Portfolio License THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE VC 1 PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER TO i ENCODE VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE VC 1 STANDARD VC 1 VIDEO AND OR ii DECODE
13. gt SHARED Y PLACES Eq Desktop GS By A Appl Y Documents F MEDIA A Movies I II lt Cancel Start Select MP4 files to import Click the Start button to start the import or the Cancel button to cancel it A dialog illustrating the progress of the import operation opens when the import starts To cancel the import operation Click the Cancel button in the progress dialog Reasons why an import operation may fail File import operations may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and the files are not imported e You do not have delete write privileges for the import destination media or folder e The import destination media or folder is write protected e The properties of imported clips are set automatically The format of imported clips is not fully compatible with the XDCAM EX format It may not be possible to play imported clips on XDCAM EX devices and with this application Clip Operations SO Je 404 63 SO eN 404 64 Exporting clips You can export files created on XDCAM EX devices for use in various other environments To export is to convert files into other formats and output them Future versions will support additional video formats For upgrade information visit the website listed in the Features section of the Operating Instructions for your XDCAM EX device and on the cover page of the supplied CD ROM You cannot o
14. 41 4 GBytes pace 109 9 GBytes MXF Selected clips 0 Total duration 00 00 00 Total size 0 0 MB Tabbed windows When one Preview window is already open you can open a new Preview tab by doing one of the following in an Explorer window e Double click a media file in the List View pane e Select a media file in the List View pane and then select Play from the Clip menu If the selected media file is already loaded into its own Preview window or a Preview tab that window or tab is activated To convert a tabbed window back into a separate window Drag the tab of the window that you want to separate away from the other window SMOpUIM 104 41 4 GBytes 109 9 GBytes 00 00 Total size 0 0 MB Explorer C Sony XDCAM EX Clip Browser Material Material 40 9 GBytes 110 4 GBytes EX Selected clips 0 Total duration 00 00 C 41 4 GBytes pace 109 9 GBytes MXF Selected clips 0 Total duration 00 00 00 Total size 0 0 MB Other window operations e Drag the window title bar to move a window e Resize a window by dragging on any window border e Click a maximize button in the upper right corner of a window to maximize it e Close a window you do not need by clicking the x close button in the upper right corner The application remembers your most recent configuration and recreates it the next time it starts To optimize the window configuration Select Optimize Window Layout from
15. Edit Cu Ctrl X Cuts the selected clip Page 20 Ctrl C Copies the selected clip Page 18 Ctrl V Pastes a clip that has been cutor Page 18 copied Page 20 Delete Deletes the selected clip or folder Page 21 Page 30 Com a O lt Paste Delete Copy All Ctrl Shift Copies all of the clips in the Page 20 C selected media or folder Ctrl A Selects all of the clips in the selected media or folder Opens the Find dialog Page 27 Opens the Edit Disc Metadata Page 32 dialog Select All Find Edit Disc Metadata Appendix SMOpUIM 104 37 SMOpUIM 104 38 n a Folder Tree Disk Space Subcommand Keyboard shortcut Reference page Shows or hides the tool buttons Page 12 Shows or hides the Tree View pane Page 12 Shows or hides the disc capacity Page 13 display Status Bar Shows or hides the status Page 13 information of the selected clip Thumbnails Puts the List View pane into Page 13 thumbnail view mode List Puts the List View pane into list view mode Puts the List View pane into details view mode Sorts the clip list on the selected key in ascending or descending order Sort by Clip New clip using In Out section Split Folder Appendix Combine Folders a a a Clip Name Status Creation date Last Update Media Spanning Save Sort Order Customize Columns a Message Options Reset to the default Backspace F 5
16. e Drag the playline e Press the J K or L key J Change the reverse playback speed Each press selects 1 2 4 8 or 16 times normal speed K Stop playback L Change the forward playback speed Each press selects 1 2 4 8 or 16 times normal speed No audio is output in playback at speeds greater than 4 times normal speed To select full screen playback Double click the screen or select Full Screen from the View menu To return to the original screen size double click the screen or press the Esc key To change the playback mode of MXF clips Select MPEG HD high resolution or Proxy low resolution in the Play tab of the Preferences dialog see page 75 Selecting MPEG HD makes it possible to preview high definition images when the screen size is enlarged e You cannot change the playback mode when a clip is being played Clips without proxy AV data are played at high resolution regardless of this setting Clips on XDCAM drive are played at low resolution regardless of this setting High resolution data may not be played smoothly due to its large file size To select the audio channels to monitor during previews In the Set Audio Channels dialog check the L left or R right check box to monitor that channel To open the Set Audio Channels dialog do one of the following e Select Set Audio Channels from the Preview menu e Click the Set Audio Channels button
17. specified as the copy destination If you want to copy the clips to a new folder Create a new folder in the copy destination media or folder See Creating folders page 29 for more information about how to create folders 2 Doone of the following Drag the clips selected in step 1 and drop them in the List View pane of another window or on a copy destination media or folder in the Tree View pane of the same window or another window Click the Copy button Then click the List View pane of another window or a copy destination media or folder in the Tree View pane of the same window or another window and click the Paste button of that window Select Copy from the Edit menu Then click the List View pane of another window or a copy destination media or folder in the Tree View pane of the same window or another window and select Paste from the Edit menu A message appears asking if you want to execute the copy i XDCAM EX Clip Browser icy The clip will be copied lst OK a 3 Click the Yes button to execute the copy or the No button to cancel it A dialog illustrating the progress of the copying opens when the copying starts Once it has been completed you cannot undo the copy operation To cancel the copy operation Click the Cancel button in the progress dialog Reasons why a copy operation may fail Copy operations may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error mes
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19. Explorer to create a folder or file in Work while this application is running then Work1 may be deleted even while the folder or file still exists Splitting folders You can split large folders into smaller folders This allows you to back up all of the clips in a large folder to media that is not large enough to save the entire folder without splitting For example you can split an 8 GB folder into two 4 GB folders in order to save them on 4 GB DVD R media Note that individual files in the large folder are not split You cannot operate clips in other than XDCAM EX format for example XDCAM HD clips You can operate XDCAM EX clips only In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the folder to split 2 Doone of the following e Click the Split Folder button e Select Split Folder from the Clip menu e Right click the folder and select Split Folder from the context menu The Split Folder dialog opens l Split Folder Folder Name Material Split Unit g VDI Laver Gd W ce The individual files in split folders are not split Clips are assigned to the split folders in such a way that the split folders have the specified size This means that it is not possible to specify a split folder size smaller than the largest file in the original folder It is also not possible to specify a split folder size smaller than 4 GB 3 Select the type of media from the Media list box The size
20. Failed to save disc metadata Check the properties of the selected XDCAM drive and the state of the write protect tab on the disc You may not have delete and write privileges for the selected XDCAM drive or these operations may be inhibited Appendix 83 SO eN 404 84 How to obtain the plug in software The optional MainConcept plug in software can be purchased and downloaded from the following website http www mainconcept com plugin4clipbrowser Licenses MPEG 4 Visual Patent Portfolio License THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPEG 4 VISUAL PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER FOR 1 ENCODING VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MPEG 4 VISUAL STANDARD MPEG 4 VIDEO AND OR 11 DECODING MPEG 4 VIDEO THAT WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NON COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND OR WAS OBTAINED FROM A VIDEO PROVIDER LICENSED BY MPEG LA TO PROVIDE MPEG 4 VIDEO NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING THAT RELATING TO PROMOTIONAL INTERNAL AND COMMERCIAL USES AND LICENSING MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA LLC SEE HTTP WWW MPEGLA COM MPEG LA is offering licenses for 4 manufacturing sales of any storage media storing MPEG 4 Visual video information 11 distribution broadcasting of MPEG 4 Visual video information in any manner such as online video distribution service internet broadcasting TV broadcasting
21. Improper playback may occur if the converted file is viewed on a viewer other than the specified devices Previewing clips You can preview clips in the Preview window Several limitations apply to playback in the Preview window For details see Notes about the Preview window page 55 To load clips in the Preview window Display the clip that you want to preview in the Clip View pane of an Explorer window and then do one of the following e Double click the clip e Click the clip and then press the Return key e Drag and drop the clip on a Preview window this operation is disabled if multiple clips are selected Click the clip while holding down the Control key and select Play from the context menu Click the clip and then press the space key The clip is loaded into a Preview window and when the fourth or fifth operation as stated above has been done the playback starts The timecode of the current playback position or a counter value appears in the upper part of the screen together with the duration of the section between In and Out points in the clip To stop play Click the play button Clip Operations Smooth playback is not possible when previewing clips saved to DVD R or CD R discs To control the preview You can use the following methods to control playback in the Preview window e Use the command buttons see page 57 in the Viewer window e Select an operation from the Preview menu
22. Page 56 mode Full Screen page Play Reverse J Plays the selected clip in the reverse direction Play In to Out Shift Space Plays the range from the In point to the Out point of the selected clip 1 Frame Steps one frame forward Jump to Start Home Jumps to the clip start point first frame Jump to End End Jumps to the clip end point last frame Jump to In Point Jumps to the In point Jump to Out Jumps to the Out point Point Previous Shift Jumps to the previous essence mark Essence Mark Next Essence Shift Jumps to the next essence mark Mark Edit Set Index Sets the frame at the current position Page 67 Picture as the index picture Mark In Sets an In point at the current Page 62 position Mark Out Sets an Out point at the current position Clear Mark In Shift Clears the In point Clear Mark Out Shift O Clears the Out point Clear Mark In Shift X Clears the In and Out points Out Add Essence E Sets an essence mark at the current Mark position up to 126 Delete Essence Shift E Deletes the essence mark at the Mark current position Edit Essence Opens the Edit Essence Marks Page 67 Marks dialog Set Audio Opens the Set Audio Channels Page 66 Channels dialog Window Previous Tab si Shift Command Selects the previous tab Page 52 Next Tab sO Shift Command Selects the next tab Zoom Maximizes the active window or returns it to its original size
23. Version Displays the version of this application MainConcept Version Displays the version of the MainConcept plug in software Preview window is active Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page File Capture Still Image Creates a bitmap still picture from Page 27 the frame at the current position Appendix SMOpUIM 104 39 SMOpUIM 104 40 Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page Clear Mark Out Clear Mark In Out Add Essence Mark Delete Essence Mark Edit Essence Marks View Full Screen Message Options Appendix Reset to the default Cuts the selected text in the clip Page 17 properties section of the General tab Ctrl C Copies the selected text in the clip properties section of the General tab Ctrl V Pastes text that was cut or copied in the clip properties section of the General tab Delete Deletes the selected text in the clip properties section of the General tab Sets the frame at the current Page 27 position as the index picture Sets an In point at the current Page 22 position Sets an Out point at the current position Shift Clears the In point Shift O Clears the Out point Shift X Clears the In and Out points E Sets an essence mark at the current position up to 126 Shift E Deletes the essence mark at the current position Opens the Edit Essence Marks Page 26 dialog Alt Enter Puts the Viewer into Full Screen P
24. When you have split clips that have been saved on separate media as a result of an extended recording session you can group those clips by collecting them in a single location Clip Operations SMOpUIM 104 21 SMOpUIM 104 22 Grouped clips can be handled as a single clip You can collect split clips by copying them by moving them or by combining split folders See Copying clips page 18 Moving clips page 20 and Combining folders page 31 for more information about the operations e You cannot operate clips in other than XDCAM EX format for example XDCAM HD clips You can operate XDCAM EX clips only Split clips which are not continuous along the time axis are not grouped Abnormal clips are not grouped Clips with altered UMIDs are not grouped Grouping 1s performed on the basis of the UMIDs of split clips and not on the basis of their file names Creating clips by specifying ranges You can create a new clip by setting In and Out points in an existing clip The new clip can be handled in the same way as the original clip This is a convenient way to create clips during online editing You cannot operate clips in other than XDCAM EX format for example XDCAM HD clips You can operate XDCAM EX clips only 1 Preview a clip in a Preview window see page 25 click the Mark In button at the position you want to use as the first frame and click the Mark Out button at the position yo
25. a clip to copy 1n the List View pane of an Explorer window e Abnormal clips can be selected but they are not copied e The folder that contains the selected clips cannot be specified as the copy destination If you want to copy the clips to a new folder Create a new folder in the copy destination media or folder See Creating folders page 69 for more information about how to create folders 2 Doone of the following e Drag the clips selected in step 1 and drop them in the List View pane of another window or on a copy destination media or folder in the Tree View pane of the same window or another window Click the Copy button Then click the List View pane of another window or a copy destination media or folder in the Tree View pane of the same window or another window and click the Paste button of that window Select Copy from the Edit menu Then click the List View pane of another window or a copy destination media or folder in the Tree View pane of the same window or another window and select Paste from the Edit menu A message appears asking if you want to execute the copy g3 The clip will be copied OK ij 0 3 Click the Yes button to execute the copy or the No button to cancel it Clip Operations SO Je 404 59 SO eN 404 60 A dialog illustrating the progress of the copying opens when the copying starts Once it has been completed you can
26. a folder and then click the OK button To set the media folder in Avid editing systems For Avid Media Composer V2 5 3 or later proceed as follows 1 Select Media Creation from the Settings menu Menu list This section lists the menus of this application as they appear when application windows are activated Main window is only open window The Media Creation dialog opens 2 Specify the Video Drive Audio Drive media storage drive in the Import tab e Windows XP Any hard disk drive e Windows Vista Any hard disk drive except the drive where Windows Vista is installed 3 Import an MXF file into Avid Media Composer An Avid Media Files MXF 1 folder is created in the drive specified in step 2 Specify this folder in the Output OPAtom files to box In the Keyboard shortcut field the notation Ctrl N means that the N key is pressed while holding down the Ctrl key Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page Message Options Reset to the default Subsequently displays the message box which was set to be hidden by the setting of the Do not show this message in the future check box dialog Window New Explorer Window ee Opens a new Explorer window Page 11 New Preview Window _ Preview Window Dice Version Displays the version of this application MainConcept Version Displays the version of the MainConcept plug in software Appendix Explorer window is act
27. copied to a normal folder are converted to the MXF format Since the clip management folders for the XDCAM HD device see page 33 are automatically created the files converted in this application can be viewed The files which were output to a normal folder by the export function cannot be viewed in this application e It is not possible to convert the XDCAM HD files to the XDCAM EX format Clip Operations SMOpUIM 104 19 SMOpUIM 104 20 e File conversion is not possible depending on the combination of source format and target format e File conversion may degrade the image quality e This copy operation takes longer to complete since it requires format conversion e XDCAM EX to XDCAM HD format conversion produces only MPEG HD files as MXF files It does not produce Proxy files To copy all the clips in media or folders You can copy all of the clips in a folder or a media disc or card in a single operation This is a convenient way to import all the clips in an SxS memory card to the hard disk of your computer In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the media or folder that contains the clips you want to copy 2 Doone of the following e Click the Copy All button e Select Copy All from the Edit menu A message appears asking if you want to execute the copy Check the destination folder You can change the copy destination folder See User settings page 34 for more inf
28. depending on whether you know where the clip is located Folder search When you know where the clip is located you can search a specified folder for clips with specified properties Keyword search When you know only the fact that the clip is located on the computer on which this application is installed you can perform a keyword search Always observe the following precautions during a search e Do not delete the target folder Do not eject the target media 1 Activate a Preview window and do one of the following e Click the Find button e Select Find and then select Find from the Edit menu The Find dialog opens 2 Specify search criteria e Specified Folder tab 00e Find Specified Folder Keyword Searching Target Users BlJ funy Start Criteria Items Keyword Clip Name B 709 include all keywords l Case sensitive O include any of the keyword Narrow down search O Exclude keywords Clip Name Size Duration Status Folder Path To search a different folder Click the button to open a browse dialog select the target folder and click the OK button To specify search criteria Select at least one item from the Items list and enter the matching condition in the text box for that item or select the condition from the list To specify the type of search Click Include all keywords AND search Include any of the Clip Operations keywords
29. does not work in the UserData folders on XDCAM drives Folder and file names are linked to metadata files Do not change them How MXF clip data are configured Recording format This application supports the format specified for XDCAM HD devices This format has the following specifications e Folder names and the folder configuration are as shown in the following figure e Files contain link information pertaining to links between files and folders e Do not use tools that do not support the XDCAM HD format to edit delete move or rename the files and folders used by this application Unless the format specifications are observed files can become unreadable by XDCAM HD devices and by this application It may not be possible for XDCAM HD devices to play clips that this application has created on copied to or moved to media other than Professional Discs XDCAM drives Recording folders The configuration of video and metadata folders is as shown in the following figure Ta Media or work folder DISCMETA XML MEDIAPRO XML UserData e This application recognizes a folder containing the three subfolders Clip Edit and Sub as a folder with MXF attributes and browses the Clip folder e If XDCAM Drive in the General tab of the User Configuration dialog is set to UserData this application browses the UserData folder instead of the Clip folder see page 34 If file format conversion is ex
30. folders e The source or destination folders are write protected e Multiple instances of the same clip exist Checking editing disc metadata You can check and edit the disc metadata DISCMETA XML see page 73 saved on XDCAM drives or in folders with MXF attributes 1 2 In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select an XDCAM drive or a folder with MXF attributes Do one of the following e Select Edit Disc Metadata from the Edit menu e Right click the XDCAM drive or folder with MXF attributes and select Edit Disc Metadata from the context menu The Edit Disc Metadata dialog opens Edit Disc Metadata Disc ID B8D60B00073905C1FBC9080046020120 User Disc ID XDCAM HD Demo Disc 59 94i Title 1 XDCAM HD Demo Disc 59 94 Title 2 Description Demonstration use only Cancel OK Edit the following items as required e User Disc ID up to 127 bytes e Title 1 up to 63 bytes e Title 2 up to 127 bytes e Description up to 2047 bytes Click the OK button Appendix How XDCAM EX clip data are configured Recording format This application supports the format specified for XDCAM EX devices This format has the following specifications e Folder names and the folder configuration are as shown in the following figure e Files contain link information pertaining to links between files and folders e Do not use tools that do not support the XDCAM EX forma
31. import or the Cancel button to cancel it A dialog illustrating the progress of the import operation opens when the import starts To cancel the import operation Click the Cancel button in the progress dialog Reasons why an import operation may fail File import operations may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and the files are not imported e You do not have delete write privileges for the import destination media or folder e The import destination media or folder is write protected e The properties of imported clips are set automatically e The format of imported clips is not fully compatible with the XDCAM EX format It may not be possible to play imported clips on XDCAM EX devices and with this application Exporting clips You can export files created on XDCAM EX devices for use in various other environments To export is to convert files into other formats and output them Future versions will support additional video formats For upgrade information visit the website listed in the Features section of the Operating Instructions for your XDCAM EX device and on the cover page of the supplied CD ROM You cannot operate clips in other than XDCAM EX format for example XDCAM HD clips You can operate XDCAM EX clips only In the List View pane of an Explorer window select a clip to export by clicking them 2 Doone of the following e From the File
32. in the Tree View pane of the same window or another window Click the Cut button Then click the List View pane of another window or a copy destination media or folder in the Tree View pane of the same window or another window and click the Paste button of that window Select Cut from the Edit menu Then click the List View pane of another window or a copy destination media or folder in the Tree View pane of the same window or another window and select Paste from the Edit menu A message appears asking if you want to execute the move XDCAM EX Clip Browser im The clip will be moved Is itOK yes No Click the Yes button to execute the move or the No button to cancel it A dialog illustrating the progress of the move opens when the move starts Once it has been completed you cannot undo the move operation Do not exit this application during the move Doing so can break the links between clips and their metadata The link information for split clips can be lost causing them to become abnormal clips If the selected clips are important we recommend that you set the move mode to data protection mode see page 20 To cancel the move operation Click the Cancel button in the progress dialog Reasons why a move operation may fail Move operations may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and the move is not executed e There is not enough free capacity at
33. menu select Export and then select the format that you want to convert to e Right click the clip from the context menu select Export and then select the format that you want to convert to See File conversion formats page 24 for more information about the available conversion formats An export dialog opens for the selected format The figure below shows the dialog that opens when you choose MXF for XDCAM HD422 MXF for XDCAM HD422 Export Destination Free space 108 4 GBytes Type XDCAM HD 422 Details Target of Export OQ Whole clip nfout section Clip Name Input Fite Output File e 709_0009_01 E6y10322_01 MP4 E6y10322_ 01 3 Change the following settings as required Export to Specifies the export destination folder Enter a path beginning with a drive name in the edit box Or click the button to open a browse dialog where you can select a folder and then click the OK button Clip Operations SMOpUIM 104 23 SMOpUIM 104 24 Make sure that the export destination media has adequate free space before you execute the export An error occurs at the point where the free space is used up Type Click the Details button to open the Codec Detail dialog set parameters as required and then click the OK button This item does not appear for some conversion formats Type XDCAM HD422 Video Ascect atc LT When 1CH is selected i
34. name Please specify Specify a name other than BPAV another name It contains a string reserved by the system so it cannot be The name contains characters reserved by the operating system set Enter a name that does not contain these characters Reason The clip file name has already been reserved Change the file name or copy destination A name beginning with a dot is used by the system only Specify other name Please give other name for User Disc ID Failed to change the folder name Check the properties of the selected folder You may not have Failed fo dolete ine folder SEN write privileges to the folder or these operations may be Failed to split the folder Failed to combine the folders Check the properties of the combine source or destination folder You may not have delete and write privileges to these folders or these operations may be inhibited XXX contains a work folder so it cannot be deleted The selected media or folder contains one or more folders that are not under the management of this application Delete or move ApASON AAA NAS ASUDE these folders and then try again The folder XXX cannot be split Reason The folder The folder cannot be split into folders of the specified size because contains a file exceeding the specified split unit of XXX at least one file larger than that size exists Specify a split size that GB Clip name is larger than the size of the largest file
35. not managed by XDCAM EX devices and folders such as Work2 must be deleted before the folder Work1 can be deleted However if you use Finder to create a folder or file in Work1 while this application is running then Work may be deleted even while the folder or file still exists Splitting folders You can split large folders into smaller folders This allows you to back up all of the clips in a large folder to media that is not large enough to save the entire folder without splitting For example you can split an 8 GB folder into two 4 GB folders in order to save them on 4 GB DVD R media Note that individual files in the large folder are not split You cannot operate clips in other than XDCAM EX format for example XDCAM HD clips You can operate XDCAM EX clips only T Inthe Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the folder to split 2 Doone of the following e Click the Split Folder button e Select Split Folder from the Edit menu e Click the folder while holding down the Control key and select Split Folder from the context menu The Split Folder dialog opens Split Folder Folder Name Sample Media DVD1 Layer ry GB SSS ee Cancel Star The individual files in split folders are not split Clips are assigned to the split folders in such a way that the split folders have the specified size This means that it is not possible to specify a split folder size smaller than the l
36. of media or folder Hard disk drive CD DVD or Blu ray Disc drive XDCAM drive normal XDCAM drive UserData SxS memory card drive Mass storage device removable drive connected by USB The Tree View pane supports the same kinds of operations as the tree panel of Windows Explorer You can show or hide folder contents by clicking the Folder Tree Display Hide button on the toolbar e When you select a media item a message may appear saying that salvage is required and that you should salvage the media on the device that recorded it This message appears when the data is defective typically because the XDCAM EX device was powered off or the media was ejected too soon during recording If this message appears you should reinsert the media into the XDCAM EX device and attempt to salvage it as soon as possible The data may become unrecoverable if you continue to work with it without salvaging it Depending on the Windows desktop theme some characters may fail to appear in list view But this has no effect on operations by this application Media In this manual media refers to the following media types e SxS memory cards e USB memory e Internal hard disks e Externally connected hard disks e CD R discs e DVD R discs e Blu ray discs Professional Discs XDCAM drives Capacity Displays the used capacity and remaining capacity of the media selected in the Tree View pane The remaining capacity is shown
37. of the clip respectively The whole clip will be copied ts it OK NO Ge ESe 5 Click the Yes button to create a new clip or the No button to cancel the operation A progress dialog opens when creation of the clip starts To cancel creation of the clip Click the Cancel button in the progress dialog Reasons why a new clip operation may fail Creation of a new clip may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and the clip is not created e There is not enough free capacity at the clip creation destination e You do not have delete write privileges to the destination media or folders Importing clips You can import XDCAM EX format compatible MP4 files and register them as clips that can be handled by XDCAM EX devices You cannot operate clips in other than XDCAM EX format for example XDCAM HD clips You can operate XDCAM EX clips only 1 In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the media or folder that contains the MP4 files to be imported Do one of the following e Select Import from the File menu e Click the media or folder while holding down the Control key and select Import from the context menu The Import dialog opens AWA Open lt gt 8s ap 104000801 a fa DEVICES L CLPR gt aj 104 0008_01 gt Bas Macintosh HD P XMI Ld 603_0001_01 il iDisk MEDI i 709_3201_01 OQ xca TAKR P20070724111553_01
38. of the folder after splitting as determined by the selected media type appears in the edit box beneath the list box If you select Arbitrary Size enter the size an integer from 4 to 100 in the edit box 4 Click the Start button The folder is split into the minimum number of folders that will produce the specified folder size and clips are assigned to the smaller folders The folders produced as a result of the split have the same name as the original folder followed by serial numbers e Once it starts a split operation cannot be canceled before it finishes e Split clips may be assigned to different folders If you would prefer that split clips be assigned to other folders you can move them manually after the folder split Combining folders You can combine specified folders into another folder This allows you to restore the original folder from split folders e You cannot operate clips in other than XDCAM EX format for example XDCAM HD clips You can operate XDCAM EX clips only e To become the target of combination folders must reside on the same directory level and be under the management of this application see page 32 In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the destination folder into which the other folders will be combined 2 Doone of the following e Select Combine from the Clip menu e Right click the folder and select Combine Folders from the context menu
39. plug in software must be installed to use some conversion formats see page 44 If the plug in is not installed a watermark appears in the exported video and audio is saved for the first 30 seconds only the subsequent audio is muted Depending on the specified parameters image quality may be degraded due to the image compensation process Converted files may not be exactly the same with native files in the target format Video metadata may not be inherited after format conversion e Image quality may be degraded if format conversion requires re encoding Image quality may be degraded and duration may vary if files are converted to a format with a different bit rate resolution or frame rate parameters Before exporting ensure that the export destination media or folder is write enabled File conversion formats File conversion formats can be selected with the Export subcommands in the following table Export Extension Description subcommanzd _ after conversion MXF for NLEs 2 Converts to MXF file format without changing the bit rate resolution or other parameters This is for non linear editors that support MXF files only MXF for Converts to an MXF format XDCAM HD P that is compatible with MXF files recorded by XDCAM HD devices MXF for XDCAM Converts to an MXF format HD422 P d that is compatible with MXF files recorded by XDCAM HD422 devices MXF for XDCAM Converts to an MXF format MPEG IMX
40. required subfolders and metadata files are created automatically To rename a folder Select a folder and do one of the following e From the File menu select Folder and then select Rename e Right click the folder and select Rename from the context menu The folder name is selected so that now you can edit the name 2 Enteranew name and then press the Enter key or click somewhere outside the folder name e The name BPAV is reserved and cannot be specified e Characters forbidden by the operating system cannot be used in folder names e A folder name comprised of 200 or more characters may not be recognized To back up folders T Inthe Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the folder that you want to back up Folder and Media Operations SMOpUIM 104 29 SMOpUIM 104 30 2 Doone of the following e Select Show in Windows Explorer from the File menu e Right click the folder and select Show in Windows Explorer from the context menu Windows Explorer starts 3 Perform your backup operations in Windows Explorer by copying the folder to other media or to another folder When a folder is too large to save to your backup media or folder You can split the folder into smaller folders and save them on separate discs Split folders can later be combined to restore the original large folder See Splitting folders page 30 and Combining folders page 3
41. search e Do not delete the target folder e Do not eject the target media Activate an Explorer window and do one of the following e Click the Find button e Select Find from the Edit menu The Find dialog opens 2 Specify search criteria Specified Folder tab Ss Find Specified Folder Keyword Searching Clip Name Folder Path To search a different folder Click the button to open a browse dialog select the target folder and click the OK button To specify search criteria Select at least one item from the Items list and enter the matching condition in the text box for that item or select the condition from the list To specify the type of search Click Include all keywords AND search Include any of the keywords OR search or Exclude keywords NOT search Clip Operations SMOpUIM 104 2 SMOpUIM 104 28 To specify search options As required check Case sensitive and Narrow down search narrow down the search within the results of the previous search When Clip Name is selected from the Items list search is performed based on the Clip Name settings in the Display tab of the User Configuration dialog Keyword Searching tab e On Windows XP keyword search is available only when the latest version of Windows Desktop Search is installed e Keyword search uses Windows Desktop Search so the search results depend on the funct
42. set Changing the index picture of a clip You can change index pictures during clip previews 1 Play a clip and display the frame you want to use as the index picture 2 Select Edit and then select Set Index Picture from the Preview menu or click the Set Index Picture button The currently displayed frame becomes the clip s index picture and the Index Picture in the General tab of the clip properties section changes to show it If you are previewing a clip that is stored on removable media do not eject the media until the operation finishes Do not power the computer off until the operation finishes On XDCAM EX devices a frame near the specified frame may be displayed as the index picture instead of the specified frame itself Creating still images 1 Play a clip in a Preview window and stop at the scene you want to use as the still image 2 Doone of the following e Press the Capture Still Image button e Select Capture Still Image from the File menu A dialog opens in which you can specify the file name and storage destination 3 Specify the file name and storage destination and click the OK button A bitmap still image is created from the frame selected in step 2 Clip Operations SO eN 404 67 SO eN 404 68 It is not possible to create still images from a clip on XDCAM disk Searching for clips You can search for a clip in either of the following ways
43. than one window is open Names and Functions of Parts Main window General AN Format Related Info f Index Picture Mark In Math Out cture Clip Name Creation Date Last Update Duration Status Title 1 Title 2 Creator Description Preview window Name of this application Title of the active window v XDCAM EX Clip Browser Explorer File F Editie View M cClipf Tool Window Help H Menu bar Explorer windows You can have up to ten Explorer windows open at one time When you have more than one window open you can convert them into tabs on one window For details see Explorer window page 12 Preview windows You can have up to five Preview windows open at one time When you have more than one window open you can convert them into tabs on one window For details see Preview window page 15 To customize the window configuration To open another window Select New Explorer Window or New Preview Window from the Window menu A new Explorer or Preview window opens To tab windows You can convert windows of the same type Explorer or Preview into tabs in a single window To tab a window drag it and drop it on another window T Explorer C Sony XDCAM EX Clip Browser Material Used space 41 4 GBytes Fr pace 109 9 GBytes MXF Selected clips 0 Total duration 00 00 00 Total size 0 0 MB Explorer C SonyXDCAM EX Clip Browser Sample
44. the Window menu This optimizes the positions of Explorer and Preview windows in the main window Keyboard shortcuts for selecting windows and tabs You can use keyboard shortcuts to select windows and tabs To select the next window from the keyboard Hold down the Ctrl key and press the Tab key This manual refers to this operation as press Ctrl Tab The next window is selected with each key press You can select the next window in reverse order by pressing Ctrl Shift Tab Names and Functions of Parts 1 1 SMOpUIM 104 12 To select the previous or next tab from the keyboard Press Ctrl PageUp or Ctrl PageDown Explorer window Explorer windows are where you operate on clips files and folders and where you check clip metadata You can operate on XDCAM EX XDCAM HD format folders and media 9 Toolbar Explorer C Sony XDCAM EX Clip Browser Material ocal Disk C T amp data dell W amp Intel fi Program Files amp Sony Eb XDCAM E 17312007 05 1 3 2007 0 46 709 0015 a1 ie al E ae ig Local Disk D3 173 2007 22 42 05 113 KAU 0 E REANVERY IFA Y 709_ 002 4 _01 EG a lt b 1312 2 15 3 2007 22 34 09 709_ 0009 PS 709_0019_01 Materi Samp Ise size 0 MB List View pane Information about selected clips Folder type Capacity Tree View pane Tab The tab displays the name of the media or folder that is selected in the Tree View pane Whe
45. the Clip View pane of an Explorer window and then do one of the following e Double click the clip e Click the clip and then press the Enter key e Drag and drop the clip on a Preview window this operation is disabled if multiple clips are selected Right click the clip and select Play from the context menu Click the clip and then press the space key The clip is loaded into a Preview window and when the fourth or fifth operation as stated above has been done the playback starts The timecode of the current playback position or a counter value appears in the upper part of the screen together with the duration of the section between In and Out points in the clip To stop play Click the play button Clip Operations 25 SMOpUIM 104 26 Smooth playback is not possible when previewing clips saved to DVD R or CD R discs To control the preview You can use the following methods to control playback in the Preview window e Use the command buttons see page 16 in the Viewer window e Select an operation from the Play menu e Drag the playline e Press the J K or L key J Change the reverse playback speed Each press selects 2 4 8 or 16 times normal speed K Stop playback L Change the forward playback speed Each press selects 1 2 4 8 or 16 times normal speed No audio is output in playback at speeds greater than 4 times normal speed To select full screen playback Doubl
46. the application again The clip database is incorrect so it cannot be copied The XDCAM EX format may be corrupt Try to salvage the material The clip database is incorrect so it cannot be moved Honea PIE DY MPning AN MEENE AGNE Er Failed to update properties A file exceeding 4 GB needs to be split so the file cannot Files larger than 4 GB cannot be managed on media like the SxS be copied memory cards used by XDCAM EX devices Use editing software A file exceeding 4 GB needs to be split so the file cannot a a tool to split the file into files smaller than 4 GB and be moved y again Failed to create a clip The operation was cancelled for one of the following reasons e You do not have delete and write privileges to the selected media or folder or these operations are inhibited e The data is in an incompatible format or it is corrupt Check the properties of the media or folder Reason Unmatched frame rate The selected clip cannot be copied due to difference in frame rate between that clip and clips existing in the copy destination folder Check the frame rate NTSC 24p PAL of the clip you want to copy and then perform copy by selecting a destination folder in which all the existing clips are of the same frame rate as the selected clip Reason The video format is different The selected clip cannot be copied due to difference in resolution between that clip and clips existing in the copy destination folder Check the resoluti
47. the currently open windows in cascading order from the upper left Tiles the currently open windows vertically Tiles the currently open windows horizontally Displays the version of this application Displays the version of the MainConcept plug in software What to do There may be a problem with the installation of this application Try installing it again The folder contains some incomplete clips Please copy all Data on the media is incomplete probably because the XDCAM files in the BPAV folder under the selected folder to an EX device was powered off during recording or because the media SxS card and execute salvage operation on the recording was ejected prematurely Return the media to the XDCAM EX equipment device and salvage it immediately The data may become Incomplete clip exists Please execute salvage operation unrecoverable if you continue to operate without salvaging it on the recording equipment SMOpUIM 104 Reason The clip database is incorrect The XDCAM EX format may be corrupt Try to salvage the material for example by importing an MP4 file to another folder The clip cannot be displayed in Explorer Check the properties of the selected clip It cannot be imported or displayed in the list because the format is not compatible with the XDCAM EX format Failed to save sort order Try restarting this application or restarting the computer If the problem persists install
48. the move destination e A clip with the same name as one of the selected clips already exists at the move destination Even if the clip names are different clips are recognized as the same clip if they share the same ID UMID e You do not have delete write privileges to the source or destination media or folder e The source or destination media or folder is write protected Deleting clips e Clips with OK status can be deleted by this application e Deleting a clip linked to edit lists deletes all the edit lists linked to the clip In the List View pane of an Explorer window select a clip to delete 2 Doone of the following e Press the Delete key e Click the Delete button e Select Delete from the Edit menu A message appears asking if you are sure you want to delete the clips XDCAM EX Clip Browser Ej The clip will be deleted Is ItK TT lf 3 Click the Yes button to execute the deletion or the No button to cancel it It is not possible to undo the deletion once it has been completed Reasons why a delete operation may fail Deletion operations may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and the deletion is not executed e You do not have delete write privileges to media or folder where the clips are stored e The media or folder where the clips are stored is write protected Grouping clips that have been split across separate media
49. 080 420 8Mbps 10o ae x1080 a 4 2 0 25Mbps 4 2 0 35Mbps x720 4 2 0 35Mbps x1080 4 2 2 50Mbps ae Aae Ae SN 4 2 0 35Mbps x1080 4 2 2 50Mbps For details about the file format conversion by copy operation see page 60 _ Output OPAtom files to Specifies the output folder for OPAtom files for the Avid AAF subcommand of the Export command see next item To set the media folder in Avid editing systems Enter a path beginning with a drive name in the edit box Or click the button to open a browse dialog where you can select a folder and then click the OK button To set the media folder in Avid editing systems For Avid Media Composer V2 5 3 or later proceed as follows 1 Select Media Creation from the Settings menu Appendix The Media Creation dialog opens Specify Macintosh HD as the Video Drive Audio Drive media storage drive in the Import tab Import an MXF file into Avid Media Composer An Avid Media Files MXF 1 folder is created in the drive specified in step 2 Specify this folder in the Output OPAtom files to box Menu list This section lists the menus of this application In the Keyboard shortcut field the notation Command N means that the N key is pressed while holding down the Command key Command Subcommand _ Keyboard shortcut Reference page XDCAM About XDCAM Displays the version of this EX Clip EX Clip Bro
50. 1 for more information Deleting folders Inthe Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the folder to delete 2 Doone of the following e Press the Delete key e Click the Delete button e Select Delete from the Edit menu e Right click the folder and select Delete from the context menu A message appears asking if you want to execute the deletion oe visa te cal Sample will be deleted ISOK 3 Click the Yes button to execute the deletion or the No button to cancel it Reasons why a folder deletion may fail Folder deletion operations may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and folder is not deleted e You do not have delete write privileges for the selected folder e The selected folder is write protected e Clips or other folders exist beneath the selected folder Folder and Media Operations e Be careful when deleting folders because all data in the folder is deleted e Deletions cannot be undone after they finish 1 The following examples show two situations in which a folder Work1 cannot be deleted When there is a file that is not managed by XDCAM EX devices File not managed by XDCAM EX devices When there is another folder Work2 Work2 BPAV Normally files which are not managed by XDCAM EX devices and folders such as Work2 must be deleted before the folder Work1 can be deleted However if you use Windows
51. 13 10 36712 Cancel Essence marks in clips on XDCAM drives cannot be edited To edit a comment Select an essence mark in the list and click the Edit button This opens the Edit Comments dialog Edit the comment in the dialog and click the OK button The maximum length of comments is 32 bytes The edited comment appears in the Comment field of the Edit Essence Marks dialog f Edit Comments Grotharki Cancel To delete an essence mark Select an essence mark in the list you can select multiple essence marks by selecting with the Ctrl or Shift key held down and press the Delete button To confirm changes Click the OK button in the Edit Essence Marks dialog To discard changes Click the Cancel button in the Edit Essence Marks dialog e The only essence marks that can be displayed on XDCAM EX devices are ShotMark1 and ShotMark2 e During playback on XDCAM EX devices essence marks set by this application are displayed next to the frames where they were set Changing the index picture of a clip You can change index pictures during clip previews 1 Play a clip and display the frame you want to use as the index picture 2 Select Set Index Picture from the Edit menu or click the Set Index Picture button The currently displayed frame becomes the clip s index picture and the Index Picture in the General tab of the clip properties section changes to show it If you are pre
52. 4 29 status KA 7 Title 1 709_0019_01 Title 2 Creator Description v Clip properties section Splitter Tab Displays the clip name When two or more Preview windows are open you can drag and drop the tab on another window to convert this window into a tab on the other window see page 11 Clip name Displays the clip name of the selected tab Viewer Previews clips see next section Splitter You can drag the splitter up and down to change the relative sizes of the viewer and the clip properties section Clip properties section Allows you to check clip properties see page 17 Names and Functions of Parts 1 5 SMOpUIM 104 16 Viewer Screen Clip type Number of essence marks Timecode ry CA gt w Command buttons Playline Position bar Screen Displays the playback video You can double click the screen or select Full Screen from the View menu to enlarge the size to full screen size To return to the original size double click the screen again or press the Esc key Clip type Displays the type of the clip being viewed on the viewer XDCAM EX XDCAM EX clip MP4 file XDCAM HD HD422 MPEG HD file created from XDCAM HD or XDCAM HD422 clip MXF file XDCAM HD Proxy Proxy file created from XDCAM HD or XDCAM HD422 clip MXF file Number of essence marks Displays the number of the essence marks set in the clip in the format of
53. Bring All to Front Brings all the currently open windows to the front of the screen Appendix 81 SO Je 404 Error and warning message list Failed to initialize OLE Please confirm whether the OLE There may be a problem with the installation of this application Try library version is correct installing it again Failed to read libraries for Export The folder contains some incomplete clips Please copy all Data on the media is incomplete probably because the XDCAM files in the BPAV folder under the selected folder to an EX device was powered off during recording or because the media SxS card and execute salvage operation on the recording was ejected prematurely Return the media to the XDCAM EX equipment device and salvage it immediately The data may become TI i i z Incomplete clip exists Please execute salvage operation unrecoverable if you continue to operate without salvaging it D on the recording equipment D Reason The clip database is incorrect The XDCAM EX format may be corrupt Try to salvage the material for example by importing an MP4 file to another folder The clip cannot be displayed in Explorer Check the properties of the selected clip It cannot be imported or displayed in the list because the format is not compatible with the XDCAM EX format Failed to save sort order Try restarting this application or restarting the computer If the problem persists install the appl
54. Command J Combines the selected folder to Page 71 Folders another specified folder Starts the search Stops the search Go to Explorer Opens the selected clip in an Explorer window Edit Disc Metadata Special Characters m Opens the Edit Disc Metadata dialog Page 72 Open the Character Palette so that you can enter special characters and symbols Appendix 79 SO Je 404 SO eN 404 80 page View Appendix Show Hide Option Command T Shows or hides the tool buttons Page 53 Toolbar Show Hide Shows or hides the Tree View pane Page 53 Folder Tree Up Command Moves up one level in the folder hierarchy Thumbnails Puts the List View pane into Page 54 thumbnail view mode Details Puts the List View pane into details view mode ClipName f Sorts the clip list on the selected key Size fe in ascending or descending order Duration S Status o Creation Date fast Update f Rec Mode Media Spanning Folder Path S Save sort order Customize Columns Saves the current sort order for the current folder Opens the Customize Columns dialog Message Reset to the Subsequently displays the message Options default box which was set to be hidden by the setting of the Do not show this message in the future check box Refreshes the information displayed in the active tab of the Explorer window ee ooo Doo Option Return Puts the Viewer into Full Screen
55. DCAM Transfer PDZ 1 is accessing that device e While running this software if it becomes necessary to connect disconnect the 1 LINK cable or power on off the XDCAM device always do such operations after you exit this software Overview The XDCAM EX Clip Browsing Software allows you to work with clips created with XDCAM EX XDCAM HD devices After installing this application on your computer you can use its intuitive graphical user interface to organize your clips by copying moving and deleting them You can also perform format conversions preview the clips and view their metadata This application supports XDCAM EX XDCAM HD compatible data a 1 For XDCAM HD compatible data executable operations are limited see next section New functions supported in Version 2 5 The following table shows the principal new functions supported in Version 2 5 Function Description Reference XDCAM HD file operations You can operate on XDCAM HD files MXF files However the operations are limited to copying deleting and previewing You can convert XDCAM EX files MP4 files to MXF files by copying them to a folder with MXF attributes You can convert files to Page 24 XDCAM MPEG IMX and XDCAM DVCAM format files Converting EX files to MXF files by copying Extended export function Hardware and software requirements Install this application on a computer meeting the following hardware and so
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58. LPR folder and the imported clips are moved to those folders Folder names are assigned automatically e On SxS memory cards and the PHU 60 Professional Hard Disk Unit up to 600 clips can be registered in one recording folder 1 This process does not work in the UserData folders on XDCAM drives Folder and file names are linked to metadata files Do not change them SO Je 404 How MXF clip data are configured Recording format This application supports the format specified for XDCAM HD devices This format has the following specifications e Folder names and the folder configuration are as shown in the following figure e Files contain link information pertaining to links between files and folders Do not use tools that do not support the XDCAM HD format to edit delete move or rename the files and folders used by this application Unless the format specifications are observed files can become unreadable by XDCAM HD devices and by this application It may not be possible for XDCAM HD devices to play clips that this application has created on copied to or moved to media other than Professional Discs XDCAM drives Recording folders The configuration of video and metadata folders is as shown in the following figure Appendix 73 SO eN 404 74 ay Media or work folder DISCMETA XML MEDIAPRO XML Edit Sub General UserData e This application recognizes a folder contain
59. OR search or Exclude keywords NOT search To specify search options As required check Case sensitive and Narrow down search narrow down the search within the results of the previous search When Clip Name is selected from the Items list search 1s performed based on the Clip Name settings in the Display tab of the Preferences dialog Keyword Searching tab e Keyword search uses the Mac OS Spotlight which is an indexed search system The index is updated at times when the computer is not being used for other tasks Therefore even if clips exist on the hard disk of the computer they will not be found if they have not yet been indexed The drives of XDCAM HD devices are not searched 608 Find Specified Folder Keyword Searching Clip Name Size Duration Status Folder Path To specify the keywords to find Enter the keywords to find in the Keywords box You can enter multiple keywords An AND search is performed partial match Uppercase and lowercase are not distinguished Click the Start button A list of search results appears in the Find dialog containing clips that match the conditions specified in step 2 To hide the search criteria in the Specified Folder tab Click the button Click the button when conditions are hidden to show them again To sort the search results Click the header of the column that you want to use as the sort key With each click the l
60. Please contact MPEG LA for any further information MPEG LA L L C 250 STEELE STREET SUITE 300 DENVER COLORADO 80206 http www mpegla com MPEG 2 Video Patent Portfolio License ANY USE OF THIS PRODUCT OTHER THAN CONSUMER PERSONAL USE IN ANY MANNER THAT COMPLIES WITH THE MPEG 2 STANDARD FOR ENCODING VIDEO INFORMATION FOR PACKAGED MEDIA IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED WITHOUT A LICENSE UNDER APPLICABLE PATENTS IN THE MPEG 2 PATENT PORTFOLIO WHICH LICENSE IS AVAILABLE FROM MPEG LA L L C 250 STEELE STREET SUITE 300 DENVER COLORADO 80206 AVC Patent Portfolio License THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE AVC PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER TO i ENCODE VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AVC STANDARD AVC VIDEO AND OR ii DECODE AVC VIDEO THAT WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NON COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND OR WAS OBTAINED FROM A VIDEO PROVIDER LICENSED TO PROVIDE AVC VIDEO NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA L L C SEE HTTP WWW MPEGLA COM VC 1 Patent Portfolio License THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE VC 1 PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER TO 1 ENCODE VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE VC 1 STANDARD VC 1 VIDEO AND OR 11 DECODE VC 1 VIDEO THAT WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NON COMMERCIAL ACTIVI
61. Size A Al Duration Cancel ral Status ees Y O Al Creation Date f Up Down C Showa HideaAll Reset to Default To select an item to display Check the check box You can click the Show All button to check all of the check boxes To select an item to hide Clear the check box You can click the Hide All button to clear all of the check boxes except Clip Name To change the display order Click an item to highlight it and click the Up or Down button To return to the default settings Click the Reset to Default button To confirm the changes Click the OK button To cancel the changes Click the Cancel button Preview window Preview windows are where you preview clips and check clip information Notes about the Preview window Playback in this window is preview playback Note the following points e Depending on the performance of your computer and the processing load dropped frames may occur timecode may differ from the actual values the clip may not be played smoothly and some time may be required before the screen is updated When the playback clip is defective video breakup may occur and the playback may freeze Not all of the original recorded video is played back when a split clip is played back It may not be possible to play clips created on devices other than XDCAM EX devices Improper playback may occur if the screen settings of your computer are changed during
62. Sony Model Name Apollo Number 012345 Lens Model Rec Mode Type normal ache Re No Media Spanning No UMID 060A2B340101010501010D43130000002602BD90034105D608000101 Key Frame 13 User Bit 00008080A0F7AE80 Proxy AV Data Edit List Hard amp Software This tab displays information related to clip recording conditions e Model e Lens Model e Recording Mode e Media Spanning e UMID e Key Frame e User Bit e Proxy AV Data e Edit List e Hard amp Software Clip Operations Clip operation precautions e Always observe the following precautions during processing of clip operations Do not power off the computer or media drive before the operation completes Do not use Finder or another file management tool to delete folders that contain the clips being processed Do not eject the media before the operation completes It may be possible to copy and move clips to media with this application even when the display on an XDCAM EX device indicates that the media is full However it will not be possible to play back or delete those clips when the media is inserted into the XDCAM EX device again a message will appear saying that the media must be salvaged For the folders created on a hard disk or other media by copying from XDCAM drive with Finder or other folder management tool editing operations such as adding and deleting of clips cannot be performed e When writing clips to XDCAM drive it is necessary be
63. TA XML see page 33 saved on XDCAM drives or in folders with MXF attributes In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select an XDCAM drive or a folder with MXF attributes 2 Doone of the following e Select Edit Disc Metadata from the Edit menu e Right click the XDCAM drive or folder with MXF attributes and select Edit Disc Metadata from the context menu The Edit Disc Metadata dialog opens f Edit Disc Metadata Disc ID B8D60800073905C1FBC9080046020120 XDCAM HD Demo Disc 53941 User Disc ID CAT XDCAM HD Demo Disc 59 941 MSA Demonstration use only 3 Edit the following items as required e User Disc ID up to 127 bytes e Title 1 up to 63 bytes e Title 2 up to 127 bytes e Description up to 2047 bytes 4 Click the OK button Appendix Appendix How XDCAM EX clip data are configured Recording format This application supports the format specified for XDCAM EX devices This format has the following specifications e Folder names and the folder configuration are as shown in the following figure e Files contain link information pertaining to links between files and folders e Do not use tools that do not support the XDCAM EX format to edit delete move or rename the files and folders used by this application Unless the format specifications are observed files can become unreadable by XDCAM EX devices and by this application It may not be possible fo
64. TY AND OR WAS OBTAINED FROM A VIDEO PROVIDER LICENSED TO PROVIDE VC 1 VIDEO NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA L L C SEE HTTP WWW MPEGLA COM Appendix SMOpUIM 104 45 For Mac OS How to use the application on Mac OS Introduction Purpose of this manual This manual explains how to use the XDCAM EX Clip Browsing Software on Mac OS This manual is intended for users who will use this application to perform file and folder operations It assumes that readers have a basic familiarity with Mac OS Notation for special keys This manual uses the following notation to indicate special keys Symbol Notation in this manual Ca Notes on use of XDCAM devices e This software cannot access an XDCAM HD device while another XDCAM compatible application XDCAM Transfer PDZ 1 is accessing that device e While running this software if it becomes necessary to connect disconnect the 1 LINK cable or power on off the XDCAM device always do such operations after you exit this software Overview The XDCAM EX Clip Browsing Software allows you to work with clips created with XDCAM EX XDCAM HD devices After installing this application on your computer you can use its intuitive graphical user interface to organize your clips by copying moving and deleting them You can also perform format conversions preview the clips and v
65. VC 1 VIDEO THAT WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NON COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND OR WAS OBTAINED FROM A VIDEO PROVIDER LICENSED TO PROVIDE VC 1 VIDEO NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA L L C SEE HTTP WWW MPEGLA COM http www sony net
66. You can split the folder into smaller folders and save them on separate discs Split folders can later be combined to restore the original large folder See Splitting folders page 71 and Combining folders page 71 for more information Deleting folders 1 2 In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the folder to delete Do one of the following e Press the Delete key with the Command key held down e Click the Delete button e Select Delete from the Edit menu e Click the folder while holding down the Control key and select Delete from the context menu A message appears asking if you want to execute the deletion Sample will be deleted OK Click the Yes button to execute the deletion or the No button to cancel it Reasons why a folder deletion may fail Folder deletion operations may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and folder is not deleted e You do not have delete write privileges for the selected folder e The selected folder is write protected e Clips or other folders exist beneath the selected folder e Be careful when deleting folders because all data in the folder is deleted e Deletions cannot be undone after they finish 1 The following examples show two situations in which a folder Work1 cannot be deleted When there is a file that is not managed by XDCAM EX devices Normally files which are
67. You cannot operate clips in other than XDCAM EX format for example XDCAM HD clips You can operate XDCAM EX clips only e Clips with OK status can be moved by this application Grouping split clips by gathering them into one place XDCAM EX devices automatically save video that exceeds 4 GB in size as multiple clips If you collect these clips into one media or folder they are automatically grouped so that you can handle them as a single clip See Grouping clips that have been split across separate media page 62 for more information Move modes You can specify whether to give priority to processing speed or to data protection when moving clips e Processing speed Normal move processing without creating a duplicate of the clip e Data protection A duplicate of the clip is created before the original clip is deleted See User settings page 74 for more information about the settings Select a clip to move in the List View pane of an Explorer window e Abnormal clips can be selected but they cannot be moved e The folder that contains the selected clips cannot be specified as the move destination If you want to move the clips to a new folder Create a new folder in the move destination media or folder See Creating folders page 69 for more information about how to create folders Do one of the following Drag the clips selected in step 1 and while holding down the Shift key drop them
68. actually set number maximum allowable number Timecode Displays the timecode of the current position playline position and the duration of the section between In and Out points in the clip A counter value is displayed when no timecode is recorded in the clip For NTSC clips a period between the minutes and seconds of the current position indicates drop frame anda colon indicates non drop frame It is possible to jump to a specified position by clicking the current position timecode entering a numeric value and Names and Functions of Parts pressing the Enter key This operation is ignored when invalid timecode is entered You can change the timecode display format For details see User settings page 34 Position bar Displays the time scale of the clip The following marks are shown on the position bar to provide information about the clip In point Essence mark Timecode break point discontinuous timecode Playline Displays the current position on the time scale You can drag the playline or click anywhere on the position bar to move to a desired position Scrubbing repeatedly dragging to the left and right is also supported Command buttons These buttons perform various clip preview operations The functions of these buttons can also be accessed from the keyboard Button Keyboard name operation Jump to Home Jumps to the clip Start start point first frame J
69. age 16 mode Subsequently displays the message box which was set to be hidden by the setting of the Do not show this message in the future check box Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page a Reverse Plays the selected clip in the reverse direction Play In to Out Shift Plays the range from the In point to space the Out point of the selected clip 1 1 Frame S e e Steps one frame forward Jump to Start Home Jumps to the clip start point first frame Jump to End Jumps to the clip end point last frame Jump to In Point E Jumps to the In point Jump to Out Point Jumps to the Out point Previous Essence Mark nn Shift lt Jumps to the previous essence mark Next Essence Mark Essence Mark Next Essence Mark n Shift gt Jumps to the next essence mark to Jumps to the next essence mark next essence mark Set Audio Channels Opens the Set Audio Channels Page 26 dialog dialog Window New Explorer Window __ New Explorer Window Window Opens a new Explorer window Page 11 New Preview Window Opens anew Preview window a C Tab Ctrl Selects the previous tab Page 11 PageUp Next Tab Ctrl Selects the next tab PageDown Optimize Window Layout Optimizes the positions of Explorer Page 11 and Preview windows in the main window Cascade Arranges the currently open windows in cascading order from the upper left Tile Windows Tiles the currently open win
70. ame and save destination However still images cannot be created from a clip on XDCAM disk SMOpUIM 104 a You cannot use these buttons to apply editing operations on clips existing on the XDCAM drive These buttons cannot add or delete edit points In Out points or essence marks in those clips b The maximum number of essence marks that you can set in a single clip is as follows depending on the clip format XDCAM EX clip 126 XDCAM HD clip less than 126 seconds the number of seconds 1 for example 46 marks for a 45 second clip XDCAM HD clip 126 seconds or more 126 Clip properties section General tab Related Info Index Pictur Mark In Mark Out oI daa Clip Name 709_0019_04 g Creation Date 1 3 2007 22 34 09 Last Update 5 13 2008 17 50 14 Duration 00 00 04 29 Status Title 1 709_0019_01 Title 2 Creator m This tab displays general information about the clip e Index Picture Displays the index picture of the clip or a thumbnail of the first frame if no index picture has been set e Mark In Displays a thumbnail of the In point or a thumbnail of the first frame 1f no In point has been set e Mark Out Displays a thumbnail of the Out point or a thumbnail of the last frame if no Out point has been set e Clip Name e Creation Date date and time of creation e Last Update date and time of most recent update e Duration clip length e Status Displays the clip status You can s
71. an C cannot be written to XDCAM drive Writing a 50p or 60p frame rate clip to XDCAM drive moves the essence marks and Out points at the odd frames to the previous or next even frames For example the essence mark at the 15th frame moves to the 14th while the Out point at the 19th frame moves to the 20th However the Out point will be deleted if an essence mark already set at the move destination frame For details about the menu operations of the XDCAM HD device refer to the Operating Instructions or Operation Manual supplied with the XDCAM HD device Copying clips You can duplicate clips on your media or computer and copy clips between media and the computer When copying MXF clips to XDCAM drive or a folder with MXF attributes it is not possible to copy the clip of a different recording format from that of the clips in the destination Grouping split clips by gathering them into one place XDCAM EX devices automatically save video that exceeds 4 GB in size as multiple clips If you collect these clips into one media or folder they are automatically grouped so that you can handle them as a single clip See Grouping clips that have been split across separate media page 21 for more information To copy selected clips Select a clip to copy 1n the List View pane of an Explorer window e Abnormal clips can be selected but they are not copied e The folder that contains the selected clips cannot be
72. argest file in the original folder It 1s also not possible to specify a split folder size smaller than 4 GB 3 Select the type of media from the Media list box The size of the folder after splitting as determined by the selected media type appears in the edit box beneath the list box If you select Arbitrary Size enter the size an integer from 4 to 100 in the edit box 4 Click the Start button The folder is split into the minimum number of folders that will produce the specified folder size and clips are assigned to the smaller folders The folders produced as a result of the split have the same name as the original folder followed by serial numbers e Once it starts a split operation cannot be canceled before it finishes e Split clips may be assigned to different folders If you would prefer that split clips be assigned to other folders you can move them manually after the folder split Combining folders You can combine specified folders into another folder This allows you to restore the original folder from split folders Folder and Media Operations SO eN 404 SO eN 404 72 e You cannot operate clips in other than XDCAM EX format for example XDCAM HD clips You can operate XDCAM EX clips only e To become the target of combination folders must reside on the same directory level and be under the management of this application see page 73 1 In the Tree View pane of an Expl
73. as a numeric value and as a bar graph The orange bar grows longer as more of the media s capacity is used QO Folder type Displays the type of the folder being selected in the Tree View pane EX Folder with EX attributes MXF Folder with MXF attributes Information about selected clips Displays information about the clips that are selected in the List View pane number of selected clips total clip length and total size The total clip length is an approximate value so take it as an approximate guide List View pane Displays the clips in the media or folder that is selected in the Tree View pane You can select from the following three view modes Thumbnail View This view displays the index picture of each clip or a thumbnail of the first frame when no index picture is set It also displays the name of the clip and the date and time when the clip was shot List View This view displays an icon indicating the type and current state of the clip and the name of the clip Details View This view displays an icon indicating the type and current state of the clip the name of the clip and its properties To switch the clip view mode Do one of the following e Select Thumbnails List or Details from the View menu e Click the Thumbnails List or Details button in the toolbar A mark for the clip status is displayed on the thumbnail or icon in all of the view modes Names and Functions of Parts
74. ces dialog Supplement When the Convert in MXF for copying EX to a normal folder check box in the General tab of the Preferences dialog see page 74 is checked even the files which are to be copied to a normal folder are converted to the MXF format Since the clip management folders for the XDCAM HD device see page 73 are automatically created the files converted in this application can be viewed The files which were output to a normal folder by the export function cannot be viewed in this application e It is not possible to convert the XDCAM HD files to the XDCAM EX format Clip Operations e File conversion is not possible depending on the combination of source format and target format e File conversion may degrade the image quality This copy operation takes longer to complete since it requires format conversion e XDCAM EX to XDCAM HD format conversion produces only MPEG HD files as MXF files It does not produce Proxy files To copy all the clips in media or folders You can copy all of the clips in a folder or a media disc or card in a single operation This is a convenient way to import all the clips in an SxS memory card to the hard disk of your computer In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the media or folder that contains the clips you want to copy 2 Doone of the following e Click the Copy All button e Select Copy All from the Edit menu A message appears asking if you wan
75. cessary to License install this software l Click Install to perform a standard installation of this software on the volume Macintosh HD Installatio Installatiog Change Install Location SO Je 404 7 Click the Continue button 1 2 Click the Install button A license agreement screen appears An authentication screen appears 8 Click the Continue button Installer requires that you type your The following message appears password Name To continue installing the software you must agree to the terms of the software license agreement Password gt Details Click Agree to continue or click Disagree to cancel the installation and quit the Installer ox 13 Enter your name and password and then click the Q Click the Agree button OK button The following screen appears when the installation finishes A screen appears in which you can select the installation destination 1 0 Click the installation destination volume Installation completed successfully Install Succeeded Select a Destination 60D Select the volume where you want to install the wes ClipBrowser software Installation Seer The software was successfully installed Installatio Macintosh HD 57 0 GB available 74 2 GB total Installing this software requires no additional space You have chosen to install this software on the volume Macintos
76. compatible with the XDCAM EX format UserData folder cannot be specified as the output Change the output destination destination UserData folder cannot be specified as the destination to Change the setting in Output OPAtom files to of the Conversion output OPAtom files Please change the OPAtom file tab in the Preferences dialog output destination in Preferences The name is already used Please specify other name Specify other name or change the output destination Error occurred during the export Please refer to the Open the export dialog to check the report which is displayed when details from the context on each clip Error detail is selected from the context menu of the clip with the error SO Je 404 Reason An error occurred during conversion The conversion failed for one of the following reasons e You do not have delete and write privileges to the output folder or these operations are inhibited e The selected clip is in an unsupported format or the material data is corrupt Check the properties of the folder and clip Reason Unsupported XDCAM The selected XDCAM drive is not supported Reason Unsupported codec The codec of the selected clip on the XDCAM drive is not supported Failed to create a folder Check the properties of the selected media or folder You may not have delete and write privileges to the media or folder or these operations may be inhibited You cannot use XXX as a folder
77. d amp Software This tab displays information related to clip recording conditions e Model e Lens Model Recording Mode e Media Spanning e UMID e Key Frame e User Bit e Proxy AV Data e Edit List e Hard amp Software Clip Operations Clip Operations Clip operation precautions e Always observe the following precautions during processing of clip operations Do not power off the computer or media drive before the operation completes Do not use Windows Explorer or another file management tool to delete folders that contain the clips being processed Do not eject the media before the operation completes It may be possible to copy and move clips to media with this application even when the display on an XDCAM EX device indicates that the media is full However it will not be possible to play back or delete those clips when the media is inserted into the XDCAM EX device again a message will appear saying that the media must be salvaged For the folders created on a hard disk or other media by copying from XDCAM drive with Windows Explorer or other folder management tool editing operations such as adding and deleting of clips cannot be performed e When writing clips to XDCAM drive it is necessary beforehand to set the NAMING FORM option in the XDCAM HD device menu to free no format If the option is set to C standard format any clip with an arbitrary name other th
78. der or these operations may be inhibited You cannot use XXX as a folder name Please specify Specify a name other than BPAV another name It contains a string reserved by the system so it cannot be The name contains characters reserved by the operating system set Enter a name that does not contain these characters Reason The clip file name has already been reserved Change the file name or copy destination Failed to change the folder name Check the properties of the selected folder You may not have Eailadio delete ine folder ee write privileges to the folder or these operations may be Failed to split the folder Check the properties of the combine source or destination folder You may not have delete and write privileges to these folders or these operations may be inhibited XXX contains a work folder so it cannot be deleted The selected media or folder contains one or more folders that are not under the management of this application Delete or move pees alee eee these folders and then try again Failed to combine the folders The folder XXX cannot be split Reason The folder contains a file exceeding the specified split unit of XXX GB Clip name Failed to save disc metadata The folder cannot be split into folders of the specified size because at least one file larger than that size exists Specify a split size that is larger than the size of the largest file Check the properties o
79. dows vertically adnia Windows Tiles the currently open windows Horizontally horizontally Help About Version Displays the version of this application MainConcept Version Displays the version of the MainConcept plug in software Find window is active Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page Appendix SMOpUIM 104 41 SMOpUIM 104 42 Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page View Search Criteria o Shows or hides the search criteria Page 27 Sort by Clip Name ei Sorts the results list on the selected e e pene usin seus Creation date o last Update Rec Mode Media Spanning Folder Path Message Options Reset to the default Subsequently displays the message box which was set to be hidden by the setting of the Do not show this message in the future check box sep Play E Window New Explorer Window New Preview Window a i Tile Windows Vertically Pl Tile Windows Horizontally dialog Help About Version MainConcept Version Co Error and warning message list Messages Failed to initialize OLE Please confirm whether the OLE library version is correct Failed to read libraries for Export Appendix Stops the search Opens the selected clip in an Explorer window Plays the selected clip Opens a new Explorer window Page 11 Opens a new Preview window Ctrl F4 Closes the active window Arranges
80. e click the screen or select Full Screen from the View menu To return to the original screen size double click the screen or press the Esc key To change the playback mode of MXF clips Select MPEG HD high resolution or Proxy low resolution in the Play tab of the User Configuration dialog see page 35 Selecting MPEG HD makes it possible to preview with high definition images when the screen size is enlarged e You cannot change the playback mode when a clip is being played Clips without proxy AV data are played at a high resolution regardless of this setting Clips on XDCAM drive are played at a low resolution regardless of this setting High resolution data may not be played smoothly due to its large file size To select the audio channels to monitor during previews In the Set Audio Channels dialog check the L left or R right check box to monitor that channel To open the Set Audio Channels dialog do one of the following e Select Set Audio Channels from the Play menu e Click the Set Audio Channels button Clip Operations i Set Audio Channels To edit essence marks Use the Edit Essence Marks dialog To open the Edit Essence Marks dialog load a clip into a Preview window activate the Preview window and select Edit Essence Marks from the Edit menu Edit Essence Marks Comments Shothtarki _ShotMark2 _ShatMark Timecode 13 10 32 05 13 40 33 27
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82. ecuted by copying files to a normal folder see page 19 DISCMETA XML and MEDIAPRO XML files and Clip Edit Sub and General folders are automatically created and then the format converted files are copied to the Clip folder For example when the file named ABCO000 MP4 is copied to a work folder the format is converted to MXF and the files named ABC0000 MXF and ABCOOOOMO1 XML are automatically created and saved in the Clip folder Folder and file names are linked to metadata files Do not change them e Even if you configure clip data like MXF clip data in an EX folder using Windows Explorer or other file management tools this application gives priority to the XDCAM EX format so that you cannot operate MXF clips For details about the data configuration for MXF clips refer to the Operating Instructions or Operation Manual supplied with the XDCAM HD device Appendix SMOpUIM 104 33 SMOpUIM 104 34 User settings The User Configuration dialog allows you to select application options and processing modes To open the User Configuration dialog select Options from the Tool menu General tab User Configuration General Display Play Conversion Priority in Move O Processing speed amp Data protection Copy Cormvertin MAF for copying EX to a normal folder Perform CRE theck ater copy Copy all files to CUsersibltiDocumentsiSoniclipbrowser yi XDCAM Drive Clip
83. ed space 26 6GB y GW H Free space 1 47 5GB Ea gt i gt L Applications Library gt LF System gt Users gt Selected clips 0 Total duration 00 00 00 Total size 0 0 MB Explorer Users BI Downloads Sample Used space 26 6GB Ca Att Re Qu X Q P Free space azsa E Y Macintosh HD N 4 E Eyal 5 oO gt gt Applications Library z gt is DUR 00 00 08 06 DUR 00 00 23 18 DUR 00 00 04 29 ES System 2007 01 03 22 15 2007 01 03 22 20 2007 01 03 22 34 v il Users zaa anna ni ana nnie ni Fna ania ni aaa Explorer v a By gt Desktoj ria Docum YL Downlad Used space 26 6GB Free space 47 5GB Ea gt lee Mate P qe Samy gt ley Test L3 Library Selected clips 0 Total duration 00 00 00 Total size 0 0 MB Other window operations e Drag the window title bar to move a window e Resize a window by dragging on any window border e Maximize a window or return it to its original size by each clicking the zoom button in the upper left corner e Close a window you do not need by clicking the x close button in the upper left corner The application remembers your most recent configuration and recreates it the next time it starts Keyboard shortcuts for selecting tabs You can use keyboard shortcuts to select tabs To select the previous or next tab from the keyboard Press Shift Command
84. elect an item to hide Clear the check box You can click the Hide All button to clear all of the check boxes except Clip Name To change the display order Click an item to highlight it and click the Up or Down button To return to the default settings Click the Reset to Default button To confirm the changes Click the OK button To cancel the changes Click the Cancel button Preview window Preview windows are where you preview clips and check clip information Notes about the Preview window Playback in this window is preview playback Note the following points e Depending on the performance of your computer and the processing load dropped frames may occur timecode may differ from the actual values the clip may not be played smoothly and some time may be required before the screen is updated When the playback clip is defective video breakup may occur and the playback may freeze Not all of the original recorded video is played back when a split clip is played back It may not be possible to play clips created on devices other than XDCAM EX devices Improper playback may occur if the screen properties of your computer are changed during playback If this occurs restart the application Clip name Preview 09 0019 01 709_0019 01 SMOpUIM 104 General AN Format Related Info Mark Out 709_0019_01 Creation Dale 1 3 2007 22 34 09 Last Update 4 16 2008 12 24 50 Duration 00 00 0
85. elect the status from among OK NG KEEP and None e Title 1 Allows you to assign a title up to 63 ASCII bytes in length e Title 2 Allows you to assign a subtitle up to 127 bytes in length Names and Functions of Parts 1 vA SMOpUIM 104 18 e Creator Allows you to enter the name of the person who shot the clip up to 127 bytes in length e Description Allows you to enter a description of the scene depicted in the clip up to 2047 bytes in length To save changes to the Status Title 1 Title 2 Creator and Description fields you must click the Update button The changes are discarded if you close the window or tab without clicking the Update button A V Format tab General AN Format Related Info j Video Format Port DIRECT Codec MPEG2 HDLong 25Mbps fps Capture 59 94i Rec 59 94 Format Layout 1440x1080 16 9 Pull Down Type Type 1 1 Frame Phase 00 Audio Format Number of Channels 2 1 Port ANALOG Codec 2 Port ANALOG Codec 16bit LPCM 16bit LPCM Recording Ports Channel Channel This tab displays information about the recording format of the clip e Video Format e Audio Format Related Info tab General AN Format Related Info Manufacturer Sony Model Name Apollo Serial Number 012345 Lens Model Rec Mode Type normal Cache Rec No Media Spanning No UMID 0604283401010105010100431300000026028D90034105D60800010 Key Frame 13 User Bit 00008080A0F7AE80 Proxy AV Data Edit List Har
86. esults in an Explorer window Select one of the search results and do one of the following e Select Go to Explorer from the Find menu e Right click the result and select Go to Explorer from the context menu To play the search results Select one of the search results and do one of the following e Select Play from the Find menu e Right click the result and select Play from the context menu Folder and Media Operations Folder and media precautions Always observe the following precautions during processing of folder and media operations Do not power off the computer or media drive before the operation completes e Do not eject the media before the operation completes Folders for XDCAM EX clips XDCAM EX clips are stored together with a BPAV folder see page 32 This folder does not appear in the Explorer window but it can be seen in Windows Explorer Whenever you copy or move clips with this application the BPAV folder is copied or moved along with the clips You cannot work with clips separately from the BPAV folder Simultaneous access to files may not be possible when you attempt to access the same folder at the same time from several computers over a network connection Folders for MXF clips A folder for managing MXF clips must have three subfolders Clip Edit and Sub see page 33 Clips cannot be saved in the Clip subfolder unless they match the clips existing in that subfolde
87. ew displays the index picture of each clip or a thumbnail of the first frame when no index picture is set It also displays the name of the clip and the date and time when the clip was shot Details View This view displays an icon indicating the type and current state of the clip the name of the clip and its properties To switch the clip view mode Do one of the following e Select Thumbnails or Details from the View menu e Click the Thumbnails or Details button in the Explorer window A mark for the clip status is displayed on the thumbnail or icon in either of the view modes View mode Icon Description Details view Normal MP4 file n MP4 file with OK status as set on the E XDCAM EX device An MP4 file in which some of the video cannot be displayed However other parts of the video can be previewed and the properties of the MP4 file can be edited like the properties of normal MP4 files Abnormal MP4 file without data cannot be decoded etc Normal MXF file MXF file with OK status as set on UEG the XDCAM device An MXF file in which some of the video cannot be displayed However other parts of the video can be previewed and the properties of the MXF file can be edited like the properties of normal MXF files Abnormal MXF file without data MEF cannot be decoded etc View mode Thumbnail display Description example Thumbnails F a Normal clip Clip with OK sta
88. f the selected XDCAM drive and the state of the write protect tab on the disc You may not have delete and write privileges for the selected XDCAM drive or these operations may be inhibited PERSONAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER FOR 1 ENCODING VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MPEG 4 VISUAL STANDARD MPEG 4 VIDEO AND OR 11 DECODING MPEG 4 VIDEO THAT WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NON COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND OR WAS OBTAINED FROM A VIDEO PROVIDER LICENSED BY MPEG LA TO PROVIDE MPEG 4 VIDEO How to obtain the plug in software The optional MainConcept plug in software can be purchased and downloaded from the following website http www mainconcept com plugin4clipbrowser Licenses MPEG 4 Visual Patent Portfolio License THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPEG 4 VISUAL PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE Appendix NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING THAT RELATING TO PROMOTIONAL INTERNAL AND COMMERCIAL USES AND LICENSING MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA LLC SEE HTTP WWW MPEGLA COM MPEG LA is offering licenses for 4 manufacturing sales of any storage media storing MPEG 4 Visual video information 11 distribution broadcasting of MPEG 4 Visual video information in any manner such as online video distribution service internet broadcasting TV broadcasting Other usage of this product may be required to obtain license from MPEGLA
89. first frame if no In point has been set Mark Out Displays a thumbnail of the Out point or a thumbnail of the last frame if no Out point has been set Clip Name Creation Date date and time of creation Last Update date and time of most recent update Duration clip length Status Displays the clip status You can select the status from among OK NG KEEP and None Title 1 Allows you to assign a title up to 63 ASCII bytes in length Title 2 Allows you to assign a subtitle up to 127 bytes in length Creator Allows you to enter the name of the person who shot the clip up to 127 bytes in length Description Allows you to enter a description of the scene depicted in the clip up to 2047 bytes in length To save changes to the Status Title 1 Title 2 Creator and Description fields you must click the Update button The changes are discarded if you close the window or tab without clicking the Update button A V Format tab General A V Format Related Info Video Format Port DIRECT MPEG2 HDLong 25Mbps fps Capture 59 94 Re 59 94 Format 59 94 Layout 1440 x 1080 16 9 PullDowr Type 1 1 Frame Phase 00 Audio Format Number of Channe 2 Recording Ports nel 1 Port ANALOG Code 16bit LPCM 2 Port ANALOG Co 16bit LPCM Names and Functions of Parts This tab displays information about the recording format of the clip e Video Format e Audio Format Related Info tab General A V Format Related Info Model Manufacture
90. forehand to set the NAMING FORM option in the XDCAM HD device menu to free no format If the option is set to C standard format any clip with an arbitrary name other than C cannot be written to XDCAM drive e Writing a 50p or 60p frame rate clip to XDCAM drive moves the essence marks and Out points at the odd frames to the previous or next even frames For example the essence mark at the 15th frame moves to the 14th while the Out point at the 19th frame moves to the 20th However the Out point will be deleted if an essence mark already set at the move destination frame For details about the menu operations of the XDCAM HD device refer to the Operating Instructions or Operation Manual supplied with the XDCAM HD device Copying clips You can duplicate clips on your media or computer and copy clips between media and the computer When copying MXF clips to XDCAM drive or a folder with MXF attributes it is not possible to copy the clip of a different recording format from that of the clips in the destination Grouping split clips by gathering them into one place XDCAM EX devices automatically save video that exceeds 4 GB in size as multiple clips If you collect these clips into one media or folder they are automatically grouped so that you can handle them as a single clip See Grouping clips that have been split across separate media page 62 for more information To copy selected clips 1 Select
91. ftware requirements tem escrito Microsoft Windows XP SP3 or higher 32 bit version or Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 or higher 32 bit version Intel Pentium 4 2 0 GHz or higher Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2 0 GHz or higher recommended b Memory 1 GB or more 2 GB or more recommended Resolution 1280 x 1024 pixels or better Display Introduction Overview 1 SMOpUIM 104 SMOpUIM 104 tem escrin Audio Audio playback function Windows Desktop Search WDS a Microsoft Windows and Windows Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries b Intel Intel Core and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries c To use keyword searching on Windows XP the latest version Version 3 00 or higher of Windows Desktop Search WDS must be installed Keyword searching is not available if WDS is not installed or if the installed version is not the latest version The WDS component is preinstalled on Windows Vista It does not need to be installed again All product names and brand names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners XDCAM devices supported by the application This application supports the following XDCAM devices Model name PDW 700 PDW 740 PDW HD1500 Series name XDCAM HD422 Version 1 2 or higher XDCAM HD Versi
92. h HD 14 Click the Close button to close the dialog 11 Click the Continue button To uninstall the application Move the installation destination folder of the application default Applications X DCAM EX Clip Browser to the Trash Uninstalling the application also uninstalls the MainConcept plug in software at the same time The following screen appears Installing the Application 49 SO eN 404 50 Launching and Exiting the Application See Installing the Application page 48 for more information about how to install the application Launching the application Use Finder to open the XDCAM EX Clip Browser folder in the Applications folder and double click XDCAM EX Clip Browser The application starts and the operating windows see page 51 appear It is not possible to launch more than one instance of this application at one time Exiting the application Select Quit XDCAM EX Clip Browser from the XDCAM EX Clip Browser menu Do not power off the computer while a file operation is still underway Files may be corrupted Wait until the operating finishes or cancel the operation before powering off Launching and Exiting the Application Names and Functions of Parts Operating window configuration The following figure shows the default configuration of the operating windows Menu bar XDCAM EX Clin Browser File Edit View Preview _Window o8o Macintosh HD Explo
93. he clip that you want to copy and then perform copy by selecting a destination folder in which all the existing clips are of the same resolution as the selected clip Reason Default format hasn t been set Please check Set the frame rate and bit rate in the Rates to apply when rec Conversion tab in Preferences format is unknown section of the Conversion tab in the Preferences dialog Reason Bit Rate hasn t been set Please check Make settings in the MP4 to MXF conversion bit rate section of Conversion tab in Preferences the Conversion tab in the Preferences dialog Reason Failed to convert Check the recording format of the clip that you want to copy and that of the clips existing in the copy destination folder File conversion may be disabled depending on the recording format of the original clip and the clips in the copy destination folder Reason The clip is less than 2 seconds so it cannotbe XDCAM devices do not support writing of clips shorter than two written seconds It cannot be copied because a Clip less than 2 seconds is included 82 Appendix UserData folder cannot be specified as the destination to Change the setting in Copy all files to of the General tab in the copy MXF files Please change the Copy All destination in Preferences dialog Preferences Failed to import the clip Check the properties of the clip You may not have access privileges to the clip or the clip may be an MP4 file that is not
94. her parameters This is for non linear editors that support MXF files only MXF for Converts to an MXF format XDCAM HD P that is compatible with MXF files recorded by XDCAM HD devices Converts to an MXF format that is compatible with MXF files recorded by XDCAM HD422 devices MXF for XDCAM Converts to an MXF format MPEG IMX that is compatible with MXF files recorded by XDCAM MPEG IMX devices Export Extension Description subcommand after conversion MXF for XDCAM DVCAM Converts to an MXF format that is compatible with MXF files recorded by XDCAM DVCAM devices dv Converts to RAW DV format This is for DV format editing Depending on the editing environment use either this subcommand or the AVI DV subcommand Converts to AVI Type 2 format This is for DV format editing Depending on the editing environment use either this subcommand or the RAW DV subcommand SO Je 404 AAF mxf Converts to the following two file formats AAF file Use to load clips into Avid editing system The extension is AAF and the output destination is the media or folder specified in the Export dialog see page 64 AAF files produced by the conversion can be registered in your Avid editing system project by dragging from Finder to a bin in the project MXF OPAtom file The extension is mxf and the output destination is the media or folder specified in the Conversion tab
95. ication again The clip database is incorrect so it cannot be copied The XDCAM EX format may be corrupt Try to salvage the material The clip database is incorrect so it cannot be moved Or EX AMPIE OV pone AN MEEME ANET Ode Failed to update properties A file exceeding 4 GB needs to be split so the file cannot Files larger than 4 GB cannot be managed on media like the SxS be copied memory cards used by XDCAM EX devices Use editing software A file exceeding 4 GB needs to be split so the file cannot sepals tool to split the file into files smaller than 4 GB and be moved Pagan Failed to create a clip The operation was cancelled for one of the following reasons e You do not have delete and write privileges to the selected media or folder or these operations are inhibited e The data is in an incompatible format or it is corrupt Check the properties of the media or folder Reason Unmatched frame rate The selected clip cannot be copied due to difference in frame rate between that clip and clips existing in the copy destination folder Check the frame rate NTSC 24p PAL of the clip you want to copy and then perform copy by selecting a destination folder in which all the existing clips are of the same frame rate as the selected clip Reason The video format is different The selected clip cannot be copied due to difference in resolution between that clip and clips existing in the copy destination folder Check the resolution of t
96. iew their metadata This application supports XDCAM EX XDCAM HD compatible data 1 For XDCAM HD compatible data executable operations are limited see next section SO Je 404 New functions supported in Version 2 5 The following table shows the principal new functions supported in Version 2 5 Function Description Reference XDCAM HD file You can operate operations XDCAM HD files MXF files However the operations are limited to copying deleting and previewing You can convert XDCAM EX files MP4 files to MXF files by only copying them to a folder with MXF attributes Converting EX files to MXF files by a copy operation Extended export function You can convert files to Page 65 XDCAM MPEG IMX and XDCAM DVCAM format files Hardware and software requirements Install this application on a computer meeting the following hardware and software requirements tem escrin OS Mac OS X 10 4 11 or higher or 10 5 1 or higher CPU Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2 0 GHz or higher Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2 4 GHz or higher recommended b 1 GB or more 2 GB or more recommended Introduction Overview 47 SO eN 404 48 a Mac OS is a trademark of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries b Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries Core is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the United States and other count
97. in the List View pane of another window or on a copy destination media or folder in the Tree View pane of the same window or another window Click the Cut button Then click the List View pane of another window or a copy destination media or folder in the Tree View pane of the same window or another window and click the Paste button of that window Select Cut from the Edit menu Then click the List View pane of another window or a copy destination media or folder in the Tree View pane of the same window or another window and select Paste from the Edit menu A message appears asking if you want to execute the move g The clip will be moved OK f NO G Click the Yes button to execute the move or the No button to cancel it A dialog illustrating the progress of the move opens when the move starts Once it has been completed you cannot undo the move operation Do not exit this application during the move Doing so can break the links between clips and their metadata The link information for split clips can be lost causing them to become abnormal clips If the selected clips are important we recommend that you set the move mode to data protection mode see page 61 To cancel the move operation Click the Cancel button in the progress dialog Reasons why a move operation may fail Move operations may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and the move is
98. ination A dialog appears to ask how you want to proceed Read the explanation in the dialog and click one of the buttons A file having the same name exists in the destination folder Do you continue J Yes The existing file will be overwritten No The process will be canceled Skip The file isn t overwritten but skipped Wo oO The optional MainConcept plug in software must be installed to use some conversion formats see page 84 If the plug in is not installed a watermark appears in the exported video and audio is saved for the first 30 seconds only the subsequent audio is muted Depending on the specified parameters image quality may be degraded due to the image compensation process Converted files may not be exactly the same with native files in the target format Video metadata may not be inherited after format conversion e Image quality may be degraded if format conversion requires re encoding Image quality may be degraded and duration may vary if files are converted to a format with a different bit rate resolution or frame rate parameters Before exporting ensure that the export destination media or folder is write enabled File conversion formats File conversion formats can be selected with the Export subcommands in the following table Export Extension Description subcommand after conversion MXF for NLEs 2 Converts to MXF file format without changing the bit rate resolution or ot
99. ing the three subfolders Clip Edit and Sub as a folder with MXF attributes and browses the Clip folder e If XDCAM Drive in the General tab of the Preferences dialog is set to UserData this application browses the UserData folder instead of the Clip folder see page 74 If file format conversion is executed by copying files to a normal folder see page 60 DISCMETA XML and MEDIAPRO XML files and Clip Edit Sub and General folders are automatically created and then the format converted files are copied to the Clip folder For example when the file named ABCO000 MP4 is copied to a work folder the format is converted to MXF and the files named ABCOOOO MXF and ABC0000M01 XML are automatically created and saved in the Clip folder e Folder and file names are linked to metadata files Do not change them e Even if you configure clip data like MXF clip data in an EX folder using Finder or other file management tools this application gives priority to the XDCAM EX format so that you cannot operate MXF clips For details about the data configuration for MXF clips refer to the Operating Instructions or Operation Manual supplied with the XDCAM HD device User settings The Preferences dialog allows you to select application options and processing modes To open the Preferences dialog select Preferences from the XDCAM EX Clip Browser menu Appendix General tab Preferences General Display Play Conver
100. ionality of Windows Desktop Search e Windows Desktop Search is an indexed search system The index is updated at times when the computer is not being used for other tasks Therefore even 1f clips exist on the hard disk of the computer they will not be found if they have not yet been indexed e Before performing a keyword search register folders that contain clips in the Windows Desktop Search Options dialog so that Windows Desktop Search will index the clips Refer to the Windows help for more information about Windows Desktop Search operations e The drives of XDCAM HD devices are not searched Ph Find Specified Folder Keyword Searching Keyword Clip Name Size Duration Status Folder Path To specify the keywords to find Enter the keywords to find in the Keywords box You can enter multiple keywords An AND search is performed partial match Uppercase and lowercase are not distinguished Click the Start button A list of search results appears in the Find dialog containing clips that match the conditions specified in step 2 Clip Operations To hide the search criteria in the Specified Folder tab Click the button Click the button when conditions are hidden to show them again To sort the search results Click the header of the column that you want to use as the sort key With each click the list is sorted in ascending or descending order To display the search r
101. ips as is e Proxy Plays the clips at low resolution plays the proxy AV data For notes on the playback mode of MXF clips see page 66 Conversion tab Preferences General Display Play Conversion Country NTSCiinclude 24p PAL MP4 to MXF conversion by copy Bit Rate 4 2 0 18Mbps B 4 2 2 50Mbps EZ Format Settings when there s no clip in the folder Note This is not enabled if copying to an XOCAM device which has the system frequency Frame Rate 60i 60p 30p Format 4 2 0 18Mbps x1080 B Avid AAF Output OPAtom files to Users 1K S SS Cancel OK 19 Appendix SO Je 404 SO eN 404 76 Country Specifies the video system adopted in the region where the application is used e NTSC Include 24p e PAL MP4 to MXF conversion by copy Specifies the recording format to be used at the time of file format conversion from MP4 to MXF by copy operation e Bit Rate Specifies the bit rate of the converted file for each color format when file format conversion is performed by copy operation 4 2 0 Selects 18Mbps 25Mbps or 35Mpbs 4 2 2 Fixed to SOMbps Format Settings when there s no clip in the folder Specifies the recording format frame rate and format to be used when no clip exists at the copy destination during file format conversion by copy operation The following combinations of the values can be set a Rate NTSC Include 60i 60p 4 2 4 2 0 18Mbps x1
102. ist is sorted in ascending or descending order To display the search results in an Explorer window Select one of the search results and do one of the following e From the Edit menu select Find and then select Go to Explorer e Click the result while holding down the Control key and select Go to Explorer from the context menu To play the search results Select one of the search results and do one of the following e Select Play from the Preview menu e Click the result while holding down the Control key and select Play from the context menu Folder and Media Operations Folder and media precautions Always observe the following precautions during processing of folder and media operations Do not power off the computer or media drive before the operation completes e Do not eject the media before the operation completes Folders for XDCAM EX clips XDCAM EX clips are stored together with a BPAV folder see page 73 This folder does not appear in the Explorer window but it can be seen in Finder Whenever you copy or move clips with this application the BPAV folder is copied or moved along with the clips You cannot work with clips separately from the BPAV folder Simultaneous access to files may not be possible when you attempt to access the same folder at the same time from several computers over a network connection Folders for MXF clips A folder for managing MXF clips must have th
103. ive Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page File Folder New Folder Ctrl N Creates a new folder in the Page 29 currently selected media or folder Ctrl R Renames the selected folder Page 29 Show in Windows Opens the selected folder in Page 29 Explorer Windows Explorer so that you can back up the folder contents Import Imports an MP4 file to the selected Page 22 folder Export MXF for NLEs Converts the selected clip to MXF Page 23 format for use on non linear editors MXF for XDCAM HD MXF for XDCAM Converts the selected clip to HD422 XDCAM HD422 format MXF for XDCAM Converts the selected clip to MPEG IMX XDCAM MPEG IMX format MXF for XDCAM Converts the selected clip to DVCAM XDCAM DVCAM format Converts the selected clip to XDCAM HD format Raw DV Converts the selected clip to RAW DV format AVI DV Converts the selected clip to AVI DV format Avid AAF Converts the selected clip to Avid AAF format Windows Media Converts the selected clip to File Sony PSP H 264 AVC Windows Media file format Converts the selected clip to a format for viewing on the PlayStation Portable PSP game console Apple iPod H 264 a Converts the selected clip toa AVC format for viewing on the Apple iPod Video hosting service Converts the selected clip to a format for uploading to video hosting service Exit Alt F4 Exits this application Page 9
104. ize as multiple clips These clips are parts of the complete recording and can be saved on multiple media Not all of the original recorded video is played back when a split clip is played back c Aclip that cannot be played or displayed properly by this application The file may be corrupt file links may be broken or changed required files may be missing or thumbnail creation may have failed d A clip that cannot be played or displayed properly by this application Another application is using the clip file To sort the Details View list Click the header of the column that you want to use as the sort key Each click sorts the list again in ascending or descending order You can also sort by selecting one of the following items under Sort By in the View menu e Clip Name e Size e Duration e Status e Creation Date e Last Update e Recording Mode e Media Spanning To select the items to display in Details View Open the dialog shown below by selecting Customize Columns from the View menu and then proceed as follows Customize Columns Please select items to be displayed SdClip Name Msize Saturation PdStatus MCreation Date MdiLast Update Down MRec Mode W creator Mpescription Hide All WVideo Port MiVideo Codec E Capture fps Cancel Show All Reset to Default To select an item to display Check the check box You can click the Show All button to check all of the check boxes To s
105. ls button to open the Codec Detail dialog set parameters as required and then click the OK button This item does not appear for some conversion formats ANON Codec Detail Type XDCAM HD422 Video Codec iPEG2 4 Width 1920 Framerate Profile v Height l z Bitrate 50M Codec Lir i Channel v Samplerate 4 Bitrate When 1CH is selected in the Channel list box of the Audio section a mixed signal of the channels 1 and 2 is output Target of Export Select In Out section if you want to output the range between the In and Out points in the current clip This item does not appear for some conversion formats To change the output file name In the List View pane do one of the following to make the file name changeable e Click the file name e Click the highlighted part while holding down the Control key to display the context menu and select Modify the output filename from the context menu Clip Name Input File Output File E6y10322_01 MP4 E6y10322_01 B 709 0009 01 Enter a new name and press the Return key or click anywhere other than the file name Extension does not need to be entered Click the Execute button to start the export A progress bar appears to show the progress of the export The progress also appears in the Status column of the List View pane To cancel the export Click the Cancel button If a file with the same name already exists at the output dest
106. may be an MP4 file that is not compatible with the XDCAM EX format UserData folder cannot be specified as the output Change the output destination destination Appendix 43 SMOpUIM 104 44 Change the setting in Output OPAtom files to of the Conversion tab in the User Configuration dialog UserData folder cannot be specified as the destination to output OPAtom files Please change the OPAtom file output destination in User Configuration The name is already used Please specify other name Specify other name or change the output destination Error occurred during the export Please refer to the Open the export dialog to check the report which is displayed when details from the context on each clip Error detail is selected from the context menu of the clip with the error The conversion failed for one of the following reasons e You do not have delete and write privileges to the output folder or these operations are inhibited e The selected clip is in an unsupported format or the material data is corrupt Check the properties of the folder and clip Reason Unsupported XDCAM The selected XDCAM drive is not supported Reason Unsupported codec The codec of the selected clip on the XDCAM drive is not supported Failed to create a folder Check the properties of the selected media or folder You may not Reason An error occurred during conversion have delete and write privileges to the media or fol
107. me Exiting the application Do one of the following e Select Exit from the File menu e Click the x button in the upper right of the operating window Do not power off the computer while a file operation is still underway Files may be corrupted Wait until the operation finishes or cancel the operation before powering off Launching and Exiting the Application 9 SMOpUIM 104 SMOPUI 104 Names and Functions of Parts Operating window configuration The following figure shows the default configuration of the operating windows XDCAM EX Clip Browser Explorer File Edie View Cipo Tool Windowt HelptH ce in A ip RECOVERY E DVD Drive Fy iB Local Disk C3 pare DVD RW Drive G lt Used space Free space Selected clips 0 Total duration 00 00 00 Total size 0 0 MB Sy frz X i Local Disk C i Local Disk D ip RECOVERY EJ DVD Drive F L DVD RW Drive G3 Used space Free space Selected clips 0 Total duration 00 00 00 Total size 0 0 MB Explorer windows Main window This is the main window of the application It contains Explorer windows and Preview windows The title bar displays the name of this application followed by the title of the active window inside the main window frame Explorer or Preview The menu and menu items in the menu bar change depending on the window inside the main window frame or the active window when more
108. n the Channel list box of the Audio section a mixed signal of the channels 1 and 2 is output Target of Export Select In Out section if you want to output the range between the In and Out points in the current clip This item does not appear for some conversion formats To change the output file name In the List View pane do one of the following to make the file name changeable e Click the file name e Right click the highlighted part to display the context menu and select Modify the output filename from the context menu Clip Name Input File Output File 709_0009_01 E6y10322_01 MP4 Enter a new name and press the Enter key or click anywhere other than the file name Extension does not need to be entered Click the Execute button to start the export A progress bar appears to show the progress of the export The progress also appears in the Status column of the List View pane To cancel the export Click the Cancel button If a file with the same name already exists at the output destination A dialog appears to ask how you want to proceed Read the explanation in the dialog and click one of the buttons Clip Operations XDCAM EX Clip Browser Afile having the same name exists in the destination folder Do you continue Yes The existing file will be overwritten No The process will be canceled Skip The file isnt overwritten but skipped i e Skip The optional MainConcept
109. n two or more Explorer windows are open you can drag and drop the tab on another window to convert this window into a tab on the other window see page 11 Path This is the full path to the media or folder that is selected in the Tree View pane Toolbar Contains tool buttons for operations on clips and folders Names and Functions of Parts aC preton rere New Folder Creates a new Page 29 folder in the currently selected media or folder Page 27 Page 30 Opens the Find dialog Copies all of the Page 20 clips in the selected media or folder to a new folder This application creates the new folder automatically Cut the selected Page 20 clip Copy the selected Page 18 clip Pastes a clip that Page 18 has been cut or Page 20 copied This can be used to move a Clip to another media or folder Delete the selected Page 21 clip or folder Page 30 Shows or hides the Oe C O Moves up to the next higher folder Split Folder Opens the Split Folder dialog Copy All Delete Folder Tree Display Hide Tree View pane Puts the List View pane into thumbnails view mode Puts the List View pane into list view mode Thumbnails Clip List Puts the List View pane into details view mode Details Tree View pane Displays a tree of media and folders located beneath My Computer The following icons represent the type of the media or folder Icon Type
110. nation However still images l cannot be created from Clear Mark Shift X Clears In and Out point a clip on XDCAM disk In Out 2 settings Can be done during play play a You cannot use these buttons to apply editing operations on clips existing continues on the XDCAM drive These buttons cannot add or delete edit points In Out points or essence marks in those clips Jumps to the In point b The maximum number of essence marks that you can set in a single clip is as follows depending on the clip format XDCAM EX clip 126 XDCAM HD clip less than 126 seconds the number of seconds 1 for Jumps to the Out point example 46 marks for a 45 second clip XDCAM HD clip 126 seconds or more 126 Mark In 2 sets an In point at the current position Can be done during play play continues Names and Functions of Parts 57 SO eN 404 58 Clip properties section General tab General A V Format Related Info Index Picture Mark In Mark Out Clip N 709 0019 01 Creation Date Jan 3 2007 10 34 PM Last Uy May 14 2008 12 27 PM 13 10 32 04 13 10 31 27 13 10 36 26 Chip Length 00 00 04 29 Status OK I Titte 1 709 0019 01 Title 2 Creator Description This tab displays general information about the clip Index Picture Displays the index picture of the clip or a thumbnail of the first frame if no index picture has been set Mark In Displays a thumbnail of the In point or a thumbnail of the
111. nformation about the clip In point gt Play Space Plays the clip During S Out point play the button icon S Fi lights green Stops play O if clicked during play R Essence mark Add E Adds an essence mark Essence at the current position P Mark 2 Can be done during play play continues Timecode break point discontinuous However an essence timecode mark cannot be set at a position where one already exists Playline Delete Shift E Deletes the essence Displays the current position on the time scale Essence mark at the current You can drag the playline or click anywhere on the Mark 2 position Can be done position bar to move to a desired position Scrubbing during play play i continues repeatedly dragging to the left and right is also supported Set Index Sets the current frame Command buttons Picture as the index picture of the clip Can be done These buttons perform various clip preview operations during play play stops The functions of these buttons can also be accessed from l l Set Audio Opens the Set Audio the keyboard Channels a Channels dialog Button Keyboard name operation Capture Saves the frame at the s Jump to Home Jumps to the clip start Still Image current position as a l lda Start point first frame bitmap file This j command opens a dialog where you can Jump to End Jumps to the clip end specify the file name End point last frame and save desti
112. not executed e There is not enough free capacity at the move destination e A clip with the same name as one of the selected clips already exists at the move destination Even if Clip Operations 6 1 SO JeW 404 SO eN 404 62 the clip names are different clips are recognized as the same clip if they share the same ID UMID e You do not have delete write privileges to the source or destination media or folder e The source or destination media or folder is write protected Deleting clips e Clips with OK status can be deleted by this application e Deleting a clip linked to edit lists deletes all the edit lists linked to the clip Inthe List View pane of an Explorer window select a clip to delete 2 Doone of the following e Press the Delete key with the Command key held down e Click the Delete button e Select Delete from the Edit menu A message appears asking if you are sure you want to delete the clips oe 3 Click the Yes button to execute the deletion or the No button to cancel it The clip will be deleted OK 0 o It is not possible to undo the deletion once it has been completed Reasons why a delete operation may fail Deletion operations may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and the deletion is not executed e You do not have delete write privileges to media or folder where the clips are stored e The media
113. not undo the copy operation To cancel the copy operation Click the Cancel button in the progress dialog Reasons why a copy operation may fail Copy operations may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and the copy is not executed There is not enough free capacity at the copy destination A clip with the same name as one of the selected clips already exists at the copy destination Even if the clip names are different clips are recognized as the same clip if they share the same ID UMID You do not have delete write privileges to the destination media or folders The destination media or folder is write protected If you copy an XDCAM EX file to a copy destination with MXF attributes Copying an XDCAM EX file MP4 file to XDCAM drive or an MXF folder automatically converts the file to the XDCAM HD format MXF file This makes EX material available on your XDCAM HD device more easily than the export function see page 64 Copied files have the same recording format as that of the existing files in the destination 1 However the bit rates are determined as specified in Bit Rate under MP4 to MXF conversion by copy in the Conversion tab of the Preferences dialog see page 75 1 If no file exists in the destination the bit rate is determined as specified in Format Settings when there s no clip in the folder under MP4 to MXF conversion by copy in the Conversion tab of the Preferen
114. nverts the selected clip to RAW DV format Converts the selected clip to AVI DV format XDCAM MPEG XDCAM DVCAM AVI DV Avid AAF Windows Media File Sony PSP Converts the selected clip to Avid AAF format Converts the selected clip to Windows Media file format Converts the selected clip to a format H 264 AVC for viewing on the PlayStation Portable PSP game console Converts the selected clip to a format for viewing on the Apple iPod Converts the selected clip to a format for uploading to video hosting service Creates a bitmap still picture from the Page 67 frame at the current position Creates a new clip from the section Page 62 Apple iPod H 264 AVC Video Hosting Service Capture Still Image New clip using In Out section between In and Out points of the selected clip Appendix Command Subcommand Keyboard shortcut Reference page w pooo Edit Cuts the selected clip Page 61 Paste Command V Pastes a clip that has been cut or Page 59 copied Page 61 Delete Command Delete Deletes the selected clip or folder Page 62 Page 70 Copy All Option Command C Copies all of the clips in the selected Page 60 media or folder Select All Command A Selects all of the clips in the selected media or folder Split Folder Shift Command W Splits the selected folder into folders Page 71 of the specified size Combine Shift
115. of the Preferences dialog see page 75 Normally this is the media folder of your Avid editing system project For details refer to the user s manual of your editing system Windows Media wmv Converts to Windows File Media Player 9 compatible format Sony PSP mp4 Converts to a format that H 264 AVC 9 allows clips to be previewed on the PlayStation Portable PSP game console from Sony Computer Entertainment Clip Operations 65 SO eN 404 66 Extension after conversion Export subcommand Description Converts to a format that allows clips to be previewed on the iPod portable media player from Apple Inc Apple iPod H 264 AVC 9 Converts to a format optimized for Internet video hosting services Video hosting service a When outputting the range between the In and Out points in the current clip the duration may be prolonged after conversion b Clips of two seconds or less can be converted to MXF files but they cannot be written to export destination devices c 23 98p clips can only be converted to a format with the same frame rate 23 98p d 23 98p clips cannot be converted e This application supports copying deleting and viewing properties of XDCAM MPEG IMX or XDCAM DVCAM clips It does not support previewing and the other operations Thumbnail creation fails f Avid editing systems may refuse to import a clip that has already been exported to the editing system g
116. on 1 92 or higher Installing the Application Installing the Application If the MainConcept plug in software is installed Update the plug in software to the latest version see page 44 You can use the extended export function of the XDCAM EX Clip Browsing Software Version 2 5 If Version 1 0x is installed Uninstall Version 1 0x 1 00 or 1 01 see page 9 before you start the installer Installing from the CD ROM Insert the supplied CD ROM into the CD ROM drive of your computer The cover page appears automatically in your browser If it does not appear double click index htm on the CD ROM 2 Select and click Windows XP Vista from the XDCAM EX Clip Browsing Software Installer The folder where the setup application is stored appears 3 gt Double click Setup exe The setup wizard appears EI XDCAM EX Clip Browser InstallShield Wizard xa Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for XDCAM EX Clip Browser The InstallShield R Wizard will install XDCAM EX Clip Browser on your computer To continue click Next WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties od 4 Click the Next button in the setup wizard A license agreement screen appears 5 Click the Accept button and then click the Next button The following screen appears EI XDCAM EX Clip Browser InstallShield Wizard Setting of Install Options Please select desired install o
117. on of the clip that you want to copy and then perform copy by selecting a destination folder in which all the existing clips are of the same resolution as the selected clip Reason Default format hasn t been set Please check Set the frame rate and bit rate in the Rates to apply when rec Conversion tab in User Configuration format is unknown section of the Conversion tab in the User Configuration dialog Reason Bit Rate hasn t been set Please check Make settings in the MP4 to MXF conversion bit rate section of Conversion tab in User Configuration the Conversion tab in the User Configuration dialog Reason Failed to convert Check the recording format of the clip that you want to copy and that of the clips existing in the copy destination folder File conversion may be disabled depending on the recording format of the original clip and the clips in the copy destination folder Reason The clip is less than 2 seconds so itcannot be XDCAM devices do not support writing of clips shorter than two written seconds It cannot be copied because a Clip less than 2 seconds is included UserData folder cannot be specified as the destination to Change the setting in Copy all files to of the General tab in the copy MXF files Please change the Copy All destination in User Configuration dialog User Configuration Failed to import the clip Check the properties of the clip You may not have access privileges to the clip or the clip
118. or folder where the clips are stored is write protected Grouping clips that have been split across separate media When you have split clips that have been saved on separate media as a result of an extended recording session you can Clip Operations group those clips by collecting them in a single location Grouped clips can be handled as a single clip You can collect split clips by copying them by moving them or by combining split folders See Copying clips page 59 Moving clips page 61 and Combining folders page 71 for more information about the operations e You cannot operate clips in other than XDCAM EX format for example XDCAM HD clips You can operate XDCAM EX clips only Split clips which are not continuous along the time axis are not grouped Abnormal clips are not grouped Clips with altered UMIDs are not grouped Grouping 1s performed on the basis of the UMIDs of split clips and not on the basis of their file names Creating clips by specifying ranges You can create a new clip by setting In and Out points in an existing clip The new clip can be handled in the same way as the original clip This is a convenient way to create clips during online editing You cannot operate clips in other than XDCAM EX format for example XDCAM HD clips You can operate XDCAM EX clips only 1 Preview a clip in a Preview window see page 66 click the Mark In button at the position you want
119. orer window select the destination folder into which the other folders will be combined Do one of the following e Select Combine from the Edit menu e Click the folder while holding down the Control key and select Combine from the context menu Combine Folders Combined with Sample Target Folder Material H Test Delete the folder after combine eee Cancel Check the check boxes of the folders that you want to combine into the folder selected in step 1 Check the Delete folders after combine check box if you want to delete the combined folders after the combine The combined folders are not deleted when e They contain other folders e You do not have delete write privileges to the original folders e The folders are write protected Click the Start button The folders selected in step 3 are combined into the destination folder specified in step 1 The clips in all of the folders are gathered into the destination folder If any of the clips are split clips they are automatically grouped allowing them to be handled as a single clip Reasons why a folder combine operation may fail Folder combine operations may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and the combine is not executed Folder and Media Operations e There is not enough free capacity in the combine destination folder e You do not have write privileges to the source or destination
120. ormation XDCAM EX Clip Browser E n All clips will be copied Is it OK Copy to CAUsersiBlDocuments SonyclipBrowser200901 22131239 on rf i 3 Click the Yes button to execute the copy or the No button to cancel it A dialog illustrating the progress of the copying opens when the copying starts To cancel the copy operation Click the Cancel button in the progress dialog Reasons why a copy operation may fail Copy operations may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and the copy is not executed There is not enough free capacity at the copy destination A clip with the same name as one of the selected clips already exists at the copy destination Even if the clip names are different clips are recognized as the same clip 1f they share the same ID UMID You do not have delete write privileges to the destination media or folders The destination media or folder is write protected Clip Operations Copy error check option For greater copy reliability you can enable the CRC cyclic redundancy check error check option However copy operations take longer to complete when this option is enabled See User settings page 34 for more information about this option Moving clips You can move clips on your media or computer and move clips between media and the computer e You cannot operate clips in other than XDCAM EX format for example XDCAM HD clip
121. ortable PSP game console from Sony Computer Entertainment Sony PSP H 264 AVC 9 Export Extension subcommand after conversion Description Converts to a format that allows clips to be previewed on the iPod portable media player from Apple Inc Apple iPod H 264 AVC 2 Converts to a format optimized for Internet video hosting services Video hosting service SMOpUIM 104 a When outputting the range between the In and Out points in the current clip the duration may be prolonged after conversion b Clips of two seconds or less can be converted to MXF files but they cannot be written to export destination devices c 23 98p clips can only be converted to a format with the same frame rate 23 98p d 23 98p clips cannot be converted e This application supports copying deleting and viewing properties of XDCAM MPEG IMX or XDCAM DVCAM clips It does not support previewing and the other operations Thumbnail creation fails f Avid editing systems may refuse to import a clip that has already been exported to the editing system g Improper playback may occur if the converted file is viewed on a viewer other than the specified devices Previewing clips You can preview clips in the Preview window Several limitations apply to playback in the Preview window For details see Notes about the Preview window page 15 To load clips in the Preview window Display the clip that you want to preview in
122. ownloads Sample Used space 26 6GB ca el t aes g Free space 47 5GB Ez we DUR 00 00 08 06 DUR 00 00 23 18 DUR 00 00 04 29 v Macintosh HD gt J gt L7 Applications gt L Library gt LF System YL Users vis By gt a Deskto gt L7 Docum v Downlo Explorer jacintos 7 T x 7 ds E DUR 00 00 1 CRA A we rt Gare Ez gt lee Mate 2007 01 03 1 Y cq Samy gt lee Test gt L Library 4 gt EX Selected clips 2 Te Selected clips 0 Total duration 00 00 00 Total size 0 0 MB Explorer Ss Used space 26 6GB eHe Free space 47 5GB Ez gt gt L7 Applications gt Library gt L7 System gt Users D Selected clips 0 Total duration 00 00 00 Total size 0 0 MB Tabbed windows When one Preview window is already open you can open a new Preview tab by doing one of the following in an Explorer window e Double click a media file in the List View pane e Select a media file in the List View pane and then select Play from the Preview menu If the selected media file is already loaded into its own Preview window or a Preview tab that window or tab is activated To convert a tabbed window back into a separate window Drag the tab of the window that you want to separate away from the other window Names and Functions of Parts eaoa ad Explorer sano taco HO cars Us
123. perate clips in other than the XDCAM EX format for example XDCAM HD clips You can operate XDCAM EX clips only Inthe List View pane of an Explorer window select a clip to export by clicking them 2 Doone of the following e From the File menu select Export and then select the format that you want to convert to e Click the clip while holding down the Control key from the context menu select Export and then select the format that you want to convert to See File conversion formats page 65 for more information about the available conversion formats An export dialog opens for the selected format The figure below shows the dialog that opens when you choose MXF for XDCAM HD4272 ANO MXF for XDCAM HD422 Export to Folder Users BlJ ICD Free space 47 1GB Type XDCAM HD 422 Target of Export Whole Clip O In Out section Input File Output File Status 709_0009_01 E6y10322 01 MP4 E6y10322_01 mxf 1Clip Execute 3 Change the following settings as required Export to Specifies the export destination folder Enter a path beginning with a drive name in the edit box Or click the button to open a browse dialog where you can select a folder and then click the OK button Clip Operations Make sure that the export destination media has adequate free space before you execute the export An error occurs at the point where the free Space is used up Type Click the Detai
124. playback If this occurs restart the application Names and Functions of Parts SO Je 404 39 SO eN 404 56 Viewer Clip name Preview 709_0019_01 709_0019 01 XDCAMEX E EM 003 126 v HW MAW OAOA 709_0019 01 jate 2007 01 03 22 34 09 2008 04 16 12 24 50 00 00 04 29 13 10 32 04 13 10 31 27 13 10 36 26 urate Status OK HA Title 1 709_0019_01 Clip properties section Splitter Tab Displays the clip name When two or more Preview windows are open you can drag and drop the tab on another window to convert this window into a tab on the other window see page 51 Viewer Previews clips see next section Clip name Displays the clip name of the selected tab Splitter You can drag the splitter up and down to change the relative sizes of the viewer and the clip properties section Clip properties section Allows you to check clip properties see page 58 Names and Functions of Parts Viewer Screen Clip type Number of essence marks Timecode COM MOH Command buttons Playline Position bar Screen Displays the playback video You can double click the screen or select Full Screen from the View menu to enlarge the size to full screen size To return to the original size double click the screen again or press the Esc key Clip type Displays the type of the clip being viewed on the viewer
125. ptions Language selection Specified langua English Country NTSC PAL Install destination folder C Program Files Sony XDCAM EX ClipBrowser 6 Change the settings as required and then click the Next button To change the installation destination Click the Browse button and select the folder in the dialog that appears Complete the installation by following the instructions on the screen The following screen appears when the installation finishes UB XDCAM EX Clip Browser InstallShield Wizard xl InstallShield Wizard Completed The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed XDCAM EX Clip Browser Click Finish to exit the wizard Finish Click the Finish button to close the dialog To uninstall the application Select Add or Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel and then select and delete XDCAM EX Clip Browser from the list of installed programs Uninstalling the application also uninstalls the MainConcept plug in software at the same time Launching and Exiting the Application See Installing the Application page 8 for more information about how to install the application Launching the application Double click the shortcut icon on the desktop The XDCAM EX banner appears the application starts and the operating windows see page 10 appear It is not possible to launch more than one instance of this application at one ti
126. r XDCAM EX devices to play clips that this application has created on copied to or moved to media other than SxS PRO memory cards Recording folders The configuration of video and metadata folders is as shown in the following figure In the XDCAM EX format the data beneath the BPAV folder is handled as a single set of data Media or work folder One BPAV folder exists when a work folder is opened in Windows Explorer To copy and backup your data select the folders beneath the BPAV folder e When a work folder is selected in a Tree View pane of Explorer window a list of clips registered in the BPAV folder appears in the corresponding List View pane AV data is saved in the folders beneath the CLPR folder e On the media used by XDCAM EX devices the BPAV folder is created beneath the root folder of the media e When a work folder is selected in a Tree View pane of Explorer window and the CLPR folder in the work folder has some MP4 files new folders are created beneath the CLPR folder and the MP4 files are moved to those folders the effect 1s the same as importing the MP4 files When MP4 files are imported to a work folder new folders are created beneath the CLPR folder and the imported clips are moved to those folders Folder names are assigned automatically e On SxS memory cards and the PHU 60 Professional Hard Disk Unit up to 600 clips can be registered in one recording folder 1 This process
127. r in terms of the following characteristics e Frame rate NTSC PAL 24p e Codec MPEG IMX DVCAM HD4 2 0 HD4 2 2 e Resolution width coincidence of resolution height not required e Bit rate when the codec is MPEG IMX These conditions are determined by the format of the clip first saved in the Clip subfolder When copying MXF clips it is necessary to check the source clips and the clips existing in the copy destination folder to be sure that these conditions are satisfied Creating folders Inthe Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the media or folder where you want to create the folder 2 Doone of the following e Click the New Folder button e From the File menu select Folder and then select New Folder e Right click the media or folder and select New Folder from the context menu A new folder is created in the media or folder selected in step 1 Reasons why folder creation may fail Folder creation operations may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and the folder is not created e You do not have write privileges for the selected media or folder e The selected media or folder is write protected e Folders cannot be created when writing is not allowed by the computer file system e New folders are created as normal folders But when even one clip is copied or moved to the new folder the folder is formatted as an XDCAM EX or XDCAM HD work folder The
128. r pair This is the display format used by Sony VTRs Example of frame number display for 60p clips 00 gt 00 01 gt 29 29 00 When no more clips can be previewed Specifies what to do when the number of clips in Preview windows simultaneously open windows or tabs exceeds the number that can be previewed at one time e Show a warning e Replace the clip that was viewed first Play tab User Configuration General Display Play Conversion a a J Resolution WREG HD O Pron Resolution Specifies the preview playback resolution e Auto Decodes the playback video at a resolution which is automatically adjusted to match the screen size e Normal Decodes the playback video at the original resolution of the clip regardless of the screen size e 1 2 1 4 Decodes the playback video at half or quarter resolution The image quality is lower but response is better because of the lower demands placed on the decoder MXF Play mode Specifies the playback mode of MXF clips e MPEG HD Plays the clips at high resolution plays MXF clips as is e Proxy Plays the clips at low resolution plays the proxy AV data For notes on the playback mode of MXF clips see page 26 Conversion tab User Configuration General Display Play Conversion Country O NTSC include 24p PAL MP4 to MXF conversion by copy Bit Rate 20 B Format Setiings when there s no clip in
129. ree subfolders Clip Edit and Sub see page 73 Clips cannot be saved in the Clip subfolder unless they match the clips existing in that subfolder in terms of the following characteristics e Frame rate NTSC PAL 24p e Codec MPEG IMX DVCAM HD4 2 0 HD4 2 2 e Resolution width coincidence of resolution height not required e Bit rate when the codec is MPEG IMX These conditions are determined by the format of the clip first saved in the Clip subfolder When copying MXF clips it is necessary to check the source clips and the clips existing in the copy destination folder to be sure that these conditions are satisfied Creating folders T Inthe Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the media or folder where you want to create the folder Folder and Media Operations SO Je 404 69 SO eN 404 70 2 Doone of the following e Click the New Folder button e From the File menu select Folder and then select New Folder e Click the media or folder while holding down the Control key and select New Folder from the context menu A new folder is created in the media or folder selected in step 1 Reasons why folder creation may fail Folder creation operations may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and the folder is not created e You do not have write privileges for the selected media or folder e The selected media or folder is write protected Folder
130. rer Used space 26 6GB Free space L Applications L Library Explorer Used space 26 6GB Free space v Macintosh HD fay Applications System gt gt L Library gt P gt Users Selected clips 0 Total duration 00 00 00 Total size 0 0 MB Explorer windows Explorer windows You can have up to ten Explorer windows open at one time When you have more than one window open you can convert them into tabs on one window For details see Explorer window page 52 Preview windows You can have up to five Preview windows open at one time When you have more than one window open you can convert them into tabs on one window For details see Preview window page 55 a7sca EE General A V Format 47 5GB Es Preview No Clip Related Info Index Picture Mark In yy Preview window To customize the window configuration To open another window Select New Explorer Window or New Preview Window from the File menu A new Explorer or Preview window opens To snap windows to each other Drag one of the windows close to another window The windows snap together when they approach each other To tab windows You can convert windows of the same type Explorer or Preview into tabs in a single window To tab a window drag it and drop it on another window 51 Names and Functions of Parts SO Je 404 SO eN 404 52 Explorer Users BIJ D
131. ries All product names and brand names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners XDCAM devices supported by the application This application supports the following XDCAM devices Series name XDCAM HD422 Version 1 2 or higher XDCAM HD Version 1 92 or higher PDW F335K PDW F75 XDCAM HD Drive PDW U1 PDW F335L Installing the Application Installing the Application If the MainConcept plug in software is installed Update the plug in software to the latest version see page 84 You can use the extended export function of the XDCAM EX Clip Browsing Software Version 2 5 If Version 1 0x is installed Uninstall Version 1 0x 1 00 or 1 01 see page 49 before you start the installer Installing from the CD ROM Insert the supplied CD ROM into the CD ROM drive of your computer The disc icon appears on your desktop 2 Double click the disc icon The contents of the CD ROM appear 3 Double click index htm The cover page appears in your browser 4 Select and click MAC OS X from the XDCAM EX Clip Browsing Software Installer Finder starts and ClipBrowser dmg appears 5 Double click ClipBrowser dmg Finder starts and ClipBrowser pkg appears gt Ea Q 6 Double click ClipBrowser pkg The installation screen appears Welcome to the ClipBrowser Installer Standard Install on Macintosh HD eli You will be guided through the steps ne
132. rmal icon is displayed in the Tree View pane see page 13 UserData Uses the UserData folder In this mode only XDCAM EX clips on the XDCAM drive can be operated MXF clips cannot be operated This mode is for backup of XDCAM EX clips An XDCAM drive UserData icon is displayed in the Tree View pane see page 13 For details about the data management structure for the XDCAM drive available in this application see page 33 Display tab User Configuration General Display Play Conversion i 1 i S50p 60p Timecode Display Mode Show all frames Ex 00 00 00 35 O Show Ex 00 00 00 17 When no more clips can be previewed O Show a warning Replace the clip that was viewed first Cancel Clip Name Specifies what to display as the clip name for each clip type e By Title Displays the title as the clip name e By Filename Displays the file name as the clip name Even if By Title is selected the file name is displayed for a clip with no title assigned 50p 60p Timecode Display Mode Specifies the timecode display format when the frame frequency of the playback clip is 50p or 60p e Show all frames The frame number increases on each frame Example of frame number display for 60p clips 00 gt 01 02 gt gt 58 59 gt 00 gt e Show The frame number increases on every second frame An asterisk is added to indicate the second frame in each frame numbe
133. s You can operate XDCAM EX clips only e Clips with OK status can be moved by this application Grouping split clips by gathering them into one place XDCAM EX devices automatically save video that exceeds 4 GB in size as multiple clips If you collect these clips into one media or folder they are automatically grouped so that you can handle them as a single clip See Grouping clips that have been split across separate media page 21 for more information Move modes You can specify whether to give priority to processing speed or to data protection when moving clips e Processing speed Normal move processing without creating a duplicate of the clip e Data protection A duplicate of the clip is created before the original clip is deleted See User settings page 34 for more information about the settings Select a clip to move in the List View pane of an Explorer window e Abnormal clips can be selected but they cannot be moved e The folder that contains the selected clips cannot be specified as the move destination If you want to move the clips to a new folder Create a new folder in the move destination media or folder See Creating folders page 29 for more information about how to create folders Do one of the following Drag the clips selected in step 1 and while holding down the Shift key drop them in the List View pane of another window or on a copy destination media or folder
134. s cannot be created when writing is not allowed by the computer file system New folders are created as normal folders But when even one clip is copied or moved to the new folder the folder is formatted as an XDCAM EX or XDCAM HD work folder The required subfolders and metadata files are created automatically To rename a folder 1 Select a folder and do one of the following e From the File menu select Folder and then select Rename e Click the folder while holding down the Control key and select Rename from the context menu The folder name is selected so that now you can edit the name 2 Enter anew name and then press the Return key or click somewhere outside the folder name e The name BPAV is reserved and cannot be specified e Characters forbidden by the operating system cannot be used in folder names e A folder name comprised of 200 or more characters may not be recognized Folder and Media Operations To back up folders 1 2 3 In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the folder that you want to back up Do one of the following e Select Show in Finder from the File menu e Click the folder while holding down the Control key and select Show in Finder from the context menu Finder starts Perform your backup operations in Finder by copying the folder to other media or to another folder When a folder is too large to save to your backup media
135. s the same kinds of operations as the tree panel of Finder When you select a media item a message may appear saying that salvage is required and that you should salvage the media on the device that recorded it This message appears when the data is defective typically because the XDCAM EX device was powered off or the media was ejected too soon during recording If this message appears you should reinsert the media into the XDCAM EX device and attempt to salvage it as soon as possible The data may become unrecoverable if you continue to work with it without salvaging it Media In this manual media refers to the following media types e SxS memory cards e USB memory e Internal hard disks e Externally connected hard disks e CD R discs e DVD R discs e Blu ray discs Professional Discs XDCAM drives Folder type Displays the type of the folder being selected in the Tree View pane EX Folder with EX attributes MXF Folder with MXF attributes Information about selected clips Displays information about the clips that are selected in the List View pane number of selected clips total clip length and total size The total clip length is an approximate value so take it as an approximate guide List View pane Displays the clips in the media or folder that is selected in the Tree View pane You can select either of the following view modes Names and Functions of Parts Thumbnail View This vi
136. sage appears and the copy is not executed e There is not enough free capacity at the copy destination A clip with the same name as one of the selected clips already exists at the copy destination Even if the clip names are different clips are recognized as the same clip if they share the same ID UMID e You do not have delete write privileges to the destination media or folders e The destination media or folder is write protected If you copy an XDCAM EX file to a copy destination with MXF attributes Copying an XDCAM EX file MP4 file to XDCAM drive or an MXF folder automatically converts the file to the XDCAM HD format MXF file This makes EX material available on your XDCAM HD device more easily than the export function see page 23 Copied files have the same recording format as that of the existing files in the destination 1 However the bit rates are determined as specified in Bit Rate under MP4 to MXF conversion by copy in the Conversion tab of the User Configuration dialog see page 35 1 If no file exists in the destination the bit rate is determined as specified in Format Settings when there s no clip in the folder under MP4 to MXF conversion by copy in the Conversion tab of the User Configuration dialog Supplement When the Convert in MXF for copying EX to a normal folder check box in the General tab of the User Configuration dialog see page 34 is checked even the files which are to be
137. sion Priority in Move Processing speed J Data Protection Copy Convert in MXF for copying EX to a normal folder Perform CRC check after copy Copy all files to Users Bl Sony ClipBrowser s Clip Clip ID XDZ1 XDCAM Drive Clip O UserData more i i Cancel Priority in Move Specifies whether to give priority to operating speed or data protection when moving clips see page 61 e Processing speed Normal move processing without creating a duplicate of the clip e Data protection Creation of a duplicate before deletion of the original clip Convert in MXF for copying EX to a normal folder When EX format files are copied to a normal folder without EX or MXF attributes with this check box checked the copies are automatically converted to the MXF format Perform CRC check after copy When this check box is checked the application performs a CRC cyclic redundancy check error check after copying a file and displays a message if a copy error is detected Copy all files to Specifies the destination folder for the Copy All command that copies all clips in a folder or on a media disc or memory card see page 60 Enter a path beginning with a drive name in the edit box Or click the button to open a browse dialog select a folder and click the OK button Clip ID Specifies up to four characters added to the start of imported clip names and to the name of the folder where the impor
138. spectively s4 The whole clip will be copied Is it 0K o Yes j No 5 Click the Yes button to create a new clip or the No button to cancel the operation A progress dialog opens when creation of the clip starts To cancel creation of the clip Click the Cancel button in the progress dialog Reasons why a new clip operation may fail Creation of a new clip may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and the clip is not created e There is not enough free capacity at the clip creation destination e You do not have delete write privileges to the destination media or folders Importing clips You can import XDCAM EX format compatible MP4 files and register them as clips that can be handled by XDCAM EX devices You cannot operate clips in other than XDCAM EX format for example XDCAM HD clips You can operate XDCAM EX clips only 1 In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the media or folder that contains the MP4 files to be imported 2 Doone of the following e Select Import from the File menu e Right click the media or folder and select Import from the context menu The Import dialog opens Es F amp Er Name Date modif Type Size Tags Si E Sony Recent Places Lookin IF Documents file name X Files of type MP4 MPEG 4 Movie z i 3 Select MP4 files to import 4 Click the Start button to start the
139. t to edit delete move or rename the files and folders used by this application Unless the format specifications are observed files can become unreadable by XDCAM EX devices and by this application It may not be possible for XDCAM EX devices to play clips that this application has created on copied to or moved to media other than SxS PRO memory cards Recording folders The configuration of video and metadata folders is as shown in the following figure In the XDCAM EX format the data beneath the BPAV folder is handled as a single set of data Media or work folder MEDIAPRO XML 2 CUEUPXML e One BPAV folder exists when a work folder is opened in Finder To copy and backup your data select the folders beneath the BPAV folder e When a work folder is selected in a Tree View pane of Explorer window a list of clips registered in the BPAV folder appears in the corresponding List View pane AV data is saved in the folders beneath the CLPR folder e On the media used by XDCAM EX devices the BPAV folder is created beneath the root folder of the media e When a work folder is selected in a Tree View pane of Explorer window and the CLPR folder in the work folder has some MP4 files new folders are created beneath the CLPR folder and the MP4 files are moved to those folders the effect is the same as importing the MP4 files When MP4 files are imported to a work folder new folders are created beneath the C
140. t to execute the copy Check the destination folder You can change the copy destination folder See User settings page 74 for more information g All clips will be copied to Users BI Sony ClipBrowser 20080414171203 OK a 0 a 3 Click the Yes button to execute the copy or the No button to cancel it A dialog illustrating the progress of the copying opens when the copying starts To cancel the copy operation Click the Cancel button in the progress dialog Reasons why a copy operation may fail Copy operations may fail for the following reasons In these cases an error message appears and the copy 1s not executed e There is not enough free capacity at the copy destination A clip with the same name as one of the selected clips already exists at the copy destination Even if the clip names are different clips are recognized as the same clip if they share the same ID UMID You do not have delete write privileges to the destination media or folders The destination media or folder is write protected Copy error check option For greater copy reliability you can enable the CRC cyclic redundancy check error check option However copy operations take longer to complete when this option is enabled See User settings page 74 for more information about this option Moving clips You can move clips on your media or computer and move clips between media and the computer e
141. ted clips are saved see page 63 XDCAM Drive Specifies the folder on an XDCAM drive that this application will use e Clip Uses the Clip folder In this mode only MXF clips on the XDCAM drive can be operated XDCAM EX clips cannot be operated An XDCAM Drive normal icon is displayed in the Tree View pane see page 53 e UserData Uses the UserData folder In this mode only XDCAM EX clips on the XDCAM drive can be operated MXF clips cannot be operated This mode is for backup of XDCAM EX clips An XDCAM drive UserData icon is displayed in the Tree View pane see page 53 For details about the data management structure for the XDCAM drive available in this application see page 73 Display tab Preferences General Display Play Conversion Clip Name XDCAM EX By Title gB XDCAM HD By Filename req 50p 60p timecode Display Mode Show all frames Ex 00 00 00 35 Show Ex 00 00 00 17 When no more clips can be previewd Show a warning Replace the clip that was viewed first Clip Name Specifies what to display as the clip name for each clip type e By Title Displays the title as the clip name e By Filename Displays the file name as the clip name Even if By Title is selected the file name is displayed for a clip with no title assigned 50p 60p Timecode Display Mode Specifies the timecode display format when the frame frequency of the playback clip is 50p or 60p
142. the folder Note This is not enabled if copying to an XDCAM device which has the system frequency Frame Rate Fora 7 Avid AAF Output OPAtom files to Cancel EZI 50mbps gg Country Specifies the video system adopted in the region where the application is used e NTSC Include 24p e PAL MP4 to MXF conversion by copy Specifies the recording format to be used at the time of file format conversion from MP4 to MXF by copy operation e Bit Rate Specifies the bit rate of the converted file for each color format when file format conversion is performed by copy operation 4 2 0 Selects 18Mbps 25Mbps or 35Mpbs 4 2 2 Fixed to 50Mbps Format Settings when there s no clip in the folder Specifies the recording format frame rate and format to be used when no clip exists at the copy destination during file format conversion by copy operation The following combinations of the values can be set Country Frame Rate Format NTSC Include 60i 60p 30p 50i 50p 25p Appendix SMOpUIM 104 35 SMOpUIM 104 36 For details about the file format conversion by copy operation see page 19 Output OPAtom files to Specifies the output folder for OPAtom files for the Avid AAF subcommand of the Export command see next item To set the media folder in Avid editing systems Enter a path beginning with a drive name in the edit box Or click the button to open a browse dialog where you can select
143. to use as the first frame and click the Mark Out button at the position you want to use as the last frame In and Out points are set in the clip Supplement You can also set the Out point by specifying the In point and duration Duration can be specified by clicking the timecode display of the duration entering a numeric value and pressing the Return key In and Out points cannot be set at the same frame When you try to set an Out or In point at a frame where an In or Out point has been set the Out point is automatically set at the next frame after the In point 2 Play the section specified in step 1 and adjust the In point and Out point positions as required 3 Inthe List View pane of an Explorer window find the clip where you set the In and Out points and click the clip to select it To create several clips in one batch operation You can create several clips in one operation Carry out steps 1 and 2 in several clips stored in the same folder or on the same media and then select those clips here 4 From the File menu select New clip using In Out section A confirmation message appears asking if you want to create the clips g A new clip will be created Js it GK 0 a If the In and Out points are not set The following message appears If you choose to continue the effect is the same as copying the complete original clip Mark In and Mark Out are set at the beginning and the end
144. tus as set on the XDCAM EX device Part of a clip that spans several media discs or memory devices A clip in which some of the video cannot be displayed However other parts of the video can be previewed and the properties of the clip can be edited like the properties of normal clips A clip that cannot be loaded The clip cannot be previewed and its properties cannot be edited 9 a Clips with OK status can be moved or deleted by this application b XDCAM EX devices automatically save video that exceeds 4 GB in size as multiple clips These clips are parts of the complete recording and can be saved on multiple media Not all of the original recorded video is played back when a split clip is played back c The file may be corrupt file links may be broken or changed required files may be missing or thumbnail creation may have failed d A clip that cannot be played or displayed properly by this application Another application is using the clip file To sort the View list Select one of the following items under Sort By in the View menu e Clip Name e Size e Duration e Status e Creation Date e Last Update e Recording Mode e Media Spanning To select the items to display in Details View Open the dialog shown below by selecting Customize Columns from the View menu and then proceed as follows Customize Columns Please select items to be displayed V Clip Name a M
145. u want to use as the last frame In and Out points are set in the clip Supplement You can also set the Out point by specifying the In point and duration Duration can be specified by clicking the timecode display of the duration entering a numeric value and pressing the Enter key In and Out points cannot be set at the same frame When you try to set an Out or In point at a frame where an In or Out point has been set the Out point is automatically set at the next frame after the In point 2 Play the section specified in step 1 and adjust the In point and Out point positions as required Clip Operations 3 Inthe List View pane of an Explorer window find the clip where you set the In and Out points and click the clip to select it To create several clips in one batch operation You can create several clips in one operation Carry out steps 1 and 2 in several clips stored in the same folder or on the same media and then select those clips here 4 From the Clip menu select New clip using In Out section A confirmation message appears asking if you want to create the clips XDCAM EX Clip Browser im Anew clip will be created Is it OK If the In and Out points are not set The following message appears If you choose to continue the effect is the same as copying the complete original clip XDCAM EX Clip Browser B G Mark In and Mark Out are set at the beginning and the end ofthe clip re
146. ump to End Jumps to the clip End end point last frame Mark In Sets an In point at the current position Can be done during play play continues Play Into Shift Plays the section Out Space from the In point to the Out point During play the button icon lights green Stops play if clicked during play Button Keyboard name operation Mark Out 2 Sets an Out point at the current position Can be done during play play continues Clear Mark Shift X Clears In and Out In Out point settings Can be done during play play continues Jumps to the In point Jumps to the Out i point Plays the clip During play the button icon lights green Stops play if clicked during play Adds an essence mark at the current position Can be done during play play continues However an essence mark cannot be set at a position where one already exists Shift E Deletes the essence mark at the current position Can be done during play play continues Sets the current frame as the index picture of the clip Can be done during play play stops EJ Essence Mark Delete Essence Mark b Set Index Picture Opens the Set Audio Channels dialog Set Audio Channels Button Keyboard name operation Capture Saves the frame Still Image at the current position as a bitmap file This command opens a dialog where you can specify the file n
147. viewing a clip that is stored on removable media do not eject the media until the operation finishes Do not power the computer off until the operation finishes On XDCAM EX devices a frame near the specified frame may be displayed as the index picture instead of the specified frame itself If you press the Set Index Picture button during play of the clip the thumbnail view may show no change before the play is finished Creating still images 1 Play a clip in an Explorer window and stop at the scene you want to use as the still image 2 Doone of the following e Press the Capture Still Image button e Select Capture Still Image from the File menu A dialog opens in which you can specify the file name and storage destination 3 Specify the file name and storage destination and click the OK button A bitmap still image is created from the frame selected in step 2 It is not possible to create still images from a clip on XDCAM disk Searching for clips You can search for a clip in either of the following ways depending on whether you know where the clip is located Folder search When you know where the clip is located you can search a specified folder for clips with specified properties Keyword search When you know only the fact that the clip is located on the computer on which this application is installed you can perform a keyword search Always observe the following precautions during a
148. wser application TONET About Displays the version of the MainConcept MainConcept plug in software Conversion Packs SO IEN 104 Services Mac Execute various commands provided Commands by the Mac OS Hide XDCAM EX Command H Hides this application Clip Browser Hide Others Option Command H Hides other applications Show All All Kf Shows all applications e Al XDCAM EX Command Q Quits this application ae 50 Clip Browser Appendix 1 SO EN 104 78 Command Subcommand _ Keyboard shortcut Reference page File New Explorer Opens a new Explorer window Page 51 Window New Preview Opens a new Preview window Window Folder New Folder Shift Command N Creates a new folder in the currently Page 69 selected media or folder Option Command R Renames the selected folder Page 70 Close Window Command W Closes the active window Close Tab Closes the active tab Page 70 Import Export MXF for NLEs MXF for XDCAM HD Show in Finder Command N Opens the selected folder in Finder so that you can back up the folder contents Imports an MP4 file to the selected Page 63 folder Converts the selected clip to MXF Page 64 format for use on non linear editors Converts the selected clip to XDCAM HD format Converts the selected clip to XDCAM HD422 format Converts the selected clip to XDCAM MPEG IMX format Converts the selected clip to XDCAM DVCAM format Co

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