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1. 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 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 Toolbar Path i 00 00 16 13 2009 07 ed mi 56 2009 07 7 30 16 17 E6y10 6y10333_01 gt 3 Site Y I Son ae v XDCAM FX Clip Br owser gt L ClipList gt J FBsa ampe ie _20090806 6y10333 01 gt e Mate gt q_Mate elected clips 1 Total duration 00 00 09 Total size 36 0 MB List View pane Component View pane Ey Information about selected clips Folder 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 61 Toolbar Contains tool buttons for en on clips and folders Tool buttons ae l New Folder Find Page 81 Creates a new folder in the currently selected media or folder oo the Find oo Copy All Copies all of the Page 74 clips in the selected media or folder to a new folder This application create
2. 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 88 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 Folders 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 Test Delete the folder after combine Cancel 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 split 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 t
3. Cancel Start 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 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 This operation is limited to XDCAM EX clips You cannot operate on clips in other formats for example XDCAM HD clips
4. In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the destination folder into which the other folders will be combined Do one of the following e Select Combine Folders from the Clip menu e Right click the folder and select Combine Folders from the context menu The Combine Folders dialog opens f Combine Folders Combined with Material Target Folder Bisample E Delete the folder after combine 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 split 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 e There is not enough free capacity in the combine destination folder e You do not have write privileges to the source or destin
5. O N Y 3 280 782 15 1 XDCAM EX Clip Browsing Software User s Guide version 2 6 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 OVVIO W pee nn ee eer eer eer eae ner eae meer
6. c 23 98p clips can only be converted to a format with the same frame rate 23 98p Clip Operations d 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 e Avid editing systems may refuse to import a clip that has already been exported to the editing system f 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 17 To load clips into 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 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 bar The clip is loaded into the Preview window and playback starts if you loaded the clip by selecting Play or pressing the space bar 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 Ou
7. 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 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 0 0eA 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 Clip Operations The drives of XDCAM HD devices are not searched 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 re
8. Tl Thumbnails Detailed Essence Marks Output Range All O Displayed Clips MP4 O Selected Clips Cancel 4 Set the following items Output Destination e Folder Specifies the output 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 e Data Name A new folder with this name is created in the output folder and output files with this name an XML file and a style sheet are output to the new folder Due to browser limitations it may not be possible to view clip lists properly when some characters are used in clip file names We recommend that you use ASCII characters and numbers only in file names Output Option e Thumbnails Output clip thumbnails JPEG files in addition to text data e Detailed Essence Marks Output detailed information about the essence marks in the clips Output Range e All All clips in the selected media or folder e Displayed Clips MP4 DV AVI Clips displayed in the List View pane e Selected Clips Clips selected in the List View pane 5 Click the Execute button to start the export A progress bar appears to show the progress of the export The following dialog appears when the export finishes i Output was completed J _ Display the output file Grok To display the XML file immediately after finishing this procedure Check the Display th
9. Abnormal MP4 file without data cannot be decoded etc The first part of a clip that spans several Normal DV AVI file rat media discs of a memory devices A DV AVI file in which some of the video cannot be displayed However The middle part of a the video that can be displayed is L a handled like a normal DV AV file rat media HISOR OT and clip operations are supported an memory devices Abnormal DV AVI file without data cannot be decoded etc ee The last part of a clip i that spans several Normal MXF file e dikseor q l memory devices MXF file with OK status as set on the XDCAM device r A clip in which some An MXF file in which some of the of the video cannot be video cannot be displayed g displayed However payed the video that can be However the video that can be Aicolavad ie nandiod displayed is handled like a normal p ay MXF file and clip operations are me j a eee supported o supported Abnormal MXF file without data cannot be decoded etc b 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 When a clip spans several media discs or memory devices parts on other discs or memory devices are not played back c The file may be corrupt or thumbnail creation may have failed d A clip that cannot be played or displayed properl
10. 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 another name Specify another name or change the output destination xxxx already exists in the output folder Please specify another name The file name is invalid or too long The save destination may not be recognized if the full path to the save destination is too long Change to a save destination with a shorter path name The list includes a clip that has 127 or more Essence The output target list includes a clip with 127 or more essence Marks so it cannot be output marks The maximum number of essence marks that can be handled by this software is 126 per clip Delete the clip from the output target list To include the clip in the output target list delete unneeded essence marks to bring the total to 126 or fewer 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 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 materia
11. Conversion Packs Services Mac OS Execute various commands provided Commands by the Mac OS Hide XDCAM EX Command H Clip Browser Hide Others Option Command H Hides other applications _ Hides this application ae Shows all applications all Shows all applications Quits this application a 60 File New Explorer Opens a new Explorer window Page 61 Window New Preview Window Opens a new Preview window Folder New Folder Shift Command N __ Creates a new folder in the currently Page 85 selected media or folder Option Command R Renames the selected folder Page 85 Show in Finder Command N Opens the selected folder in Finder Page 86 so that you can back up the folder contents folder Appendix SO Je 404 93 SO eN 404 94 page File Appendix Export Capture Still Image Output New clip using In Out section MXF for NLEs Converts the selected clip to MXF Page 77 format for use on non linear editors MXF for XDCAM Converts the selected clip to XDCAM HD HD format MXF for XDCAM Converts the selected clip to XDCAM HD422 HD422 format MXF for XDCAM Converts the selected clip to XDCAM MPEG IMX MPEG IMX format MXF for XDCAM Converts the selected clip to XDCAM DVCAM DVCAM 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 s
12. Export of clip lists You can export lists of the clips on media and in folders The lists are exported as XML files and style sheets and they can be viewed and printed in Safari Display of acquisition metadata You can display the acquisition metadata of MP4 clips for each frame as an animation or in text format Introduction Overview SO Je 404 57 7 SO eN 404 58 Function Description Reference Batch editing of clip You can perform batch Page 71 editing of the properties Status Title 1 Title 2 Creator and Description of MP4 properties and MXF files You can correct frames Page 82 that display the flash banding that sometimes occurs in MP4 and DV AVI files Flash band correction 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 10 5 1 or higher or 10 6 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 Safari 4 0 2 or higher 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 countries c When viewing or printing
13. Go Back Continue 1 1 Click the Continue button The following screen appears Installing the Application 59 SO Je 404 SO eN 404 60 ALOCO Install ClipBrowser Standard Install on Macintosh HD Introduction License Click Install to perform a standard installation of Destination Select this software on the volume Macintosh HD Installation Type Summary Change Install Location GoBack Install 12 Click the Install button An authentication screen appears Installer requires that you type your gt password i a Name gt Details 13 Enter your name and password and then click the OK button The following screen appears when the installation finishes 800 Install ClipBrowser Installation completed successfully Install Succeeded Introduction License Destination Select Installation Type Installation O Summary The software was successfully installed Close 1 A Click the Close button to close the dialog To uninstall the application Move the installation destination folder of the application default Applications XDCAM EX Clip Browser to the Trash Uninstalling the application also uninstalls the MainConcept plug in software at the same time Launching and Exiting the Application Launching and Exiting the Application See Installing the Application page
14. Is it OK 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 or DV AVI files and register them as clips that can be handled by XDCAM EX devices This operation is limited to XDCAM EX clips You cannot operate on clips in other formats for example XDCAM HD clips In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the media or folder that contains the MP4 or DV AVI 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 f t Import Look in fF Documents P Br T Name Date modif Type Size Tags ay db Sony Recent Places Desktop BU A Computer A lt 2 Network p File name bi Files oftype MP4 MPEG 4 Movie 4 3 Select a file format from the Files of type list and speci
15. few New Folder Creates a new Page 35 folder in the currently selected media or folder Find Opens the Find Page 32 dialog Copy All Copies all of the Page 24 clips in the selected media or folder to a new folder This application creates the new folder automatically Cut Cut the selected Page 25 i R Copy Copy the selected Page 23 W i neal Paste Pastes a clip that Page 23 has been cut or Page 25 copied to another media or folder Delete Delete the selected Page 26 clip or folder Page 36 Eject Media When an XDCAM drive or SxS memory card drive is selected in the Tree View pane ejects the media or puts it into a state in which it can be safely removed see About the Eject Media button below Shows or hides the Tree View pane Folder Tree Display Hide Show Hide Component View Shows or hides the Component View View Filter Filters the display of XDCAM EX clips by file format showing all clips MP4 clips or DV AVI clips Names and Functions of Parts SMOpUIM 104 13 SMOpUIM 104 e preton Pree List View Switches the clip view mode thumbnails list details About the Eject Media button The operations that are executed or enabled when you click this button vary depending on the target drive Drive media Executed or enabled operation XDCAM EX device The USB connection is terminated SxS memory card You can remove the USB cable or power the device of
16. Clips in the UserData folders on XDCAM drives To detect flash bands automatically T Inthe List View pane of an Explorer window select the clips that you want to check for flash bands 2 In the Clip menu or the context menu select Flash Band Detect and In Out section or All Range in that order Flash band detection begins and a progress bar appears to show the progress of the processing A message appears when processing finishes e Editing of In and Out points is not supported for DV AVI clips Regardless of range specifications the entire clip is searched Detection of all flash bands is not guaranteed For example this function may fail to detect flash bands in the following cases When flash bands are located near the first or last frames When a section contains continuous flash bands When a scene has been shot with electronic shutter enabled When the scene changes dramatically between adjacent frames When the bright area caused by the flash is small in size When it is difficult for the software to determine whether a bright area 1s a flash band To check and edit detected flash bands 1 Load the clip that you want to check into the Preview window see page 80 2 Check that a Flash Band tab is displayed in the clip properties section and click the Flash Band tab 3 Click the Load button A list appears showing the timecode locations of frames with detected flash bands Nu
17. 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 76 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 90 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 85 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 move destination media or folder in the Tree View pane of the same window or another window Click the Cut button Then click the
18. List View pane of another window or a move 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 move 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 no O a 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 e Once it has been completed you cannot undo the move operation e 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 74 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 the move destination A clip with the same name as one of the selected clips already exists at the move destination Even
19. 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 KH S Opens a new Explorer window Page 12 New Preview Window m Opens a new Preview window Help About Version Displays the version of this application MainConcept Version Displays the version of the MainConcept plug in software Appendix Explorer window is active Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page File Folder New Folder Ctrl N Creates a new folder in the Page 35 currently selected media or folder Ctrl R Renames the selected folder Page 36 Show in Windows Opens the selected folder in Page 36 Explorer Windows Explorer so that you can back up the folder contents Import Imports an MP4 file to the selected Page 27 folder Export MXF for NLEs Converts the selected clip to MXF Page 28 format for use on non linear editors MXF for XDCAM HD Converts the selected clip to XDCAM HD format MXF for XDCAM Converts the selected clip to HD422 XDCAM HD422 format MXF for XDCAM MPEG Converts the selected clip to IMX XDCAM MPEG IMX format MXF for XDCAM Converts the selected clip to DVCAM XDCAM DVCAM format Raw DV Converts the selected clip to RAW DV format AVI DV Converts the selected clip to AVI DV Avid AAF Converts the selected clip to Avid AAF format Windows Media File Converts
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21. available drive The drive specification is invalid or no media is loaded in the drive Specify an available drive or load media into the drive The move destination drive you specified doesn t exist or isn t ready Please specify an available drive The import destination drive you specified doesn t exist or isn t ready Please specify an available drive Failed to output Reason The output destination drive you specified doesn t exist or isn t ready 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 DY IMPONG An MEE Vel ANOMErIOIE 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 va sath other tool to split the file into files smaller than 4 GB and be moded en try again Because AVI clip is included the clip cannot be created This function does not support DV AVI clips Delete DV AVI clips Because AVI clip is included it cannot be copied from the clip specification and try again converting to MXF 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 select
22. clips A folder for managing MXF clips must have three subfolders Clip Edit and Sub see page 40 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 NT SC 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 In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the media or folder where you want to create the folder Folder and Media Operations SMOpUIM 104 35 SMOpUIM 104 36 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 a 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 fold
23. 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 89 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 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 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 a folder creation may fail Folder creation operations may fail for the following reasons In
24. 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 Names and Functions of Parts 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 PdClip Name File Name MF ormat Mdsize Duration ZEEE ZEEN Date MdLast Update MRec Mode Micreator Bipescription Miden Prt Cancel Down Show All Hide 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 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 canc
25. 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 37 and Combining folders page 37 for more information Deleting folders In the 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 XDCAM EX Clip Brow Sample will be deleted Is it OK 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 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 the
26. 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 source or destination media or folder e The source or destination media or folder is write protected e SO Je 404 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 T 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 g The clip will be deleted OK F lt NO ees 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 Clip Operations 15 SO eN 404 76 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 When you have split clips that have been saved on separate m
27. its border neighboring windows are also resized while preserving the window layout Appendix Edit tab Preferences Flash Band Priority in Move Processing speed Data protection Copy m Convert in MXF for copying EX to a normal folder Perform CRC check after copy Copy all files to Users BIJ Sony ClipBrowser Clip Clip ID XDZ1 Priority in Move Specifies whether to give priority to operating speed or data protection when moving clips see page 74 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 74 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 import
28. 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 26 for more information To copy selected clips Select a clip to copy in 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 35 for more information about how to
29. 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 Names and Functions of Parts 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 90 O 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 2 Timecode break point discontinuous timecode Split point between component files appears only when a DV AVI file consists of several component files Flash band correction has not been applied a Flash band correction has been applied a a The display of flash band correction marks takes priority over display of essence mark marks QO 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 P
30. of essence mark comments is not supported for clips of the following types Clips on XDCAM drives DV AVI clips 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 set Acquisition tab Animation View ANFormat Related Info Essence Mark Acquisition Flash Band Acquisition tab Text View I ANFormat Related info Essence Mark Acquisition Flash Band Sony Apollo 1440x1080 59 94i You can display acquisition metadata for clips shot in the MP4 format This data provides information about the conditions under which the clip was shot By selecting from the list box at the top of the tab you can switch between Animation View and Text View e Model Name Camera Lens e Video Format Date and Time Auto Mode AE AF WB auto exposure auto focus white balance Lens Setting Macro Opt Extender macro optical extender e Lens Parameter Iris Focus Zoom Angle of View Focusing Filter Wheel ND CC ND filter CC filter Capturing Mode Rate Shutter shooting mode frame rate in Slow amp Quick Motion shooting shutter speed Processing Gain Elec Extender White Balance Black Gamma gain digital extender white balance black level gamma e The Acquisition tab does not appear when the target clip is in the DV AVI
31. on the functionality of Windows Desktop Search 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 if clips exist on the hard disk of the computer they will not be found if they have not yet been indexed 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 P 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 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 results in an Explorer wind
32. or MXF format e Acquisition metadata cannot be displayed for import material material containing recorded line input signals and so on Names and Functions of Parts 21 SMOpUIM 104 SMOpUIM 104 22 Flash Band tab ormat Related Info Essence Mark Acquisition Flash Band 000 005 e Field Detect Status 00 00 01 13 1st Auto 00 00 04 09 2nd Auto 00 00 06 24 2nd Auto 00 00 08 24 2nd Auto 00 00 10 24 2nd Auto This tab displays information about frames where flash banding has occurred This tab appears only for MP4 and DV AVI clips that allow flash band detection and correction e Timecode Timecode of the frame where flash banding was detected or timecode of a frame added by the user Field In the case of interlaced video the field where correction starts 1st 2nd Detect The detection method Auto Manual e Status Correction status empty field indicating not yet corrected Corrected See Correcting flash bands page 33 for information about operations To perform batch editing of clip properties You can perform batch editing of the properties Status Title 1 Title 2 Creator and Description of clips in the selected folder or on the selected media The properties of DV AVI clips cannot be edited Inthe Tree View pane of an Explorer window select a media device or a folder 2 Inthe List View pane select the batch editing target clips You can skip this step if you want t
33. select Show in Finder from the context menu Finder starts 3 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 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 86 and Combining folders page 87 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 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 J No E 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 Folder and Media Operations 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 da
34. settings page 40 for more information f XDCAM EX Clip Browser EJ All clips will be copied Is it OK Copy to C UsersiBlJiDocumentsiSonyiClipBrowsen200901 22131239 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 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 40 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 This operation is limited to XDCAM EX clips You cannot operate on clips in other fo
35. 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 e 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 Specify search criteria e Specified Folder tab e0008 Find Specified Folder Keyword Searching Target Users BU D Start Vv Criteria Items Keyword Clip Name B 709 Case sensitive l Narrow down search Include all keywords O Include any of the keyword O Exclude keywords Clip Name Size Duration Status Folder Path 81 Clip Operations SO Ve 404 SO eN 404 82 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 To specify search options As required check
36. starts and ClipBrowser dmg appears 5 Double click ClipBrowser dmg Finder starts and ClipBrowser pkg appears AAA ClipBrowser f Qa A Network w A Macintosh HD ClipBrowser L untitled 6 Double click ClipBrowser pkg The installation screen appears 80 7 Install ClipBrowser Welcome to the ClipBrowser Installer Introduction You will be guided through the steps necessary to install this software Destination Select nstallation Type OPO E _ Continue _ T Click the Continue button A license agreement screen appears Click the Continue button The following message appears To continue installing the software you must agree to the terms of the software license agreement Click Agree to continue or click Disagree to cancel the installation and quit the Installer eee neal s ee Read License Disagree Agree Click the Agree button A screen appears in which you can select the installation destination 1 0 Click the installation destination volume e800 Install ClipBrowser Select a Destination Select the volume where you want to install the Introduction ClipBrowser software License Destination Select nstallation Type Macintosh HD 57 0 GB available Summary 74 2 GB total Installing this software requires no additional space You have chosen to install this software on the volume Macintosh HD
37. 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 Names and Functions of Parts 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 the Window menu This optimizes the positions of Explorer and Preview windows in the main window When the snap function is enabled When you resize a window by dragging its border neighboring windows are also resized while preserving the window layout You can disable the snap function For details see User settings page 40 Tip You can operate with the Shift key pressed to temporarily reverse the snap function setting When the snap function is enabled The function is temporarily disabled When the snap function is disabled The function is tem
38. the Operating Instructions or Operation Manual supplied with the XDCAM HD device Appendix SO Je 404 89 SO eN 404 90 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 General tab Preferences Genera Edit Display Play Conversion Flash Band XDCAM Drive Clip O UserData Window M Enable Snap function 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 64 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 64 For details about the data management structure for the XDCAM drive available in this application see page 88 Enable Snap function Check this check box to enable the window snap function The snap function works as follows e When you drag a window close to another window the window snaps into position so that the windows edges come into contact e When you resize a window by dragging
39. 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 Flash Band tab User Configuration General Edit Display Play Conversion Flash Band Where to save the corrected clips The same location as the original CAUsersiBlJiDocumentsiSonyiclipBrowserlFlashBand a Cancel Where to save the corrected clips Specifies the destination folder where this software will save duplicate clips created by the flash band correction function see page 33 e The same location as the original e Specify the location 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 Appendix SMOpUIM 104 43 SMOpUIM 104 44 Menu list This section lists the menus of this application as they In the Keyboard shortcut field the notation Ctrl N appear when application windows are activated means that the N key is pressed while holding down the Ctrl key Main window is only open window Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page Message Options Reset to the Default
40. 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 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 el Media or work folder 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 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 f
41. the selected clip to Windows Media file format Sony PSP H 264 Converts the selected clip to a AVC format for viewing on the PlayStation Portable PSP game console Apple iPod H 264 Converts the selected clip to a AVC format for viewing on the Apple iPod Converts the selected clip to a format for uploading to video hosting service Opens the Output dialog Ejects the media or puts it into a Video hosting service oma ooo _ ee state in which it can be safely removed Ext JAlt F4 Exits this application Page 10 Appendix SMOpUIM 104 45 SMOpUIM 104 46 Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page Edit X Ctrl X X Cuts the selected clip Page 25 pt Ctrl C C Copies the selected clip Copies the selected clip selected clip Page23 Page23 Paste Ctrl V Pastes a clip that has been cutor Page 23 copied Page 25 Delete Delete Deletes the selected clip or folder Page 26 Page 36 Copy All Ctrl Shift Copies all of the clips in the Page 24 C selected media or folder Batch Edit Clip Opens the Batch Edit Clip Page 22 Properties Properties dialog Edit Disc Opens the Edit Disc Metadata Page 38 Metadata dialog Select All Ctrl A Selects all of the clips in the selected media or folder Appendix Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page View Command Bar Bar Shows or hides the tool buttons Page 13 Tr
42. to use as the last frame In and Out points are set in the clip Tip 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 Play the section specified in step 1 and adjust the In point and Out point positions as required In the 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 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 Ed 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 Ej Mark In and Mark Out are set atthe beginning and the end ofthe clip respectively The whole clip will be copied
43. 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 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 Clip Operations Specified Folder tab s 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 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 On Windows XP keyword search is available only when the latest version of Windows Desktop Search is installed Keyword search uses Windows Desktop Search so the search results depend
44. 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 The management information will be updated If the media If the selected media or folder is access protected or write is write protected please unlock the write protection protected unlock and try again before proceeding this operation Reason The number of audio samples is not enough The audio after conversion may contain noise because the number of audio samples is lower than the specified number Check the number of audio samples in the conversion source clip Failed to eject xxxx The media is in use Please make If a media clip is being accessed stop the access sure that the file is not being accessed 54 Appendix How to obtain the plug in software The optional MainConcept plug in software can be purchased and downloaded from the following website You can access this website by selecting MainConcept Version from the Help menu and then clicking the URL in the dialog that appears 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
45. you can select a folder and then click the OK button 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 BOO Codec Detail Type XDCAM HD422 Video Codec A 2 4 2 2 v Width 1920F Framerate Profile v Height x Bitrate OM Audio Codec N X Channel v Samplerate 4 z Bitrate Depending on the number of audio channels in the clip the audio output corresponds as shown below to the setting of the Channel list in the Audio section Number Setting in Audio output of audio Channel channels list in clip 2 1CH Mixed signal of channels 1 and 2 Clip Operations Number Setting in Audio output of audio Channel channels list in clip Mixed signal of channels 1 to 4 Channel 1 Mixed signal of channels 1 and 3 Channel 2 Mixed signal of channels 2 and 4 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
46. 105D60800010123456789 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 File Name e Number of Files e UMID e Key Frame e User Bit e Proxy AV Data e Edit List e Hard amp Software Names and Functions of Parts Essence Mark tab at Related Info Essence Mark Acquisition Flash Band Timecode Commen ts 13 10 32 05 _ShotMark1 13 10 33 27 13 10 36 12 _ShotMark2 _ShotMark1 This tab displays a list of essence marks in the current clip with the timecode of the essence marks and the associated comments You can select an essence mark in this list to move the playback position to that frame 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 _ShotMark1 Cancel OK To delete an essence mark Select an essence mark in the list you can select multiple essence marks by clicking with the Shift key held down press the Delete button and click Yes in the confirmation dialog that appears e Editing of essence mark comments is not supported for clips of the following types Clips on XDCAM drives DV AVI clips e The on
47. 59 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 6l 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 Names and Functions of Parts Operating window configuration The following figure shows the default configuration of the operating windows Menu bar XDCAM EX Clip Browser File Edit View Preview Window 3 4 A A138 Q Explorer Used space 35 3GB Free space 38 8GB v Macintosh HD rpi Adobe DEMO vvyvvvvi 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 62 Preview windows You can have up to five Preview windows open at one time When you have more than one window open y
48. 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 00 Show The frame number increases on every second frame An asterisk 1s 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 Ol gt 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 before replacing the clip that is being edited e Replacing the clip that was viewed first Do not show a warning Preferences Genera Edit Display Play Conversion Flash Band Resolution Auto HH MXF Play mode MPEG HD Proxy Aspect Ratio Auto H 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 vie
49. 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 Enter key This operation is ignored when invalid timecode is entered You can change the timecode display format For details see User settings page 40 O 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 Out point Essence mark 2 Timecode break point discontinuous timecode Split point between component files appears only when a DV AVI file consists of several component files Flash band correction has not been applied a Flash band correction has been applied a a The display of flash band correction marks takes priority over display of essence mark marks QO 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 perf
50. 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 The clip will be copied OK Cro GHEE ga 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 message 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 a
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54. ITH THE AVC STANDARD AVC VIDEO AND OR 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 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 Appendix SMOpUIM 104 99 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 e
55. Microsoft Windows 7 32 bit version or 64 bit version Intel Pentium 4 2 0 GHz or higher Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2 0 GHz or higher recommended b 1 GB or more 2 GB or more recommended Display Resolution 1280 x 1024 pixels or better Audio playback function Other e Windows Desktop Search WDS e Windows Internet Explorer 7 or higher a Microsoft Windows Windows Vista and Windows 7 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 and Windows 7 It does not need to be installed again d When viewing or printing exported clip information All product names and brand names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners Overview XDCAM devices supported by the application This application supports the following XDCAM devices Model name Series name XDCAM HD422 Version 1 2 or higher XDCAM HD Version 1 92 or higher The mixed format recording mode of the XDCAM HD422 series is not s
56. OON Jump to Home Jumps to the clip start Start point first frame Button Keyboard name Jumps to the clip end point last frame Clear Mark Shift X In Out Jump to In point Jump to Out point e _ Play Into Shift Out Space Mark Out 2 E Add Essence Mark Delete Essence Mark Set Index Picture Set Audio Channels Shift E Clears In and Out point settings Can be done during play play continues Jumps to the In point Jumps to the Out point Sets an In point at the current position Can be done during play play continues Plays the section from the In point to the Out point During play the button icon lights green Stops play if clicked during play Sets an Out point at the current position Can be done during play play continues Plays the clip During play the button icon lights green Stops play if clicked during play Adds an essence mark at the current position P Can be done during play play continues However an essence mark cannot be set at a position where one already exists 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 Opens the Set Audio Channels dialog Button Keyboard name operation Capture Saves the frame at the Still Image current p
57. W DV subcommand Avid AAF 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 28 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 42 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 Converts to Windows File Media Player 9 compatible format Converts to a format that allows clips to be previewed on the PlayStation Portable PSP game console from Sony Computer Entertainment Sony PSP H 264 AVC Converts to a format that allows clips to be previewed on the iPod portable media player from Apple Inc Apple iPod H 264 AVC 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
58. XDCAM disc 1 2 Play aclip in an Explorer window and stop at the scene you want to use as the still image Do one of the following e Press the Capture Still Image button e Select Capture Still Image from the File menu The Save Still Image dialog opens Interpolated Field Frame Save Still Image Save To C UsersiBlJiDocumentsiSonyiClipBrowserstilllmages e File Name EA Bitmap File bmp 7 Clip Operations 31 SMOpUIM 104 SMOpUIM 104 32 If the image is blurred If the source clip is interlaced video frame frequency 59 941 501 etc you may be able to reduce the blurring by changing the Interpolated Field setting e Ist Interpolate field 1 into field 2 e 2nd Interpolate field 2 into field 1 e Frame Create a composite of field 1 and field 2 The Interpolated Field setting is fixed as Frame if the source clip is progressive video frame frequency 59 94p 50p etc 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 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
59. a copy operation Select from the following The bit rate for clips in the 4 2 2 format is fixed at SOMbps 18Mbps 25Mbps 35Mbps Format settings for empty destination folders 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 NTSC Include 60i 60p 4 2 4 2 0 18Mbps x1080 _ Se x1080 4 2 0 25Mbps 4 2 0 35Mbps x720 4 2 0 35Mbps x1080 4 2 2 50Mbps 2 2 a zremen 4 2 4 2 0 25Mbps x1080 25Mbps a 4 2 0 35Mbps 4 2 0 35Mbps x1080 Appendix Country Frame Rate 50i 50p 4 2 4 2 0 18Mbps x1080 _ 4 2 0 18Mbps x1080 _ x1080 eap 4 2 0 25Mbps x720 4 2 0 25Mbps x1080 4 2 0 35Mbps x720 4 2 0 35Mbps x1080 4 2 2 50Mbps For details about file format conversion by copy operation see page 73 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 S
60. a title up to 63 ASCII bytes in length e Title 2 Allows you to assign a subtitle up to 127 bytes in length 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 Names and Functions of Parts 69 SO eN 404 70 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 You can batch edit these properties if you wish to share them among all clips in a folder or on a media device For details see To perform batch editing of clip properties page 71 The properties of DV AVI clips cannot be edited A V Format tab Genera A V Format Related Info Essence Mark Acquisition Flash Band Video Format DIRECT MPEG2 HDLong 25Mbps 59 94i t 59 94i 1440 x 1080 16 9 1 1 00 Audio Format 1 Port ANALOG 2 Port ANALOG 16bit LPCM 16bit LPCM This tab displays information about the recording format of the clip e Video Format e Audio Format Related Info tab Genera A V Format Related Info Essence Mark Acquisition Flash Band Model M t Sony Apollo 012345 Lens Model Rec Mode normal No Media Spanning No File Name E6y10333_01 Number of Files UMID 060A2B340101010501010D43130000002602BD90034
61. aded the clip by selecting Play or pressing the space bar 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 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 68 in the Preview window Select an operation from the Preview menu Drag the playline 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 Clip Operations No audio is output in playback at speeds greater than or equal to 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 91 Selecting MPEG HD makes it possible to preview high definition images when the screen size is enlarged e You cannot ch
62. ame 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 76 for more information To copy selected clips 1 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 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 85 for more information about how to create folders 2
63. an Explorer window select the clips that you want to check for flash bands 2 In the Clip menu or the context menu select Flash Band Detect and In Out section or All Range in that order Flash band detection begins and a progress bar appears to show the progress of the processing A message appears when processing finishes Clip Operations SMOpUIM 104 33 SMOpUIM 104 34 e Editing of In and Out points is not supported for DV AVI clips Regardless of range specifications the entire clip is searched Detection of all flash bands is not guaranteed For example this function may fail to detect flash bands in the following cases When flash bands are located near the first or last frames When a section contains continuous flash bands When a scene has been shot with electronic shutter enabled When the scene changes dramatically between adjacent frames When the bright area caused by the flash is small in size When it is difficult for the software to determine whether a bright area is a flash band To check and edit detected flash bands 1 2 Load the clip that you want to check into the Preview window see page 30 Check that a Flash Band tab is displayed in the clip properties section and click the Flash Band tab Click the Load button A list appears showing the timecode locations of frames with detected flash bands Number of corrected flash bands Numbe
64. ange 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 A Set Audio Channels CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8 Oar ZO Changing the index picture of a clip You can change index pictures during clip previews The index pictures of DV AVI clips cannot be changed 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 th
65. at appear in tooltips when the pointer is moved over a clip in the List View pane Select Customize Tooltip from the View menu to open the dialog shown below and select the items that you want to display Customize Tooltip Please select items to be displayed vi Clip Name C File Name Cancel M Status M Video Codec a vi Resolution C gt M fps Down M Size ae vi Duration Creation Date Show All Last Update Rec Mode Creator Reset to Default Hide All _ Video Port See the previous section To select the items to display in Details View for operations in the dialog Names and Functions of Parts To export a list of clips You can export a list of the clips in a selected media or folder The list 1s exported as two files an XML file and a style sheet and can be viewed and printed in Safari s 1 This function has been tested on Safari 4 0 2 In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the media or folder that you want to use as the data source for the clip list 2 Inthe List View pane select the clips to include in the clip list You can skip this step if you want to output all clips or all clips in the format selected by the current display filter 3 From the File menu select Output The Output dialog opens Output Output Destination Folder Users BIJ Sony XDCAM EX Clip Browser ClipList Output Option
66. ation folders e The source or destination folders are write protected Folder and Media Operations e Multiple instances of the same clip exist Checking editing disc metadata You can check and edit the disc metadata DISCMETA XML see page 40 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 Edit Disc Metadata Disc ID B8D60B00073905C 1FBC9080046020120 User Disc ID KOCAM HD Demo Disc 59 94 edo ihlm Demonstration use only Cancel 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 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
67. ation of video and metadata folders is as shown in the following figure Media or work folder DISCMETA XML MEDIAPRO XML 5 ABC0000 MXF ABC0000M01 XML Edit Sub General 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 40 If file format conversion is executed by copying files to a normal folder see page 24 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 devic
68. be deleted The selected media or folder contains one or more folders that are Reason XXX has a sub folder 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 not under the management of this application Delete or move these folders and then try again 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 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 The management information will be updated If the media If the selected media or folder is access protected or write is write protected please unlock the write protection protected unlock and try again before proceeding this operation Reason The number of audio samples is not enough The audio after conversion may contain noise because the number of audio samples is lower than the specified number Check the number of audio samples in the conversion source clip Failed to eject xxxx The media is in use Please make If a media clip is being accessed stop the access sure that the file is not being accessed How to obtain the plug in software The optional MainConcept
69. cannot be displayed for import material material containing recorded line input signals and so on Flash Band tab Genera A V Format Related Info Essence Mark Acquisition Flash Band _ Preview 000 005 Timecode 00 00 01 13 1 7 e a i d a A g gt 5 w 00 00 04 09 00 00 06 24 00 00 08 24 00 00 10 24 NNNN fa 3 a3 Sea aag 4a gt This tab displays information about frames where flash banding has occurred This tab appears only for MP4 and DV AVI clips that allow flash band detection and correction e Timecode Timecode of the frame where flash banding was detected or timecode of a frame added by the user Field In the case of interlaced video the field where correction starts 1st 2nd Detect The detection method Auto Manual e Status Correction status empty field indicating not yet corrected Corrected See Correcting flash bands page 82 for information about operations To perform batch editing of clip properties You can perform batch editing of the properties Status Title 1 Title 2 Creator and Description of clips in the selected folder or on the selected media The properties of DV AVI clips cannot be edited Inthe Tree View pane of an Explorer window select a media device or a folder 2 Inthe List View pane select the batch editing target clips You can skip this step if you want to edit all clips or all clips in the format selected by the current di
70. 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 group those clips by collecting them in a single location You can collect split clips by copying them by moving them or by combining split folders Grouped clips can be handled as a single clip See Copying clips page 23 Moving clips page 25 and Combining folders page 37 for more information about the operations e This operation is limited to XDCAM EX clips You cannot operate on clips in other formats for example XDCAM HD clips Split clips which are not continuous along the time axis are not grouped e Abnormal clips are not grouped Clips with altered UMIDs are not grouped Grouping is 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 This operation is limited to MP4 clips You cannot operate on clips in other formats for example DV AVI clips and XDCAM HD clips 1 Preview a clip in a Preview window see page 30 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 you want
71. 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 acopy 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 XDCAM EX Clip Browser EJ 2 The clip will be copied Is it OK Clip Operations SMOpUIM 104 23 SMOpUIM 104 24 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 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 clip
72. d 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 Capacity Displays the used capacity and remaining capacity of the media selected in the Tree View pane The remaining capacity is shown 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 Component View pane Displays the component files of a clip in temporal order To display this pane select Component View from the View menu or click the Show Hide Component View button in the toolbar When a single DV AVI file is selected in the List View pane this pane displays thumbnails of the clip s component files e This pane displays the component files of DV AVI clips only e Copy delete and other file operations are not supported in the Component View pane List View pane Dis
73. der hierarchy Thumbnails Puts the List View pane into Page 64 thumbnail view mode Details Puts the List View pane into details view mode Sort By Sorts the clip list on the selected key Size f in ascending or descending order Duration fe Status fe Creation Date O Last Update f o Rec Mode J S Media Spanning Folder Path o Save sort order Saves the current sort order for the current folder Filter By Show All Filter the display to show XDCAM EX DV AVI Customize Opens the Customize Columns Page 66 Columns dialog Customize Tooltip Opens the Customize Tooltip dialog Page 66 Reset to the Subsequently displays the message 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 Option Return Puts the Viewer into Full Screen Page 68 mode Appendix page so or space Sts ip pey Play Reverse 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 1Frame Steps one frame forward one Steps one frame forward forward Jump to srame e 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 Jumps to th
74. destination media or folder is write enabled File conversion formats File conversion formats can be selected with the Export subcommands in the following table Extension after conversion Export subcommand Description MXF for NLEs 2 without changing the bit rate resolution or other parameters This is for non linear editors that support MXF files only Converts to an MXF format that is compatible with MXF files recorded by XDCAM HD devices MXF for XDCAM HD422 b files recorded by XDCAM HD422 devices MXF for XDCAM MPEG IMX files recorded by XDCAM MPEG IMX devices MXF for XDCAM DVCAM files recorded by XDCAM DVCAM devices 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 Clip Operations Converted files may not be exactly the same with native Image quality may be degraded and duration may vary if Converts to MXF file format Converts to an MXF format that is compatible with MXF Converts to an MXF format that is compatible with MXF Converts to an MXF format that is compatible with MXF SMOpUIM 104 29 SMOpUIM 104 30 Export Extension Description subcommand after conversion AVI DV avi Converts to AVI Type 2 format This is for DV format editing Depending on the editing environment use either this subcommand or the RA
75. ds that contains HQ 1440 clips or DV AVI clips is not recognized as usable media by the PMW EX1 EX3 EX30 New functions supported in Version 2 6 The following table shows the principal new functions supported in Version 2 6 Function Description Reference DV AVI clip Preview and other operations operations are supported for DV AVI clips However some operations are not available Export of clip lists You can export lists of the clips on media and in folders The lists are exported as XML files and style sheets and they can be viewed and printed in Windows Internet Explorer Display of acquisition metadata You can display the acquisition metadata of MP4 clips for each frame as an animation or in text format Page 21 Introduction Overview 1 SMOpUIM 104 SMOpUIM 104 8 Function Description Reference Batch editing of clip You can perform batch Page 22 editing of the properties Status Title 1 Title 2 Creator and Description of MP4 properties and MXF files You can correct frames Page 33 that display the flash banding that sometimes occurs in MP4 and DV AVI files Flash band correction Hardware and software requirements Install this application on a computer meeting the following hardware and software requirements OS Microsoft Windows XP SP3 or higher 32 bit version Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 or higher 32 bit version or 64 bit version or
76. e Appendix 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 f User Configuration General Edit Display Play Conversion Flash Band UserData Window m Enable Snap function Cancel 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 14 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 14 For details about the data management structure for the XDCAM drive available in this application see page 40 Enable Snap function Check this check box to enable the window snap function The snap function works as follows e When you drag a window close to another window the window snaps into position so that the windows edges come into contact e When you resize a window by dragging its border neighboring windows are also resized while preserving the window layout Edit tab User Configuration Gene
77. e Notes on use of XDCAM devices e This software cannot access an XDCAM HD device while another XDCAM compatible application XDCAM Transfer 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 software supports the following clip formats clip Filetormat Extension XDCAM EX format p compatible clips l j j DV AVI Type2 XDCAM HD format clips MxF a Referred to in this manual as DV AVI clips or DV AVI files b Some functions are not supported Media such as SxS memory cards that contains HQ 1440 clips or DV AVI clips is not recognized as usable media by the PMW EX1 EX3 EX30 New functions supported in Version 2 6 The following table shows the principal new functions supported in Version 2 6 Function Description Reference DV AVI clip Preview and other operations operations are supported for DV AVI clips However some operations are not available
78. e 2 format This is for DV format editing Depending on the editing environment use either this subcommand or the RAW DV subcommand Avid AAF 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 77 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 of the Preferences dialog see page 92 Normally this is the media folder of your Avid editing system project For details refer to the user s manual of your editing system Export Description SO IEN 104 Windows Media Converts to Windows File Media Player 9 compatible format Converts to a format that allows clips to be previewed on the PlayStation Portable PSP game console from Sony Computer Entertainment Sony PSP H 264 AVC Converts to a format that allows clips to be previewed on the iPod portable media player from Apple Inc Apple iPod H 264 AVC 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 t
79. e Out point Point Previous Shift lt Jumps to the previous essence Essence Mark mark Next Essence Shift Jumps to the next essence mark Mark Edit Set Index Sets the frame at the current position Page 80 Picture as the index picture Mark In Sets an In point at the current Page 76 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 Set Audio Opens the Set Audio Channels Page 80 Channels dialog Window Previous Tab Shift Command Selects the previous tab Page 62 Next Tab Shift Command Selects the next tab Zoom Maximizes the active window or returns it to its original size Bring All to Front Brings all the currently open windows to the front of the screen Appendix SO Je 404 97 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 f
80. e index picture instead of the specified frame itself Creating still images It is not possible to create still images from a clip on XDCAM disc 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 The Save Still Image dialog opens Save Still Image Interpolated Field Frame rs Users BU Sony XDCAM EX Clip Browser Stilllmages lt FileName 000 4 Cancel Save To File Type Bitmap File bmp If the image is blurred If the source clip is interlaced video frame frequency 59 941 501 etc you may be able to reduce the blurring by changing the Interpolated Field setting e Ist Interpolate field 1 into field 2 e 2nd Interpolate field 2 into field 1 e Frame Create a composite of field 1 and field 2 The Interpolated Field setting is fixed as Frame if the source clip is progressive video frame frequency 59 94p 50p etc 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 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
81. e is not executed There is not enough free capacity at the move destination 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 1f they share the same ID UMID You do not have delete write privileges to the source or destination media or folder 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 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 The clip will be deleted Is it OK 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 Clip Operations 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
82. e not reflected if you execute the correction without performing this step Clip Operations 83 SO Je 404 SO eN 404 84 To correct flash bands After the preparations explained in the previous procedure proceed as follows to execute the flash band correction In the List View pane of an Explorer window select the clip to correct 2 In the Clip menu or the context menu select Flash Band Correct and In Out section or All Range in that order The selected clip is duplicated and flash band correction of the duplicated clip starts A progress bar appears to show the progress of the processing Editing of In and Out points is not supported for DV AVI clips Regardless of range specifications the entire clip is searched No correction processing is performed on the duplication source clip Flash band correction of the first and last frames is not supported Depending on the flash burst characteristics a white band may remain even after correction To execute correction automatically after flash band detection In step 2 of the procedure in To detect flash bands automatically page 83 select the Detect and Correct command instead of the Detect command Correction starts automatically after automatic detection To check flash band corrected clips Inthe Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the folder or media where corrected clips are stored You can specify the destinati
83. e output file check box 6 Click the OK button to close the dialog To open the output files In the folder named after the specified data name double click either the xml file or the xsl file both of which have the same name as the folder The file list appears in Safari where you can view it or print it 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 1s 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 playback If this occurs restart the application Viewer Clip name Preview f 709_0019_01 SO Je 404 13 10 32 04 13 10 36 26 a OK 1 709_0019_01 Clip properties section Tab Displays the clip name When two or more Preview windows are open you can drag and drop the tab on another window to conv
84. ecification is invalid or no media is loaded in the drive Specify an available drive or load media into the drive The XDCAM EX format may be corrupt Try to salvage the material for example by importing an MP4 file to another folder 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 ail other tool to split the file into files smaller than 4 GB and eon veel en try again Because AVI clip is included the clip cannot be created This function does not support DV AVI clips Delete DV AVI clips Because AVI clip is included it cannot be copied from the clip specification and try again converting to MXF SMOpUIM 104 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 cli
85. ed clip names and to the name of the folder where the imported clips are saved see page 77 Display tab Preferences General Edit Display Play Conversion Flash Band Clip Name XDCAM EX By Title XDCAM HD By File Name He Metadata displayed to thumbnails Line 1 Duration 4 Line 2 Creation Date 4 Line 3 Clip Name HH 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 before replacing the clip that is being edited Replace the clip that was viewed first Do not show a warning 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 Metadata displayed to thumbnails Displays list boxes that allow you to select metadata properties to be displayed on the first to third lines beneath thumbnails The properties appear when thumbnails are displayed in the List View pane of an Explorer window Select a property for each line from the following e Format e Clip Name e File Name e Creation Date e Bit Rate e fps e Resolution e Duration 50p 60p Timecode Display Mode Specifies the timecode display format when the frame frequency of the playback clip is 50p or
86. ed 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 98 Appendix 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 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 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 SO Je 404 MainConcept Conversion Pack is the trial version so the Purchase the full version plug in software MainConce
87. edia as a result of an extended recording session you can group those clips by collecting them in a single location You can collect split clips by copying them by moving them or by combining split folders Grouped clips can be handled as a single clip See Copying clips page 72 Moving clips page 74 and Combining folders page 87 for more information about the operations e This operation is limited to XDCAM EX clips You cannot operate on clips in other formats for example XDCAM HD clips 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 is 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 This operation 1s limited to MP4 clips You cannot operate on clips in other formats for example DV AVI clips and XDCAM HD clips 1 Preview a clip in a Preview window see page 80 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 you want to use as the last frame In and Out points are set in the clip Tip You can also set the Out point by speci
88. ee Shows or hides the Tree View pane or hides the Tree View Shows or hides the Tree View pane Pagel4 Pagel4 Disk o R A or hides the disc capacity Page 14 display Status Bar Shows or hides the status Page 14 information of the selected clip Component View Shows or hides the Component Page 14 View Thumbnails Puts the List View pane into Page 15 thumbnail view mode List Puts the List View pane into list view mode Details Puts the List View pane into details view mode Sort by sl Name Sorts the clip list on the selected key in ascending or descending po order Duration Status Creation date Last Update Rems Media Spanning Save Sort Order Saves the current sort order for the current folder Filter By Show All Filter the display to show XDCAM EX clips in a specified file format Customize Opens the Customize Columns Page 16 Columns dialog Customize Tooltip en Opens the Customize Tooltip Page 16 dialog 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 Backspace Moves up one level in the folder hierarchy Refresh Refreshes the information displayed in the active tab of the Explorer window Appendix SMOpUIM 104 47 Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page Clip New clip using In Creates a new clip
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90. ee page 27 General Edit Display tab User Configuration Display Play Conversion Flash Band Clip Name ie tam By Title Y wT By FileName 9 Metadata displayed to thumbnails TOSA Creation Date I6 ELFA Clip Name 50p 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 before replacing the clip thatis being edited Replace the clip that was viewed first Do not show a warning 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 Metadata displayed to thumbnails Displays list boxes that allow you to select metadata properties to be displayed on the first and second lines beneath thumbnails The properties appear when thumbnails are displayed in the List View pane of an Explorer window Select a property for each line from the following e Format e Clip Name e File Name e Creation Date e Bit Rate e fps e Resolution e Duration 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 cl
91. eecceceecceeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeaas 100 DAC GUNS AN E PEIA O aetna T assed neds E EA 100 Table of Contents 5 For Windows How to use the application on Windows Introduction Purpose of this manual This manual explains how to use the XDCAM EX Clip Browsing Software on Microsoft Windows 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 Microsoft Windows Notes on use of XDCAM devices e This software cannot access an XDCAM HD device while another XDCAM compatible application 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 software supports the following clip formats XDCAM EX format compatible clips XDCAM HD format clips ye I a Referred to in this manual as DV AVI clips or DV AVI files b Some functions are not supported Media such as SxS memory car
92. el the changes Click the Cancel button To select the items to display in tooltips You can select the items that appear in tooltips when the pointer is moved over a clip in the List View pane Select Customize Tooltip from the View menu to open the dialog shown below and select the items that you want to display Customize Tooltip Please select items to be displayed Sadr ormat MClip Name File Name MdStatus Mivideo Codec MdResolution Mifps Md size MdDuration Micreation Date Bi_ast Update lRer nde Cancel Down Show All Hide All Reset to Default See the previous section To select the items to display in Details View for operations in the dialog To export a list of clips You can export a list of the clips in a selected media or folder The list is exported as two files an XML file and a style sheet and can be viewed and printed in Windows Internet Explorer 3 1 This function has been tested on Windows Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Internet Explorer 8 In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the media or folder that you want to use as the data source for the clip list 2 Inthe List View pane select the clips to include in the clip list You can skip this step if you want to output all clips or all clips in the format selected by the current display filter 3 From the File menu select Output The Output dialog opens a utput Output Destination Folde
93. elected clip to Avid AAF format Windows Media Converts the selected clip to File Windows Media file format Sony PSP Converts the selected clip to a format H 264 AVC for viewing on the PlayStation Portable PSP game console Apple iPod Converts the selected clip to a format H 264 AVC for viewing on the Apple iPod Video Hosing Converts the selected clip to a format Service for uploading to video hosting service Creates a bitmap still picture from Page 81 the frame at the current position Opens the Output dialog Page 66 Creates a new clip from the section Page 76 between In and Out points of the selected clip Flash Band Eject Media Detects frames where flash banding Page 82 has occurred over the range from the In point to the Out point of the selected clip Detects frames where flash banding has occurred over the entire range of the selected clip Corrects frames where flash banding has occurred over the range from the In point to the Out point of the selected clip a Corrects frames where flash banding has occurred over the range from the entire range of the selected clip Detects frames where flash banding has occurred over the range from the In point to the Out point of the selected clip and then corrects those frames Detect and Correct Detects frames where flash banding has occurred over the entire range of the selected clip and then corrects t
94. ement screen appears 5 Click the Accept button and then click the Next button The following screen appears J XDCAM EX Clip Browser InstallShield Wizard Setting of Install Options Please select desired install options Lanquage selection Specified langua English Y Country NTSC PAL Install destination folder ea 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 C XDCAM EX Clip Browser InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Completed The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed XDCAM EX Clip Browser Click Finish to exit the wizard 7 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 Installing the Application 9 SMOpUIM 104 SMOpUIM 104 10 Launching and Exiting the Application See Installing the Application page 9 for more information about how to ins
95. endix SMOpUIM 104 SMOpUIM 104 52 Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page dialog Window New Explorer Window o Opens a new Explorer window Page 12 New Preview Window o Opens a new Preview window Close Window Ctrl F4 Closes the active window ne ae Arranges the currently open windows in cascading order from the upper left Tiles the currently open windows vertically Tile Windows Vertically Tiles the currently open windows horizontally Tile Windows Horizontally About Version P Help Displays the version of this application Displays the version of the MainConcept plug in software MainConcept Version Error and warning message list What to do There may be a problem with the installation of this application Try installing it again Messages Failed to initialize OLE Please confirm whether the OLE library version is correct Failed to read libraries for Export The folder contains some incomplete clips Please copy all files in the BPAV folder under the selected folder to an Data on the media is incomplete probably because the XDCAM 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 Incomplete clip exists Please execute salvage operation on the recording equipment device and salvage it immediately The da
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97. er XDCAM drive normal XDCAM drive UserData rs SxS memory card drive Mass storage device removable drive connected by USB mace The Tree View pane supports 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 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 Component View pane Displays the component files of a clip in temporal order To display this pane select Component View from the View menu or click the Show Hide Component View button in the toolbar Names and Functions of Parts When a single DV AVI file is selected in
98. er is write protected 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 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 In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the folder that you want to back up Folder and Media Operations 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
99. ert this window into a tab on the other window see page 61 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 69 Names and Functions of Parts 67 SO eN 404 68 Viewer Clip type Number of essence marks y Timecode 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 MP4 XDCAM EX clip MP4 file XDCAM EX DV AVI XDCAM EX clip DV AVI file XDCAM HD HD422 MPEG HD file created from XDCAM HD or XDCAM HD422 clip MXF file XDCAM HD HD422 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
100. es 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 subcommand after conversion Description 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 Converts to an MXF format 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 Converts to an MXF format that is compatible with MXF files recorded by XDCAM MPEG IMX devices MXF for NLEs 2 MXF for XDCAM HD P MXF for XDCAM MPEG IMX MXF for XDCAM DVCAM Converts to an MXF format that is compatible with MXF files recorded by XDCAM DVCAM devices 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 Extension subcommand after conversion AVI DV avi Converts to AVI Typ
101. ettings menu The Media Creation dialog opens 2 Specify Macintosh HD as the Video Drive Audio Drive media storage drive in the Import tab 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 Flash Band tab Preferences General Edit Display Play Conversion Flash Band Where to save the corrected clips O The same location as the original Specify the location Users BU Sony ClipBrowser FlashBand Where to save the corrected clips Specifies the destination folder where this software will save duplicate clips created by the flash band correction function see page 82 e The same location as the original 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 Menu Command Subcommand _ Keyboard shortcut Reference page XDCAM About XDCAM Displays the version of this EX Clip EX Clip Browser application Browser Show All Quit XDCAM EX Command Q Clip Browser e Specify the location 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 About Displays the version of the MainConcept MainConcept plug in software
102. exported clip information 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 Overview The mixed format recording mode of the XDCAM HD422 series is not supported When an XDCAM device is in mixed format recording mode it may not be possible to specify the device as the destination of a copy or move operation Installing the Application If the MainConcept plug in software is installed If you have purchased the plug in software access the following URL and update it to the latest version You can access this website by selecting About MainConcept Conversion Packs from the XDCAM EX Clip Browser menu and then clicking the URL in the dialog that appears http www mainconcept com plugin4clipbrowser If Version 1 0x is installed Uninstall Version 1 0x 1 00 or 1 01 see page 60 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
103. f ExpressCard slot The connection is terminated You SxS memory card can remove the memory card Card reader SxS You can remove the memory card 2 memory card XDCAM device The disc is ejected Professional Disc a Before removing a connection cable or powering a device off use the Safely Remove Hardware function of the operating system to remove the device 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 of media or folder XDCAM drive UserData SxS memory card drive Mass storage device removable drive connected by USB Mounted network drive Normal folder not managed by this application Folder with EX attributes Folder with MXF attributes en The Tree View pane supports the same kinds of operations as the tree panel of Windows Explorer 1 4 Names and Functions of Parts 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 an
104. from the section Page 26 Out section between In and Out points of the selected clip Flash Band Detect In Out Detects frames where flash section banding has occurred over the range from the In point to the Out point of the selected clip All Range Detects frames where flash banding has occurred over the entire range of the selected clip Correct In Out Corrects frames where flash section banding has occurred over the range from the In point to the Out point of the selected clip All Range Corrects frames where flash banding has occurred over the range from the entire range of the selected clip Detect and In Out Detects frames where flash Correct section banding has occurred over the range from the In point to the Out point of the selected clip and then corrects those frames Detects frames where flash banding has occurred over the entire range of the selected clip and then corrects those frames SMOpUIM 104 All Range Split Folder Ctrl W Splits the selected folder into Page 37 folders of the specified size Combine Folders Ctrl J Combines the selected folder to Page 37 another specified folder dialog 48 Appendix Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page Window New Explorer Opens a new Explorer window Page 12 Window New Preview Opens a new Preview window Window Close Window Ctrl F4 Closes the active window New Tab Adds a new tab in the active window Close Tabo Tab b Clo
105. fy the MP4 or DV AVI files to import by selecting them from the file list 4 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 Clip Operations SMOpUIM 104 2 SMOpUIM 104 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 This software checks import file for compatibility with the XDCAM EX format Files that are found to be incompatible cannot be imported The properties of imported clips are set automatically The format of imported clips may not be fully compatible with the XDCAM EX format In this case it may not be possible to play imported clips on XDCAM EX devices and with this application The file names of imported DV AVI files may be changed to names that can be recognized by XDCAM EX devices 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 inf
106. fying the In point and duration Clip Operations 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 Play the section specified in step 1 and adjust the In point and Out point positions as required In the 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 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 Is it OK J Cro 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 of the clip respectively The whole clip will be copied Is it OK Ca NO Click the Yes button to create a new clip or the No button to cancel the operation A progress d
107. gh 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 31 Aspect Ratio Selects the aspect ratios of the index and preview pictures of SD clips DV AVI format clips Select from the following e Auto Selects 16 9 or 4 3 automatically according to the aspect ratio of the clip Appendix e 16 9 e 4 3 Conversion tab User Configuration General Edit Display Play Conversion Flash Band MP4 to MXF conversion by copy Bit Rate 4 2 0 aS rv Format settings for empty destination folders Note These settings are not used when copying to XDCAM devices with system frequency settings Frame Rate ELG U Avid AAF Output OPAtom files to 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 a copy operation e Bit Rate For files in the 4 2 0 color format specifies the bit rate of the converted file when file format conversion is performed by a copy operation Select from the following The bit rate for clips in the 4 2 2 format is fixed at SOMbps 18Mbps 25Mbps 35Mbps Format settings for empty destination folders Specifies the recording format frame rate and format to be used when n
108. hat you want to check into the Preview window see page 30 3 Click the Flash Band tab in the Preview window 4 Click the Load button A list showing the timecode of correction target frames appears Check that the mark in position bar has changed to dark green indicated flash band corrected and that Corrected appears in the Status column Number of corrected flash bands Number of detected flash bands Marks indicating corrected flash bands 00 00 01 13 00 00 04 09 00 00 06 24 00 00 08 24 00 00 10 24 Status column D Select the timecode and check the picture displayed on the screen 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 39 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
109. he combine is not executed Folder and Media Operations SO JeW 404 87 SO eN 404 88 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 e Multiple instances of the same clip exist Checking editing disc metadata You can check and edit the disc metadata DISCMETA XML see page 89 saved on XDCAM drives or in folders with MXF attributes T Inthe 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 Edit Disc Metadata Disc ID BBD60B00073905C1FBC9080046020120 User Disc ID 1 XDCAM HD Demo Disc 59 94i Title 1 XDCAM HD Demo Disc 59 94i Title 2 Description Demonstration use only Cancel OK 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
110. he 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 Clip Operations 79 SO eN 404 80 d 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 e Avid editing systems may refuse to import a clip that has already been exported to the editing system f 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 67 To load clips into 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 bar The clip is loaded into the Preview window and playback starts if you lo
111. hose frames Ejects the media or puts it into a state in which it can be safely removed page Copy Gemmana 0 Copies the selected oi Page 72 Paste Command V Pastes a clip that has been cut or Page 72 copied Page 74 Delete Command Delete Deletes the selected clip or folder Page 75 Page 86 Copy All Option Command C Copies all of the clips in the selected Page 74 media or folder Select All Command A Selects all of the clips in the selected media or folder Batch Edit Clip Opens the Batch Edit Clip Properties Page 71 Properties dialog Split Folder Shift Command W Splits the selected folder into folders Page 86 of the specified size Combine Shift Command J Combines the selected folder to Page 87 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 Opens the Edit Disc Metadata Page 88 dialog Open the Character Palette so that you can enter special characters and symbols Appendix 95 SO Je 404 SO eN 404 96 Command Subcommand _ Keyboard shortcut Reference page View Show Hide Option Command T Shows or hides the tool buttons Page 63 Toolbar Show Hide Shows or hides the Tree View pane Page 63 Folder Tree Show Hide Shows or hides the Component Page 64 Component View View Up Command Moves up one level in the fol
112. ialog 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 or DV AVI files and register them as clips that can be handled by XDCAM EX devices This operation is limited to XDCAM EX clips You cannot operate on clips in other formats for example XDCAM HD clips In the Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the media or folder that contains the MP4 or DV AVI files to be imported 2 Doone 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 OQO Open 8 jm 6 104000801 H a DEVICES E CLPR gt 4 104_0008_01 gt EAN Macintosh HD E i 603_0001_01 l 1 SMI iDisk MEDI 709_3201_01 D i TAKR j P20070724111553_01 SHARED Y PLACES Fl Desk p A By A Appl ications Yj Documents MEDIA Movies II II e a gt Cancel gt Esan 3 Select a file format from the Files of type list and specif
113. ion e DV AVI format EX files cannot be converted into XDCAM HD format files Clip Operations SO Je 404 73 SO eN 404 74 It is not possible to convert XDCAM HD files to the XDCAM EX format e File conversion may not be possible depending on the combination of source format and target format Unless the licensed plug in from MainConcept is installed the video after conversion contains a MainConcept watermark and audio is silent after the first 30 seconds e File conversion may degrade the image quality This copy operation takes longer to complete since it requires format conversion The MXF files produced by converting XDCAM EX MP4 files to XDCAM HD format are MPEG HD files only The conversion 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 90 for more information ee All clips will be copied to Users BIJ Son
114. ion can be viewed The files which were output to a normal folder by the export function cannot be viewed in this application Clip Operations e DV AVI format EX files cannot be converted into XDCAM HD format files e It is not possible to convert XDCAM HD files to the XDCAM EX format e File conversion may not be possible depending on the combination of source format and target format Unless the licensed plug in from MainConcept is installed the video after conversion contains a MainConcept watermark and audio is silent after the first 30 seconds e File conversion may degrade the image quality This copy operation takes longer to complete since it requires format conversion e The MXF files produced by converting XDCAM EX MP4 files to XDCAM HD format are MPEG HD files only The conversion 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
115. ips 00 01 02 gt gt 58 59 gt 00 gt Appendix 41 SMOpUIM 104 SMOpUIM 104 42 e Show The frame number increases on every second frame An asterisk is added to indicate the second frame in each frame number pair This is the display format used by Sony VTRs Example of frame number display for 60p clips 00 gt 00 gt 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 before replacing the clip that is being edited e Replacing the clip that was viewed first Do not show a warning Play tab User Configuration General Edit Display Play Conversion Flash Band Resolution Auto MXF Play mode MPEG HD Cancel 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 hi
116. is handled like a normal DV AVI file and clip operations are supported Abnormal DV AVI file without data cannot be decoded etc MXF file with OK status as set on the XDCAM device An MXF file in which some of the video cannot be displayed However the video that can be displayed is handled like a normal MXF file and clip operations are supported Abnormal MXF file without data cannot be decoded etc Names and Functions of Parts SMOpUIM 104 15 SMOPUIM 104 16 View mode Thumbnail display Description example Thumbnails view Normal clip Clip with OK status The first part of a clip that spans several media discs or memory devices The middle part of a clip that spans several media discs or memory devices p The last part of a clip that spans several media discs or memory devices b A clip in which some of the video cannot be displayed However the video that can be displayed is handled like a normal clip and clip operations are supported 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 When a clip spans several media discs or memory devices parts on other discs or memory devices are not played back c A clip that cannot be played or displayed properly by this application The file may be corrupt or thumbnail
117. l 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 Appendix 99 SO eN 404 100 Messages Failed to create a folder What to do 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 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 Eailad to deloisane tolder saree 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 A name beginning with a dot is used by the system only Specify another name Please give another name for User Disc ID XXX contains a work folder so it cannot
118. lder size smaller than the largest 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 e This operation is limited to XDCAM EX clips You cannot operate on clips in other formats for example XDCAM HD clips Folder and Media Operations SMOpUIM 104 37 SMOPUIM 104 38 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 39
119. lication e 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 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 Preferences dialog is set to UserData this application browses the UserData folder instead of the Clip folder see page 90 e If file format conversion is executed by copying files to a normal folder see page 73 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 ABCOOO0 MXF and ABCOOOOMO1 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
120. ll path to the save destination is too long Change to a save destination with a es e shorter path name The list includes a clip that has 127 or more Essence The output target list includes a clip with 127 or more essence 3 Marks so it cannot be output marks The maximum number of essence marks that can be G handled by this software is 126 per clip Delete the clip from the output target list To include the clip in the output target list delete unneeded essence marks to bring the total to 126 or fewer 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 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 can
121. ly 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 Acquisition tab Animation View Genera A V Format Related Info Essence Mark Animation View B Time Iris A a i E Opt Extender Zoom Elec Extender Acquisition tab Text View Genera A V Format Related Info Essence Mark Acquisition Text View HA Sony Apollo 1440 x 1080 59 94i norma You can display acquisition metadata for clips shot in the MP4 format This data provides information about the conditions under which the clip was shot By selecting from the list box at the top of the tab you can switch between Animation View and Text View e Model Name Camera Lens e Video Format Date and Time Auto Mode AE AF WB auto exposure auto focus white balance Lens Setting Macro Opt Extender macro optical extender e Lens Parameter Iris Focus Zoom Angle of View Focusing Filter Wheel ND CC ND filter CC filter Capturing Mode Rate Shutter shooting mode frame rate in Slow amp Quick Motion shooting shutter speed Processing Gain Elec Extender White Balance Black Gamma gain digital extender white balance black level gamma e The Acquisition tab does not appear when the target clip is in the DV AVI or MXF format e Acquisition metadata
122. mber of corrected flash bands Number of detected flash bands Marks indicating uncorrected flash bands SRS OS So ho ag 1 gt W ae 4p WW 000 005 00 00 01 13 00 00 04 09 00 00 06 24 00 00 08 24 00 00 10 24 Select a timecode value from the list in the Flash Band tab and then check the picture that appears on the screen To check the picture after correction Check the Preview check box and then select the timecode of the frame that you want to check If you decide that correction is unnecessary With the frame selected click the Delete button or select Delete from the frame s context menu The information for that frame is deleted from the list and the position bar To correct a frame that was not detected Display the frame that you want to correct and then click the Add button Information for that frame is added to the list and the position bar Manual appears in the Detect field of the list Image quality may be impaired if you correct where flash banding has not occurred To change the field where correction starts If the correction target clip is interlaced video from the context menu of the target frame select Field and 1st or 2nd in that order Regardless of how the frame was added to the list Manual appears in the Detect field whenever you change the correction start field If you changed anything in step 4 click the Save button The changes ar
123. n 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 i Set Audio Channels E E a S a E m m a a a a a a Changing the index picture of a clip You can change index pictures during clip previews The index pictures of DV AVI clips cannot be changed Play a clip and display the frame you want to use as the index picture 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 e If you are previewing a clip that is stored on removable media do not eject the media until the operation finishes e Do not power the computer off until the operation finishes e On XDCAM EX devices a frame near the specified frame may be displayed as the index picture instead of the specified frame itself e 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 It is not possible to create still images from a clip on
124. n the processing finishes 8 Click the OK button to close the dialog 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 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 If the NAMING FORM menu item of an XDCAM HD device is set to C standard format any user defined file names names in a format other than C are changed automatically to the standard format C when the clips are written to the 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 fr
125. nd 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 XDCAM EX Clip Browser A file 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 isn t overwritten but skipped The optional MainConcept plug in software must be installed to use some conversion formats see page 55 Unless the licensed plug in from MainConcept is installed the video after conversion contains a MainConcept watermark and audio is silent after the first 30 seconds Depending on the specified parameters image quality may be degraded due to the image compensation process 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 files are converted to a format with a different bit rate resolution or frame rate parameters Before exporting ensure that the export
126. not 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 Failed todeleteihe tolder delete and write privileges to the folder or these operations may be inhibited 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 l not under the management of this application Delete or move REASON AAAS A SUOOdEr 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 Failed to save disc metadata Check the properties of the selected XDCAM drive and the state of the
127. ns of Parts 1 9 SMOpUIM 104 20 Button Keyboard name operation Set Audio Opens the Set Channels Audio Channels dialog Saves the frame at the current position as a bitmap file This command opens a dialog where you can specify the file name and save destination However still images cannot be created from a clip on XDCAM disc Capture Still Image a Editing of edit points In and Out points and essence marks is not supported for the following clip types e Clips on XDCAM drives e DV AVI clips b The maximum number of essence marks that you can set in a single clip is as follows depending on the clip format e XDCAM EX clip MP4 file 126 e XDCAM HD clip less than 126 seconds the number of seconds 1 for example 46 marks for a 45 second clip e XDCAM HD clip 126 seconds or more 126 c Index pictures cannot be set for DV AVI clips Clip properties section General tab General AM Format Relatedinfo Essence Mark Acquisition Flash Band Index Picture Mark In Mark Out 709_0019_01 te 1 3 2007 22 34 09 4 16 2008 12 24 50 00 00 04 29 T o Title 1 709_001 9_01 Y Creator Description 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 if no In point ha
128. o clip exists at the copy destination during file format conversion by copy operation The following combinations of the values can be set Counry Fane Rate Format NTSC 60i 60p 30p 4 2 0 18Mbps 1080 Include 24p 4 2 0 25Mbps x720 4 2 0 25Mbps x1080 4 2 0 35Mbps x720 4 2 0 35Mbps x1080 4 2 2 50Mbp5s 2 2 4 2 2 50Mbp5s 4 2 0 18Mbps x1080 4 2 4 2 0 25Mbps x1080 25Mbps x1080 4 2 4 2 0 35Mbps x1080 35Mbps x1080 4 2 0 25Mbps x1080 4 2 0 35Mbps x1080 50i 50p 25p 4 2 0 18Mbps x1080 4 2 4 2 0 25Mbps x720 25Mbps 4 2 0 25Mbps x720 4 2 4 2 0 25Mbps x1080 25Mbps 4 2 0 25Mbps x1080 080 4 2 4 2 0 35Mbps x720 35Mbps 4 2 0 35Mbps x720 4 2 4 2 0 35Mbps x1080 35Mbps 4 2 0 35Mbps x1080 080 4 2 2 50Mbps 2 2 4 2 2 50Mbps For details about file format conversion by copy operation see page 24 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 The Media Creation dialog opens 2 Specify
129. o edit all clips or all clips in the format selected by the current display filter 3 From the Edit menu select Batch Edit Clip Properties The Batch Edit Clip Properties dialog opens Names and Functions of Parts Batch Edit Clip Properties Items to batch edit m osus Title 1 Title 2 Ej E Creator E Description E Overwrite the edited item 4 Select the edit range e All All clips in the selected media or folder e Displayed Clips MP4 Clips displayed in the List View pane e Selected Clips Clips selected in the List View pane D Check the check box for each batch edit item that you want to change and then select a value from the list box or enter a string in the edit box e Status Select from among OK NG KEEP and None e Title 1 Up to 63 ASCII bytes in length e Title 2 Up to 127 bytes in length e Creator Up to 127 bytes in length e Description Up to 127 bytes in length To overwrite existing settings Check the Overwrite the edited item check box If this check box is cleared when the batch edit is executed the changes made here are reflected only to empty fields 6 Click the Execute button A confirmation message appears asking if you want to execute the batch edit T Click the Yes button to execute the batch edit or click the No button to cancel it A progress bar appears to show the progress of the batch edit A completion dialog appears when
130. older 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 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 Reason The clip database created by other application The selected clip database registration folder was not created by SO eN 404 this application Use the application that created the database to edit the clips and perform other clip operations Reason The media may be incorrect or corrupted The selected clip is in an unsupported format or there is an error in the material data Check the clip properties 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 application again The copy destination drive you specified doesn t exist or isn t ready Please specify an
131. olders Folder names are assigned automatically 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 e When unregistered AVI file exist in the CLPR folder and that folder is accessed from an Explorer window those AVI files are registered as management targets processed like import files However importing cannot be performed if the file names do not follow the XDCAM EX naming conventions e On media supported by XDCAM EX devices 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 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 app
132. on the number of audio channels in the clip the audio output corresponds as shown below to the setting of the Channel list in the Audio section Inthe List View pane of an Explorer window select a clip to export by clicking them 2 Do one of the following Setting in Audio output Channel e From the File menu select Export and then select hanna ee 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 2 1CH Mixed signal of channels 1 and 2 See File conversion formats page 29 for more information about the available conversion formats 28 Clip Operations Number of audio Setting in Audio output Channel Mixed signal of channels 1 to 4 Channel 1 Mixed signal of channels 1 and 3 Channel 2 Mixed signal of channels 2 and 4 channels list in clip 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 a
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134. on where corrected clips are stored in the Flash Band tab of the Preferences dialog For details see page 92 2 Load the clip that you want to check into the Preview window see page 80 3 Click the Flash Band tab in the Preview window 4 Click the Load button A list showing the timecode of correction target frames appears Check that the mark in position bar has changed to dark green indicated flash band corrected and that Corrected appears in the Status column Clip Operations Number of corrected flash bands Number of detected flash band Marks indicating corrected flash bands l OOO OOO OG p a o N N Heo i4 005 005 00 00 01 13 00 00 04 09 00 00 06 24 00 00 08 24 00 00 10 24 Status column 5 Select the timecode and check the picture displayed on the screen 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 88 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
135. orm 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 Jump to Jumps to the clip End end point last frame Button Keyboard name operation Mark In 2 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 Mark Out 3 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 2 point settings Can be done during play play continues Jumps to the In point SMOpUIM 104 Jumps to the Out 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 P Can be done during play play continues However an essence mark cannot be setata position where one already exists Shift E Deletes the essence mark at the current position Can be done during play play continues Essence Mark Delete Essence Mark Set Index Picture Sets the current frame as the index picture of the clip Can be done during play play stops Names and Functio
136. ormation 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 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 Free space 108 4 GBytes XDCAM HD 422 s Target of Export Whole clip In Out section f Output File Status E6y10322_01 mxf Clip Name Input File 709_0009_01 E6y10322_01 MP4 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 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 Video Codec AIS Aspect Ratio Ks Format Rate EC ot Rate a Width Height e This operation is limited to XDCAM EX clips You cannot operate on clips in other formats for example XDCAM HD clips e DV AVI files are supported for MXF for NLEs only Depending
137. ortcut page dialog Window New Explorer Window __ eee New Explorer Window Opens a new Explorer window _ Page 12 New Preview Window pens anew Preview window revi REC as tose the active tab Previous Tab Ctrl Selects the previous tab Page 13 PageUp Next Tab Ctrl Selects the next tab PageDown Optimize Window Layout Optimizes the positions of Explorer Page 12 and Preview windows in the main window Cascade Arranges the currently open windows in cascading order from the upper left Tile Windows a Tiles the currently open windows vertically inion 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 View Search Criteria ee Shows or hides the search criteria Page 32 Clip Name Sorts the results list on the selected key in ascending or descending ize order Status Creation date Last Update 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 Starts the search Page 32 Go to Explorer Opens the selected clip in an Explorer window Plays the selected clip 51 App
138. osition as a bitmap file This command opens a dialog where you can specify the file name and save destination However still images cannot be created from a clip on XDCAM disc SO JeW 404 a Editing of edit points In and Out points and essence marks is not supported for the following clip types e Clips on XDCAM drives e DV AVI clips b The maximum number of essence marks that you can set in a single clip is as follows depending on the clip format e XDCAM EX clip MP4 file 126 e XDCAM HD clip less than 126 seconds the number of seconds 1 for example 46 marks for a 45 second clip e XDCAM HD clip 126 seconds or more 126 c Index pictures cannot be set for DV AVI clips Clip properties section General tab p onoo oazo o OK B 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 select the status from among OK NG KEEP and None e Title 1 Allows you to assign
139. ou can convert them into tabs on one window For details see Preview window page 67 at Related Info Essence Mar 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 Names and Functions of Parts 61 SO Je 404 SO eN 404 62 Material_1 Free space 38 8GB sed space Io AA A 00 00 08 07 007 01 03 22 15 E6y10322_01 12 06 0001 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
140. ow 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 Correcting flash bands Flash banding can occur when the CMOS sensor of a camera or camcorder captures a subject that is illuminated by a flash or other momentary light source It is characterized by a bright band at the top or bottom of a frame instead of the entire frame The term flash band is also used to describe a frame that is divided vertically into a bright half and a dark half Flash burst x iy Image capture time Flash band This software creates copies of frames where flash banding has occurred and corrects the flash banding on the copies You can operate on multiple clips at once e Operations on MXF clips are not supported e Flash band detection and correction are not possible for the following clip types Import material material containing recorded line input signals and so on Clips shot in 23 98p and converted to 59 941 by 2 3 pulldown Write protected clips and clips on write protected media Clips in the UserData folders on XDCAM drives To detect flash bands automatically In the List View pane of
141. p e Video Format e Audio Format Related Info tab Acquisition Flash Band Sony Apollo 012345 normal No No E6y10333_01 060428340101010501010D431 300000026028D90034105D608000101 23456789 13 00008080A0F7AE80 This tab displays information related to clip recording conditions e Model e Lens Model e Recording Mode e Media Spanning e File Name e Number of Files e UMID e Key Frame e User Bit e Proxy AV Data e Fdit List e Hard amp Software Essence Mark tab AN Format Related info Essence Mark Acquisition Flash Band Timecode Comments 13 10 32 05 _ShotMarkl 13 10 33 27 _ShotMark2 13 10 36 12 _ShotMark1 This tab displays a list of essence marks in the current clip with the timecode of the essence marks and the associated comments You can select an essence mark in this list to move the playback position to that frame 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 i Edit Comments Shothtarkd l Cancel To delete an essence mark Select an essence mark in the list you can select multiple essence marks by clicking with the Ctrl or Shift key held down press the Delete button and click Yes in the confirmation dialog that appears Editing
142. plays 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 and two properties by default the clip name and the date and time when the clip was shot You can Select different clip properties to display For details see User settings page 40 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 List View button in the toolbar and then select Thumbnails List or Details A mark for the clip status is displayed on the thumbnail or icon in all of the view modes View mode icon Description List or E Normal MP4 file Details view MP4 file with OK status An MP4 file in which some of the video cannot be displayed However the video that can be displayed is handled like a normal MP4 file and clip operations are supported Abnormal MP4 file without data cannot be decoded etc Normal DV AVI file A DV AVI file in which some of the video cannot be displayed However the video that can be displayed
143. plug in software can be purchased and downloaded from the following website You can access this website by selecting About MainConcept Conversion Packs from the XDCAM EX Clip Browser menu and then clicking the URL in the dialog that appears 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 Appendix 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 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 STR
144. porarily enabled 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 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 Toolbar l E ii oC x ALL Local Disk C a data l WN dell Intel att lt Program Files maqiaoos EZS 7130 2009 16 47 58 Sony EL amp XDCAM EX Clip Bre FBSampleEx3 List View pane Component 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 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 12 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
145. ps 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 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 MainConcept Conversion Pack is the trial version so the Purchase the full version plug in software MainConcept conversion output may contain a watermark For output Conversion Pack 1 or 2 at the MainConcept website and install without the watermark please purchase the full version it on your system You can access the MainConcept website by MainConcept Conversion Pack selecting MainConcept Version from the Help menu and then clicking the URL in the dialog that appears Reason Failed to convert Check the recording format of the clip that you want to copy and that of the clips e
146. pt conversion output may contain a watermark For output Conversion Pack 1 or 2 at the MainConcept website and install without the watermark please purchase the full version it on your system You can access the MainConcept website by MainConcept Conversion Pack selecting About MainConcept Conversion Packs from the XDCAM EX Clip Browser menu and then clicking the URL in the dialog that appears 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 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 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
147. r CAUsersiBlJiDocuments SonyiClipBrowseriClipL A Output Option fa Thumbnails E Detailed Essence Marks Output Range Q All 4 Set the following items Output Destination e Folder Specifies the output 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 e Data Name A new folder with this name is created in the output folder and output files with this name an XML file and a style sheet are output to the new folder Due to browser limitations it may not be possible to view clip lists properly when some characters are used in clip file names We recommend that you use ASCII characters and numbers only in file names Output Option e Thumbnails Output clip thumbnails JPEG files in addition to text data e Detailed Essence Marks Output detailed information about the essence marks in the clips Output Range e All All clips in the selected media or folder e Displayed Clips MP4 DV AVI Clips displayed in the List View pane e Selected Clips Clips selected in the List View pane 5 Click the Execute button to start the export A progress bar appears to show the progress of the export The following dialog appears when the export finishes l XDCAM EX Clip Browser Ed wt Output was completed Q E Display the output file To display the XML file immediately after finishing
148. r 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 move 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 move 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 The clip will be moved Is it OK 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 e Once it has been completed you cannot undo the move operation e 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 25 Clip Operations SMOpUIM 104 29 SMOpUIM 104 26 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 mov
149. r of detected flash bands Marks indicating uncorrected flash bands 00 00 01 13 00 00 04 09 00 00 06 24 00 00 08 24 00 00 10 24 Select a timecode value from the list in the Flash Band tab and then check the picture that appears on the screen To check the picture after correction Check the Preview check box and then select the timecode of the frame that you want to check If you decide that correction is unnecessary With the frame selected click the Delete button or select Delete from the frame s context menu Clip Operations The information for that frame is deleted from the list and the position bar To correct a frame that was not detected Display the frame that you want to correct and then click the Add button Information for that frame is added to the list and the position bar Manual appears in the Detect field of the list Image quality may be impaired if you correct where flash banding has not occurred To change the field where correction starts If the correction target clip is interlaced video from the context menu of the target frame select Field and 1st or 2nd in that order Regardless of how the frame was added to the list Manual appears in the Detect field whenever you change the correction start field If you changed anything in step 4 click the Save button The changes are not reflected if you execute the correction without performing this step To cor
150. ral Edit Display Play Conversion Flash Band Priority in Move Data protection Copy E Convertin MXF for copying EX to a normal folder Perform CRC check after copy Copy all files to C UsersiBlUiDocumentsiSonyiClipBrowser Clip Clip ID xoz Cancel Priority in Move Specifies whether to give priority to operating speed or data protection when moving clips see page 25 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 24 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 s
151. re 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 Explorer to create a folder or file in Work1 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 This operation is limited to XDCAM EX clips You cannot operate on clips in other formats for example XDCAM HD clips 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 Split Folder Folder Name Material Split Unit Media DYO1 Layer 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 fo
152. rect flash bands After the preparations explained in the previous procedure proceed as follows to execute the flash band correction 1 2 In the List View pane of an Explorer window select the clip to correct In the Clip menu or the context menu select Flash Band Correct and In Out section or AI Range in that order The selected clip is duplicated and flash band correction of the duplicated clip starts A progress bar appears to show the progress of the processing Editing of In and Out points is not supported for DV AVI clips Regardless of range specifications the entire clip is searched No correction processing is performed on the duplication source clip Flash band correction of the first and last frames is not supported Depending on the flash burst characteristics a white band may remain even after correction To execute correction automatically after flash band detection In step 2 of the procedure in To detect flash bands automatically page 33 select the Detect and Correct command instead of the Detect command Correction starts automatically after automatic detection To check flash band corrected clips Inthe Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the folder or media where corrected clips are stored You can specify the destination where corrected clips are stored in the Flash Band tab of the User Configuration dialog For details see page 43 2 Load the clip t
153. 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 One BPA V 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 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 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
154. res section of the Operating Instructions for your XDCAM EX device and on the cover page of the supplied CD ROM e This operation is limited to XDCAM EX clips You cannot operate on clips in other formats for example XDCAM HD clips e DV AVI files are supported for MXF for NLEs 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 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 79 for more information about the available conversion formats Clip Operations SO eN 404 T SO eN 404 78 An export dialog opens for the selected format The figure below shows the dialog that opens when you choose MXF for XDCAM HD422 eno MXF for XDCAM HD422 Export to Folder Users BIJ peg Free space 47 1GB Type SS XDCAM HD 422 _ Details Target of Export Whole Clip O In Out section Clip Name Input File Output File Status 709_0009_01 E6y10322_ 01 MP4 E6y10322_01 mxf 1Clip Total Execute ay 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
155. rmats for example XDCAM HD clips 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 26 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 40 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 35 for more information about how to create folders Do one of the following e 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 move destination media or folde
156. s the new folder automatically Cut Cut the selected Page 74 clip Copy the selected Page 72 clip a Ti aa ee el Pastes a clip that has been cut or copied to another media or folder Delete Delete the selected Page 75 clip or folder Page 86 Eject Media When an XDCAM drive or SxS memory card drive SO Je 404 is selected in the Tree View pane ejects the media or puts it into a state in which it can be safely removed see About the Eject Media button below About the Eject Media button Regardless of the target drive clicking this button has the same effect as using the operating system Eject function Path This is the full path to the media or folder that is selected in the Tree View pane 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 Show Hide Shows or hides the Component Component View View Filters the display of XDCAM EX clips by file format Showing all clips MP4 clips or DV AVI clips Es List View Switches the clip view mode iM thumbnails details 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 Type of media or folder Hard disk drive val CD DVD or Blu ray Disc drive Names and Functions of Parts 63 SO eN 404 64 Icon Type of media or fold
157. s 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 MP4 file to an 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 77 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 92 1 If no file exists in the destination the bit rate is determined as specified in Format settings for empty destination folders under MP4 to MXF conversion by copy in the Conversion tab of the Preferences dialog Tip When the Convert in MXF for copying EX to a normal folder check box in the Edit tab of the Preferences dialog see page 90 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 89 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 applicat
158. s 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 MP4 file to an 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 28 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 42 1 If no file exists in the destination the bit rate is determined as specified in Format settings for empty destination folders under MP4 to MXF conversion by copy in the Conversion tab of the User Configuration dialog Tip When the Convert in MXF for copying EX to a normal folder check box in the Edit tab of the User Configuration dialog see page 40 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 40 are automatically created the files converted in this applicat
159. s 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 select 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 Names and Functions of Parts e Title 2 Allows you to assign a subtitle up to 127 bytes in length 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 You can batch edit these properties if you wish to share them among all clips in a folder or on a media device For details see To perform batch editing of clip properties page 22 The properties of DV AVI clips cannot be edited A V Format tab Essence Mark Acquisition Flash Band MPEG HDLong 25Mbps 59 94i Forma 1440x1080 16 9 Type 1 1 1 rt ANALOG 2 Port ANALOG jec 16bit LPCM 16bit LPCM This tab displays information about the recording format of the cli
160. ses the active tab peme o ooo Tab Ctrl Selects the previous tab Page 13 PageUp Next Tab Ctrl Selects the next tab PageDown Optimize Window Optimizes the positions of Explorer Page 12 Layout and Preview windows in the main window Cascade Arranges the currently open windows in cascading order from the upper left o Windows Tiles the currently open windows o vertically Tile Windows Tiles the currently open windows Horizontally horizontally Help About Version Displays the version of this application MainConcept Displays the version of the Version MainConcept plug in software Preview window is active Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page SMOpUIM 104 File Capture Still Image Creates a bitmap still picture from Page 31 the frame at the current position Appendix 49 SMOpUIM 104 50 Delete Delete Deletes the selected text in the clip Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference shortcut page Edit Cut Ctrl X Cuts the selected text in the clip Page 20 properties section of the General tab Copy Ctrl C Copies the selected text in the clip properties section of the General tab properties section of the General tab Paste Ctrl V Pastes text that was cut or copied in the clip properties section of the General tab Set Index Picture Sets the frame at the current Page 31 position as the index picture Sets an In point at the current Page 26 position Sets an Ou
161. splay filter 3 From the Edit menu select Batch Edit Clip Propertties The Batch Edit Clip Properties dialog opens Names and Functions of Parts 71 SO JPW 404 SO eN 404 72 Batch Edit Clip Properties Edit Range All tems to batch edit Status Title 1 Title 2 C l Creator _ Description Overwrite the edited Item T Close 4 Select the edit range e All All clips in the selected media or folder e Displayed Clips MP4 Clips displayed in the List View pane e Selected Clips Clips selected in the List View pane D Check the check box for each batch edit item that you want to change and then select a value from the list box or enter a string in the edit box e Status Select from among OK NG KEEP and None e Title 1 Up to 63 ASCH bytes in length e Title 2 Up to 127 bytes in length e Creator Up to 127 bytes in length e Description Up to 127 bytes in length To overwrite existing settings Check the Overwrite the edited item check box If this check box is cleared when the batch edit is executed the changes made here are reflected only to empty fields 6 Click the Execute button A confirmation message appears asking if you want to execute the batch edit T Click the Yes button to execute the batch edit or click the No button to cancel it A progress bar appears to show the progress of the batch edit A completion dialog appears whe
162. sults 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 Correcting flash bands Flash banding can occur when the CMOS sensor of a camera or camcorder captures a subject that is illuminated by a flash or other momentary light source It is characterized by a bright band at the top or bottom of a frame instead of the entire frame The term flash band is also used to describe a frame that is divided vertically into a bright half and a dark half Flash burst wily Image capture time Flash band This software creates copies of frames where flash banding has occurred and corrects the flash banding on the copies You can operate on multiple clips at once e Operations on MXF clips are not supported e Flash band detection and correction are not possible for the following clip types Import material material containing recorded line input signals and so on Clips shot in 23 98p and converted to 59 941 by 2 3 pulldown Write protected clips and clips on write protected media
163. t 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 Alt Enter Puts the Viewer into Full Screen Page 18 mode Subsequently displays the message box which was set to be hidden by the setting of the Do not Clear Mark In Clear Mark Out Clear Mark In Out Add Essence Mark Delete Essence Mark Mark Out View Full Screen Message Options Reset to the Default Play Play Stop Play Reverse Play In to Out 1 Frame 1 Frame Jump to Start Jump to End Jump to In Point Jump to Out Point Previous Essence Mark Next Essence Mark Set Audio Channels Appendix show this message in the future check box L or space Plays the selected clip Page 30 K or space Stops clip play Plays the selected clip in the reverse direction Shift Plays the range from the In point to space the Out point of the selected clip lt Steps one frame back Steps one frame forward Home Jumps to the clip start point first frame End Jumps to the clip end point last frame Jumps to the In point Jumps to the Out point Shift lt Jumps to the previous essence mark Shift gt Jumps to the next essence mark Opens the Set Audio Channels Page 31 dialog Command Subcommand Keyboard Reference sh
164. t points in the clip To stop play Click the play button 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 19 in the Preview window Select an operation from the Play menu Drag the playline 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 or equal to 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 User Configuration dialog see page 42 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 resolutio
165. ta 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 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 This operation is limited to XDCAM EX clips You cannot operate on clips in other formats for example XDCAM HD clips 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 H GB
166. ta may become unrecoverable if you continue to operate without salvaging it 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 Reason The clip database created by other application The selected clip database registration folder was not created by this application Use the application that created the database to edit the clips and perform other clip operations Reason The media may be incorrect or corrupted The selected clip is in an unsupported format or there is an error in the material data Check the clip properties The clip cannot be displayed in Explorer Failed to save sort order The copy destination drive you specified doesn t exist or isn t ready Please specify an available drive The move destination drive you specified doesn t exist or isn t ready Please specify an available drive The import destination drive you specified doesn t exist or isn t ready Please specify an available drive Failed to output Reason The output destination drive you specified doesn t exist or isn t ready Appendix 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 Try restarting this application or restarting the computer If the problem persists install the application again The drive sp
167. tall 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 l1 appear It is not possible to launch more than one instance of this application at one time 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 Names and Functions of Parts Operating window configuration The following figure shows the default configuration of the operating windows Main window XDCAM EX Clip Browser Explorer FilefF Edit E View ClipfC Tool Windowt Help H Used space Free space Selected clips 0 Total duration 00 00 00 Total size 0 0 MB General AN Format Relatedinfo Essence Mark Index Picture Mark In Mark Out o sy y Jy _ DVD RW Drive G Status Title 1 Title 2 Creator Description Used space Free space Selected clips 0 Total duration 00 00 00 Total size 0 0 MB B Explorer windows Preview window Main window This is the main window of the application It contains Explorer windows and Preview windows The title bar displays
168. the processing finishes 8 Click the OK button to close the dialog 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 If the NAMING FORM menu item of an XDCAM HD device is set to C standard format any user defined file names names in a format other than C are changed automatically to the standard format C when the clips are written to the 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
169. the List View pane this pane displays thumbnails of the clip s component files e This pane displays the component files of DV AVI clips only e Copy delete and other file operations are not supported in the Component View pane 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 Thumbnail View This view displays the index picture of each clip or a thumbnail of the first frame and three properties by default the duration the clip name and the date and time when the clip was shot You can Select different clip properties to display For details see User settings page 90 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 List View button in the toolbar and then select Thumbnails or Details A mark for the clip status is displayed on the thumbnail or icon in either of the view modes Thumbnails ry Normal clip view Details view 2 Normal MP4 file example MP4 file with OK status 2 An MP4 file in which some of the video cannot be displayed r Clip with OK status However the video that can be displayed is handled like a normal MP4 file and clip operations are supported
170. the effect is the same as importing the MP4 files e When unregistered AVI file exist in the CLPR folder and that folder is accessed from an Explorer window those AVI files are registered as management targets processed like import files However importing cannot be performed if the file names do not follow the XDCAM EX naming conventions e On media supported by XDCAM EX devices up to 600 clips can be registered in one recording folder 1 This process does not work in the UserData folders on XDCAM drives SMOpUIM 104 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 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 e It may not be possible for XDCAM HD devices to play clips that this application has created on copied to or Appendix 39 SMOPUIM 104 40 moved to media other than Professional Discs XDCAM drives Recording folders The configur
171. 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 709 0009 01 E6y10322_01 MP4 E6y10322_01 i 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 destination 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 C Skip EEs NO A The optional MainConcept plug in software must be installed to use some conversion formats see page 100 Unless the licensed plug in from MainConcept is installed the video after conversion contains a MainConcept watermark and audio is silent after the first 30 seconds 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 fil
172. the name of this application followed by the title of the active window inside the main Name of this application Title of the active window window frame Explorer or Preview TRENER sheen nen The menu and menu items in the menu bar change File Edita Views Clip Took _Windowtty Helpt depending on the window inside the main window frame or the active window when more than one window is open 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 13 Names and Functions of Parts 1 1 SMOpUIM 104 SMOPUIM 104 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 17 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 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
173. 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 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 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 SO Je 404 85 SO eN 404 86 To back up folders T Inthe Tree View pane of an Explorer window select the folder that you want to back up 2 Doone of the following e Select Show in Finder from the File menu e Click the folder while holding down the Control key and
174. this procedure Check the Display the output file check box 6 Click the OK button to close the dialog To open the output files In the folder named after the specified data name double click either the xml file or the xsl file both of which have the same name as the folder The file list appears in Windows Internet Explorer where you can view it or print it 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 e 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 Names and Functions of Parts SMOpUIM 104 17 Tab Clip name f Preview 709_0019_01 SMOpUIM 104 709_0019_01 1 3 2007 22 34 09 4116 2008 12 24 50 00 00 04 29 us iy e ea O Clip properties sec
175. tion 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 12 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 20 1 8 Names and Functions of Parts Viewer Screen Clip type Number of essence marks Timecode BEEE CERRADO DE HABES HH aT EE 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 MP4 XDCAM EX clip MP4 file XDCAM EX DV AVI XDCAM EX clip DV AVI file XDCAM HD HD422 MPEG HD file created from XDCAM HD or XDCAM HD422 clip MXF file XDCAM HD HD422 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
176. upported When an XDCAM device is in mixed format recording mode it may not be possible to specify the device as the destination of a copy or move operation Installing the Application If the MainConcept plug in software is installed If you have purchased the plug in software access the following URL and update it to the latest version You can access this website by selecting MainConcept Version from the Help menu and then clicking the URL in the dialog that appears http www mainconcept com plugin4clipbrowser 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 7 from the XDCAM EX Clip Browsing Software Installer The folder where the setup application is stored appears 3 Double click Setup exe The setup wizard appears J XDCAM EX Clip Browser InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for XDCAM EX Clip Browser 7 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 4 Click the Next button in the setup wizard A license agre
177. wed 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 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 S80 Aspect Ratio Selects the aspect ratios of the index and preview pictures of SD clips DV AVI format clips Select from the following e Auto Selects 16 9 or 4 3 automatically according to the aspect ratio of the clip e 16 9 e 4 3 91 Appendix SO Je 404 SO eN 404 92 Conversion tab Preferences General Edit Display Play Conversion Flash Band Country NTSC Include 24p PAL MP4 to MXF conversion by copy Bit Rate 4 2 0 18Mbps H Format settings for empty destination folders Note These settings are not used when copying to XDCAM devices with system frequency settings Frame Rate 60i 60p 30p 4 Format 4 2 0 18Mbps x1080 F Avid AAF Output OPAtom files to Users co 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 a copy operation e Bit Rate For files in the 4 2 0 color format specifies the bit rate of the converted file when file format conversion is performed by
178. window Explorer Users Bl Sony XDCAM EX Clip Browser Material_1 Material_1 T P ave 3 2 E6y10322_01 E6y10328_01 ae owser v XDCAM EX Clip Browser gt 9 ClipList ee8 Explorer JUsers Bl Sony XDCAM EX Clip Browser Sample gt e FBSampleEX3_200 Sample ial_1 Used space 35 3GB Qf P Qe i Free space 38 8GB Web Gam BE Names and Functions of Parts 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 When the snap function is enabled When you resize a window by dragging its border neighboring windows are also resized while preserving the window layout You can disable the snap function For details see User settings page 90 Tip You can operate with the Shift key pressed to temporarily reverse the snap function setting When the snap function is enabled The function is temporarily disabled When the snap function is disabled The function is temporarily enabled
179. xisting 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 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 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 User Configuration dialog output destination in User Configuration Appendix 53 The name is already used Please specify another name Specify another name or change the output destination xxxxX already exists in the output folder Please specify another name The file name is invalid or too long The save destination may not be recognized if the fu
180. y ClipBrowser 20080414171203 OK C Cno aa 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 e There is not enough free capacity at the copy destination Clip Operations e 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 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 90 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 This operation is limited to XDCAM EX clips You cannot operate on clips in other formats for example XDCAM HD clips e Clips with OK status can be moved by this application
181. y 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 Names and Functions of Parts 65 SO Je 404 SO eN 404 66 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 Vi Clip Name om Q File Name n 0 Cancel vi Duration Up y M Status SS Wi Creation Date Down M Last Update W Rec Mode LSS C Creator Show All ae eee Description Hide All M Video Port ee M Video Codec Reset to Default _ Capture fps pe 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 To select the items to display in tooltips You can select the items th
182. y the MP4 or DV AVI files to import by selecting them from the file list 4 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 This software checks import file for compatibility with the XDCAM EX format Files that are found to be incompatible cannot be imported The properties of imported clips are set automatically The format of imported clips may not be fully compatible with the XDCAM EX format In this case it may not be possible to play imported clips on XDCAM EX devices and with this application e The file names of imported DV AVI files may be changed to names that can be recognized by XDCAM EX devices 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 Featu

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