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1. lt Notes gt 6 Depending on the condition of the personal computer phenomena such as dropping image frames and disconnecting sound may occur when playing back material DVCPROHD and AVC Intra format clips cannot be played back on personal computers that do not have a CPU that supports SSE2 instructions such as Pentium M Pentium 4 or Pentium D Recommended environment to play back DVCPROHD format clips CPU Pentium D 3 2 GHz or greater RAM 1 GB or greater Recommended environment to play back AVC Intra format clips If AVC Intra 50 CPU Core2 Duo 2 66 GHz or greater RAM DDR2 667 1 GB orgreater If AVC Intra 100 CPU Dual CPU configuration dual core Xeon 3 GHz or greater RAM DDR2 667 1 GB orgreater Starting ending the Application To start the P2 viewer For Windows Vista Business or Windows XP Professional select the following Start All programs Panasonic P2 P2 viewer For Windows 2000 select the following Start Programs gt Panasonic P2 S P2 viewer To end the P2 viewer e click the X button in the upper right corner of the main window or 6 from the File menu in the main window select Exit Window Configuration The main window is roughly divided into four areas Bin area View area Memo area Bile View Playback Voice 0614 11 09 k a Na gt e 00 00 10 24 00001115 00 00 13 232. Displays the card slot drive name for the P2 card on which the clip displayed in the bin area is recorded or the path to the virtual P2 card on which the clip displayed in the bin area is recorded Select the drive name from the View menu Open the Filtering panel then set the conditions for the clip you wish to display in the bin area For details refer to Filtering Page 10 Cancels filtering Displays the number of clips satisfying the conditions set in the Filtering panel together with the total number of clips If filtering is not set the total number of clips is displayed Clips displayed in the bin area appear as icons Clips displayed in the bin area are shown in details mode 2 Property area The property area displays clip information Also some properties can be changed using the property area After making any changes click Save Display Description Change User Clip Name Name of the clip entered by the user Yes Shot Mark piebilda eae an indicator is displayed in the clip icon indicating that a Yes Video CODEC The recording format of the clip No Start TC Time code value at the recording start time for the clip No End TC Time code value at the recording end time for the clip No Duration The duration of the clip is displayed No Creator
3. 11 1 2 Property aaa 18 2 2 Clip copying NA A UA 12 1 3 Memo Area 18 3 Voice 12 2 g Sere cute Seeded 19 3 1 Playback of voice memos only 12 2 1 19 3 2 Concurrent playback of voice memos 3 Setting of Proxy Only Folder 19 and COS 622585 443 izies COMA A 12 4 Copying 19 3 3 Recording voice 12 3 4 Manipulation of voice memos 12 4 Text 13 4 1 Display of text memos 13 4 2 How to record text memos 13 4 3 Text memo operations 13 Overview The P2 viewer is an application program supported by Windows Vista Business Windows XP Professional and Windows 2000 You can use the P2 viewer to manipulate clips recorded onto the P2 card on a personal computer Major functions 1 Clip checking Movie files on the P2 card can be played back The P2 viewer will play back clips recorded in DV DVCPRO DVCPRO50 DVCPROHD or AVC Intra formats e Contents specific to the P2 card such as clip information voice memos and text memos can be checked 2 P2 card copying e Clips in the P2 card can be copied to recording media such as another P2 card or a hard disk 3 P2 card maintenance e The P2 card can be initialized
4. in the copy destination virtual P2 card are displayed 3 Select the clip to be copied from the primary bin upper half of the bin area then drag and drop it into the secondary bin lower half of the bin area lt Notes gt A clip that exceeds the capacity of the copy destination P2 card or copy destination virtual P2 card cannot be copied e If a clip is copied with Windows Explorer etc a BY indicator may be displayed in the clip icon In this case copying the clip with the P2 Viewer may erase this MB indicator 3 Voice Memos 3 1 Playback of voice memos only When the voice memo icon lt in the timeline is double clicked recorded voice memos be played back Voice memos for the whole of the selected clip are displayed on the left side of the timeline Voice memos for frames are displayed in the timeline When multiple voice memos are recorded for a single frame press the arrow keys on the keyboard to select a voice memo and double click the icon to play it 3 2 Concurrent playback of voice memos and clips When the voice memo playback button EX is clicked the voice memo audio output can be toggled With the voice memo playback button previously clicked voice memos will play back concurrently with the clip When multiple voice memos have been recorded for a single frame only the starting voice memo representative memo is played back 3 3 Recording voice memos Clicking the desired time code position i
5. D DMOD E A User CipName JOS0AZ8 3401010 105010100431 7 Shot Mark 2 i Stat TC 05140802 End TC 06142522 000015 19 00001610 00001916 Duration 00001720 Video CODEC Stat Date 20040419 06 18 3916 00 00 Creator 00 001920 000021 23 00 002211 Creation Date 2004 01 01 00 00 18 GMT 00 00 PE End Date __ 2004 01 01 0000 23 GMT 00 00 s User Set Location R S i Property Area Bin area Clips recorded on the P2 card are displayed as a list The bin area can also be divided into two sections by switching the View menu This is convenient when copying clips on the P2 card to recording media such as another P2 card or a hard disk For details refer to 2 2 Clip copying in Major Operations View area The image and outline of the clip selected in the bin area are displayed When the clip is double clicked the timeline is displayed Property area Information on the clip selected in the bin area is displayed as characters Memo area When the timeline of the clip is displayed in the view area memo information recorded in the clip is displayed as a list 1 Bin Area 1 1 Display mode Clips recorded onto the P2 card are displayed as a list Icon display and Details display can be toggled using toolbar buttons They can also be toggled by selecting Icons View or Details View from the View menu Display switching og 02 00 00 00 03 00 00 C 06 14 35 20 Ic
6. The name of the person who recorded the clip is displayed Yes Creation Date The recording date and time for the clip are displayed No Shooter The name of the camera operator is displayed Yes Start End Date The shooting start and end date and time are displayed No User Set Location The location where shooting took place is displayed Yes Latitude Longitude Altitude The latitude longitude altitude of the location where shooting took place are displayed Yes Location Info Source The source of information such as latitude longitude altitude is displayed No Device Manufacturer The name of the manufacturer of the equipment used for recording is displayed No Device Model Name The model name of the equipment used for recording is displayed No Device Serial No The serial number of the equipment used for recording is displayed No Program Name Yes Scene No Yes MS These can be recorded and edited as necessary NES Reporter Yes Purpose Yes Object Yes Frame Rate The frame rate of recording images is displayed No The ratio of the frame rate of playback images to the frame rate of recording images is VFR ratio displayed No Frame rate of playback images Frame rate of recording images Start UB The user bits set at the beginning of the clip are displayed No The pulldown method used to convert signals recorded in progressive mode into Fuldu interlace signals is displayed No Aspect Ratio The aspect ratio of recording images is displayed No Audio Samplin
7. Upload Window are added to the existing contents Proxy 1 Display of Proxy Data 1 1 Indicators Gray Displayed when a proxy file is recorded on the clip M Orange Displayed if a shot mark is recorded in the clip MW Light blue Displayed if a voice memo is recorded onto the clip W Greenish yellow Displayed if the clip is recorded for 16 9 wide screen format Mi Pink Displayed if part of the clip is missing Selected clip appears to be recorded across multiple P2 cards but one card is not inserted into a card slot M Red yellow Displayed if the clip is defective If this indicator is displayed for proxy data stored on an SD Memory card copy the proxy data from the corresponding P2 card For more information see 4 Copying Clips page 19 T Greenish yellow Displayed if a text memo is recorded onto the clip 1 2 Property Properties related to proxy have been added 1 3 Memo Area If the clip consists of only the proxy data the icon in the memo area will not be displayed 18 2 Playback If a clip contains both video and proxy data these can be toggled and played back by using the Proxy Data Toggle Button in the timeline If the clip is stored in a Proxy Only Folder only proxy data will by played back 2 1 Timeline ROAD O AAA Proxy Data Toggle Button This button is enabled when the clip contains both video and proxy files It toggles a file for playback Click
8. ard O Status of the P2 card inserted into each card slot e P2 card s total capacity remaining capacity and maximum recording time Selecting a drive containing a P2 card then clicking FORMAT will format the selected P2 card 156MB 8 0 OMin 43Sec 0Min 21Sec Setting virtual P2 cards Selecting this item opens a panel for setting the virtual P2 card Metadata Upload The window for creating metadata upload files opens For more information see Metadata Upload File Creation Customize The following can be set or changed 6 Audio output channel e Text contents displayed when the clip in the bin area is displayed as an icon e Microphone input level when recording voice memos Character strings recorded in text marks e User name registered as the person who last updated the clip Settings when DVCPROHD format clips do not play back smoothly 6 Help Menu About P2 Viewer Shows the P2 viewer version number 16 Metadata Upload File Creation This function creates metadata upload files Store the metadata upload files created using this function on an SD Memory card and insert the card into a camera recorder hereinafter called a P2 cam that supports saving data on a P2 Card After clips have been shot using the P2 cam metadata to be recorded on the clips can be read from the metadata upload files e Creating Metadata Upload Files To store the data on an SD memory card open the metadata uploa
9. bin area Filtering User Clip Name Global Clip ID 7 Conditions that can be selected e User clip name e Shot mark present absent O Start TC O Duration Shooting start date and time e Text memo O Latitude 6 Longitude e Global clip ID 10 2 Clip copying Two bins can be displayed in the bin area to copy clips in the P2 card to recording media such as another P2 card or a hard disk Clips can be copied to e P2 cards O virtual P2 cards 2 1 Setting virtual P2 cards The virtual P2 card is a folder that can be created in recording media other than P2 cards such as hard disks By treating this folder as a pseudo P2 card for data clips can also be copied to recording media other than P2 cards From the Tools menu select Setting Virtual P2 Cards Then the Setting Virtual P2 Cards panel opens In this panel virtual P2 cards can be registered unregistered created or deleted Select the registered folders then click here to change their order C BackupCopy OA New registration of virtual P2 cards 1 inthe Setting Virtual P2 Cards window click the 5 button The File dialogue box appears 2 Select the location of the folder in which you want to create a new virtual P2 card then enter the folder name 3 Click OK Now the new virtual P2 card is created in the selected recording media lt Note gt When newly registering a virtual P2 card on a ne
10. d window enter metadata and select Save on an SD Card from the File menu to store the data on the SD Memory card Files can be saved on any directory from the Save As menu e Changing Metadata Upload Files Existing metadata upload files stored on an SD Memory card can be read and changed by selecting Open from the File menu After making changes update the file by selecting Overwrite from the File menu e Changing Metadata on Clips using Metadata Upload Files To change metadata on a clip select the clip and open the Metadata Upload Window Read the desired metadata upload file by selecting Open from the File menu in the Metadata Upload Window Metadata for the clip can be changed by selecting Change Clip Metadata from the Edit menu lt Note gt Use the P2 cam or the P2 deck to format the SD memory card For details refer to the operating instructions for the P2 cam or the P2 deck 1 Metadata Upload Window The Metadata Upload Window below is opened by selecting Metadata Upload from the Tools menu When this panel is activated after selecting a specific clip a window opens to display the metadata for the clip To enter update items of metadata activate the checkbox located to the left of each item You cannot select items if their checkboxes are inactive lt Notes gt O Specify the name of the metadata upload file in Metadata Name Once you have s
11. de value This operation can also be performed during clip playback With this function text memos can be used as markers Text memos to be registered can be set using the Costomize window opened from the Tools menu 4 3 Text memo operations Recorded text memos can be manipulated in the timeline or the memo area O Delete Copy Paste e Move 13 Menus Menus that can be selected from the Main window are O File menu e Edit menu O View menu O Playback menu e Tools menu O Help menu 1 File Menu Exit Ends the P2 viewer application 2 Edit Menu Cut Cuts selected items Copy Copies selected items Paste Pastes selected items Delete Deletes selected items Select All Selects all items included in the chosen area 3 View Menu Icons View Displays clips in the selected area as icons Details View Displays clips in the selected area in details mode Show Large Icons Switches the size of icons to be displayed to large Show Small Icons Switches the size of icons to be displayed to small Show the primary bin Displays clips recorded on the selected P2 card or on the selected virtual card in the primary bin full frame or upper half of the bin area Show the secondary bin Displays clips recorded on the selected P2 card or on the selected virtual card in the secondary bin lower half of the bin area When only the primary bin is displayed in the bin area di
12. et Program Name you will also be able to set Scene No and Take No Similarly once you have set Text Memo you will also be able to set Memo Creator e You cannot enter line breaks between character strings Metadata Upload Ele gdt 7 Metadata Name User Clip Name M Creator F Last Update Person M Shooter User Set Location Text Memo S S AA Select All Deselect All 17 2 Metadata Upload Window Menus 2 1 File Menu New Clears all displayed metadata information Open Reads the metadata upload file stored in the file Only files with a p2 extension can be read Overwrite Updates the file by overwriting This option can only be specified when the file is opened using the Open menu Save As The metadata upload file can be stored in any directory on a PC hard drive The file will have a p2 extension Store on an SD Card When the dialogue box opens enter the drive name for the SD Memory card A new file will be stored on the SD Memory card under the filename below and the card can be read by a P2 device Drive Name APRIVATEMEIGROUPIPAVCNISBGIP2SDIMTDTxx p2 are two numerals 2 2 Edit Menu Changing Clip Metadata Applies the contents specified in the Metadata Upload Window to the selected clip and updates the clip If more than one clip is selected all clips will be updated The contents of text memos are not however changed The contents specified in the Metadata
13. g The sampling frequency and quantifying bit number of recorded audio are displayed No S ee No The shootin nd time are displ E Last Update Date Nen ane eae ina IE time are displayed No Clip Name ID applied to the clip by the recording equipment is displayed No Global Clip ID Data indicating the shooting conditions for the clip No Drives Name of the drive for the P2 card onto which the selected clip is recorded is displayed No Absent Cards If the selected clip is recorded across multiple P2 cards but one card is not inserted into No a card slot the serial numbers of the absent P2 card are displayed Proxy Format The format of the proxy file is displayed No Proxy Video Codec The recording format of the proxy images is displayed No Proxy Video Frame Rate The frame rate of the proxy images is displayed No Proxy Video Bit Rate The bit rate of the proxy images is displayed No Proxy Video Resolution The pixel size of the proxy images is displayed No Proxy Aspect Ratio The aspect ratio of the proxy images is displayed No Proxy TC Super Indicates if there is a time code super for the proxy images No Proxy Audio Codec The recording format of the proxy audio is displayed No Proxy Audio Bit Rate The bit rate of the proxy audio is displayed No Proxy Audio Sampling The sampling rate of the proxy audio is displayed No Proxy Audio Channel The channel number of the proxy audio is displayed No 3 View rea 3 1 Display screen When a clip
14. is selected in the bin area the clip s current time code current Cur BEA our TENE Image area Audio output levels for Channel 1 to Channel 4 are displayed When a clip is selected in the bin area the duration of the complete clip is position s time code is displayed 3 2 Timeline displayed When a clip is double clicked in the bin area the clip is displayed in the timeline Plays back the voice memo concurrently with the clip Displays the voice memos for the whole of the clip 16 42 50 00 y Displays the text memos for the whole of the clip I gt Enlarges the timeline display Reduces the timeline display had rs S Aiza 12 42 45 00 Scrolls the timeline EA the thumbnail for the clip to the image for the current time code current position s time code Records a text mark in the frame for the current time code Records a text memo in the frame for the current time code Records and stops a voice memo Enlarges the image area on the display screen Toggles the clip between loop playback repeat playback and normal playback properties area or the memo area M4 b oOo SHE Moves the frame to be displayed to set it 29 as the start frame in the Moves the frame to be displayed back by one frame Pauses clip playback Plays back the clip Moves the frame to be d
15. isplayed forward by one frame Moves the frame to be displayed to set it as the end frame in the clip Shortcut keys Shortcut keys are enabled when no text or buttons are selected in the Moves the frame to be displayed forward by one frame Moves the frame to be displayed back by one frame e Space Toggles between playback and stopping of the clip Shift Space Plays back the clip from the head e Cirl Moves the frame to be displayed forward by 10 frames e Cirl Moves the frame to be displayed back by 10 frames Proxy contents with a recording rate of 192 bits sec are moved by 2 frames 4 Memo Area When the timeline for the clip is displayed in the view area memo information recorded in the clip is displayed in a list in the memo area Operations in the memo area O Selection of memos Deletion of memos Playback of voice memos Display of text memos e Change of text memos Major Operations 1 Filtering Normally all clips are displayed in the bin area Filtering is used to display in the bin area only those clips satisfying certain conditions When Filtering is selected from the View menu the following Filtering dialogue box appears The Filtering box can also be displayed by clicking the button on the toolbar In the Filtering box when filtering conditions are selected then OK is clicked only those clips that satisfy the conditions are displayed in the
16. ma Panason c Operating Instructions P2 Viewer Version 3 5 ENGLISH F0604T3097 F VQTON14 3 E Table of Contents OVETVIEW uti a so dt Ls kee wes 3 a uae 14 Starting ending the Application 3 1 File Menu 14 Window Configuration rd aa 4 2 Edit 14 PB KAS 5 8 View Menu 14 1 1 Display 5 4 Playback 15 1 2 Indicators 5 5 Tools Menu i 16 1 3 6 6 Help 16 2 Property 7 Metadata Upload File Creation 17 3 View 8 1 Metadata Upload Window 17 3 1 Display screen 8 2 Metadata Upload Window Menus 18 3 2 8 2 1 18 4 Memo Area 9 22 Edit MGA is t dus ici vd 18 Major Operations ts Soe aren SS 10 Proxy 18 di tas as S 10 1 Display of Proxy 18 2 Clip copying 11 INGICATOFS 4 5 6 oe ei oe a 18 2 1 Setting virtual P2 cards
17. n the timeline followed by the voice memo recording button on the toolbar allows voice memos to be added to the frame that has the specified time code value Voice memos can also be added by clicking the voice memo recording button while clips are being played back To record voice memos on the whole of the clip select on the left side of the timeline and click the voice memo record button To record voice memos use the microphone input of the personal computer During recording of voice memos the voice memo recording button display changes to W Click the voice recording memo button again to end voice memo recording The microphone s input level can be set using the Customize window opened from the Tools menu 3 4 Manipulation of voice memos Recorded voice memos can be manipulated in the timeline or the memo area O Delete e Copy O Paste e Move 12 4 Text Memos 4 1 Display of text memos When the mouse cursor is moved over the text memo icon P in the timeline a balloon small window appears allowing you to reference the recorded text memos Also when the text memo icon P in the timeline is double clicked the Text Memo display window appears allowing you to reference the recorded text memos Text memos for the whole of the selected chip are displayed on the left side of the timeline Text memos for frames are displayed in the timeline 4 2 How to record text memos There are two ways to record
18. on display Details mode display 1 2 Indicators In some clip icons indicators are used to display information Orange Displayed if a shot mark is recorded in the clip Light blue Displayed if a voice memo is recorded onto the clip W Greenish yellow Displayed if the clip is recorded for 16 9 wide screen format I Pink Displayed if part of the clip is missing 6 Selected clip appears to be recorded across multiple P2 cards but one card is not inserted into a card slot M Red yellow Displayed if the clip is defective For more information refer to the P2 cam s operating instructions Purple Displayed if the recorded clip has been edit copied For more information refer to the P2 deck s operating instructions HD Greenish yellow Displayed if a DVCPROHD or an AVC Intra format clip is recorded T Greenish yellow Displayed if a text memo is recorded onto the clip 1 3 Toolbar The toolbar displayed in the bin area provides the following functions 10 11 esco A 6 7 8 9 10 11 Stops clip playback Plays back the selected clip Toggles clips between loop playback repeat playback and normal playback Toggles the size of the icon displayed in the bin area Deletes the selected clip
19. text memos recording arbitrary text memos or recording text memos registered in advance Recording arbitrary text memos Clicking the desired time code position in the timeline followed by the text memo recording button on the toolbar allows text memos to be recorded in the frame that has the specified time code value To record text memos on the whole of the clip select _ on the left side of the timeline and click the text memo record button 880 When the text memo recording button is clicked the Text Memo dialogue box opens Input the desired text memo then click OK to enable recording When the text memo icon P in the timeline is double clicked the Text Memo dialogue box opens displaying all existing text memos You can also edit their content Memo on 00 08 22 25 Discards the set text memo information Becomes enabled when multiple text memos are recorded then closes the Text Memo box Shows the text memo recorded after the one currently displayed i Becomes enabled when multiple text Records the set text memos in a clip then memos are recorded Text Memo box closes the Text Memo box Shows the text memo recorded before the one currently displayed Recording text memos text marks registered in advance Clicking the desired time code position in the timeline followed by the text memo recording button ff on the toolbar enables recording of text memos registered in the frame that has the specified time co
20. the appropriate checkbox on the left side of the virtual P2 card to specify the Proxy Only option When you select proxy only data this icon is grey and you cannot change the thumbnail 3 Setting of Proxy Only Folder The Proxy Only folder option can be specified when registering virtual P2 cards With this option specified only proxy data are stored not video Be sure to specify the Proxy Only option when you register a folder on an SD Memory card Thelen dicots tales cardi x the left side of the virtual P2 card to specify the Proxy Only option 19 Proxw Only The location of Virtual P2 Cards IS O CBackupCopy DA lt Notes gt e Change the settings of virtual P2 cards if drive names on the PC are altered as a result of connection with additional external equipment eProxy Only Folders are not displayed if you select Show the primary bin or Show the secondary bin in the Display menu then select All Virtual P2 Cards To display Proxy Only Folders select Show the primary bin or Show the secondary bin in the Display menu then select the displayed folders 4 Copying Clips Proxy data can be copied by dragging and dropping of desired clips into Proxy Only Folders This operation copies the proxy data only not the actual video It is not possible to copy data from Proxy Only Folders to folders which are not Proxy Only 19
21. twork drive complete network settings on your personal computer before starting registration Unregistering of virtual P2 cards When multiple virtual P2 cards are being used you have the option to display clips from only the specified virtual P2 card in the bin area 1 Select the virtual P2 card you wish to unregister then click the x button in the Setting Virtual P2 Cards panel 2 The system asks you whether or not to unregister the virtual P2 card Click Yes lt Note gt Deletion of virtual P2 cards Note that at this time if Erase all clips in the folder was previously checked the virtual P2 card will be deleted together with clips in the folder Reregistering of virtual P2 cards I Inthe Setting Virtual P2 Cards panel click the 5 button The File dialogue box appears 2 Select the unregistered folder then click OK The selected virtual P2 card displaying clips in the folder is reregistered in the bin area 11 2 2 Clip copying 1 Select Show the primary bin in the Display menu then in the opened sub menu specify the drive for the copy source P2 card or the copy source virtual P2 card 2 Select Show the secondary bin in the Display menu then in the opened sub menu specify the drive for the copy destination P2 card or the copy destination virtual P2 card The bin area is divided into upper and lower sections and clips in the drive for the copy destination P2 card or clips
22. vides the bin area into two sections and displays the secondary bin Hide the secondary bin When the bin area is divided into two sections and the secondary bin is displayed does not display the secondary bin and displays only the primary bin in the bin area 14 Sort Sorts clips displayed in the bin area You can specify as sort conditions your choice of the following items user defined clip name start TC duration shot mark shooting start date and time Ascending Sorts clips in ascending order Descending Sorts clips in descending order Filtering Open the Filtering window then set the conditions for the clip you wish to display in the bin area For details refer to Filtering Page 10 Cancel filtering Cancels filtering Refresh Reflects up to date clip information in the bin area display 4 Playback Menu Play Plays back the selected clip Pause Pauses clip playback Stop Stops clip playback Loop Toggles clip playback between loop repeat playback and normal modes Full Screeen Video Toggles clip playback between full screen size and standard screen size Switch to Proxy Contents Toggles clip playback between proxy and video contents 15 5 Tools Menu P2 Card Property Selecting this item opens a panel displaying information on the P2 card inserted into each card slot The panel display includes O Name of the drive into which the P2 card is inserted 6 Serial number of the P2 c
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