Understanding and Using P2 Filenames

can you create more then 100 files and still have this work so you can create them for scene and shot?
 
Yes, but you can only have 100 metadata files on the SD card at a time, because only two digits are available for naming them.

So if you need more than 100 scenes, you'll have to create a separate set of metadata files and switch to the second (or third set etc.) as production moves along.
 
hmmm - there must be some clever way to use this system to record scene, shot and take in the clip label - now that would be the holy grail cause the scripty would note the good take and that would correspond to a file without using a timecode
 
Metadata file question

Metadata file question

THoff said:
Excellent article as usual.

I noticed the addition of the "TYPE 1 / TYPE 2" user clip name option in the previous (V2.03) firmware upgrade, but of course the release notes made no mention of what it did.

Now that I know how it works, I'll be using it going forward. I did some tests with Edius Broadcast V4.24, and this is exactly what I needed.

I have one suggestion for streamlining the updating of the user clip name in the camera as production moves from one scene to the next. I would create a series of metadata files, one for let's say "Scene 01 Take" through "Scene 20 Take", and name them to "MTDT01.P2" through "MTDT20.p2". That will make it relatively easy to find and load the appropriate metadata file as shooting progresses.

Edit: I've added an attachment with the metadata files for "Scene 01 Take " through "Scene 99 Take ", I hope this will save someone the time of creating them from scratch.
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Hi THoff,

Thanks for creating this file. I can see it's going to be very useful. Question though, after I unzip the file, what should the file be saved as on the SD card? .txt file?

thanks in advance!

JP
 
The ZIP file contains a bunch of files with a .P2 extension -- you have to keep the name. The files are in fact text files, but you can't change the extension to .TXT.

If you rename the files from the MDTxx.P2 pattern, the camera will not find them. If you need more than 100 metadata templates, I would carry a second SD card with the additional templates on them.
 
Thanks for the quick reply. Okay, makes sense - but are you loading the SD card into the camera with the zip file intact, don't you first have to extract the files?

My problem is that I can extract your file, but I'm running into errors when I try to save the extracted file list. Is this a process that needs to happen within P2 viewer?

thanks in advance!

JP
 
Never mind, I was using Stuffit, and it uses a weird extraction process. So I got the file out and save to my SD card. I feel like a bit of an idiot, but hey, what's new?

thanks for the help!

JP
 
File not found?

File not found?

Okay, last question I promise. Got the THoff's file(s) loaded on my SD card in a folder labled P2SD. I've got metadata turned on, but my HVX says file not found when I try to load the metadata. I know I'm missing an obvious but crucial step. But what the heck is it?

thanks in advance!

JP
 
You placed the files into the PRIVATE/MEIGROUP/PAVCN/SBG/P2SD folder on your SD card, the metadata templates appear in the menu, you select one, try to load it and get an error message saying the file can't be found?
 
Ah, interesting. What I did was create a completely separate folder for the P2SD.
I take it the folder needs to go into the same PRIVATE folder that was used for the upgrade? I didn't think I needed it anymore after I upgraded.
 
It needs to go into the exact location that Barry mentioned in his article, and which I put in my previous message. That is the ONLY location that the camera will look in for those files.

On a different note, I would leave the firmware image on the SD card even after you have performed the upgrade. You never know when you'll work with another rented or borrowed camera, and the last thing you want is to be on location and find out that the camera hasn't been updated to support 16GB P2 cards.
 
PC Version

PC Version

Great info. But, does all this work for the PC version of Final Cut Pro 5 or 6 as well. I know there are some performance issues, as well as fille and data storage transfer issues that are not common to the MAC versions. Could anyone address these points based on their own experience? I am currently using Roxio's Media Creator 9, and it .. isss .. a good program .. I think .. but, most of the film schools use Final Cut in their academic courses as an editing tool. One issue that really bothers me and my crew, is that the video clips that are being edited for length, are for the most part just shortened as to the length of view on the screen, and are stored in their near entirety on the storage medium. Such as a DVD disk, or card or whatever. This makes for a very large amount of data to be manipulated and stored when it is not necessary. It can be a real problem on slower systems and limited storage media. I am wondering if Final Cut can address these issues better.

:dankk2:Necro
 
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