Video Metadata

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MR Fanny

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Ok, when I import images into adobe bridge I can see useful metadata such as ISO, shutter speed even with manual lenses.

Just want to know if metadata is recorded for video clips also? When you preview on camera you can see settings used but I have yet to find it when importing into a third party software such as adobe bridge.

cheers.
 
If you shoot in 720 MJPEG, it will record a still with the metadata along with the video. Suppose you could set everything the way you want, shoot a few seconds of MJPEG and then switch to 720p 60.

But a pen and paper, slate, or even recording your settings in the audio seems simpler.
 
Low on the firmware update wishlist is metadata for AVCHD video...I don't know how it would survive transcoding but it would be really nice to have on camera...lets say I'm shooting at 1/60 shutter and look down and it happens to say 1/50...it'd be nice to know how many takes I messed the shutter speed up for...
 
Chalk up another advantage to the Canon DSLRs, I guess. I believe there's a third-party plug-in on the horizon for Final Cut that will read ISO, aperture, shutter settings etc. and will import this info. It will also use the Date and Time stamp to generate a sort of time code. Alas, I don't think this can be done with the GH1. Bummer.
 
you can always snap a picture before every video clip. it'll have all your meta data in there.....although, it won't have your lens or aperture on there.
 
You could always tap the LCD or take a snapshot from the composite output, but then there is also the pencil, notebook and audio recording, which is probably just as easy.
 
If you're shooting double system sound and are using a clapper (a slate), you could write some of this info on the clapper. That way you'll have a visual reference at the head of every clip. I should have thought of that before!
 
Has anyone looked at the other files in the PRIVATE directory? I'm wondering the thumbnail images in the PRIVATE/AVCHD/AVCHDTN directory have any shooting metadata.
 
noirist said:
Has anyone looked at the other files in the PRIVATE directory? I'm wondering the thumbnail images in the PRIVATE/AVCHD/AVCHDTN directory have any shooting metadata.
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yeah i was thinking on the same lines as the clips are always accompanied by another file or two. anyone remember if the accompanying photo importing software reads these files? I installed it once then deleted it but forgot to take notice.

yeah talking seems the simplest solution, something abbreviated like 50-100-4 for SSpeed-ISO-AP. i can imagine all the strange looks when im shooting on the fly...ha
 
noirist said:
Has anyone looked at the other files in the PRIVATE directory? I'm wondering the thumbnail images in the PRIVATE/AVCHD/AVCHDTN directory have any shooting metadata.
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No it doesn't. But it does not make sense either because the settings can change on a per-frame-basis in the video.
 
in what way are they important other than if you want to play the files back via the cam or through to a tv or something? Its a pain to batch rename the video files and then those files, and more of a pain if you decide to rename again.
 
MR Fanny said:
in what way are they important other than if you want to play the files back via the cam or through to a tv or something?
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Well it's part of the AVCHD standard and if you remove them it's no longer valid AVCHD content. It might be fine for you to just deal with the bare transport streams but you never know what the future might hold for AVCHD in terms of tools and programs. Maybe the situation will arise and you wish you had those files.

Its a pain to batch rename the video files and then those files, and more of a pain if you decide to rename again.
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Why rename the files at all? Do you also rename the files of your digital photos?
 
fair enough argument to keep them. i ask the question because i see a lot of people are transcoding their originals to a workable format on MAC. whether or not they archive their original AVCHD files is another matter.

I like to rename my files if i shoot diff number of scenes so i can identify which shots belong to which scene. saves me guessing which odd number it is out of the bunch. I also batch rename my photos too to categorise them in general not individually. Some people like to rename the folder, I prefer the files. each to their own i guess.
 
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