Panasonic Memory Card Camera Recorder AG-HPX300P Operating Instructions

							
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Chapter 6  Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
A clip is a data group that includes the images and sounds created from one shooting session, together with additional 
information such as text memos and meta data.
The following manipulations can be performed using the cursor and SET buttons, while checking the images displaye\
d on 
the LCD monitor:
• Playback, delete, copy or restore the clip.
•   Add or delete a shot mark and a text memo on the clip thumbnail.
•  Copy part of a clip by using the text memo.
•  Use a text memo to change thumbnail images
•  Format P2 cards and SD memory cards.
•  Uploading and editing clip metadata from the SD memory card
Thumbnail Operations
Thumbnail Manipulations Overview
Thumbnail screens are configured as follows:
THUMBNAILOPERATIONPROPERTY
ALLCLIP
SAMEFORMATCLIPS
SELECTEDCLIPS
MARKEDCLIPS
TEXTMEMOCLIPSDELETEFORMAT
REPAIRCLIP
RE-CONNECTIONCOPY
EXCH. THUMBNAIL
DEVICESETUP
EXIT
CLIPPROPERTY
SLOTCLIPSSETUPEXIT
INDICATOR
DATADISPLAY
DATEFORMAT
THUMBNAILSIZE
PLAYBACKRESUME
THUMBNAILINIT
EXIT
HDD
CARDSTATUS
DEVICES
PROPERTYSETUP
EXIT
METADATA
EXPORTEXPLORESETUPEXIT
LOADRECORD
USERCLIPNAME
INITIALIZEPROPERTYEXIT 
						

							
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Thumbnail Screen
Press the THUMBNAIL button to display the thumbnail 
screen on the LCD monitor. Pressing the THUMBNAIL 
button again returns the display to the regular display. 
When switching is done from the regular screen display to 
the thumbnail screen display, all the clips will be displayed 
on the thumbnail screen.
Pressing the THUMBNAIL MENU button allows you to 
navigate the thumbnail menu.
 NOTE
When the TCG switch is set to “SET” to set the time code and 
user bits or when the camera menu is open, the THUMBNAIL 
button does not work.
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1  Display Mode
Displays thumbnail types and other information 
screens.
ALL:  Display all clips.
SAME FORMAT:
  The clips in the same format as the system 
format are shown. To check the format, 
consult system mode and REC FORMAT 
indicated on the STATUS screen of the 
viewfinder.
For details, see [Viewfinder Screen Status 
Displays] (page 65). 
SELECT: The clips selected with the SET button are 
shown.
MARKER:
  Display clips with shot marks.
TEXT MEMO:
 Display clips with text memo data.
SLOT n: This indicates a specific clip on the P2 card. 
(n: slot number 1 or 2)
UPDATING..:
  Indicated when the unit is updating the 
screen or reading data. When the screen is 
being updated, the rotating icon is indicated.
For details, refer to [Switching the Thumbnail Display] 
(page 105). 
2 Slot numbers and HDD status
This function indicates on which P2 card the selected 
clip is recorded. The number of the slot that contains 
the appropriate P2 card is indicated in yellow. If the 
clip is recorded on more than one P2 card, then the 
numbers of all slots that contain the appropriate cards 
are indicated. The numbers of the other slots are shown 
in white if they contain P2 cards.
When the following P2 card is inserted, the slot number 
is displayed with a pink frame.
 RUN DOWN CARD
(A P2 card on which the maximum number of 
overwrites has been exceeded.)
 DIR ENTRY NG CARD
(A P2 card on which the directory structure is not 
supported.)
The USB HDD section is indicated as follows:
  Other than the USB HOST mode: gray
  Not connected in USB HOST mode: gray
  HDD recognized and usable in USB HOST mode: 
white
  HDD recognized and thumbnails shown in USB 
HOST mode: yellow
  HDD recognized and data unable to be copied in 
USB HOST: red
3  Time Display
You can set this to display the time code at the start 
of clip recording, the user bits at the start of clip 
recording, the shooting time, the shooting date, the 
shooting date and time or USER CLIP NAME.
4 Recording mode
The recording mode for the clip on which the pointer is 
located is indicated.
5 System mode
The format for the clip on which the pointer is located is 
indicated.
6 Duration
The duration of the clip on which the pointer is located 
is indicated.
7 USB HOST mode indicator
Indicated when the mode has been switched to USB 
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8 Clip Number
The numbers set by the camera for all the clips 
recognized correctly by the P2 card. These numbers 
are allocated in chronological order, by shooting dates 
and times.
If clips cannot be played because of different recording 
formats, they are displayed in red.
9 X Defective Clip Indicator and 
? Unknown Clip indicator
This marker is displayed for defective clips, which may 
result from a variety of causes, e.g., powering-down 
during recording.
Clip with yellow defective clip indicators can be 
restored in some cases. Please refer to [Restoring 
Clips] (page 109) for more information.
A clip displayed with a red defective clip indicator 
cannot be restored and must be deleted. If the clip 
cannot be deleted, format the P2 card.
? is displayed for clips such as those which differ in 
format from the P2 standard.
10 ! Incomplete Clip Indicator
Indicates that although a clip is recorded across 
multiple P2 cards, one of these cards is not inserted 
into a P2 card slot.
11 M Shot Mark Indicator
This marker is displayed for a clip with a shot mark 
attached. For details, refer to [Shot Marker (SHOT 
MARK) Recording Function] (page 42).
12 P Indicator for clips with proxy
This marker is displayed for clips with proxy attached.
13 T Text Memo Indicator
This marker is displayed for a clip with a text memo 
attached.
14 E Edit Copied Clip Indicator
In models which support edit copying, such as the AJ-
HPM110, this marker is displayed on clips which have 
undergone edit copying. For more information about 
edit copying, see the instruction manual for a model 
that supports edit copying.
15 W Wide Clip Indicator
This marker is displayed for clips recorded with the 16:9 
aspect ratio. However, it does not accompany clips in 
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Selecting Thumbnails
Multiple thumbnails can be randomly selected in the 
thumbnail screen.
1Usethecursorbuttonstomovethepointer
(yellowframe)tothedesiredclipandpressthe
SETbutton. 
•  The frame around the selected thumbnail changes 
to a blue frame. Press the SET button again to 
deselect the clip.
2 Additionalclipscanbeselectedbyrepeating
step1.
It is possible to display only the selected thumbnails in the 
thumbnail screen for playback. Please refer to [Switching 
the Thumbnail Display] (page 105) for more information.
 NOTE
•    
To move the pointer to the first or last clip, hold down the 
SHIFT button and press the up and down cursor ([ / ]) 
buttons. 
•   
To select a sequence of clips, select the first clip and move 
the pointer to another clip. Then hold down the SHIFT button 
and press the SET button. This will select all clips from the 
clip selected first to the clip at the pointer and all clips in 
between.  
•  
To cancel selected clips, hold down the SHIFT button while 
pressing the EXIT button. 
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a  LCD monitor
b THUMBNAIL button
c EXIT button
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g SET button
e  THUMBNAIL MENU button
f SHIFT button
Playing back Clips
1 Pressthe THUMBNAILbutton.
•  The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD 
monitor.
2 Usethecursorbuttonstomovethepointerover
thedesiredclip.
3PressthePLAY/PAUSEbutton.
•  The clip at pointer position is played back on the 
LCD monitor. 
•  After the clip at the cursor location has been 
played, subsequent clips are played back in order. 
When the last clip has been played, the thumbnail 
screen appears. 
 NOTE
•   
When playing back clips, it is not necessary to 
“select” the clips (blue frames around the thumbnails).
•   Clips with clip numbers displayed in red cannot be 
played.
•   During playback, pressing the REW button starts 4X 
speed reverse playback, and the FF button starts 4X 
speed fast playback. Press the PLAY/PAUSE button to 
return to normal playback.
•  During clip playback, pressing the PLAY/PAUSE button 
will temporarily stop (pause) the process.
During a pause, pressing the REW button moves the 
pause position to the beginning of the clip. Pressing 
the REW button again moves the pause position to the 
beginning of the previous clip.
During a pause, pressing the FF button moves the pause 
position to the beginning of the next clip.
•  Pressing the STOP button during clip playback stops the 
playback and returns the display to the thumbnail screen.
 NOTE
•   
When playback is stopped, the position of the pointer moves 
to the clip that was being played back, regardless of where 
playback started.
•  
When the PLAY/PAUSE button is pressed again, playback will 
start from the beginning of the clip on which the pointer is 
positioned. To begin playback from the last stop position, set 
PLAYBACK RESUME to on. Refer to [Setting the Thumbnail 
Display Mode] (page 115) for further details.
•   After closing the thumbnail screen by pressing the 
THUMBNAIL button, pressing the PLAY/PAUSE button plays 
back the first clip (i.e., the clip with the earliest recording 
date and time), not the clip on which the pointer was last 
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Switching the Thumbnail Display
The display can be switched so that only those clips 
matching the specified conditions are displayed in the 
thumbnail screen.
1Pressthe THUMBNAILbutton.
•  The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD 
monitor.
2 Pressthe THUMBNAILMENUbutton. 
•  The thumbnail menu opens. 
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a  THUMBNAIL MENU button
3 Select THUMBNAILfromthethumbnailmenu. 
•  Switch the thumbnail display by selecting one of 
the following items:
ALL CLIP:
  Display all clips.
SAME FORMAT CLIPS:
 Displays clips of the current system 
format.
SELECTED CLIPS:
 Display randomly selected clips.
MARKED CLIPS:
 Display clips with shot marks attached.
TEXT MEMO CLIPS:
 Display clips with text memo data 
attached.
SLOT CLIPS:
 Display clips recorded in the P2 card 
inserted in the specified slot. When this 
item is selected, “SLOT1” to “SLOT2” 
are displayed as a sub-menu. Select the 
desired slot to display the clips.
SETUP:
 Please refer to [Setting the Thumbnail 
Display Mode] (page 115) for information 
about this item.
EXIT:
 Close the sub-menu. 
						

							
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Changing thumbnails
It is possible to replace thumbnails with images that 
include previously attached text memos while images are 
recorded or played back.
1Addtextmemostoimagesthatyouintendto
change.
•  For details on how to add text memos, refer to 
[Text Memo Recording Function] (page 42). 
2 Select THUMBNAILTEXTMEMOCLIPSto
displaythumbnailsoftheclipswithtextmemos.
3 Placethepointerontheclipofthethumbnail
thatyouintendtochange,andthenpress
SETbutton. Movethepointertothetextmemo
displayonthelowerrow.
4Selectthethumbnailthatyouintendto
replace,placethepointeronit,andthenselect
OPERATIONEXCH. THUMBNAILonthe
thumbnailmenu.
5 PressSETbutton. Whenthe YES/NO
confirmationwindowisdisplayed,select YES
byusingthecursorbuttonandtheSETbutton. 
•  The menu closes and the thumbnail for the clip is 
replaced.
 NOTE
Display clip properties by selecting PROPERTY  CLIP 
PROPERTY on the thumbnail menu to confirm the position of 
the thumbnail (the number of frames from the top of the
clip). Since thumbnails come generally from the top of the clip, 
“0” is displayed.
Shot Mark
A shot mark can be added to a clip thumbnail to 
distinguish this clip from other clips.
1 Pressthe THUMBNAILbutton.
•  The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD 
monitor.
2 Usethecursorbuttonstomovethepointer
overthecliptowhichyouwanttoattachashot
mark.
3PresstheUSERbuttonorRETbuttontowhich
theshotmarkfunctionhasbeenassigned. 
•  This adds a shot mark to the thumbnail of the 
clip at the pointer position.  
To delete a shot mark, place the pointer on the 
clip a second time and press the USER button or 
RET button to which the shot mark function has 
been assigned. 
USERMAIN,USER1andUSERbuttons
 NOTE
•   A shot mark can be attached during recording.
•  Adding shot marks after recording stops, attaches the shot 
mark to the most recently recorded clip.
Please refer to [Shot Marker (SHOT MARK) Recording Function] 
(page 42) for more information.
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When adding a shot mark to (or deleting the shot mark from) 
a clip recorded across multiple P2 cards, do this with all 
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Text Memo
During recording or playback, you can add text memos to 
clips. Text memos can be used to play back clips at some 
point or break clips into chunks and copy the necessary 
portions.
Adding a text memo
Text memos can be added in one of the following ways.
  Press the USER button or RET button to which the text 
memo function has been assigned during recording or 
playback.  
This adds text memos where respective button was 
pressed. 
  Pressing the USER button or RET button to which the text 
memo function has been assigned when a thumbnail 
screen is open, adds a text memo at the beginning of a 
clip. 
USERMAIN,USER1andUSERbuttons
 NOTE
One clip can have up to 100 text and voice memos in 
combination. Note that the unit is not capable of adding or 
showing voice memos.
Playing back a clip at the position where 
a text memo is recorded
1 Pressthe THUMBNAILbutton.
•  The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD 
monitor.
2 Pressthe THUMBNAILMENUbuttonand
selectTHUMBNAILTEXTMEMOCLIPS
fromthethumbnailmenu.
•   The clip thumbnails with text memos attached 
are displayed in the upper section of the LCD 
monitor. The lower section of the LCD monitor 
shows information about the text memo on the clip 
selected by the pointer.
Showsthestillimagethatthetext
memoisrelatedto.
Showsthetotalnumberoftextmemos attachedtotheclip.
Thumbnaildisplay
3Movethepointerovertheclipthatcontainsthe
desiredtextmemotoplaybackandpressthe
SETbutton.
•  The pointer moves to the lower part of the LCD 
monitor.
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4Withthepointerlocatedinthelowerpart,move
thepointertothedesiredtextmemonumber
usingthecursorrightandleftbuttons(p/o).
Then,pressthePLAY/PAUSEbutton.
•   Playback will start from the time code position of 
the text memo where the pointer is located.
If the STOP button is pressed during playback 
or playback finishes at the end of the clip, the 
thumbnail screen appears again with the pointer 
located on the text memo where playback started.
•  Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button to select 
EXIT or press the EXIT button to return the pointer 
to the upper part of the thumbnail screen.
 NOTE
•   Pressing the REC button in the text memo screen will not 
start recording.
•  
Text memo thumbnails for AVC-Intra format clips that cannot 
be played back appear in gray.
Deleting a text memo
1 Selectthedesiredtextmemobycarryingout
steps1-for[Playingbackaclipattheposition
whereatextmemoisrecorded](page10).
2Movethepointertothedesiredtextmemo,and
thenpresstheSETbutton.
3Pressthe THUMBNAILMENUbuttontoselect
OPERATIONDELETEfromthethumbnail
menu.
• YES and NO appear to confirm deletion. Use the 
cursor buttons and the SET button to select YES. 
The text memo is deleted.
Using a text memo to break a clip and 
copy the necessary portion
1 Selectthedesiredtextmemoinaclipby
carryingoutsteps1-for[Playingbackaclip
atthepositionwhereatextmemoisrecorded]
(page10).
2Movethepointertothedesiredtextmemo,and
thenpresstheSETbutton. 
•  You can select more than one text memo.
3 Pressthe THUMBNAILMENUbuttontoselect
OPERATIONCOPY.
4UsethecursorbuttonsandtheSETbuttonto
selecttheslottocopytoandselect YES.
•  Copying starts.
•  The portion between the selected text memo and 
the next one is copied. If no text memo is found 
after the selected memo, then the remainder of the 
clip after the selected text memo is copied.
•  If multiple text memos are selected, the selected 
sections are copied.
•  When the clip is being copied, the unit indicates 
the progress of the copy process and cancellation 
status. To discontinue the copy process, press the 
SET button. Then, a YES/NO confirmation screen 
is displayed. Use the cursor buttons and SET 
button to select YES.
 NOTE
In clip division and copying using the text memo function, the 
area copied may be automatically modified depending on the 
recording format of the clip.
Deleting Clips
1 Pressthe THUMBNAILbutton.
•  The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD 
monitor.
2 Usethecursorbuttonstomovethepointerto
thecliptobedeletedandpresstheSETbutton
toselecttheclip. 
3Pressthe THUMBNAILMENUbuttonand
selectOPERATIONDELETEfromthe
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4Thefollowingscreenappears. Usethecursor
buttonsandtheSETbuttontoselect YES.
•  The clip is deleted. All selected clips (in blue 
frames) are deleted by this operation.
 NOTE
Tointerruptdeleting,presstheSHIFTandEXITbuttonsor
theSETbuttontocanceltheoperation. 
Partiallydeletedclipscannotberestoredbycanceling. 
Restoring Clips
Restores clips that are defective as a result of sudden 
powering-down during recording, or removal of the P2 card 
being accessed.
 NOTE
Only those clips with yellow defective clip indicators can be 
restored. Delete the clips with red defective clip indicators. If 
the clip cannot be deleted, format the P2 card.
During restoration of the clips, however, the defective-clip 
indicator may change from yellow to red, resulting in inability 
to restore the clips.
1 Pressthe THUMBNAILbutton.
•  The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD 
monitor.
2 Usethecursorbuttonstomovethepointerover
theclipyouwanttorestore(defectiveclipsare
indicatedbydefectiveclipindicators).
PresstheSETbuttontoselecttheclip.
3Pressthe THUMBNAILMENUbutton,and
selectOPERATIONREPAIRCLIPfromthe
thumbnailmenu.
•  When a confirmation screen asks you to confirm 
that you want to repair the clip, use a cursor button 
and the SET button to select YES if you want to 
restore the clip. 
Reconnection of Incomplete Clips
Incomplete clips may be generated when clips recorded 
on multiple P2 cards (connected clips) are separately 
copied to different cards. The reconnection function 
generates one clip (the original, connected clip) from 
incomplete clips.
1 Pressthe THUMBNAILbutton.
•  The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD 
monitor.
2 UsethecursorandSETbuttontoselect
incompleteclipstoreconnect.
•  Usually, thumbnails of incomplete clips (clips with 
marker) are displayed in line.
3 Pressthe THUMBNAILMENUbuttonand
selectOPERATIONRE-CONNECTIONfrom
thethumbnailmenu.
•  When a confirmation screen asks you to confirm 
that you want to reconnect the clip, use a cursor 
button and the SET button to select YES if you 
want to reconnect the clip. 
 NOTE
Clips that are connected as a group must be grouped together 
or they will be displayed as incomplete clips.
Copying Clips
Selected clips can be copied to the P2 card in the desired 
slot or SD memory card.
1 Pressthe THUMBNAILbutton.
•  The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD 
monitor.
2 Usethecursorbuttonstomovethepointerto
thedesiredclipandpresstheSETbutton. 
						

							
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3Pressthe THUMBNAILMENUbuttonand
selectOPERATIONCOPYfromthe
thumbnailmenu. 
•  Select slot 1-2 or SD memory card as the 
destination.
•  When a confirmation screen asks you to confirm 
that you want to copy the clip, use a cursor button 
and the SET button to select YES if you want to 
copy the clip. 
 NOTE
•   Do not turn off the power or remove a P2 card while data is 
being copied. Otherwise the P2 card may fail or defective 
clips may be generated. Delete any defective clips that are 
generated and copy them again.
•  
When clips are copied to P2 cards, all the information on the 
clips is copied. However, when they are copied to the SD 
memory card *1, video and sound information is not copied, 
only thumbnails, clip metadata, icons, voice memo, text 
memo, proxy, and real-time metadata.
•  
When there is insufficient recording capacity on the 
destination, the message “LACK OF REC CAPACITY!” is 
displayed, and copying will not proceed. When clips selected 
for copying contain defective clips, the message “CANNOT 
COPY” appears and copying will not proceed. If the selected 
clips include clips already on the destination P2 card, 
copying will not proceed.
•  
To interrupt copying, press the SHIFT and EXIT buttons or the 
SET button. The clip that was being copied is deleted at the 
destination. 
•   
When identical clips exist on the destination card, the 
“OVERWRITE?” is displayed. Select “YES” or “NO”.
*1   Regarding SD memory cards to be used, see [SD memory 
card precautions] (page 21).
Setting of Clip Meta Data
Information such as the name of the person who shot the 
video, the name of the reporter, the shooting location, or a 
text memo can be read from the SD memory card, and can 
be recorded as Clip Meta Data.
Reading the SD memory card that 
contains the Clip Meta Data (metadata 
upload file).
1 InserttheSDmemorycardthatcontainsthe
ClipMetaData(metadatauploadfile).
2Pressthe THUMBNAILbutton.
•  The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD 
monitor.
 NOTE
Press the THUMBNAIL button while pressing DISP/
MODE CHK button when a thumbnail is displayed to 
move to step 4.
3 Pressthe THUMBNAILMENUbuttonand
SelectMETADATALOADfromthethumbnail
menu,andpresstheSETbutton.
4Namesofmetadatauploadfilesstoredon
theSDmemorycardaredisplayed*.Select
thedesiredfilesusingthecursorbuttons,and
choose YES.
•  Uploading starts.
•  Uploaded metadata is retained even if the power 
is turned off.
•  For more information on confirmation of uploaded 
data, see [Checking and modifying read 
metadata] (page 111).
*2   Press the cursor button (o) to display the full 
name of the file, up to 100 characters, at the 
cursor position. Press the cursor button (p) to 
return to the previous location.