Panasonic Memory Card Camera Recorder Ajhpx2000 Operating Instructions

							111Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Thumbnail Screen
 Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
4.Recording mode
The recording mode for the clip on which the pointer is
located is indicated.
5.System format
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
HOST.
8.Clip Number
The numbers set by the camera for all the clips
recognised 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. 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 117) for more information. 
A clip displayed with a red corrupt marker cannot be
restored and must be deleted. If the clip cannot be
deleted, format the P2 card. 
When clips have different formats,   is displayed
instead of  .
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. Shot Mark Indicator
This marker is displayed for a clip with a shot mark
attached. Please refer to [Shot Mark] (page 115)  for
more information about shot marks.
12. Indicator for clips with proxy
This marker is displayed for clips with proxy attached.
13. Text Memo Indicator
This marker is displayed for a clip with a text memo
attached.
14. Edit Copied Clip Indicator
This marker is displayed on a clip when the model
supports edit copy, such as the AJ-HPM100. 
For more
information about edit copying, see the instruction
manual for a mode that supports edit copying.
15. Wide Clip Indicator
This marker is displayed for clips recorded with the
16:9 aspect ratio. However, it does not accompany
clips in HD format.
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							112Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Selecting Thumbnails Multiple thumbnails can be randomly selected in the
thumbnail screen. 
1Use the cursor buttons to move the pointer (yellow 
frame) to the desired clip and press the SET button. 
The frame around the selected thumbnail changes to 
a blue frame. Press the SET button again to deselect 
the clip. 
2Additional clips can be selected by repeating Step 1. 
It is possible to display only the selected thumbnails in the
thumbnail screen for playback. Please refer to [Switching
the Thumbnail Display] (page 113) for more information.
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Use the cursor buttons to move the pointer over the 
desired clip. 
3Press the PLAY/PAUSE button, and the clip under the 
pointer will be played back on the LCD monitor. 
After playback of the clip under the pointer, 
subsequent clips are played back in order, according 
to when they were shot. The thumbnail screen returns 
after the last clip has been played back. 
‹Notes
zWhen playing back clips, it is not necessary to
“select” the clips (blue frames around the
thumbnails). 
zClips with clip numbers displayed in red cannot be
played.
4During playback, pressing the REW button starts 4a 
speed reverse playback, and the FF button starts 4
a 
speed fast playback. Press the PLAY/PAUSE button 
to return to normal playback. 
5During 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.
6Pressing 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 
remains on the clip that was being played back, 
regardless of where the playback started. However, 
when the THUMBNAIL button is pressed to close the 
thumbnail screen, the pointer will move to the starting 
clip (i.e., the clip with the earliest recording date and 
time), not the clip on which the pointer was last 
positioned.
Selecting Thumbnails 
MENU 
Button
LCD Monitor
CURSOR Buttons
SET Button
THUMBNAIL 
Button
EXIT Button
Playing back Clips
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							113Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Switching the Thumbnail Display
 Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
The display can be switched so that only those clips matching the specified conditions are displayed in the thumbnail 
screen. 
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button. The thumbnail 
menu appears. 
3Select THUMBNAIL from the thumbnail menu. Switch 
the thumbnail display by selecting one of the following 
items: 
ALL CLIP:
Display all clips. 
SAME FORMAT CLIPS:
Displays clips in the same format as the system
for mat. 
System format means the image system set in
SYSTEM MODE and REC MODE. Press the MODE
CHECK button to display the viewfinder. Refer to
[1.System mode] (71 page) and [3.REC mode] (71
page)
 of [Viewfinder Status Indication Layout].
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 SLOT5 are
displayed as a sub-menu. Select the desired slot to
display the clips. 
SETUP:
Please refer to [Setting the Thumbnail Display Mode]
(page 124) for information about this item.
EXIT:
Close the sub-menu. 
Switching the Thumbnail Display 
THUMBNAIL 
MENU button
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							114Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Switching the Thumbnail Display
It is possible to replace thumbnails with images that include
previously attached text memos while images are recorded
or played back.
1Add text memos to images that you intend to change. 
Refer to 
[Text Memo Function] (page 40) for the 
method to add text memos.
2Select THUMBNAIL > TEXT MEMO CLIPS to display 
thumbnails of the clips with text memos.
3Place the pointer on the clip of the thumbnail that you 
intend to change, and then press SET. Move the pointer 
to the text memo display on the lower row.
4Select the thumbnail that you intend to replace, place 
the pointer on it, and then select OPERATION > 
EXCH. THUMBNAIL on the thumbnail menu.
5Press SET. When the YES/NO confirmation window is 
displayed, select YES by using the cursor button and 
the SET button. 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.
Changing thumbnails
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							115Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Shot Mark
 Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
A shot mark can be added to a clip thumbnail to distinguish this clip from the others.
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Use the cursor buttons to move the pointer over the 
clip to which you want to attach a shot mark. 
3Press the Shot Mark button. 
4A shot mark will be attached to the clip thumbnail 
under the pointer. 
To delete a shot mark, reposition the pointer over the 
clip and press the Shot Mark button. 
‹Notes
zA shot mark can be attached during recording. Please
refer to [
Shot Mark Function] (page 41) for more
information. 
zWhen adding a shot mark to (or deleting the shot mark
from) a clip recorded across multiple P2 cards, do this
with all these P2 cards inserted into P2 card slots.
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.
Text memos can be added in one of the following ways.
zPress the TEXT MEMO button during recording or
playback of a clip. A text memo is added to the position
where the button is pressed. 
zPress the TEXT MEMO button when the thumbnail
screen is displayed. A text memo is added to the
beginning of the clip.
‹Note
One clip can have up to 100 text and voice memos in
combination. Note that camera-recorder is not capable of
adding or showing voice memos.
Shot Mark
Shot Mark Button
Text Memo
Adding a text memo
Text Memo Button
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							116Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Text Memo
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button and select 
THUMBNAIL 
> TEXT MEMO CLIPS from the 
thumbnail menu.
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. 
3Move the pointer over the clip that contains the 
desired text memo to playback and press the SET 
button. 
The pointer moves to the lower part of the LCD 
monitor. 
4With the pointer located in the lower part, move the 
pointer to the desired text memo number using the 
cursor right and left buttons (
"!). Then, press the 
PLAY button.
5Playback 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 the playback has 
finished at the end of the clip, then the thumbnail 
screen appears again with the pointer replaced with 
the text memo where the playback started.
6Press 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
If the AVC-Intra codec board (AJ-YBX200G, optional) is
not installed, the test memo thumbnails of the clips
recorded in AVC-I 100 or AVC-I 50 may not display; the
section is indicated in gray.
1Select the desired text memo by carrying out steps 1-
3 for [Playing back a clip at the position where a text 
memo is recorded
] (page 116).
2Move the pointer to the desired text memo, and then 
press the SET button.
3Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button to select 
OPERATION 
> DELETE from the thumbnail menu.
YES and NO appear to confirm deletion. Use the 
cursor buttons and the SET button to select YES. 
The text memo is deleted. 
Playing back a clip at the position where a text memo is recorded
Thumbnail 
Display
Shows the total number of text 
memos attached to the clip. 
Shows the still image that the 
text memo is related to. 
The pointer moves down. 
Deleting a text memo
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							117Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Deleting Clips
 Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
1Select a desired text memo in a clip by carrying out 
steps
 1-3 for [Playing back a clip at the position where 
a text memo is recorded
] (page 116).
2Move the pointer to the desired text memo, and then 
press the SET button. You can select more than one 
text memo.
3Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button to select 
OPERATION 
> COPY.
4User the cursor buttons and SET buttons to select the 
destination slot. Then, select YES to start copying the 
clip. The portion between the selected text memo and 
the next one is copied. If no text memo is found after 
the selected one, then all part after the selected text 
memo is copied. 
If multiple text memos are selected, 
the selected sections are copied.
5When the clip is being copied, the camera-recorder 
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.
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Use the cursor buttons to move the pointer over the 
clip you want to delete. 
Press the SET button to select the clip. 
3Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button and select 
OPERATION 
> DELETE from the thumbnail menu.
4The following screen appears. Use the cursor buttons 
and the SET button to select YES. 
5The clip is deleted. All selected clips (in blue-green 
frames) are deleted by this operation. 
‹Note
Pressing the SET button stops the deletion operation in the
middle.
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 corrupt clip markers can be
restored. Delete the clips with red corrupt clip markers. 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.
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Use the cursor buttons to move the pointer over the 
clip you want to restore (defective clips are indicated 
by corrupt clip marks). 
Press the SET button to select the clip. 
3Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button, and select 
OPERATION 
> REPAIR CLIP from the thumbnail menu. 
4The confirmation window appears. Use the cursor 
buttons and the SET button to select YES. 
Using a text memo to break a clip and copy the necessary portion
Deleting Clips
Restoring Clips
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							118Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Reconnection of Incomplete Clips Incomplete clips may be generated when clips recorded on
multiple P2 cards (connected clips) are separately copied
to different cards. Reconnection function generates one
clip (the original, connected clip) from incomplete clips.
1Press the THUMBNAIL button.
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Use the cursor and SET button to select incomplete 
clips to reconnect.
Usually, thumbnails of incomplete clips (clips with   
marker) are displayed in line.
3Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button and select 
OPERATION 
> RE-CONNECTION from the 
thumbnail menu.
4The confirmation window appears. Use the cursor 
buttons and SET button to select YES.
‹Note
 indication stays illuminated until all the incomplete clips
that comprise the original clip are reconnected.
Selected clips can be copied to the P2 card or SD memory
card in the desired slot.
1Press the THUMBNAIL button.
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Use the cursor buttons to move the pointer to the 
desired clip and press the SET button.
3Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button and select 
OPERATION 
> COPY from the thumbnail menu.
Select Slot 1-5 or SD memory card as the destination.
4The confirmation window appears. Use the cursor 
buttons and SET button to select YES.
‹Notes
zDo not turn off the power or remove a P2 card while data
is being copied. Doing so may cause the P2 card to fail.
If you should accidentally perform one of the above
operations, defective clips will be generated. Delete
them, and then copy them again.
zWhen 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, proxy, and real-time metadata.
zWhen there is insufficient recording capacity on the
destination, the message “LACK OF REC CAPACITY” is
displayed, and copying will not proceed. When clips to
be copied include some with defects, the message
“CANNOT ACCESS” is displayed, and copying will not
proceed. If selected clips include any that are already
recorded on the destination P2 card, copying will not
proceed.
zTo stop copying, press the SET button. Clips currently
being copied to the destination will be deleted.
zWhen identical clips exist on the destination card, the
“OVERWRITE?” is displayed. Select “YES” or “NO”.
*1 Regarding SD memory cards to be used, see  (page 21).
Reconnection of Incomplete Clips
Copying Clips
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							119Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Setting of Clip Meta Data
 Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
Information such as the name of 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.
1Insert the SD memory card that contains the Clip 
Meta Data (metadata upload file).
2Press the THUMBNAIL button.
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
‹Note
Press the thumbnail button while pressing MODE 
CHECK button when a thumbnail is displayed to move 
to Step 
4.
3Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button and Select  
M E TA  D ATA  
> LOAD from the thumbnail menu, and 
press the SET button.
4Names of metadata upload files stored on the SD 
memory card are displayed*. Select the desired files 
using the cursor buttons, and choose YES. Upload 
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 120).
* Press the cursor button (!) to display the full name of
the file, up to 100 characters, at the cursor position.
Press the cursor button (") to return to the original
state.
Clip Meta Data includes the following items: Underlined
items can be set by reading the metadata upload file on
the SD memory card. Other items are set automatically
during shooting. Using the latest update version of P2
viewer, metadata upload files can be written to SD memory
cards using a PC. Download the latest update version of
P2 viewer from the following URL and install it to your PC:
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/Regarding SD memory cards to be used, see   (page 21).
‹Note
The file which was edited by except P2 viewer is displayed
as “UNKNOWN DATA”, and may not be read.
GLOBAL CLIP ID:
Displays the global clip ID, which indicates the
shooting status of the clip.
USER CLIP NAME
:
Displays the clip name specified by the user.*1
VIDEO:Displays [FRAME RATE] (frame rate of the clip),
[PULL DOWN], and [ASPECT RATIO].
AU DI O:[SAMPLING RATE] (sampling frequency of
recorded sound) and [BITS PER SAMPLE]
(digitized bit[s] of recorded sound).
ACCESS
Displays [CREATOR] (person who recorded the
clip), [CREATION DATE] (date when the clip
was recorded), [LAST UPDATE DATE] (date of
the latest update of the clip), and [LAST
UPDATE PERSON] (person who made the
latest update of the clip).
DEVICE:Displays [MANUFACTURER] (name of the
device manufacturer), [SERIAL NO.] (serial
number of the device) and [MODEL NAME]
(model name of the device).
SHOOT:Displays [SHOOTER
] (name of the person who
shot the video), [START DATE] (start date of
shooting), [END DATE] (end date of shooting),
and [LOCATION] ALTITUDE/LONGITUDE/
LATITUDE/SOURCE/PLACE NAME
 (altitude,
longitude, latitude, and source of the information
and name of the location).
SCENARIO:
Displays [PROGRAM NAME
], [SCENE NO.],
and [TAKE NO.
].
NEWS:Displays [REPORTER
] (name of the reporter),
[PURPOSE
] (purpose of shooting), and
[OBJECT
] (object of shooting).
MEMO*2:Displays [NO.] (the number of the text memo),
[OFFSET
] (location of the frame where the text
memo is added), [PERSON
] (person who
recorded the text memo added to the clip), and
[TEXT
] (contents of the text memo).
THUMBNAIL:
Displays the location of the frame (frame offset)
and the size (height and width) of the image
selected as the thumbnail image.
Setting of Clip Meta Data
Reading Clip Meta Data (metadata upload)
Clip Meta Data items
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							120Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Setting of Clip Meta Data *1 The USER CLIP NAME recording method is
selectable. For details, refer to [
Selecting the USER
CLIP NAME recording method
] (page 121).
*2 Be sure to enter TEXT when entering MEMO. It is
not possible to record only PERSON or OFFSET.
‹Note
AJ-HPX2000 only displays printable ASCII 
characters.
The camera-recorder allows you to check the details of
read metadata.
1Press the THUMBNAIL button.
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button to select 
METADATA 
> PROPERTY from the thumbnail menu. 
Then, the screen like this is displayed:
3Use the cursor buttons to move the pointer. Then, 
press the SET button. This allows you to view the 
settings of the read metadata.
4While viewing the settings for the metadata, use the 
cursor buttons to move the pointer to the desired 
option. Then, press the SET button. A software 
keyboard screen is displayed, allowing you to modify 
the setting.
S e t  O N / O F F  i n  M E TA  D ATA  
> RECORD from the
thumbnail menu. The factory setting is OFF.
Checking and modifying read metadata
To set whether or not the uploaded metadata is 
recorded
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