Panasonic Memory Card Camera Recorder Ajhpx3000g Operating Instructions

							121Manipulating 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 120).
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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							122Manipulating 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.
‹Notes
z indication stays illuminated until all the incomplete
clips that comprise the original clip are reconnected.
zThe incomplete clips that were produced by removing
the P2 card during LOOP REC cannot be connected
unless all clips comprising the original clip are available.
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 22).
Reconnection of Incomplete Clips
Copying Clips
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							123Manipulating 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 124).
* 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 22).
‹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).
Setting of Clip Meta Data
Reading Clip Meta Data (metadata upload)Clip Meta Data items
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							124Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Setting of Clip Meta Data THUMBNAIL:
Displays the location of the frame (frame offset)
and the size (height and width) of the image
selected as the thumbnail image.
*1 The USER CLIP NAME recording method is
selectable. For details, refer to [Selecting the USER
CLIP NAME recording method] (page 125).
*2 Be sure to enter TEXT when entering MEMO. It is
not possible to record only PERSON or OFFSET.
‹Note
AJ-HPX3000 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.
Checking and modifying read metadata
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							125Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Setting of Clip Meta Data
 Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
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.
S e l e c t  M E TA  D ATA  
> USER CLIP NAME from the
thumbnail menu to select the recording method. Two
options are available: TYPE1 and TYPE2.
* The COUNT value is indicated as a four-digit number.
The COUNT value is incremented each time a new clip
is captured if clip metadata has been read in and TYPE2
has been selected as the recording method.
The COUNT value can be reset using the following
procedure.
Select PROPERTY 
> DEVICE > META DATA from the
thumbnail menu, then select USER CLIP NAME to
display the menu shown below. Select “COUNT RESET”
with the cursor and press the SET button to reset the
COUNT value to 1.
‹Note
When a P2 card with a memory capacity of 8 GB or more
is used in camera-recorder and a one-time continuous
recording exceeds the prescribed duration (DVCPRO HD
and the AVC-Intra 100: about 5 minutes; DVCPRO50 and
the AVC-Intra 50: about 10 minutes) or when a one-time
recording extends over more than one P2 card, the
recording concerned will automatically be undertaken as a
separate clip.  At this time, each clip will be provided with
its own COUNT value.
If the clip thumbnails are displayed as shown in the
example above or their properties are indicated using a P2
device, the thumbnail and COUNT value of clip 1 will be
displayed.
S e l e c t  M E TA  D ATA  
> INITIALIZE from the thumbnail
menu, and press the SET button. Select “YES” when the
confirmation screen is displayed. 
‹Notes
zThe setting for the displayed language is available only
when the area is set to “NTSC (J)”. For details, refer to
[Color TV Standard Settings (Settings for frame
frequency)] (page 13).
zJapanese or Chinese characters indicated in English or
other characters that cannot be indicated in English will
not display properly; they will be indicated as 
¢.
zThe letters which can be input with AJ-HPX3000 are
only the alphanumeric. AJ-HPX3000 cannot input
Japanese and Chinese.
To set whether or not the uploaded metadata is 
recorded
Selecting the USER CLIP NAME recording 
method
zTYPE1 (Factory setting£
USER CLIP NAME to be 
recorded
If clip metadata has been read inUploaded data
If no clip metadata has been read 
in or if the setting for recording 
clip metadata has been turned offSame as GLOBAL CLIP ID
(UMID data)
zTYPE2
USER CLIP NAME to be 
recorded
If clip metadata has been read inUploaded data + COUNT 
value*
If no clip metadata has been read 
in or if the setting for recording 
clip metadata has been turned off
Same as CLIP NAME
Clear the uploaded metadata
REC start (recording start) 
REC/PAUSE (recording pause)
Example of recording (DVCPRO HD) a clip on one P2 card:
Example of recording a clip on two P2 cards:Recording duration = Approx. 7 min.
Clip 1
COUNT value
   = 0001Clip 2
COUNT value
   = 0002
5 min.
2 min.
REC start (recording start) 
REC/PAUSE (recording pause)
Clip 1
COUNT value
   = 0003Clip 2
COUNT value
   = 0004
1st card2nd card
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							126Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Setting of Proxy (optional) By attaching the video encoder card (AJ-YAX800G,
optional) either to the optional slot or Slot 5, it is possible to
specify the proxy recording setting.
The video encoder card is not recognized when inserted if
the power for the unit is turned ON. Insert the video encoder
card after turning off the power for the unit.
Select OPERATION > DEVICE SETUP > PROXY from
the thumbnail menu to specify the setting.
For the method of installation and the settings of the video
encoder card, refer to the operation manual of the video
encoder card.
‹Note
To use the proxy function in 24PN (Native) mode, the FPGA
version of the video encoder card firmware must be updated
to [B102] or higher. For the method to confirm the FPGA ver-
sion of the video encoder card firmware, refer to [Video
Encoder Card Status Display (optional)] (page 132). For
instructions on updating, refer to the P2 support page on the
following website.
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button and  select 
OPERATION 
> FORMAT from thethumbnail menu. 
The following screen appears. Select the slot number 
for the P2 card you want to format. 
Select EXIT if formatting is not required. 
3The following screen appears. Use the cursor buttons 
and the SET button to select YES. 
4The selected P2 card is formatted. 
Setting of Proxy (optional)
Formatting a P2 Card
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							127Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Formatting SD memory cards
 Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
SD memory cards can also be formatted from the
thumbnail screen. With an SD memory card inserted into
the camera-recorder, perform the following operation:
1Press the THUMBNAIL button.
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button and  select 
OPERATION 
> FORMAT from the thumbnail menu. 
The following screen appears. Select “SD CARD”.
Select “EXIT” if formatting is not required.
3The following screen appears. Use the cursor buttons 
and the SET button to select YES.
4The SD memory card is formatted.
‹Note
SD memory cards can also be formatted from the menu
screen. For more information, see [To format an SD
memory card] (page 84).
Formatting SD memory cards
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							128Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Setting the Thumbnail Display Mode The thumbnail display mode can be customised to suit
your preferences. 
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button and  select 
THUMBNAIL
àSETUP from thethumbnail menu. 
The following screen appears. 
ALL HIDE :
ON
All indicators are not displayed.
OFF
Indication/No indication will be set 
depending on the following menu. The 
factory settings are as follows.
MARKER IND. :
Switches the shot mark marker between indication
and no indication (ON/OFF). The factory setting is
ON (indication). 
TEXT MEMO IND. :
Switches the text memo marker between indication
and no indication (ON/OFF). The factory setting is
ON (indication). 
WIDE IND. :
Switches the wide marker between indication and no
indication (ON/OFF). The factory setting is ON
(indication). 
PROXY IND. :
Switches the proxy marker between indication and
no indication (ON/OFF). The factory setting is ON
(indication).
DATA  DI SP LAY:
The time display field of the clip offers a choice of
Time Code (TC), User Bits (UB), Shooting Time
(TIME), Shooting Date (DATE)


Shooting Time and
Date (Time DATE) or USER CLIP NAME. The factory
setting is Time Code. 
DATE  F ORM AT:
You can specify the display order for the shooting
date as either Year/Month/Day (YMD), Month/Day/
Year (MDY) or Day/Month/Year (DMY). The factory
setting is Month/Day/Year. This setting is reflected in
the recording date shown in the clip property and the
shooting date shown when DATE is selected under
the item DATA DISPLAY. THUMBNAIL SIZE:
For the size of thumbnails displayed on one screen,
either LARGE (3 
a 2 thumbnails displayed) or
NORMAL (4 
a 3 thumbnails displayed) can be
selected. The factory default value is NORMAL.
THUMBNAIL INIT:
Return the above thumbnail display settings to
default.  Move the cursor to this option, and press the
SET button. Select “YES” when the confirmation
screen is displayed. 
EXIT:
Returns to the previous menu. 
Setting the Thumbnail Display Mode
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							129Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Properties
 Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails
The clip’s properties and the P2 card’s status are displayed.
It is possible to edit and rewrite recorded clip metadata while clip properties are displayed.
From the thumbnail menu, select PROPERTY 
> CLIP
PROPERTY.  The following screen appears. 
1.Clip Number
2.Thumbnail
3.Clip Information 
Indicates the indicators added to the clip and the
number of text and voice memos added to the clip.
The   mark appears if the clip is recorded on a write-
protected P2 card. 
‹Note
AJ-HPX3000 is not capable of recording or playing
back voice memos.
4.Clip Information 
Displays detailed information about the clip. 
CLIP NAME:
Display clip names.
START TC:
The time code value at the start of the
recording. 
START UB:
The user bit value at the start of the
recording. 
DATE :The date of the recording. 
TIME
:The time at the start of the recording. 
DURATION:
The time length of the clip. 
V- F O R M AT:
The recording format for the clip.
FRAME RATE:
The frame rate for the playback.
REC RATE:
The recording frame rate is displayed. (This
is indicated on the clip that data is recorded
in a special way using the camera recorder.)
5.Clip Meta Data
Displays more detailed data about the clip. Use the
cursor buttons to move the pointer, and press the SET
button to check the detailed content. The underlined
items are automatically set during shooting. For more
information on displayed metadata, see [Setting of Clip
Meta Data] (page 123).
1Display the window for detailed clip metadata that you 
intend to modify in the clip properties window.2Place the cursor on the item to be modified using the 
cursor button. The metadata that can be modified are 
shown like [CREATOR] in the following figure.
Properties
Clip Property
1
23
4
5
Modification of recorded clip metadata
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							130Manipulating Clips with Thumbnails : Properties
3Press the SET button
The input window (soft keyboard) for modifying 
metadata is displayed. Use the keyboard to modify 
the metadata.
The keyboard operation is the same as [Checking and 
modifying read metadata] (page 124).4Press OK on the keyboard to write the modified 
metadata on the clip and return to the metadata 
window.
The input window (soft keyboard) for modifying 
metadata is displayed. Use the keyboard to modify 
the metadata.
‹Note
zDeleting only the respective items of LOCATION
(recording location data) in SHOOT is not possible. By
setting ALTITUDE to empty, other LONGITUDE/
LATITUDE items are collectively deleted.
zThe metadata for a clip with the   incomplete clip
indicator cannot be modified. For the clips recorded on
multiple P2 cards, modify the metadata while all P2
cards are inserted.
zAny MEMO with 100 characters or more cannot be
modified.
Select PROPERTY 
> CARD STATUS from the thumbnail
menu to set the desired indication mode (remaining free
space or used memory capacity) for the P2 card status
display. 
1Press the THUMBNAIL button.
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor.
2Press the MENU button and  select PROPERTYà
PROPERTY SETUPàP2 CARD CAP from the 
thumbnail menu. 
The following screen appears. Select the P2 card 
status display settings from the P2 CARD CAP menu 
option. 
REMAIN:
Show remaining free space on the P2 card as the P2
card status display.  (Factory setting)
USED:
Show used memory capacity on the P2 card as the
P2 card status display. 
P2 Card Status Display
P2 Card Status Display Settings
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