Panasonic Memory Card Portable Recorder Player Ajhpm110 Operating Instructions

							Clip Management: Attaching Text Memos and Shot Marks51
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4When the cursor is in the lower half of the LCD 
monitor, use the right and left (b a) cursor buttons 
to go to the thumbnail text memo you want to play 
back and press the PLAY button. 
The clip is played back from the text memo time code 
location selected with the cursor. 
When you press the STOP button to interrupt ongoing 
playback, or when playback stops upon reaching the end 
of the clip, the thumbnail screen reappears and the cursor 
returns to the thumbnail text memo location where 
playback was started. 
Press the thumbnail menu button to select EXIT or press 
the EXIT button and the cursor returns to the upper half of 
the thumbnail screen. 
◆NOTE: 
 During playback all buttons other than the STOP button are not 
available.
Opening the text memo display from the thumbnail screen 
allows you to delete text memos. 
1Open the text memo display from the thumbnail 
screen. 
2Use the cursor buttons to move to the thumbnail for 
which you want to delete the text memo and press 
the SET button. 
The cursor moves to the row below. 
3Select the thumbnail for witch you want to delete the 
text memo and select [DELETE] from the menu. 
4Select [YES] in the confirmation screen that appears. 
The text memo is deleted. Attach shot marks to distinguish clips from each other.
1Open the thumbnail screen. 
2Use the cursor buttons to place the cursor on the 
desired clip.
3Hold down the SHIFT button and press the TEXT 
MEMO button. 
Each press of this button turns the shot mark indicator on 
and off. 
◆NOTE: 
 When attaching or deleting shot marks for clips that span 
multiple P2 cards, be sure to load all the P2 cards that the clip 
is recorded on.
 Shot marks cannot be added or deleted during loop recording.
Deleting Text Memos
Attaching Shot Marks
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							52Clip Management: Copying Clips
Copying Clips
Clips can be copied to a P2 card in any slot. 
◆NOTE: 
 Take care not to turn off the power or remove a card during copying. 
Otherwise the copied clip may become bad. 
If the copied clip is bad, delete it and make a new copy. 
 Reconnect incomplete clips before copying them. 
1Open the thumbnail screen. 
2Select a clip to copy.
3Press the MENU button. 
4Use the cross cursor buttons to choose 
[OPERATION] – [COPY] – [SLOTn] (the number of 
the P2 card slot where the copy will be placed) and 
press the SET button. 
When multiple clips are selected, the number of selected 
clips appear after pressing the SET button. 
5Select [YES] and press the SET button.
This starts copying. 
◆NOTE: 
 To interrupt copying, press the SHIFT and EXIT buttons or the 
SET button to cancel the job.
The incomplete copy at the destination is deleted. 
 [OVER WRITE] appears when an attempt is made to place a 
copy (having the same GLOBAL CLIP ID) at a destination 
already containing an identical item. Select [YES] to overwrite or 
[NO] to cancel copying and then press the SET button.
6Press the SET button when the completion message 
appears. 
7Press the MENU button to end processing. 
◆NOTE: 
 No copying is performed when any of the following error 
messages appear. 
 [LACK OF REC CAPACITY]
Copy failed because there is not enough space at the copy 
destination. 
 [UNKNOWN CONTENTS FORMAT!]
Copy failed because the selected clip was bad.
 [NO COPY TO SAME CARD!]
Copy failed because an attempt was made to place the copy 
on the same disk. 
 [TOO MANY CLIPS!]
Copy failed because too many clips were selected. 
 Copying performed at the bottom row of a text memo when the 
text memo is selected copies the selected text memo and the 
next text memo. When there is no text memo beyond the 
selected text memo, all data to the end of the clip is copied.  
						

							Clip Management: Deleting Clips53
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Deleting Clips
Use the following procedure to delete a defective clip from a 
P2 card. 
1Open the thumbnail screen. 
2Select the clip to delete.
3Press the MENU button. 
4Use the cursor buttons to choose [OPERATION] – 
[DELETE]. 
5Select [YES] and press the SET button.
This deletes all selected clips. 
6Press the MENU button to end processing. 
◆NOTE: 
 Instead of steps 3 to 4, you can also hold down SHIFT and press 
the INSERT button to delete a clip. 
 To interrupt deleting, press the SHIFT and EXIT buttons or the 
SET button to cancel the operation. 
Partially deleted clips cannot be restored by canceling.  
						

							54Clip Management: Repairing and Reconnecting Clips
Repairing and Reconnecting Clips
This section describes how to restore bad clips that have 
been damaged due sudden power outages during recording 
or for other reasons. Such clips are marked by the bad clip 
indicator (yellow  ). Use the following procedure to repair 
bad clips. 
1Open the thumbnail screen. 
2Select the bad clip to repair.
3Press the MENU button. 
4Use the cursor buttons to choose [OPERATION] – 
[REPAIR CLIP]. 
5Select [YES] and press the SET button.
6Press the MENU button to end processing. 
◆NOTE: 
 Some clips are so badly damaged they cannot be repaired. 
Such clips are indicated by a red  . 
A clip spanning multiple P2 cards that cannot be recognized 
as a complete clip is marked by the incomplete clip (  
indicator). The reconnection function allows you to reconnect 
related clips and restore the original clip.
◆NOTE: 
Incomplete clips occur under the following conditions. 
 When the individual clip segments on each P2 card that make up the 
clip are copied separately. 
 When the clip segments on each card that make up a clip recorded 
on multiple cards are separately copied to a hard disk drive and 
then copied back to a P2 card. 
 When a 5-minute or longer DVCPRO HD clip (10-minute or longer 
DVCPRO50 and 20-minute or longer DVCPRO/DV clip) is copied to 
a hard disk drive and later written back to a P2 card.
1Open the thumbnail screen. 
2Select the incomplete clips to reconnect.
◆NOTE: 
 Normally, thumbnails with the incomplete clip mark are usually 
grouped together. 
3Press the MENU button. 
4Use the cursor buttons to choose [OPERATION] – 
[RE-CONNECTION]. 
5Select [YES] and press the SET button.
6Press the MENU button to end processing. 
◆NOTE: 
 When some but not all the clip segments in a clip that consists 
of three or more clip segments are reconnected, the incomplete 
clip mark will remain. 
Repairing Bad Clips
Reconnecting Incomplete Clips
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							Clip Management: Viewing and Revising Clip Information55
 Clip Management
Viewing and Revising Clip Information
Detailed clip information can be displayed on the screen. 
1Open the thumbnail screen. 
2Place the cursor on the desired clip
3Press the MENU button. 
Or with the menu closed, hold down the SHIFT 
button and press the SPLIT button. 
4Use the cursor buttons to choose [PROPERTY] – 
[CLIP PROPERTY] and press the SET button
This displays information on the selected clip. 
1)Clip no. 
2)Thumbnail
3)Clip information
Indicates the number of indicators, inserted text memos 
and voice memos in a clip. The   mark appears when 
the P2 card where the clip resides is write-protected. 
◆NOTE: 
 Voice memo/Indicator 
Indicates that a voice memo has been attached to a clip. This 
indicator appears only in the clip property mode. 
 This unit cannot record and play back voice memos. 
4)Clip information
The following information appears. 
5)Clip metadata
This area shows more detailed information on a clip. 
5Browse the clip metadata as necessary.
Use the cursor buttons to select a metadata item and 
press the SET button to view the information. 
Viewing Clip Information
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CLIP NAME:  CLIP NAME
START TC: Time code at start of recording
START UB: User bit value at start of recording
DATE: Date recorded
TIME: Time at start of recording
DURATION: Clip length
V_FORMAT: Clip recording format
FRAME RATE: Playback frame rate
REC RATE: Recording frame rate
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							56Clip Management: Viewing and Revising Clip Information
6Press the MENU button or the EXIT button to end 
processing.
Use the steps below to revise clip metadata. 
1Display clip metadata. 
2Use the cursor buttons to select the metadata you 
want to revise and press the SET button.
Data that can be revised is indicated as “TEXT”, like in the 
illustration below. 
3Use the cursor buttons to move to the item you want 
to revise and press the SET button. 
 The metadata revise screen (on-screen keyboard) 
appears. 
 Use the on-screen keyboard to revise metadata. 
◆NOTE:
 Use the cursor buttons to move keyboard location, then press 
the SET button at the BS location. 
b a to move the insertion point one character to the right or 
left and d c to move it to the beginning or end. 
GLOBAL CLIP ID: Global CLIP ID
(This is a unique number. There is 
no clip anywhere in the world with 
the same number.)
USER CLIP NAME: The name a user assigns to a clip. 
This normally includes a GLOBAL 
CLIP ID. 
VIDEO: Video signal system
(FRAME RATE, PULL DOWN, 
ASPECT RATIO)
AUDIO: Audio channel system and other 
information 
(SAMPLING RATE, 
BITS PER SAMPLE)
ACCESS: The date of the last update and 
other information 
(CREATOR, CREATION DATE, 
LAST UPDATE DATE, 
LAST UPDATE PERSON)
DEVICE: Serial number of recording 
equipment and other information 
(MANUFACTURER, 
SERIAL NUMBER, MODEL NAME) 
SHOOT: Date when recording started and 
ended, etc. 
(SHOOTER, START DATE, 
END DATE, LOCATION, 
ALTITUDE, LONGITUDE, 
LATITUDE, SOURCE, 
PLACE NAME) 
SCENARIO: PROGRAM NAME, SCENE NO., 
etc. (program name, 
scene number, take number)
NEWS: REPORTER, OBJECT and other 
information (reporter, purpose, 
object)
MEMO: TEXT MEMO number, location, 
name and text content
(NO., RECORDING LOCATION, 
person, text)
◆NOTE:
 Offset is indicated in frame numbers 
from the start. During text memo 
display of thumbnails, the offset is 
converted to TC. 
 While up to 1000 characters of text 
can be added only the first 100 
characters will appear. 
 Use the right and left cursor buttons 
to move text numbers. 
THUMBNAIL: Frame location and size (frame 
offset, height, width) of video that 
makes up the thumbnail 
Revising Clip Metadata 
						

							Clip Management: Viewing and Revising Clip Information57
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4Select [OK] after revising (or press the ENTRY 
button). 
 This saves the revised metadata to the clip and the 
metadata display reappears. 
 Select [EXIT] to cancel the entry and return to the 
previous display. 
◆NOTE:
 To delete latitude and longitude, enter a blank for altitude. They 
cannot be deleted separately.
 Note that the metadata of a clip marked   cannot be revised. 
Insert the P2 card with the remainder of the clip. 
 Metadata to which a 100 character or larger memo has been 
attached cannot be revised.
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							58Clip Management: Attaching Metadata to Clips
Attaching Metadata to Clips
A metadata upload file containing the name of the person who shot the video, the reporter, the shooting location or a text memo 
and other information can be saved to an SD memory card. This data file can be read and recorded as clip metadata. 
Use P2 viewer to create meta data upload files on a PC. 
P2 viewer allows you to use a PC for processing clips 
recorded on a P2 card. Download the latest version of P2 
viewer from the URL given below. 
English: https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/
Install P2 viewer on a PC, create a metadata upload file and 
write it to an SD memory card.
◆NOTE: 
 Use the latest version of the P2 viewer. 
 For details on how to create a metadata upload file, refer to the help 
function in P2 viewer. 
 For details on SD memory cards, refer to the NOTE on page 162. 
Make the required settings to enable this unit to read the 
metadata upload file. 
Set the method for recording the USER CLIP NAME. 
1Open the thumbnail screen. 
2Press the MENU button. 
3Use the cursor buttons to choose [META DATA] – 
[USER CLIP NAME].
Create a metadata upload file on a Windows PC
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Save the file to an SD memory card
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Read the metadata upload file to this unit
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When video is recorded the metadata will be added to the resulting clip
Preparing a Metadata Upload FileSetup to Attach Metadata
Select Method for Recording the USER 
CLIP NAME 
						

							Clip Management: Attaching Metadata to Clips59
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4Select [TYPE 1] or [TYPE 2] and press the SET 
button.
* The metadata upload file has been read, but [META 
DATA] – [RECORD] is set to [OFF]
5Press the MENU button to end processing. 
The count value is indicated as a four-digit number. When 
recording method “TYPE 2” is selected for the USER CLIP 
NAME in the clip metadata that is loaded, the COUNT value is 
incremented by 1 for each new recording and a new clip is 
generated. 
■To reset the COUNT value
Use the following procedure to reset the COUNT value. 
1.Open the thumbnail screen. 
2.Press the MENU button. 
3.Use the cursor buttons to choose [META DATA] –
[PROPERTY] – [USER CLIP NAME] and press the 
SET button.
4.Use the cursor buttons to select [COUNT RESET] 
and press the SET button.
The COUNT value is reset to 1. 
5.Press the MENU or EXIT button to end processing. 
Recording  method USER CLIP NAME to be 
recorded
Use clip metadata TYPE 1 Read metadata settings
TYPE  2 Read metadata settings 
+ COUNT value
Do not use clip meta 
data *TYPE  1 Same as GLOBAL CLIP 
ID
TYPE 2 Same as CLIP NAME
COUNT Value 
						

							60Clip Management: Attaching Metadata to Clips ■Incrementing the COUNT value of the USER 
CLIP NAME for clips exceeding 4 GB
In the following case, one shot is recorded as multiple clips 
and the COUNT value is automatically incremented and 
recorded for each shot. 
 When an 8 GB or larger P2 card is used in this unit and each 
continuous recording exceeds a preset time. 
➝For details, refer to “Dividing clips over 4 GB in length” 
(page 35) 
 When one recording spans multiple cards. 
A P2 device will indicate the thumbnail and COUNT value of 
clip 1 when thumbnails and property of the clip are displayed. 
Use the following procedure to load metadata from an SD 
memory card. 
1Insert the SD memory card storing the metadata 
upload file.
2Open the thumbnail screen. 
3Press the MENU button. 
4Use the cursor buttons to select [META DATA] – 
[LOAD] and press the SET button.
The filename of the metadata upload file on the SD 
memory card appears. 
◆NOTE:
 When the file name is displayed, use the right cursor button to 
show the metadata name. Use the left cursor button to show the 
file name. 
5Use the cursor buttons to select the file to load and 
press the SET button.
6Select [YES] and press the SET button.
The file is now loaded. 
7Press the MENU button to end processing. 
Use the following steps to check metadata loaded from an SD 
memory card. 
1Press the THUMBNAIL button. 
The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor. 
2Press the thumbnail menu button and select [META 
DATA] – [PROPERTY] from the Thumbnail menu. 
The screen shown below appears. 
Loading Set Metadata Values
Example of a recording on one P2 card (DVCPRO HD):
Example of recording a clip on two P2 cards:REC start 
(start of recording)Stop 
(recording stop)
REC start 
(start of recording)
Stop 
(recording stop)
Recording duration = 6 minutes
Clip 1
COUNT value = A
Clip 2
COUNT value = A + 1
Approx. 5 min.Approx. 1 min.
Clip 1 
COUNT value = AClip 2
COUNT value = A + 1
1st card 2nd card
Checking and Revising Loaded Metadata