User Manual

Using Metadata
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Using Metadata
The camera automatically adds metadata to XF-AVC clips while they are being recorded. You can use Canon XF
Utility to check and search for specific metadata. You can also create and transfer a user memo remotely using
Browser Remote on a connected network device (A 168, 178).
Metadata components
1
User memo files need to be created using the software and saved on an SD card in advance.
2
Only when an optional GP-E1 GPS Receiver is attached to the camera. While recording, GPS information is recorded
automatically by the camera (A 120).
3
GPS information can only be added to clips already recorded.
4
Recording data is logged automatically by the camera.
Setting a User Memo Created with Canon XF Utility
Before you can add a user memo, you must first download and install Canon XF Utility (A 160). Next, create
the user memo and then save it to an SD card. Once you insert the SD card in the camera and select the user
memo, it will be added to clips you record.
1 Use Canon XF Utility to save a user memo file to an SD card.
• For details, refer to Managing User Memo Profiles in the Canon XF Utility Instruction Manual.
2 Insert the SD card into the camera’s SD card slot.
3 Open the metadata [Setting] submenu.
[Rec/Media Setup] ( 3 ) > [Metadata] > [Setting]
4 Select [SD Card] and then press SET.
5 From the same submenu select [User Memo] and select the file name of the desired user memo file.
• Select [Off] to record clips without a user memo.
6 Press [OK] (camera menu) or press SET (monitoring menu).
NOTES
NOTES
• After you set a user memo, do not remove the SD card while you are recording. If the SD card is removed, the
user memo will not be added to the clip.
• You must set the user memo before you start recording for it to be added to the clip. You cannot change the user
memo already added to a clip using the camera but you can do so with Canon XF Utility.
• When the optional GP-E1 GPS Receiver is attached to the camera and the GPS function is activated, the user
memo information will not be recorded, even if you have selected a user memo file from the SD card.
Metadata
Entering content Checking content
Camera Canon XF Utility Browser Remote Canon XF Utility
User Memo: clip title, creator, location and description. – Ü
1
Ü Ü
GPS information: altitude, latitude and longitude. Ü
2
Ü
3
Ü Ü
Information about the recording: scene and take. Ü – – Ü
Information about camera settings: shutter speed, ISO
speed/gain value, etc.
–
4
– – Ü
Unique Material Identifiers (UMID): country, organization
and user codes based on the SMPTE standard.
Ü
(A 192)
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