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Using Metadata on the EOS C700 models

Article ID: ART174791 | Date published: 06/20/2019 | Date last updated: 06/20/2019
 

Description

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.

Solution

Using Metadata

Metadata components
Metadata Entering content Checking content
Camera Canon XF Utility Browser Remote Canon XF Utility
User Memo: clip title, creator, location and description. --- 1
GPS information: altitude, latitude and longitude. 2 3
Information about the recording: scene and take. --- ---
Information about camera settings: shutter speed, ISO speed/gain value, etc. ---4 --- ---
Unique Material Identifiers (UMID): country, organization and user codes based on the SMPTE standard. --- --- ---
1 User memo files need to be creatred 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.
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. Next, create the user memo and then sasve 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.
    MENU/EVF  [Rec/Media Setup] ()  [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
  • 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 an optional GP-E1 GPS Receiver is attached too 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.


Entering Information About the Recording

You can enter scene and take information to help identify the recording later on.
  1. Open the [Scene] or [Take] submenu.
    Camera menu: MENU  [Rec/Media Setup]  [Metadata]  [Scene] or [Take]
    Monitoring menu: EVF  [Rec/Media Setup] ()  [Metadata]  [Scene] or [Take]  [Set]*
    * To clear the scene/take information, select [Reset] instead.
  2. Enter the desired text using the keyboard screen.

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