Panasonic AJ-SF771AP User manual

ClipCopy Application Ver 2.5
Reference Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Concerning this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
1.1 Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
1.2 ClipCopy Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
1.3 Restrictions on Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
1.4 Screen Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
2. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
3. INSTALLING THE CLIPCOPY APPLICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
3.1 Prior to Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
3.2 Installing the ClipCopy Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
3.3 Installing the newsBYTE/QuickCutter application . . . . . . . . . . .12
3.4 Registering the user in the video servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
4. STARTING UP CLIPCOPY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
5. MEDIA BROWSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
5.1 Clip browsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
5.2 File browsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
5.2.1 Server setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
5.2.2 File browsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

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6. EXPORTING CLIP DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
6.1 Exporting Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
6.2 Direct Exporting from newsBYTE/QuickCutter BINs . . . . . . . . .23
7. IMPORTING CLIP DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
8. OPTION SETTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
8.1 Server Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
8.2 Other Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
9. CLIPCOPY MENUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
10. CLIPCOPY TOOLBAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
10.1 News Automation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
10.2 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
11. CONCERNING THE USE OF THE BACKUP SERVER . . . .35
Appendix.1 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Appendix.2 How to check the WindowsNT network software . . . . . . . . . . .44
Windows and WindowsNT are the trademarks or the registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation in United States and all other nations.

Concerning this manual
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Thank you for purchasing Panasonic’s ClipCopy. This Panasonic ClipCopy Reference
Manual explains how the ClipCopy application is used.
This reference manual only intends to give detailed information of ClipCopy Ver.2.5.
The functions and restrictions described in this manual may change without notice.

1. INTRODUCTION
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Note 1: The News Automation system must be provided separately as it is not included with this application.
1.1 Foreword
The Panasonic newsBYTE/QuickCutter, the world’s first all-in-one type of nonlinear editing
system with a build-in 4X speed VTR, has received high critical praise from the broadcasting
and commercial sectors for its architecture and editing functions. As digital technology con-
tinues to make rapid advances, the demand for developing the kind of systems which inte-
grate on-air servers, archives and News Automation has escalated. It was to meet this
demand that Panasonic developed this application software program to enable
newsBYTE/QuickCutter system expansion.
With this software program, it is now possible to provide a solution which is ideally suited to
archive systems and station automation systems based on new concepts and to which the
component networks that have now become established as part of the infrastructure are
applied.
1.2 ClipCopy Application
The ClipCopy application is an add-on software program which runs in Panasonic’s AJ-DE77
(newsBYTE/QuickCutter) nonlinear editing system.
Use of ClipCopy opens the door to importing DVCPRO format data existing in the video
servers, etc. to newsBYTE/QuickCutter to be used as AV clips for editing and, conversely, to
exporting to the video servers the DVCPRO format data files that correspond to the AV clips
and already edited sequence clips in newsBYTE/QuickCutter.
One special feature is that operations can be linked with a News Automation system (See
Note 1 below.) when exporting clips and files.
1.3 Restrictions On Use
Restriction on transferring clips
As defined by ClipCopy, clips can be transferred in the following ways:
TTransfer from BIN to the video server (=export)
TTransfer from BIN to a local drive (=export)
TTransfer from the video server to BIN (=import)
TTransfer from a local drive to BIN (=import)
No other form of transfer (such as from one BIN to another BIN or from a video server to a
local drive) is possible.

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Restrictions on names for BINs and clips
The following restrictions apply to the naming of BINs and clips.
TThe following characters can not be used in names: ¥ (yen sign), / (slash), : (colon),
, (comma), ; (semicolon), 2(asterisk), ? (question mark), ‘‘ ’’ (quotation mark), < (less
than), > (greater than), ‘ ’ (space) and | (vertical bar).
TA ‘‘.’’ (period) can not be used at the beginning of a name.
TWhen full-size characters are used for a name, some name may not be displayed correctly
although this depends on the character string.
TDo not use the same name for BINs at the same hierarchical level.
Restrictions on processing during transfer
As a general rule, operations involving the keyboard or mouse must not be performed while
clips are being transferred by ClipCopy. Rather, they should be performed either upon com-
pletion of transfer or after transfer has been aborted.
Restrictions on deleting clips
ClipCopy can be used to delete clips (files) on the video server or local drive but it cannot
delete clips on BINs. To delete such clips, use the newsBYTE/QuickCutter main unit appli-
cation.

1.4 Screen Configuration
As shown in Fig. 1-1, the main window of ClipCopy is composed of the Menu Bar, Tool Bar,
Volume View, List View and Status Bar.
Menu Bar
This bar contains the menus which are used by ClipCopy. It consists of the
[File] menu, [Edit] menu, [View] menu, [Volume] menu, [Tools] menu and [Help] menu.
Tool Bar
This consists of the News Automation Mode which selects the News Automation usage
mode and the Copy and Paste buttons for copying and pasting files and clips.
Volume View
This displays the volumes, namely, the BINs, mounted video servers and local disks.
List View
This displays the clips and files in the volume selected by Volume View.
Status Bar
This displays the ClipCopy statuses.
Fig. 1-1
Menu Bar Tool Bar
List View
Status Bar
Volume View
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2. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
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Fig. 2-1 shows an example of the ClipCopy application’s operating environment.
Fig. 2-1
News Automation Server
newsBYTE/
QuickCutter Video Server
Ethernet/
FibreChannel

3. INSTALLING THE CLIPCOPY APPLICATION
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Note 2: Queries concerning which network cards are recommended and other details should be addressed to your
dealer.
3.1 Prior to Installation
In order to use the ClipCopy application to transfer newsBYTE/QuickCutter AV data to and
from the video server, the following conditions must be satisfied by the system environment
in which the ClipCopy application is to be installed.
1. The appropriate network card and its driver software must have been installed, and they
must be operating properly. (See Note 2 below.)
2. The WindowsNT network software (protocol, services) must have been installed appropri-
ately, and they must be operating properly. (See Appendix.2 for details on how to check
the WindowsNT network software.)
3. The newsBYTE/QuickCutter application must have been installed appropriately.
4. The user registration must have been completed with the video server, and it must be
possible to confirm the connection from newsBYTE/QuickCutter.
3.2 Installing the ClipCopy application
After checking that the conditions which must be met as described in section 3.1 prior to
installation have indeed been met, follow the steps below to install the ClipCopy application
into newsBYTE/QuickCutter.
1. Exit all applications, and run “setup.exe” located on the ClipCopy setup disk. The setup
shown in Fig. 3-1 is now commenced.
Fig. 3-1

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Note 3: The News Automation system software must be integrated separately.
2. The dialog window shown in Fig. 3-2 will now appear. Click on the [Next] button.
Fig. 3-2
3. The dialog window shown in Fig. 3-3 will now appear. Select NTSC or PAL as the signal
type, and click on the [Next] button.
Fig. 3-3

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Fig. 3-4
4. The dialog window shown in Fig. 3-4 will now appear. Use the [Yes] or [No] radio button
to select whether operations linked with the News Automation system (See Note 3
below.) are to be supported, and click on the [Next] button.
5. The message box shown in Fig. 3-5 indicating that installation has been completed will
now appear. Exit the installation procedure, and restart WindowsNT.
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Note 4: Set the user account using the same user name and password which are set on the option setting panel
(Server Property tab) of the ClipCopy application.
3.3 Installing the newsBYTE/QuickCutter application
Follow the instructions in the newsBYTE/QuickCutter manual to install the
newsBYTE/QuickCutter application software program.
3.4 Registering the user in the video servers
The ClipCopy application performs FTP transfer between newsBYTE/QuickCutter and the
video servers. For this reason, it is necessary for a user account (See Note 4 below.) to be
established in the video servers.
Refer to the video server’s manual, and proceed with user registration. When a multiple
number of video servers are to be handled by the ClipCopy application, user registration is
required for each video server.
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4. STARTING UP CLIPCOPY
The ClipCopy application operates in tandem with the newsBYTE /QuickCutter application.
This means that the newsBYTE/QuickCutter application must be launched before the
ClipCopy application is launched. This section describes how the ClipCopy application is
started by the following steps.
1. Start the newsBYTE/QuickCutter application by following the instructions in the
newsBYTE/QuickCutter application manual.
2. The newsBYTE/QuickCutter application window shown in Fig. 4-1 will now appear.
Double click on the Special button located in the Toolbox.
Fig. 4-1

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4. STARTING UP CLIPCOPY
3. The Setup Panel window will now appear as shown in Fig. 4-2. Double click on the
ClipCopy icon. The ClipCopy application is now launched, and the window shown in Fig.
4-3 will appear.
Fig. 4-2
Fig. 4-3

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5. MEDIA BROWSING
Note 5: Only AV clips and sequence clips are displayed. No other kinds of clips are shown.
Note 6: The TopBin clip list is displayed also when the ClipCopy application is started up.
5.1 Clip browsing
When the clips registered in newsBYTE/QuickCutter are to be browsed, click on the TopBin
icon (See Fig. 5-1.) which is displayed on volume view.
The clips which are present in TopBin are displayed on list view of ClipCopy as (See Note 5
below.) shown in Fig. 5-2. (See Note 6 below.)
Fig. 5-1
Fig. 5-2
The BIN manager of the newsBYTE/QuickCutter application makes it possible to register
BINs in TopBin and other BINs in accordance with the hierarchical structure called the
BINTree.
To browse through the BINs in the BINTree, click on the ‘‘+’’ symbol (See Fig. 5-3.) to the left
of the TopBin icon displayed on volume view to display the BINs (See Fig. 5-5.) to be
browsed in volume view. Then click on the BIN icon which is now displayed.
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5. MEDIA BROWSING
Note 7: The ‘‘+’’ symbol appears for each of the BINs. However, if there are no BINs which are hierarchically lower,
it is cleared by either clicking the symbol or double clicking the BIN icon.
On volume view, by clicking on the ‘‘+’’ symbol to the left of the TopBin icon displayed as
described above, it is possible to display the BIN hierarchically below TopBin. However, this
can also be accomplished by double clicking on the TopBin icon.
At the same time as the BIN hierarchically below TopBin is displayed on volume view, its ‘‘+’’
symbol is changed to a ‘‘–’’ symbol as shown in Fig. 5-4.
Fig. 5-6
Fig. 5-4
Fig. 5-5
Fig. 5-7
An example of browsing the BIN clips is shown in Fig. 5-7.
(See Note 7 below.)
Fig. 5-3

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5. MEDIA BROWSING
5.2 File browsing
5.2.1 Server setting
Files on a video server can be browsed using ClipCopy. However, when ClipCopy starts up
for the first time, the server icon does not appear on Volume View since no video server has
yet been mounted.
The procedure for mounting the video server is described here first. Follow the steps below
to mount the server.
1. Select the [Options...] menu item on the [File] menu as shown in Fig.5-8.
Fig. 5-8
Fig. 5-9
2. The dialog window shown in Fig. 5-9 will now appear. Click the [Add] button.
<Note>
NewsAutomation Tab in Fig.5-9 is displayed only if you define “Yes” button with “Support
NewsAutomation dialog” at the set up program.

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5. MEDIA BROWSING
Note 8: The group name is displayed as the name of the server icon on volume view.
3. The dialog window shown in Fig. 5-10 will now appear. Enter the desired group name in
the [Group Name] box. (See Note 8 below.)
4. Enter the name of the video server to be used in the [Server] box.
5. Enter the user ID which is valid for video server and the password in the [User ID] box
and [Password] box, respectively.
6. Enter the name of the directory in which the server is to be mounted in the [DIF File
Directory] box.
7. Click the [Auto Mount] check box to enable this setting.
8. Click the [Details...] button.
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5. MEDIA BROWSING
Note 9: For details on the settings, refer to ‘‘Optional settings’’ in Chapter 8. Address any questions concerning serv-
er settings to your dealer.
9. The dialog box shown in Fig. 5-11 appears. The detailed settings of the video server can
be performed here.
Fig. 5-12
Fig. 5-13
Fig.5-11
An example of the setting was shown in Fig. 5-12 and Fig. 5-13. (See note 9 below.)

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5. MEDIA BROWSING
Fig. 5-14
Fig. 5-15
However, when the video server cannot be mounted because the wrong password was set
or there is a network problem, the icon shown in Fig. 5-15 appears, and details of the error
displayed. In this case, check out the settings again.
10.Click on the [OK] button.
When the steps outlined above are performed, the video server icon shown in Fig. 5-14 is
displayed.
5.2.2 File browsing
After mounting the video server, the list of files in the video server’s mount directory appears
on list view, as shown in Fig. 5-16, by clicking the video server icon in volume view.
In this context, ‘‘mount directory’’ refers to the DIF File Directory which was specified by
Server Setup.
Fig. 5-16
Note 10:The list of files contained in the video server’s mount directory is shown in list view by file icons.