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by dave | Oct 21, 2012 | Viewing Media and Metadata |

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CatDV provides detailed information about virtually any kind of media file that you import into a catalog, including stills, audio files, and other formats, not just movies.

 

All the metadata (ie. information about the file, as opposed to the media content of the file itself) that CatDV reads from a file is extracted at the time of import and stored in the CatDV catalog. It is displayed in special properties against each clip, and is cached in the catalog so is available even if the media file is offline.

This information can be very useful when searching for clips, when grouping similar clips together, or when diagnosing problems with particular files. A wide variety of metadata fields are available, though which are shown depends on the type of file.

General metadata

The following properties are potentially applicable to any type of media file:

Video A summary of the format of the visual track, including the codec, frame size and frame rate. (If there are several video tracks the overall frame size of the movie is shown.)
Audio A summary of the format of the audio track, including codec and sample rate.
Importer Details of which QuickTime importer is used to read the file, ie. whether it’s a QuickTime .MOV file or another format that needs to be imported into QuickTime.
Format A concise summary of the format, based on the Importer, Video and Audio fields.
QT Tracks A list of all the tracks in the file, as reported by QuickTime. The 4 character type and subtype codes are shown, eg. “vide/jpeg” is a JPEG video track, while “soun/musi” is a MIDI music track. The size in pixels (Width x Height), the number of samples, and the duration of the track is shown. If a track has a name or is disabled this is indicated also.
Metadata Any QuickTime user data or Windows Media metadata, such as movie title or copyright annotations, that might be stored in the file is shown here in concatenated form. This field also shows metadata such as JPEG comments, ID3 tags from MP3 files such as artist and track, and Exif tags. (See below).
Underlying Type The clip type icon indicates whether a clip is a DV clip, a still, an audio clip, an interactive file (eg. Flash or QuickTime VR), or other movie.
Aspect Ratio The aspect ratio of the visual frame. In the case of DV the intended display size (4:3 or 16:9) is shown, taking into account the non-square pixel size, even though this won’t match the ratio of the frame size.
Frame rate The frame rate of the visual track, if known, or an indication if this file is a still.
Frame size The normal display size of the movie in pixels, after any transformation matrix has been applied. (By contrast, the unscaled size of each track is shown in QT Tracks.)
Audio Rate The audio sample rate (this is extracted from the Audio column and made available separately so it can be used for grouping).
Import Notes If anything unusual about the file is detected, such as audio and video tracks that differ in length or don’t seem to relate correctly to the number of media samples, or if there are problems with the timecode, then a warning message may be displayed here.
Duration The duration of the media file. The timecode format used depends on the file.
In (and Out) If the file has a timecode track then the in and out points use this timecode information, otherwise each media file is assumed to start at 0:00:00
Media path The last known location on disk of the source media file.
Media date The modification time of the source media file (typically the time the file was captured or digitized, as opposed to the original record date.)
Media size The physical size of the source media file in kilobytes or MB. (This is the size of the media file as a whole, not the size for a particular scene.)
Data rate The average data rate of the media. You can choose which units are used for displaying data rates in Preferences.

DV metadata

The following fields have special meaning for DV clips:

Aux T/C Additional user-settable or time of day timecode supported by some cameras. (Professional Edition only)
DV T/C The timecode value at the start of each clip as stored in the DV data itself (this may be different from the QuickTime timecode track).
Exposure Camera exposure details recorded in the DV data at the time of recording by some camera models.
Format A summary of the format, such as whether PAL or NTSC, widescreen or normal, and locked or unlocked audio. In the case of DV this field is based on the DV data itself, not on what QuickTime reports. For example, if a captured movie file has been conformed by rendering a new audio track then the Format field might report that the original recording was at 32kHz even though the Audio field reports that the movie has a 48kHz audio track.
Record Date The original date and time of recording, stored in the DV data (assuming the clock on the camera was set correctly at the time of recroding).

Exif metadata

The following fields have special meaning for JPEG and TIFF files with Exif metadata:

Exposure A summary of the Exif exposure details (if present). The EV (exposure value) number combines the aperture and exposure times and gives an approximate indication of the overall light intensity in the scene, assuming the shot was exposed correctly and the camera has equivalent sensitivity to ISO100 film. (Typically EV0 would correspond to almost complete darkness, while EV18 might be a pure white object in very bright sunshine.)
Metadata This lists all the Exif tags commonly recorded by a digital camera, such as camera make and model, exposure time, whether flash was used, etc. combined into one field
GPS Coordinates If the image contains geotag information it is extracted and indicated by a blue globe icon on the Summary tab of clip details. Clicking on the icon will display the location in Google Maps.
Record Date If the Exif data has a DateTimeOriginal or CreationDate tag then this value is extracted and stored in the Rec Date field.

Metadata columns

Depending on the files you import, all kinds of other metadata may be read and are stored in generic metadata columns. The possible field names are not predefined and new metadata columns may be added as required. They can include:

  • Title, Album, Artist, AlbumArtist, Genre, Track and Year for MP3 and iTunes audio files.
  • Name, Copyright, Producer, Software and similar annotations for QuickTime movies
  • Make, Model, ExposureTime, ExposureProgram, FocalLength etc. for Exif images
  • Title, Copyright, Information, Language for WMV or WMA files
  • Manufacturer, Software, Camera Serial No., UMID (unique media id) for MXF files
  • Additional user-defined metadata read from an XML sidecar files at the time of import

The “Metadata (media)” field shows all the QuickTime user data (and other textual annotations that’s read from a file) together in concatenated form in one field. As well as displaying the metadata fields in concatenated form, you can expand each metadata field as a separate column by checking the Enable metadata columns box in Preferences. You can then choose whether particular columns are shown or not, and also whether they are used for grouping. (This only affects how the columns are displayed, not how they’re stored, so these options are safe to change at any time.)

Metadata Field Name Table

The table below details the various metadata field available to you in CatDV

 

Code Name Description Type
ABIT Audio Bits Audio bit depth PICKLIST
ACHN Audio Channels Number of audio tracks or channels PICKLIST
AF Audio Audio format PICKLIST
AF1 Audio Summary Audio format PICKLIST
AR Audio Rate Audio sample rate PICKLIST
ARCHS Archive Summary Has the media been archived to tape PICKLIST
ARCHT Archive Tape Which tape has the media been archived to PICKLIST
ARCHV Archive Details Has the media been archived to tape TEXT
ASP Aspect Ratio Video playback aspect ratio EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
AX Aux T/C User-settable time of day timecode (DV only) OTHER
BIG Big Notes Additional comments (not limited to 64K on server) TEXT
BN Bin Bin or folder name EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
CAT Catalog Name of catalog containing clip PICKLIST
CATID Catalog ID Unique database id of the catalog on server OTHER
CGRP Catalog Group Which group owns the catalog PICKLIST
CNT Catalog Notes Catalog comments TEXT
CREF Clip ID Optional, user-defined clip id or reference (eg. FCP uuid) TEXT
CUSR Catalog Owner Which user owns the catalog PICKLIST
D1 Duration Length of clip TIMECODE
D2 Duration 2 Duration of selection within clip TIMECODE
DR Data Rate Average movie data rate (kbyte/sec) OTHER
DT DV T/C DV timecode value TIMECODE
DT0 Date Source date (record date or timestamp of source file) – date only PICKLIST
DT1 Date Source date (record date or timestamp of source file) – date & time DATE
DT2 Month Source date (record date or timestamp of source file) – month & year only PICKLIST
EE null End of clip or selection, depending on export preference OTHER
EM1 Out (incl) End of clip or selection using inclusive timecode numbering, ie. minus one OTHER
EVD Event Notes Event description TEXT
EVH Event History Event modification history TEXT
EVM Metadata (Event) Concatenated list of event metadata fields TEXT
EVN Event Name Event name PICKLIST
EVT Event Time Start time of event DATE
EXT File Extension Source media file name extension PICKLIST
FF Format Summary of media format PICKLIST
FLD Media Folder Source media file location (full path of parent folder) EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
FR Frame Rate Video frame rate PICKLIST
FS Frame Size Video frame size PICKLIST
GD Good Status (good/no good/maybe) PICKLIST
HID Hide Is the clip normally hidden from view BOOLEAN
HIS Status History Clip status history TEXT
I1 In Timecode value at start of clip TIMECODE
I2 In 2 Start of selection within clip TIMECODE
ID1 Import Date Date clip was imported into catalog PICKLIST
ID2 Import Date Date & time clip was imported into catalog DATE
IO In & Out Clip In & Out points OTHER
IO2 Selection Clip selection (In2 & Out2) OTHER
IS1 Import Source Input source file the clip came from PICKLIST
ISD Metadata (File) Concatenated list of file metadata fields TEXT
LBL Smart Label Automatically calculated label for this clip PICKLIST
LL null Length of clip or selection, depending on export preference OTHER
MD1 Modified Date clip created or last modified by user DATE
MD2 Media Date Source media file modification date DATE
MF Media Path Source media file, as a complete path TEXT
MF2 Folder name Media file parent folder, as a short name PICKLIST
MI Importer Movie importer PICKLIST
MK Mark Is the clip marked BOOLEAN
MKHID Mark Combined marked & hidden checkboxes) COMPOUND
MPX Megapixels Video frame size in megapixels PICKLIST
MS Media Size Source media file size OTHER
MTI Media Start Start timecode of the source media file TIMECODE
MTO Media Duration Duration of the source media file TIMECODE
NL Name or Length Name (for stills) or length (for movies) TEXT
NM1 Name Clip name TEXT
NM2 Name (Long) Long clip name, including tape or bin prefix TEXT
NQT Name or Tape Name (for stills) or tape & timecode (for movies) TEXT
NT NOTES Description or comments on the clip TEXT
NT2 Import Notes Notes or warnings from importing the clip TEXT
O1 Out Timecode value at end of clip TIMECODE
O2 Out 2 End of selection within clip TIMECODE
OR Orientation Image rotation PICKLIST
OWNER Clip Owner Which user created the clip PICKLIST
P1 Poster Default thumbnail for clip THUMBNAIL
P2 Poster Frame Timecode value of poster frame TIMECODE
P3 Poster (Small) Tiny version of poster icon THUMBNAIL
P4 Online Icon indicating media is online ICON
P5 Online Is the media (or a proxy) for the clip available online PICKLIST
PF Proxy File Name of proxy movie file, if any TEXT
QT QT Tracks Identifier code, frame size, sample count, and duration for each movie track TEXT
RD1 Record Date Date & time of creation or shooting (eg. from DV or Exif data) DATE
RD2 GMT Date Source date/original record date (corrected for GMT) DATE
RD3 Location Date Source date/record date (corrected for shot location) DATE
REEL Barcode Reel number or barcode number of the physical tape TEXT
RID Remote ID Unique database id of this clip on the server OTHER
RTG Rating Star rating (1=no good, 5=excellent) PICKLIST
RTGTYP Rating Combined rating, type icon & geotag information) COMPOUND
RZ Randomizer Used when shuffling clips in random order OTHER
SD1 Source Date Modification date of input source file (date only) OTHER
SD2 Source Date Modification date & time of input source file) DATE
SIG Media Signature Unique signature of the clip’s media, based on tape, timecode, and/or file TEXT
SL Size or Length Image size (for stills) or length (for movies) OTHER
SM Source Media Source media file name PICKLIST
SQ Seq. Number Sequence number of clip within EDL or project it was imported from TEXT
SS null Start of clip or selection, depending on export preference OTHER
ST Status Code S: selection made, G:good, ?: maybe, N: no good, blank: not reviewed TEXT
STS Status Clip status PICKLIST
TCEVT Event Markers List of timecode markers within the clip TEXT
TCH Total Characters Total length of comment text, user fields and metadata OTHER
TF Time Base Timecode format PICKLIST
TM Tape or Media Tape or media file name (used as key to look up thumbnails and proxies) TEXT
TP Tape Tape or reel name EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
TPASP Aspect/Definition Tape aspect ratio and definition EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
TPCOPY Tape Copyright Copyright of the tape EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
TPCREAT Tape Created When the tape record was created DATE
TPD Tape Description Description of the whole tape’s contents TEXT
TPDUR Tape Duration Tape duration EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
TPEVDT Event Date Event date of the tape DATE
TPEVLOC Event Location Event location of the tape EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
TPFMT Tape Format Format of the physical tape EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
TPFMT2 Tape Format Physical tape format EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
TPHIST Tape History Who edited the tape record TEXT
TPLANG Tape Language Language the tape is in EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
TPLOC Tape Location Shelf location of the physical tape EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
TPMODF Tape Modified When the tape record was last modified DATE
TPN Tape Notes Notes about the physical tape TEXT
TPP Physical Tape Same as Tape field unless tape has timecode breaks, in which case latter defines EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
TPPRGNM Tape Programme Programme name, series and number EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
TPPRGNO Programme Number Programme name, series and number EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
TPROJ Tape Project Project or department the physical tape relates to EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
TPSERIES Programme Series Programme name, series and number EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
TPSTAT Tape Status Tape status (eg. master or not) EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
TPSUBJ Tape Subject Tape subject EXTENSIBLE PICKLIST
TPSUBTL Tape Sub-title Tape sub-title TEXT
TPTITLE Tape Title Tape title TEXT
TPVIDG Tape Videographer Videographer or shooter who originally recorded the tape TEXT
TSZ Thumbnail Size Size of poster thumbnail TEXT
TTI Time To Import Time taken to analyse file OTHER
TX Transition Details of transition for clips imported from an EDL TEXT
TY1 Underlying Type Old clip type (including DV start/end of scene indication) PICKLIST
TY2 Type New clip type icon (including master/subclip & offline indication) ICON
TY3 Type Old clip type icon (including DV start/end of scene indication) ICON
TY4 Type New clip type (including master/subclip & offline indication) PICKLIST
TYPGPS Type Combined clip type icon & geotag information) COMPOUND
TZC Clock Adjustment Timezone that the camera clock was set to PICKLIST
TZL Location Timezone Timezone of the shot location PICKLIST
UD Metadata (Media) Concatenated list of QuickTime annotations and other media metadata fields TEXT
UD2 Metadata (User) Concatenated list of all user-defined fields TEXT
US Used How many sequences a source clip occurs in PICKLIST
VF Video Video format PICKLIST
XP Exposure DV or Exif camera exposure details TEXT
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