User Guide Instruction Manual

ENGSoft v1.5
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l Text:aplaintextstringofupto64characters.
l Memo:aplaintextstringofupto512characters.
l Combo:asinglechoicefromasetofpredefinedvalues.
l Date:adatein"dd-MMM-yyyy"format.
l Timecode:atimecodefieldinSMPTEformat.
l Number:anintegervalue.
Figure 70: IPDirector metadata mapping panel
Youcanspecifyeitherauserdefinedvalueofthecorrespondingtypeoroneofthesourcetype'savailablemetadatafor
eachattribute.
êYoushouldbecarefultomaponlycompatiblesourcesequencemetadatatoIPDirectormetadata.Forexample,try-
ingtomapatimecodetoadatewillnotbevalid.Ifametadatamappingissueoccursatthetimeofingest, awarning
popupwillberaisedoneachingestitemconcernedwithalinktotheMetadatamappingissuelog.See"IPDirector
metadatamappingissuehandling"onpage51formoreinformationonthissubject.
Tospecifyauser-definedvalue,select"User"inthecorresponding"Source"drop-downboxandtypethevalueyouwant
inthecorresponding"Value"field.
Figure 71: Setting a user defined attribute to an IPDirector ingest
Tomapagivensourcemetadata,select"MTD Clip"inthecorresponding"Source"drop-downboxandselectthemeta-
datayouwantinthe"Value"drop-downbox.
Figure 72: Mapping a sequence attribute to an IPDirector ingest
iThesequenceattribute"StartTC"referstotheDestination start timecodevalueifredefinedintheingest options
tabratherthanthesourcestarttimecode.See"Starttimecoderedefinition"onpage43.
YoucanresettotheIPDirectorserver'smetadataprofilessetbyclickingonthe button.Bydoingsoyouwillretrievethe
setofmetadataprofilescurrentlyconfiguredontheserver.
êIfyouresettotheserver'sset,itwillerasethecurrentmetadatamapping.