Canon XF300 Manuel utilisateur

Version 1.0

Windows

Instruction Manual

Canon XF Utility

PUB. DIE-0357-000

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03 Introduction

03 About Canon XF Utility

03 Conventions in the Manual

04 Running XF Utility

04 Starting Up XF Utility

04 Exiting XF Utility

05 Overview of the Main Window

05 Media panel

06 Clips panel

06 Preview panel

07 Checking Clips

07 Using CF Cards

07 Reading a CF card with the computer

07 Removing a CF card from the computer

08 Using the Camcorder Directly

08 Connecting the camcorder to the

computer

08 Disconnecting the camcorder from the

computer

09 Clip List View

09 Changing the way clips are displayed

10 Icons displayed on thumbnails

10 Sorting clips in detailed information view

11 Selecting the columns shown in detailed

information view

12 Displaying Additional Details About a

Clip

13 Importing and Writing Back

Clips

13 Importing Clips into the Computer

13 Importing all clips at once (Media Backup)

14 Importing selected clips

15 Writing Back Clips onto the Camcorder

or CF Cards

16 Exporting MXF Files to a Folder

17 Playing Back, Searching and

Managing Clips

17 Playing Back Clips

18 Adjusting the volume and selecting output

channels

18 Changing the playback position

19 Changing the clip’s thumbnail

20 Searching for Clips

21 Displaying Relay Clips

22 Managing Clips

22 Copying clips

22 Moving clips

23 Deleting clips

24 Managing Virtual Media

24 Creating virtual media

24 Renaming virtual media

25 Deleting virtual media

26 Editing Clips and Associated

Metadata

26 Editing Marks

26 Adding a shot mark

27 Checking marks

28 Editing Metadata

28 Editing the metadata associated with a clip

29 Deleting all embedded custom picture files

30 Managing User Memo Profiles

30 Creating a User Memo Profile

31 Editing a User Memo Profile

32 Deleting a User Memo Profile

33 Reference and General

Information

33 Menus and Keyboard Shortcuts

33 Menu bar

35 Contextual menus

36 Troubleshooting Error Messages

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Introduction

About Canon XF Utility

Canon XF Utility offers various options for managing and playing back clips recorded with the

camcorder with which the software was supplied. Following are some of the things that Canon XF

Utility lets you do.

Conventions in the Manual

Important precautions related to the software’s operation.

Additional information that complements the main procedure.

0Reference page number in this instruction manual.

File > Open This font is used to indicate menu options and commands, as they appear onscreen.

• For brevity’s sake, throughout the manual the application will be referred to simply as “XF Utility”.

• Screens shown in this manual were captured on a computer running Windows Vista. Actual screens

may differ slightly.

Disclaimers

•This software was developed for exclusive use with clips recorded with Canon HD camcorders of the

XF series. It should not be used to handle clips recorded or edited using other devices.

•While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this manual is accurate

and complete, Canon shall not be liable for any damages resulting from corrupted or lost data due to

mistaken operation or malfunction of the software.

•Canon reserves the right to change the software’s specifications at any time without prior notice.

Checking and playing back clips Display a list of all the clips recorded on a CF card, search the list

and play back clips.

Saving and writing back clips Save clips that were recorded on a CF card to the computer, or

write back previously saved clips from the computer onto a CF

card.

Creating and editing User Memo

profiles

Create, edit and save User Memo profiles on SD memory cards.

Later, you can load a User Memo file from the SD memory card

to the camcorder and embed this information with the clips you

record.

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Running XF Utility

Starting Up XF Utility

Double-click the Canon XF Utility shortcut icon on the desktop. After a short while, the application’s

main window will appear.

NOTES

•Multiple instances of XF Utility cannot be opened simultaneously.

•If Windows’ display font size is changed from the default 96 dpi, some text and buttons on the main

window or dialog boxes may not be displayed correctly.

Exiting XF Utility

Using the menu: Click File > Exit.

From the main window: Click the (Close) icon on the top right corner of the window.

Double-click

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Overview of the Main Window

Media panel

Shows a list of connected CF cards and available virtual media. You can click on the tool buttons on the

top of the panel to backup media and to create or delete virtual media. To the far left of the status bar

you will see the space in use and the available space on the selected media*.

* When a virtual media is selected, the status bar will show the used/available space on the hard disk that contains the selected

virtual media.

Media Panel Shows a list of CF cards and virtual media (024) –folders on the computer that can

be used in the same way as CF cards–. In the manual, CF cards and virtual media are

collectively referred to as “media”.

Clips panel Shows a list of the clips saved in the selected media. You can change the display

mode of this panel (09).

Preview panel Using the playback buttons, you can play back the clip selected in the clips panel

(017). You can also use some editing functions, for example to add or delete shot

marks (026).

Media Panel

Clips Panel

Preview Panel

Backup Media tool (013)

Create Virtual Media tool (024)

Delete Virtual Media tool (025)

CF card

Virtual media

Media

Used and available space on the selected media

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Overview of the Main Window

Clips panel

Shows a list of the clips recorded on the media selected in the media panel. You can change the way

the clips are displayed in the panel using the display mode tool buttons, or use the search toolbar to

search or filter clips by different criteria. In the center of the status bar you will see information regarding

the number of selected clips and their total duration and file size.

Preview panel

In this panel you can use the playback buttons to play back the clips you have selected. Additionally,

you can check all the marks registered in the clip and edit shot marks.

Clip

Selected clip

Display Mode tool buttons (09)

Search toolbar (020)

(from the status bar on the bottom of the screen)

Mark operation buttons (026)

Video playback control buttons (017)

Audio playback control buttons (018)

Video display area

Time code display

Playback position slider

Add Shot Mark tool button (026)

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Checking Clips

Using CF Cards

After you have finished recording video with your camcorder, you can use a computer to read, access

and save the clips it contains.

Reading a CF card with the computer

Connect a commercially available card reader compatible with CompactFlash memory cards to your

computer. Start up XF Utility and then insert the CF card into the card reader. When the CF card is

correctly recognized*, it will appear in the list of available media in the media panel.

* Only CF cards that were initialized using the camcorder and have the designated folder structure will be correctly recognized.

NOTES

•When using a commercially available card reader, use of a UDMA-compatible card reader is

recommended.

Removing a CF card from the computer

1. In the media panel, select the CF card you want to remove.

2. Click File > Eject to safely terminate the connection to the CF card.

•The CF card will disappear from the media panel, and XF Utility will no longer be able to access it.

•You can also right-click on the CF card icon in the media panel and select Eject from the

contextual menu that opens.

•If you logged in to Windows XP using a limited user account, you will not be able to use this

function. In that case, exit XF Utility and use Windows’ Safely Remove Hardware function before

removing the CF card.

3. Remove the CF card from the card reader.

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Checking Clips

Using the Camcorder Directly

You can connect the camcorder directly to a computer using a USB cable. In such case, if CF cards are

inserted in both CF card slots, both CF cards will appear in the media panel at the same time and you

will be able the access and work on clips from both media.

Connecting the camcorder to the computer

1. Power the camcorder using the compact power adapter.

•If you only want to read clips from the CF cards in the camcorder and do not need to write onto

them, you can connect the camcorder even if it is powered only by a battery pack.

2. Turn on the camcorder and set it in MEDIA mode.

•Insert the CF cards that contain the clips you want to check into the camcorder in advance.

3. Start up XF Utility.

4. Connect the camcorder to the computer using a USB cable.

•Use the optional IFC-400PCU USB cable or similar mini-B USB cable.

•The CF cards in the camcorder will appear in the media panel as CF A, CF B.

Disconnecting the camcorder from the computer

1. In the media panel, select the icon of the CF A card.

2. Click File > Eject to safely terminate the connection to the CF card.

•The CF card will disappear from the media panel, and XF Utility will no longer be able to access it.

•You can also right-click on the CF card icon in the media panel and select Eject from the

contextual menu that opens.

•If there are two CF cards in the camcorder, repeat steps 1 and 2 to eject the second card (CF B)

in a similar manner.

•If you logged in to Windows XP using a limited user account, you will not be able to use this

function. In that case, exit XF Utility and use Windows’ Safely Remove Hardware function before

removing the camcorder.

3. Disconnect the USB cable from the camcorder and the computer and turn off the camcorder.

IMPORTANT

•Please observe the following precautions. Failing to do so may result in permanent data loss.

When a CF card appears in the media panel:

- Do not remove the CF card or the CF card reader without safely ejecting the media first.

- Do not access, change or delete any of the CF card’s folders or files directly from the computer.

Always save clips on the computer and write back clips onto the CF card using only XF Utility.

When the camcorder is connected directly to the computer:

- Do not open any of the CF card slot covers and do not remove the CF cards.

- Do not disconnect the USB cable without safely ejecting the camcorder first.

- Do not turn off the camcorder or the computer.

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Checking Clips

Clip List View

When you select a CF card or a virtual media in the media panel (), a list of all the clips in the media

will appear in the clips panel ().

Changing the way clips are displayed

You can change the way clips appear in the clips panel using the Display Mode tool buttons or the

options in the View menu.

Large Thumbnails Shows large thumbnails of the clips and for each clip, the clip’s name

and date and time of recording.

Small Thumbnails Shows small thumbnails of the clips and for each clip, the clip’s name

and date and time of recording.

Thumbnails with

Information

Shows thumbnails of the clips and for each clip, the clip’s name, date

and time of recording, start time code, duration, video bit rate, resolution

and frame rate.

Detailed Information By default, shows the following information about each clip in a tabular

format: clip name, date and time of recording, duration, start time code,

status, clip title, creator, location and description.

You can customize the information displayed for each clip (011).





Large thumbnails Small thumbnails

Thumbnails with information Detailed information

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Checking Clips

Icons displayed on thumbnails

When you change the display mode to one of the views that display thumbnails, the following icons

may appear next to the thumbnail to give you additional information about the clip.

Sorting clips in detailed information view

When you choose to display the list of clips in detailed information view, you can click a column’s title to

sort the clips in ascending order by the selected field*. Click again to sort the clips in descending order.

* Clips cannot be sorted by Status field.

Relay recording icon

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Appears for clips created when you continuously record video spanning two

or more CF cards. The icon displayed depends on the position of the clip in

the series: first clip, clip in the middle, or last clip.

You can choose to display only clips that are part of the same relay

recording series (021).

Status icon

j, Z

Appears for clips that were tagged with an jmark or a Zmark in the

camcorder itself, or using XF Utility.

Custom Picture icon

Appears for clips that contain an embedded custom picture file. When you

select a clip with a kicon, you can display the detailed settings of the

embedded custom picture file (012).

Icons next to large thumbnails

Icons next to small thumbnails

Click again to sort in descending orderClick a column’s title to sort the clips by a different field

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